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BOSTON 2026 — Grand Prix Winners

Grand Prix D'Honneur Winner: - Alfred Schmidt, Prussia: The First Three Issues 1850–59. Candidates: - Nicholas Miles Kirke, Evolution of Outbound Foreign Mail Cancelled in New York City 1845–1878. - Keith Klugman, Victorian Postage…
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BOSTON 2026 — Results

The complete list of the results has just been received from Boston: Read or download the results from here: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/boston-2026-results.pdf ...
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Balkanfila Newsletter No. 14

The latest Balkanfila Newsletter features an extended report on the BALKANFILA XXI exhibition, held in Pernik, Bulgaria, from 29 April to 2 May. As always, the 60-page publication offers a rich collection of philatelic news and articles from…
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The French Postal Censorship During the Allied Occupation in Rhineland 1918–1925

The author had already published, in 2010, a work on French postal and telegraphic censorship during the First World War. The issue of the occupation of Germany was only briefly addressed there. Since then, he has conducted further research…
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Les timbres-poste sans valeur fiduciaire apparente

This book is dedicated to the description of stamps with no apparent fiduciary value, issued between 1838 and 1887, in some thirty countries across five continents. Furthermore, whenever possible, bibliographic references are included, allowing…
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BEPHILA 2026 Newsletter #16

Personalised stamps were released to mark the Bephila 2026 anniversaries: 100 years of the Berlin Radio Tower, 100 years of Lufthansa, and 175 years of the Berlin Fire Brigade. Also released were the Royal Series and the stamps featuring the…
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GBPS: Looking Forward to an Exciting New Season

Members of the GBPS are looking forward to an exciting new season, which will run from September to August 2027. The new programme features 22 meetings, most of which are held at the Royal Philatelic Society London, but many are also available…
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OPUS No. XXVI Is Out

This year's Opus is dedicated to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, and features 21 articles by 23 connoisseurs across 236 A4 pages. It also marks the final contribution of Guy Coutant, concluding exactly twenty successful years in the…
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NORDIA 2026 – A successful Nordic gathering in Espoo

The Nordic philatelic community came together at Espoo Dipoli, Finland, for NORDIA 2026, the Nordic stamp exhibition held from 8 to 10 May 2026. Organised under FEPA Recognition by the Finnish Philatelic Society (Suomen Filatelistiseura), the…
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ITALIA 2026 in Rome from 15 to 18 October 2026

In 1933, the city of Chicago organised the ‘A Century of Progress’ International Exposition, which Italian philately remembers for Italo Balbo’s transatlantic flight and the ‘triptych’ stamp issues (see photo). That was the last world…
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The Philatelic Journalist: Now Digital or Print

The recently released No. 179 marked the first issue of The Philatelic Journalist to be made available to AIJP members in either digital (€40 per annum) or printed format (€60 per annum). According to its statutes, the AIJP brings together…
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BALKANFILA XXI: Catalogue and Palmares booklets

The 21st BALKANFILA exhibition was held at the Palace of Culture in Pernik, Bulgaria, from 29 April to 2 May 2026. It was organised by the Union of Bulgarian Philatelists under FIP Sponsorship and FEPA Recognition. The jury, chaired by Peter…
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The RAHFHP Participates at the UPAEP Congress

The 25th Congress of the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (UPAEP) was held between 13 and 17 April 2026 in Cascais, Portugal. The Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History (RAHFHP) was invited to participate as…
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BEPHILA 2026 Newsletter #15

Catering at and during the Bephila As well as the philatelic ‘treats’, there will be plenty of food and drink on offer. Catering will be available on the first floor of the S-Arena throughout the exhibition. A ‘get-together’ for self-paying…

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