
PHILA-FRANCE 2019 and 92nd Congress of the FFAP
The French National Exhibition was of high level: 180 exhibits in the 15 competition classes which were awarded 23 Gold medals, 40 Grand Vermeil medals and 47 Vermeil. Was also held the 92nd Congress of the FFAP with the participation of 600 Delegates representing the nearly 400 Philatelic Societies and Clubs members of the French Federation.

Julius Cacka, elected new President of the Czech Federation
The Czech Philatelic Federation has elected as new President Mr. Julius Cacka. He will be at this position till the elections in December 2020. He is simultaneously Secretary and President. We wish him every success

The first issue of FEPA News from March, 2002 is now available in electronic form
So far the FEPA News Magazine has been in electronic form from issue No 17 onwards. The earlier ones are being scanned now and the first issue No 1 from March, 2002 is already available in electronic form.

ELECTIONS AT THE FEPA BOARD
The next FEPA Congress shall elect the President, the Secretary General and one Director. According to the Statutes, the President, Jose Ramon Moreno and the Secretary General, Bojan Bračič have finished their terms of service to FEPA and can not be candidates for reelection. FEPA member Federations, Associations or Unions can send their candidacies until the 29th of August.

FEPA NEWS Magazine 2019 Second Semester
Many of you have already received the 84 pages magazine that includes the information of the events from January to June 2019, as well as updated information of the upcoming exhibitions and events. If you are not in the list of your National Federation to receive it (is for free), you can read it here, or download the full magazine. In this issue are news from Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

“The letter on its way” : Postal History Exhibition of key letters in History and in Philately 15th to19th Century
Until the 21th of July you can still visit in Seville the display of 200 key historical letters, coming from archives and philatelic collections, analyzed from their philatelic and historic relevance. From the first letter from Colon informing of his discoveries to the Spanish Queen and King (15th February 1493), to a letter from the Universal Lord of Japan Tokukawa Hidedata (1610), Inca’s Chasquis, letters from Simon Bolivar, from Georges Washington “to the chiefs of the Choctaw Nation” amongst many others most incredible original documents.

New FIP Jurors from FEPA Members
In the list of Accredited Jurors updated by the FIP on the 25th of June appears for the first time Mehmet Akan (Turkey) PH , Alfred Kunz (Austria) TH, Ben Palmer (U.K.) PH and Nikola Ljubicic(Serbia) PS. Here is also the whole file of FIP Jurors listed by country

New Board of the Union of Philatelists of Serbia. President: Nikola Ljubicic
We are receiving today the information that a new Board has been elected at the „Union of Philatelists of Serbia“, the Serbian Philatelic Federation, for the period April 2019 - April 2023. It consists of all the regional representatives directly delegated and confirmed by the Assembly. Nikola Ljubicic was elected as a new President of Union of Philatelists of Serbia. Congratulations and our best wishes for success.

Open letter from Jose Ramon Moreno. The last as FEPA President
You are about to receive the new issue of our magazine. There you will find as usual my “Open letter”. It will be my last one. According to our Statutes I must leave the position at the next FEPA Congress. From the first day I was elected it was clear for me that I had been elected the President of FEPA but not the Boss of FEPA. The Bosses are you, the 44 National members of FEPA. I tried to serve you…

Has got a Large Verneil at an FIP exhibition. Next time 8 frames? Not necessarily
5, 6 or 7 frames: A possibility after an exhibitor obtained 85 points or more. The FIP GREX Article 6.4 states that for an exhibitor who had received a Large Vermeil medal for his exhibit at a FIP Exhibition…

The Royal Philatelic Society London Medals for 2019
Alan Druce, Mark Schwartz, Vittorio Morani, Tim O’Conner, Bruce Marsden, Colin Tobitt and Fred Hoadley, awarded
