
MONACOPHIL 2022 postage stamp was released today
The Monaco Post Office released a postage stamp today to remind us of the upcoming MONACOPHIL 2022 next November.
Since 2009, Monacophil has been established as the event of the year, every two years, on odd years. Because of its postponement…

Latest FEPA Seminars have been uploaded on the website
The development of the FEPA website has become one of the Board's principal priorities. As an ongoing procedure, new pages are added from time to time and older pages are continuously updated in order to maintain a website worth visiting regularly.
A…

The “World of Stamps” is travelling around Spain
The week following Easter, a travelling exhibition reached the city of Ourense in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain, organised by the Spanish Federation (FESOFI) and sponsored by the Spanish Post (Correos). It has toured Spain since…

HELVETIA 2022: The exhibition programme is now online
HELVETIA 2022 is only a couple of weeks away. The full programme has been uploaded on the exhibition website.
The 2000-frames plus 100-literature items world stamp exhibition will take place in Centro Esposizioni Lugano, between 18 and 22 May,…

PARIS-PHILEX 2022 at Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles
PARIS-PHILEX 2022 will take place in Hall 5.1, at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, from 23 to 25 June.
The exhibition is organised by CNEP (Chambre syndicale des Experts et Négociants en Philatélie), FFAP (Fédération Française des…

Spain: Two prominent researchers receive the Civil Order of Postal Merit
Two renowned philatelists from Spain, both exceptional researchers, Fernando Aranaz del Río and Eugenio de Quesada, have been awarded with the Medal of the Civil Order of Postal Merit (la Placa de la Orden Civil al Mérito Postal), which will…

STAMPA 2022 in Dublin celebrates Centenary of Irish stamps
The STAMPA 2022 Organisers sent out a Newsletter yesterday to announce that the National Irish National Exhibition will be back in October 2022:
2022 marks 100 Years of Irish Postage Stamps and also 50 years of STAMPA. It also marks the…

HUNFILEX 2022 exhibition photos are now online
If you haven't visited Budapest and HUNFILEX 2022, here is your chance to take a peek at the exhibition. One hundred or so photographs have been uploaded on the Facebook account of Mabéosz, the Hungarian Philatelic Federation.
Here is the…

LIBEREC 2022 latest Newsletter: Preparations are under way
We received the latest Newsletter from LIBEREC 2022 Organising Committee with a lot of details in:
Applications for participation
The FEPA Congress 2022
Availability of rooms for lectures and seminars
Accommodation for visitors,…

Ulm becomes the location of the former Sindelfingen Stamp Fair
The 37th International Stamp Fair in 2019 at the Sindelfingen Exhibition Centre was the last. Two years of the pandemic and the subsequent change of ownership of the Exhibition Hall has forced the organisers to seek another location. The new…

Joint session of the French and the Belgian Philatelic Academies
On Saturday 9 April, in Hotel Amigo, Brussels, members of Académie royale de philatélie de Belgique and Académie de philatélie (Paris) met for a joint session.
Keynote speakers:
Jean-François Brun, "La troisième dimension"
Dominique Hardy,…

FEPA Awards 2021 – Deadline for nomination is approaching!
Member federations are reminded to submit nominations for the FEPA Medals as well as for the Certificates of Appreciation. They should reach Vice President Giancarlo Morolli at latest by 23 April 2022.
For 2022, the FEPA medal 2021 for exceptional…

ALPEN-ADRIA PHILATELIE 2022 and BIRDPEX 9 in Gmunden, Austria
The ALPEN-ADRIA PHILATELIE 2022 Multinational Exhibition will be held in Kongresshaus Toscana, Gmunden, Austria, from 26 to 28 August. All philatelic classes will be represented. Seven countries will participate with National Commissioners:…

Vote for your favourite music stamp of 2021
We read on the BDPh website that the Motivgruppe Musik eV (International Philatelic Music Study Group) invites stamp collectors from all over the world to vote for the most beautiful stamp of 2021 related to music. The members of the Motivgruppe…

HELVETIA 2022 second miniature sheet to be released
On 5th May, the Swiss Post will release a second miniature sheet to promote HELVETIA 2022 World Stamp Exhibition, with central theme the Seated Helvetia, who is honoured on her 160th anniversary.
The designer added perforation to one vertical…

Postmaster for five months in Antarctica? A lifetime experience!
Right from BBC News (yesterday):
A British charity (the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust) is searching for people to spend five months in Antarctica, to run the world's most remote post office.
Candidates are required to have good level of physical…

INDONESIA 2022 revised IREX and applications now online
If you visit INDONESIA 2022 website today you will find the most critical information: The National Commissioners page, the newly revised IREX (2 April), the application forms for participation and the deadlines to observe, among which:
25 April…

HUNFILEX 2022 World Stamp Championship results
The winners of HUNFILEX 2022 World Stamp Championship were announced during the Palmares dinner yesterday night.
World Stamp Champion: Damien Läge (Germany), "Australasian Birdlife"
WSC 1st Runner up: Jean Voruz (Monaco), "Geneva from the…

Frank Walton (1955-2022)
It is with great sadness that we report that Frank Walton passed away last night. He was suffering from stomach cancer.
Frank will be sorely missed. We send our heartfelt condolences to his family.
Frank Walton RDP FRPSL was a specialist in…
