
600 numbers for the Spanish Revista de Filatelia
The Revista de Filatelia magazine celebrated its 600th number with its current February issue. The first number of the Spanish monthly appeared in September 1967. In 2005 the magazine was honoured by the European Academy of Philately (AEP) with…

Nominations for the elections at the 76th FIP Congress
The FIP announced the nominations for the upcoming elections of the Board and the Commissions. The elections will take place in August, at the 76th FIP Congress in Jakarta, during the World Stamp Championship Indonesia 2022.
Read the official…

The story of the Roll narrated by its Keeper, Jon Aitchison
Jon Aitchison, the Keeper of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists, talks to George James of Stanley Gibbons about the history of the Roll; how it all started in the 1920s, the fathers of philately, the selection of the new signatories, its…

New book on Postal Museum Collections: Just Large Enough
All About Stamps website reported that a new book by Douglas N. Muir, Senior Curator at the Postal Museum, will be available on 19th February.
According to the same report, Eliska Bejrova, Social Media & PR Officer at The Postal Museum,…

At last: It is London time! 19-26 February
Newsletter No. 32 was out today (read it here) and Frank Walton promised that this is going to be the last one. In closing, he says he will be in London tomorrow hoping to see many old and new friends from all over the world very soon.
Don't…

Forthcoming events of the European Academy of Philately
The European Academy of Philately (AEP) announced its 2022 agenda in the latest "Trait d’Union" which reached its membership yesterday.
The AEP will be in London 2022 for a full day on Friday 25 February, from 10:00 to 16:00. It is an important…

European Stamp Exhibition and Polar Salon LIBEREC 2022
Jiří Kraus, President of Liberec 2022 Organising Committee, posted yesterday a personal call on the exhibition website, an open invitation to the philatelic community to visit the European Stamp Exhibition and the associated exhibition "Polar…

The Hamburg Philatelic Library: fifty years of service
The Library was established in 1971 when several Hamburg stamp associations and the “Schleswig-Holstein Postal History and Philately” working group joined their literature holdings. Today the Hamburg Philatelic Library with its counterparts…

Edition d’Or No. 60 released by the Global Philatelic Network
The Global Philatelic Network (Corinphila, Heinrich Köhler etc.) continues the production of elegant volumes in the Edition d’Or series, which started in 2006. Each book presents a collection that has been awarded with a Grand Prix or at…

Upcoming FEPA seminars at London 2022 and Hunfilex 2022
You may have seen the information on FEPA Seminars in the latest FEPA News (page 81). In 2022 there will be two seminars at London 2022 and one at HUNFILEX 2022.
London 2022
20th February 12.00 - 14.00
Title: Best Practice in Youth Philately
Presenter:…

FIP Postal History Commission will hold judging seminar in London
The FIP Postal History Commission will meet at the Business Design Centre, London during the LONDON 2022 exhibition. The meeting will be held from 14.00 - 16.00 on Thursday 24th February 2022.
The meeting will be chaired by Prof Dr Henrik…

La Fête du Timbre 2022 is coming up on 12-13 March
The French Federation of Philatelic Associations (FFAP) in cooperation with Phil@poste and l'ADPhile organises each year a major philatelic promotional event known as "Fête du Timbre ©" (formerly called "Journée du Timbre").
La Fête du…

London 2022 Official Catalogue now available to pre-order
The exhibition management announced via its Twitter account that the official catalogue of the London 2022 International Exhibition is now available in a special bumper pack, along with the March 2022 issue of Stamp Collector magazine, available…

Alphonse Mayer von Rothschild: Legendary Collector #31
Devlan Kruck is the UK Representative of David Feldman SA International Auctioneers & Curator at the Museum of Philately. In April 2020 Devlan set up a series of philatelic biographies on the blog of the DFSA website and presented Georges…

Documents Philatéliques No. 251 recently released
Documents Philatéliques No. 251, the journal of l'Académie de philatélie (Paris, France), was released on 15th January. The French Academy was born in 1928, and the Documents Philatéliques has been issued quarterly for more than fifty years…
