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VOTE NOW FOR YOUR FAVOURITE MUSIC STAMP

The Motivgruppe Musik is once again inviting all collectors to vote for the most popular music stamp of the past year. The candidates are shown on the Motivgruppe Musik's website (www.motivgruppe-musik.COM).
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Youth Philately: A Paper from Stampactive

Stampactive is the group within the Association of British Philatelic Societies that organises and encourages youth philately. They were recently awarded a FEPA Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding activities in promoting philately and…

Disruption to international postal services: Latest information

International postal services have been severely reduced in response to the Coronavirus restrictions on movement. The position is subject to constant changes as restrictions are imposed or relaxed, but for an impression of the current level…

RPSL presentation on QEII Wilding stamps available to view

The Royal Philatelic Society London held its first 'virtual' meeting on 23rd April, with well over 100 members from many countries around the world taking part via Zoom. Frank Walton gave a 30 minute presentation about the origins and evolution…

PHILATELIC MAGAZINES FREE ONLINE

Publishers of some philatelic magazines are facing the problem that their production facilities are closed for an indefinite period due to the coronavirus lockdown. So some of them have made their April issues available free online to their…

News from Italy: PHILATELIC VIDEO CONFERENCES DURING THE LOCKDOWN

Thanks to the initiative of Aniello Veneri and the prompt participation of a group of philatelists who used to have a monthly "philatelic dinner" in Rome that was suddenly cancelled because of the lockdown, a regular programme of video conferences…

Dutch PostNL legalizes Magazinekaart

  As could have been read on Fepanews a year ago the Netherlands has a new type of postal stationery as of January 2019. It is a standard postcard size (A6) card with an imprinted stamp, meant to be for shipment of the Dutch monthly ‘Filatelie’…
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Postage rate nerd’s lock down hobby

The mystery of single stamp postal items has puzzled me for years. Would it be possible to find out all possible different single usages of some certain stamp? In order to find this out I started to fill in spreadsheets and calculate the different possibilities.
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Turkish Federation organises E-Philately Exhibition from 23 April. Entries are invited.

We have just received this message from Murat Hazinedaroglu of the Turkish Federation.   April 23th 2020 is one of the most significant anniversaries of the Turkish Republic’s history as it is the Centenary of Inauguration of the…
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Social distancing in the 17th Century

At present some of us may feel that the instructions to maintain 2 metres distance from other people and to avoid gathering in groups are a unique imposition, even if necessary to combat the epidemic. However, they have a long history.  As…
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ABPS Chairman’s 5 minute videos of exhibits available to view

Graham Winters, the Chairman of the ABPS (the British Federation), has been spending some of his lockdown time producing short amateur videos describing a selection of his exhibits. Graham is notable for having exhibited in almost every class…
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Hungary will hold HUNFILEX in March-April 2022

To celebrate its centenary the Hungarian Federation (MABEOSZ) will hold a Specialised World Stamp Exhibition at 'The Whale' in Budapest from 31 March - 3 April 2022. The exhibition has been designated as HUNFILEX 2022. The exhibition will have…

London 2020 will now be held in February 2022

Following the postponement of London 2020 due to the Coronavirus emergency Frank Walton, the Chairman of the London 2020 Organising Committee, has announced that the exhibition will now be held at the Business Design Centre in London from: 19…

Luis Alemany Indarte (1940-2020)

The Spanish Federation of Philatelic Societies (FESOFI) has sent us the sad news of the death of Luis Alemany, winner of eight FIP Grand Prizes, and a great person. He passed away on 9th April due to the Alzheimer illness he suffered from in…
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Slovakia’s philatelic portal www.philanotes.com has been updated

Dr Vojtech Jankovich, who is a member of the Board of the Slovak Federation, has let us know that he has added fresh news and articles to the philatelic portal at www.philanotes.com. The portal is full of interesting information and is well…

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