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IBRA 2021: BDPh has signed contract with FIP and Sponsors

On the occasion of the 29th International Stamp Fair in Essen on May 10th 2019 important steps have been taken towards IBRA 2021. The signing of the patronage contract with the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) took place in attendance of guests and journalists specialized in philately

International Literature Exhibition in Moldova : “Literature for collectors”

The Association of Philatelists from Republic of Moldova organizes the Exhibition ,,LITERATURE FOR COLLECTORS” during 03.09.2019-20.09.2019. It will take place in the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History from Chișinău. The participation is free. Only one copie of each exhibit is requested. The registration in Competition Class is made completing an application form, addressed to the Committee of organization. It must be completed till 15.06.2019, and it can be sent in the electronic version. The deadline for receiving the works 20.08.2019

Gouda 2019: Dutch National Exhibition with innovations

From 17-20 April 2019 took place Gouda 2019 in the Dutch ‘city of cheese’. It was with over 760 frames and over 20 literature exhibits the largest National Exhibition in the Netherlands since 2008. Most innovative were the frame cards and the catalogue listing. All exhibitors where invited to send a piece out of the collection to the organiser. This was used with the catalogue listing, which contained all possible information needed to get good idea about the collection showed

HUNFILA 2019: FEPA Exhibition with 13 invited National Federations

The FEPA Board unanimously agreed in granting the FEPA Recognition to the HUNFILA 2019 , with the invited National Federations of Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia (Alps-Adria countries), Czech Republik, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain with Hungary total 13 countries, moreover the Hungarian Philatelic Society in Great Britain (HPS) and ARGE Ungarn e.V. The exhibition will be held in Budapest from 04-06 October 2019.

Minutes of the 2019 annual FEPA Board Meeting

The FEPA Board held its annual meeting with the presence of its seven members in Lisbon, attending the kind invitation of the Portuguese Federation of Philately. Along an intense day of work were discussed the 14 points of the Agenda. Here you have the Minutes of the meeting which includes a summary of it.

The Use of Picture Postcards in Open Philately

It seems obvious to most people that the Picture Postcards are non-philatelic material. Of course except if the PP is in the exhibit only for the stamps or postal marks that it may have and not for its image. However, there are exhibitors and even jurors having doubts. So, Birthe King has raised this interesting point and Bernard Jimenez, FIP Vice-President has very well clarified it.

The Imperial Families of Habsburgs very loved of Butterflies

Mr. Vladimir Kachan, Vice-chairman of the Union of Philatelists of Belarus, has sent us the interesting article "The Imperial Families of Habsburgs very loved of Butterflies". Mr. Kachan, who has been collecting stamps for 55 years, starting at 6 years old, has published more than 100 articles about butterflies and moths in philately with the aim of popularising the subject of lepidoptera on stamps, cancels and postal stationeries

Cyprus Students Philatelic Competition

The Cyprus Postal Services and the Cyprus Philatelic Society in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Culture, organized a Cyprus Student Philatelic Competition among students of 14 years old in middle class, public and private education on the following subject ...

Youth and Picture Postcard Seminars in LONDON 2020

The World Exhibition LONDON 2020 will host an enormous amount of philatelic activities. Birthe King has successfully, even if yet provisionally, agreed with Frank Walton, Chairman of London 2020 Organising Committee, Richard Stock, representing the Royal Philatelic Society London and Philip Longbottom, Office Manager of London 2020, to give continuity to the series of FEPA Seminars on Youth and Picture Postcard after the successful presentations on occasion of FINLANDIA 2017 and PRAGA 2018.

NORDIA 2019 – AN UPDATING

Ivar Sundsbø, Leader of the Philatelic Committee, is sending us an updating of what promises to be an extremely interesting exhibition. NORDIA 2019 is quite up to schedule, just setting up the detailed program for each day, catalogue and the arrangement of frames. NORDIA 2019 which received the FEPA Recognition, will host lots of activities during the show.

Albania: National Exhibition and Seminars

The Association of Collectors of Albania organized their first competitive national exhibition hold in Tirana from 9th to 12th April 2019 as well as three Seminars presented by Jovan Basho , Nicos Rangos and Bojan Bračič

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