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HUNFILEX 2022 World Stamp Exhibition under way

Grand Opening today of HUNFILEX 2022 World Stamp Exhibition in Budapest. The official ceremony was honoured by H.E. Mr János Áder, President of the Republic of Hungary, Mr. László Kövér, Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, and…
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The work of British stamp designer Marjorie Saynor

A short story uploaded on the Postal Museum (London) website by Ms. Georgina Tomlinson, Deputy Curator, Philately, introduced us to Marjorie Saynor (1924-2012), an artist, who submitted stamp designs to the Royal Mail during the 70s and the…
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CAPEX 22 International One Frame Stamp Championship

CAPEX 22 is the first large international one frame exhibition. It will take place at the Metro Toronto Conference Centre (MTCC) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 9 to 12 June 2022. A little over 400 exhibits are expected to participate. The…
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MICHEL database with stamps from all over the world

Schwaneberger Verlag has revised and updated the large MICHEL-Online database. It contains the cataloguing from the 16 printed catalogues about European stamps, the 20 catalogues about stamps from overseas and the MICHEL catalogue Germany with…
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The Danish Postal History Society celebrates its 50th anniversary

The Danish Postal History Society (Dansk Posthistorisk Selskab, DPHS)`was founded in 1972. This weekend, 26-27 March, the Society celebrates its 50th anniversary, with a 200-frame exhibition featuring postal history exhibits only. The exhibition,…
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Space is the main theme of the new “Junge Sammler”

Yesterday, we received the latest Newsletter from Axel Brockmann at the editorial office of Junge Sammler, the official magazine of the Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend e. V. (https://www.dphj.de/) This is the first issue of the year for the Junge…
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New Delcampe magazine: “Collections Classiques”

For the past six years or so we have experienced the two different Delcampe magazine series: Philately (Philatélie) and Special Edition (Hors-Série). Last week Delcampe released No. 1 of a new series, the Collections Classiques. According…
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The Postal Museum (Postimuseo) in Tampere, Finland

Opened to the public in 1927 in Helsinki, the Postimuseo has moved to Tampere in 2014. Learn more about the Postal Museum of Finland from the museum's website. Just to get an idea, we copied the following from the Introduction at the "Collections"…
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Hunfilex 2022 in Budapest is just around the corner

Hunfilex 2022 is just around the corner. The exhibition will take place at the Groupama Arena in Budapest from Thursday 31 March to Sunday 3 April. The organisers have recently uploaded their three latest newsletters on the exhibition website: Newsletter…
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FEPA Seminar on Open Philately during Hunfilex 2022

Ms. Birthe King FRPSL, renowned exhibitor and juror and former FEPA Board member, will lead the FEPA seminar on Open Philately during Hunfilex 2022. The seminar will take place on Saturday 2 April, 10:30-12:00, at the exhibition grounds, the…
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2022 Linn’s most influential philatelists list revealed

On 8 March, Jay Bigalke, Editor-in-Chief of Linn's Stamp News and Scott catalogs at Amos Media, wrote in linns.com: In the Sept. 20, 2021, issue of "Linn’s", we announced the upcoming publication of the "Most Influential Philatelists and…

Henno Sepp celebrated his 100th birthday

Kaido Andres sent us this touching message: Today, the oldest philatelist in Estonia will be 100 years old. Henno Sepp has been popularizing philately in Pärnu for over 60 years. Today, it is hard to imagine that the philatelic society of…
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Exfilna 2022 website has been launched

The 60th Spanish National Philatelic Exhibition Exfilna 2022 is scheduled to take place next fall in the city of Irún, in the Basque Country, on the border between Spain and France. A couple of days ago the website of the exhibition was launched…
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Helvetia 2022 organisers come up with simple best practices

Helvetia 2022 organisers came up with an interesting offer to their exhibitors: they had asked them to select and send before 15 March the images of up to 12 pages of their exhibits. When the jurors receive and examine these sample pages they…
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Vaccari News celebrates 19 years: “la filatelia in tempo reale”

We read in Vaccari News today that it was 8th March 2003 when their webpage was released. The first post was about Aldo Capitini's "flag of peace", a topic quite relevant to today's Ukraine conflict, as their own webmaster commented. The webpage…

Suspension of Russian and Belarusian accounts on Delcampe

We received from Delcampe the following email: Due to the conflict in Ukraine, which we deplore, we have decided to suspend all sales and purchases from Russia and Belarus. In concrete terms, the following actions have been taken: • suspension…
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International Women’s Day to be celebrated on 8th March in Italy

On the occasion of the International Women's Day, on 8 March 2022, the Polo bibliotecario del Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico and the Comitato Unico di Garanzia del Ministero (CUG) have organised a teleconference with central theme "The woman…
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The Fishermen’s Bastion depicted on Hunfilex 2022 stamps

The Fishermen’s Bastion in Budapest, built in the late 19th century, is featured on a pair of se-tenant stamps placed in circulation on 4 March by Magyar Posta to promote Hunfilex 2022. Details of the issue here. The World Stamp Exhibition…
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Statement by the FEPA Board regarding the conflict in Ukraine

The FEPA Board met on 2 March 2022 to consider its position regarding the conflict in Ukraine initiated by the Russian Federation and Belarus. It has agreed the following points: FEPA is a non-political organisation dedicated to promoting…
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Ostropa 2022 is cancelled due to the war in Ukraine

The Organising Committee of Ostropa 2022 issued a long statement on Saturday 26th February, expressing their regret in their decision to cancel Ostropa for a third time. The reasoning behind the decision was stated loud and clear: "Ultimately,…
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London 2022 Grand Prizes and complete list of awards

London 2022 Awards: World Stamp Champion: James Peter Gough (USA), "UPU and its Impact on Global Postal Services" Grand Prix International: Vittorio Morani (Italy), "Tuscany 1836 to UPU: Letter mail in, from and to Tuscany: routes, rates and…
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Liberec 2022 has released Exhibition Bulletin No. 1

The Liberec 2022 Organising Committee has recently released an attractive 32-page booklet and uploaded it on the exhibition website. You can read Bulletin No. 1 here (6.35 MB).

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