October 2019 – FEPA News

PLOVDIV PHILA 2019: Philatelic Academies and Federations met in Bulgaria

Participated in this innovative exhibition exhibits from 16 national federations: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Israel, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey. Participated also two philatelic Academies: Italy and Turkey on top of the European Academy of Philately. There were 500 frames and 18 titles of philatelic literature. H.M. the King Simeon II of Bulgaria was very involved in the exhibition attending their main events.

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Granted the FEPA Recognition to NORDIA 2021

NORDIA 2021 will be held in Kuopio, Finland, on March 12-14, 2021 organized by Kuopion Filatelistikerho (Philatelic Society of Kuopio) and the Finnish Philatelic Federation. NORDIA 2021 exhibition is open to all collectors who are members of member societies of the National or Youth Federations of the Nordic countries (Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark). Members of the Scandinavian Collectors Club in USA, and the Estonian Philatelic Federation can also participate the exhibition.

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Continental Philatelic Exhibition with FEPA Recognition to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Philatelic Society of Egypt (PSE)

Another reason for celebration of the 90th anniversary for which a stamp was issued for the occasion and our sister society in London, the Egypt Study Circle (ESC) shared with us by having some of the members visiting Egypt for the occasion. From September 9th to 15th, Dr. Sherif Samra, President of the PSE was host to exhibitors from UK, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and of course Egypt who exhibited 200 frames of powerful material.

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Official presentation of the FEPA Certificate of Appreciation to “The National Club of Collectors of the Registration Labels and Stamps, Poland

At the annual meeting of the Club , Prof. Ludwik K. Malendowicz presented on behalf of FEPA, the Certificate of Appreciation to this outstanding Club as “The Best European Philatelic Club of the Year 2018”. The meeting took place in Mikstat Las and was attended by about 50 members and supporters of the Club. The meeting was accompanied by a philatelic show

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Microhistory of theTurkish Posts, 1920-2015 Volume I

This is the first volume of a historical trilogy on Turkish postal stationery, Microhistory of theTurkish Posts, 1920-2015. Running 821 pages in color and fully bilingual, volume I covers the postal stationery of Turkey from 1920 to 1950. Most of the studied categories had not been catalogued before, let alone analyzed in depth

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Dr. Pavol Lazar, new President of the Union of Philatelists of Slovakia

On September 28, 2019 in Trenčín, new representatives were elected to the bodies of the Union of Philatelists of Slovakia – the ZSF Council and the ZSF Auditing Commission. President RN Dr. Pavol Lazar. The former President, Miroslav Ňaršík was elected Honorary President

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IBRA 2021 homepage online!

In a good 18 months IBRA 2021 will open its doors at Messe Essen from 6 to 9 May. A foretaste of the first World Stamp Exhibition in Germany after 1999 is the IBRA homepage, which went online recently. The redesigned and modern website provides an overview of the major event is constantly updated and regularly informs about news. Info 1 is available for download in PDF format. Just have a look at www.IBRA2021.de!

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Atlantic Alpen-Adria: Pedro Vaz Pereira winner of the Grand Prix Championship and Manuel Domenech Lima Torres of the Competition Grand Prix

From the 1st to the 6th of October was held the International Exhibition with FEPA Recognition at the Cultural Center of Viana do Castelo, in Portugal. Participated exhibitors from the Federations of Portugal, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia. The winner of the Grand Prix of the Championship Class was Pedro Vaz Pereira with his exhibit “Carimbos Nominativos não datados usados no Periodo Adesivo”. The Exhibition Grand Prix was for Manuel Domenech Lima Torres with his exhibit “Portuguese Prephilately”. The level of the exhibition was extremely high as shown in the whole Palmares that is enclosed here.

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