The Specialized World Stamp Exhibition PRAGA 2018 signs the contract of the FIP Patronage

The Union of Czech Philatelists are going to organize The Specialized World Stamp Exhibition PRAGA

2018 under Patronage of the International Philatelic Federation, FIP and the Recognition of the Federation of European Philatelic Associations, FEPA.

The exhibition, which already had received the FEPA Recognition at the 2016 FEPA Congress in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, has signed on the 26th October the contract of the FIP Patronage.

The contract was signed by the FIP Vice-President Bernard Jimenez, who will be FIP Consultant of the Exhibition and Vit Vanicek, President of the Organizing Committee of “PRAGA 2018”

The main indicators will be as follows:

The exhibition will take place within the framework of the celebrations

100th anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak Republic,
100th anniversary of the issuing of the first Czechoslovak stamps,
100th anniversary of the end of the WWI, etc.

The presenter is the Union of Czech Philatelists. The exhibition will be held at the Clarion Congress Hotel Prague. The exhibition will be open on August 15, 2018 and close on August 18, 2018. The capacity will be more that 1500 exhibition frames.

Exhibition classes:

A) Non-competitive Classes

B) Competitive Exhibits Classes:

Class 1. Traditional Philately

Class 2. Postal History

Class 3. Philatelic Literature

Class 4. One Frame Exhibits

Class 5. Modern Philately (21st century)

Class 6. Open Philately

Letters of Invitation to all FIP members will be send in November 2016,

The Website of the Exhibition is : www.praga2018.cz