During the FEPA Congress celebrated in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, were handed out the awards of Mr. Francis Kiddle in memoriam, Mme Michèle Chauvet, Mr.Calin Marinescu, the Philatelic Society of Sofia „Petko Karaivanoff” and the Briefmarken-Sammler Verein Gotha 1890 e.V. Read more…
As many as 58 exhibits received Gold or Large Gold medals, which reflect the extremely high level of the Exhibition. Out of competition also were exhibited six outstanding collections from the DASV, German Association of Postal History. The Palmares marked the end of a fantastic exhibition. Read more…
On top of the fantastic exhibition, LUBRAPEX 2016 included a Social Program with the invitation to all FEPA Delegates to the Congress, Commissioners, Jurors and other guests, to visit the Cellars of Porto Wine with lunch there, dinner and small violin virtuoso concert at the “Pousada de Santa Luzia”, over the Sanctuary, amongst others visits, lunch and diners. PHOTO GALLERY Read more…
LUBRAPEX 50 ANOS, Portugal-Brazilian Exhibition with Germany (67 exhibits) and Italy (26) as guests Federations began yesterday with 252 Exhibits displayed on 965 frames. To celebrate the 50 year of continuous LUBRAPEX, probably the oldest binational exhibition of the world, it received the FEPA Support. Read more…
From the12th to the 17th of April was held the “Eurospace 2016″ International Astrophilatelic Exhibition at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Prague with FEPA Recognition and the participation of philatelists from Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland. Read more…
FINLANDIA 2017 will be arranged in May 24th – 28th, 2017. The exhibition is the biggest philatelic event in Europe – if not in the whole world – in 2017. The preparations for FINLANDIA 2017 are progressing as planned. There will be 40 FEPA countries participating, together with the invited USA and Australia. Read more…
We are very pleased having every year more FEPA Exhibitions. As in some points our Statutes and FREGEX are not so clear, the enclosed Summary of the FEPA Exhibitions may be of help for those FEPA member thinking on the possibility of organizing an exhibition with the FEPA Patronage, Support or Recognition. Read more…
Today we have been informed that after the General Assembly in Nicosia the participants from all cities of Cyprus voted for a new Board of the Cyprus Philatelic Federation. The results are as follows Read more…
Since nearly 20 years, the Austrian Federation celebrates an “Open Day” and invites a guest country. This year it was Luxemburg – the philatelic postal department and the representatives of the board. Read more…
In two weeks time will be celebrated the LUBRAPEX 50 Years Exhibition with the 2016 FEPA Congress. A beautiful Catalogue has been published plenty of useful information, the whole program of events and interesting articles. Read more…
After a collaboration of Nicos Rangos with UPU Management, he has obtained the authorization to publish and link in www.fepanews.com the illegal stamps issued in a number of countries members of the Universal Postal Union. This information is essential for experts, jurors and for many collectors in order to avoid buying and exhibiting such illegal stamps. Read more…
All members of the Bureau of the 11 Commissions are on election at the FIP Congress on the 26th of October in Taipei: Chairmen, Secretaries and ordinary Bureau members. Read more…
We very much regret that the version published in FEPA News, Nr. 28 January 2016 was the penultimate version. The additions from the Austrian Federation are now included: Read more…
Solidarity with Belgium – Solidarité avec la Belgique – Solidarität mit Belgien – Solidaridad con Bélgica – التضامن مع بلجيكا – солидарность с Бельгией Read more…
The Palmares of a very successful 2016 edition of Milanofil had as highlight the presentation of the FEPA Certificate of Appreciation to the Club Filatelico of Lugano (Switzerland), town that hosted our 2014 Congress, and the Circolo Filatelico of Bergamo (Italy). FEPA Vice President Giancarlo Morolli introduced the significance of the FEPA awards Read more…
The Assembly of the National Federation of Hungarian Philatelists (MABEOSZ) elected on the 27th of February 2016 on extraordinary election Mr. Peter Dunai as interim President. Read more…
On the 13th of February was held in Milano–Linate, the 2016 FEPA Board Annual Meeting. The following Minutes reflects the main discussions and matters treated at the meeting. Read more…
The FEPA Board unanimously agreed in granting the FEPA Recognition to “NORDIA 2017 Exhibition” to be held in The DGI-House/Spektrum in Vejle on 27 – 29 October 2017. Read more…
On the 5th of March was held the Congress of the Portuguesa Federation ( “Federaçao Portuguesa de Filatelia” ), in which was elected the new Board as follows: Read more…
The organizers of HUNREV 2016, National Hungarian Exhibition of Revenues, kindly invite to visit the exhibition from 20-24 April to philatelists from all FEPA countries. Read more…
FEPA Flag was brought to Jyväskylä to wait for the Nordia 2016 exhibition! Read more…
The FEPA Regulations for the Picture Postcard were approved by the FEPA Congress in Athens. Since then, several federations as the Polish, the Spanish or the Belgian has already translated it into their languages. Here we are posting the very interesting article published in “Belgaphil” by Mr. Ivan Van Damme, Read more…
In its meeting held in Milan on 13 February 2016, the FEPA Board analyzed the proposals submitted by the member Federations and agreed on awarding the 2015 FEPA Medals and Certificates of Appreciation as follows: Read more…
On the 13th and 14th of February, 30 jurors met in Bietigheim-Bissingen for the Jury Seminar directed by Dr. Wolfgang Leupold with the participation of the members of the Board of the German Federation Uwe Decker, Thomas Hoepfner and Alfred Schmidt. Read more…
The Féderation des Sociétés Philateliques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, informed us on the 11th of February of the election of its new Board of directors. Our best wishes for succéss!
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A new issue of FEPA News has been printed. All the FEPA members will receive the copies they requested for distribution within their countries. This number 28 covers the most relevant Philatelic events from July 2015 to the beginning of January 2016, information about the upcoming exhibitions and events, as well as other interesting information and articles. If you do not received it you can read it here in reduced size or download the magazine in full size. Read more…
Today has passed away George Sparis, President of the Hellenic Philotelic Society (HPS). He was also President of the Organizing Committee of NOTOS 2015. We are just receiving such sad message from Anthony Virvilis. Read more…
The 11th School of Young Philatelists / National Youth Philatelic Exhibition with international participation “TRAKOSCAN 2016”, will be held from October 8th to October 16th 2016 in the Castle of Trakoskan, Croatia. Read more…
On January 18, 2016 Berliner Philatelisten-Klub von 1888 e. V. organized its 2707 meeting (Sitzung). The central part of this meeting was a lecture on Astrophilately. Read more…
Since we established the official “Flag Counter” on the 11th of September 2014, over 200.000 pages have been seen from readers of 145 different countries. Read more…
On 18 January AICPM, the largest Italian postal history association, launched a new philatelic Portal, www.stampontheweb.com . Stampontheweb is a portal for everyone sharing our hobby, designed to make life easier as far as searching for information in the web is concerned. Read more…
The Special Regulations for the Evaluation of Picture Postcard Exhibits at FEPA Exhibitions were approved by the FEPA Congress in Athens, on 15 November 2015. They are subject to review by the 2018 FEPA Congress. These Regulations apply to all those exhibitions granted FEPA patronage, support or recognition at, or following, the 2015 FEPA Congress. Read more…
The new Board (Rada) of ZSF is formed by 7 members: 4 delegates from the regions and three members included the President, elected at the Council of ZSF (previously general assembly). Read more…
The just finished “3rd Continental Philatelic Exhibition”, organized by the Philatelic Society of Egypt on the occasion of the 150 year of first Egyptian Stamp, has resulted in a great success, its third successful event in one year! Read more…
From the 31st of December 2015 to the 6th of January 2016, Cairo hosted the “3rd Continental Exhibition” with FEPA Recognition. Were exhibited 223 frames of 11 classes and 71 exhibits from 8 countries: Egypt, Bahrain, Cyprus, Great Britain, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Read more…
The Commission Chairman, Lars Engelbrecht has kindly sent us the Commission Newsletter nº 14 of January 2016. In his message he says “ We see more and more postal stationery exhibits: 85 postal stationery exhibits have been entered at the international exhibitions in 2015. And the exhibits become better and better”… Read more…
On the 27th of December, the FEPA Board has granted the Recognition to ODESSAPHILEX-2016 . The Exhibition will be held from the 24 to the 28 August, 2016 in the Sea gallery of the exhibition center of Odessa Marine Station, Ukraine. The invited Federations are Greece, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Israel, Austria, Bulgaria and Czech Republic.
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December 2015 marked the 90th anniversary of the Philatelic Society of Sofia “P. Karaivanov” (Софийско Филателно Дружество “П. Караиванов”). The President, Boncho Bonev, requested the presence of the FEPA President who attended the event. Read more…
The Belgium Federation – FRCPB is celebrating its 125th Anniversary. With this occasion the President Eddy Van Vaeck presented a very special issue of the “Belgaphil” publication, telling the history of the last 25 years of the FRCPB. Read more…
Proposal from the Office of the European Parliament in Cyprus to organise a student stamp competition on the theme “The European Union through the eyes of Young People”, Read more…
A mail calling for candidates to the FEPA Awards 2015 has already been sent to all FEPA members. Please send your proposals to giancarlo.morolli@fastwebnet.it at your earliest convenience but not later than the 24th January 2016, as the FEPA Board meeting which will decide it is scheduled for mid February. Look at the details! Read more…
Once incorporated the comments received from some Delegates, we are pleased to post the whole Minutes of the FEPA Congress held in Athens on the 15th of November. Read more…
This year’s Monacophil s, which had FEPA Recognition, specialized in Polar philately. One of the main attractions at MonacoPhil 2015 was the exhibition of rarities including the famous British Guiana 1 Cent Magenta which was on display. Read more…
After the General Assembly held in Florence, the Federazione fra le Società Filateliche Italiane has a new Board for the period 2016-2018. It is composed of: Piero Macrelli (president), Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi (vice president), Read more…
Fakes, Forgeries & Experts Journal (FFE), since 1998 appreciated tool for the fight against and to inform about forgeries, is entering an exciting chapter with such a new editor. Read more…
The 34 National Federations present at the recent FEPA Congress, granted unanimously the FEPA Recognition to “ROSSICA 2016”, to be held from 20 to 22 May 2016 at the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin. Read more…
The Union of Lithuanian Philatelists (Lietuvos Filatelistų Sąjunga) held a successful exhibition from 19−22 November 2015 at the Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas. Read more…
The National Exhibition with the international participation of 10 countries “Eurospace 2016”, will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from April 12th to April 17th 2016 Read more…
The “EXFILNA 2016” will be held in Zaragoza, Spain, from the 14th to the 18th of September 2016. Over 850 frames will show many of the best Spanish exhibits as well as a valuable participation of philatelists from Croatia and Israel. Read more…
NORDIA 2016 invites philatelists from the Nordic countries, Estonia, Scandinavian Collectors Club (USA), and Royal Philatelic Society London to exhibit in Jyväskylä, Finland! Read more…
The 28th of November 2015 was elected the new Board of the Fédération des Associations Philatéliques de Turquie. Ziya Agaogullari was re-elected President. The whole Board is formed as follows: Read more…
According to the request of Dr. Eng. Sherif Samra, the 3RD CONTINENTAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION to be held in Cairo, Egypt, from the 31st December 2015 to the 6th of January 2016, received the FEPA Recognition at the FEPA Congress in Athens. Read more…
Many philatelists around the world thought that it was an utopia when they heard the concept behind NOTOS 2015: High exhibition standards; Low exhibitor’s fees; Reasonable budget: Free-of-charge exhibition hall… Read more…
Do not be afraid of long speeches. Just a friendly and very nice event. Read more…
NOTOS 2015 has achieved what it promised and much more. Leaded by George Sparis, Anthony Virvilis, Costas Chazapis and many other volunteers has been incredible successful as it will be detailed in new posts. Read more…
From the 5th to the 8th of November has been held the Bulgarian National Exhibition in Veliko Tarnovo, the ancient capital of the country. Read more…
Continuing his extraordinary support of Philately, H.M. King Simeon II of Bulgaria validated on the 5th of November… Read more…
Education through stamps „Trakoscan story“. October has seen the 10th School of Young Philatelists “TRAKOSCAN 2015” organized by the Club of Young Philatelists “TRAKOSCAN” , with the participation of young from Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Hungary. Read more…
A new Board has been elected at the „Verband Österreichischer Philatelisten-Vereine“, the Austrian Philatelic Federation, for the period October 2015- September 2019. The new President is Helmut KOGLER, Vice-President Alfred KUNZ, Treasurer Horst HORIN Read more…
SILFI 2015, Danish National Exhibition, showed 90 exhibits and 20 stands comprised dealers, post offices and philatelic organizations. Was presented the FEPA Certificate of Appreciation to the Djurslands Filatelistiske Højskole. Read more…
It is my very sad responsibility to have to tell you that Francis Kiddle died this morning. Francis was diagnosed with lung cancer just over two months ago, and he spent three weeks in hospital with pneumonia. He came home just over a week ago. He died surrounded by his family. Read more…
Over 35 national and international jurors from 15 FEPA countries gathered in Budapest on 16 October for a three-day FEPA seminar on judging techniques organised by Mr.Denes CZIROK under the auspices of the Hungarian Philatelic Federation (MABEOSZ). Read more…
This was a small exhibition, almost certainly due to the success of London 2015 Europhilex. The twice-yearly STAMPEX exhibitions at the Business Design Centre in London Read more…
President Mattarella opened the exhibition “The Great War. The Liberation. One hundred gems of Italian philately “staged at the Quirinal Read more…
Following on from the production of the IREX, the Agreement between the FEPA and the Philatelic Federation of Finland SFFF and the Foundation for Promoting Finnish Philately was signed in Tampere Hall on Saturday 3 October 2015. Read more…
On the 52nd Extraordinary Assembly of the Croatian Philatelic Federation, was elected the new Board. By majority of votes, Tihomir Bilandžić was elected as a new President of Croatian Philatelic Federation. The result of the election was… Read more…
The University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava organizes every year during the school holidays the Children’s University Read more…
The Italian philatelists meet in Florence, the town of Donatello and Michelangelo at the national exhibition “Florence 2015”, whilst Rome, hosts a top philatelic event: “Quirinal Palace Open Doors to Philately”. The Quirinale palace, seat of the Popes, the Kings and now of the Presidents of the Italian Republic. Read more…
From the 3rd to the 5th of September has been held at the City Hall of Sibiu, the Romanian National Maximaphily Exhibition with international participation, SIBIUMAX 2015. Read more…
On the 12th of September has died in Esslingen, Switzerland, Dr. Theodore (Teddy) Dahinden RDP, at the age of 89 years. Promoter of the Astrophilately Class, he was a great Thematic exhibitor and Juror. President of the Swiss Philatelic Federation for 11 years he was also Director and FIP Vice-president. Read more…
It was a real successful exhibition with more than 80 collections. There was a special room only for Astrophilately organized by Mr. Igor Rodin with the presence of two active Russian cosmonauts: Oleg Artemyev and Roman Romanenko Read more…
Notos 2015 has issued its Newsletter number 7, plenty of useful information about the Exhibition and about the situation in Greece. Read more…
28 FEPA Federations have participated in “Singapore 2015”. Here you get the whole Palmares kindly sent by Chris King. Read more…
In 2016 the Portuguese Federation of Philately will commemorate 50 years of LUBRAPEX Exhibitions between Portugal and Brazil. For this outstanding Anniversary will also participate the Federations of Germany and Italy, in the beautiful city of Viana do Castelo, near Porto. Read more…
The FEPA Board has granted the FEPA Recognition to the Exhibition with international participation “GMUNDEN 2016” Read more…
On occassion of its 50th anniversary, the Triestingtaler Briefmarkensammler Verein Hirtenberg will celebrate an exhibition with international participation Read more…
On the last week of June were sent to all the FEPA Federations for its distribution the requested copies of the number 27 of our magazine “FEPA News”, covering the second semester of 2015. It shows the most relevant Philatelic events from January to June, information about the upcoming exhibitions and seminars, as well as the FEPA Calendar and other interesting information and articles. If you do not received it you can now download it in full. Read more…
The Patronage Contract has been signed in Athens by the FEPA Consultant of the exhibition, Alfred Kunz, representing FEPA and George Sparis, President of the NOTOS 2015 O.C. who is also President of the Hellenic Philotelic Society, and Pantelis Leoussis, President of the Hellenic Philatelic Federation . At the same time has been published the Newsletter number 6. Read more…
On 11-14 June 2015 the Philatelic Society of Egypt presented at the premises of the Arab League Building in Cairo, a four days successful show, the Second Continental Philatelic Exhibition to mark the 150th Anniversary of Egypt Post Read more…
The National Congress brought together the 620 organizations that make up the French Federation of Philatelic Associations. A new Board was elected Read more…
The National Art Museum of Minsk has hosted the 8th National Philatelic Exhibition of Belarus with international participation. Was organised by the Union of Philatelists of Belarus, Ministry of Communications and Informatics of Belarus, Enterprise of Post Communications Belpost, National Art Museum of Belarus. Read more…
Dés le 22 Mai jusqu’au le 25 à eut lieu au Parc des Expositions de Mâcon « Phila-France 2015 », le Championnat de France de Philatélie , une exposition philatélique de très haut niveau avec plus de 800 cadres présentant près de 200 collections variées Read more…
On the Congress of the Norwegian Philatelic Association – Norsk Filatelistforbund, held on Saturday June 6th in Trondheim was elected the new Board. Read more…
Dear Frank, I was fortunate to be a Commissioner at the LONDON 2015 EUROPHILEX FEPA EXHIBITION, which I will never forget. In spite of the short duration of only four days, it was a great exhibition that all of us enjoyed with many different and interesting shows, duties, and activities Read more…
The European Academy of Philately, AEP, organized an outstanding meeting during London 2015 EUROPHILEX, in which were presented 17 Displays of the highest interest. Read more…
Taking advantage of the fact that all members of the Board were in London as Organizer, Consultant, Juror or National Commissioners of London 2015 EUROPHILEX, was held a FEPA Board meeting on the 15th of May. The meeting was celebrated at the FEPA Stand, obtained for free and prepared in an excellent way by Birthe King, to promote the FEPA activities. Read more…
Amongst the many and very interesting events celebrated in connection with London 2015 EUROPHILEX, were the four FEPA Seminars. Read more…
From the 13th to the 16th of May was held London 2015 EUROPHILEX”. This show was an innovation in the international philatelic calendar. Read more…
A new edition of the ECTP was held in Essen from the 7th to the 9th of May. This year was special: was performed with the organizers of London 2015 EUROPHILEX as a joint exhibition. Read more…
Advance of the complete Palmares Read more…
The initial target of 800 frames was easily surpassed, since our friends-exhibitors mainly from the countries of the European South applied for considerably more frames in their entry forms. The Organizing Committee decided to increase the total exhibition space to 3500 m2 Read more…
On April 3 and 4, 2015 the 22th International Postal History and Cover Fair de Brievenbeurs, also for stamps and picture postcards, was held in Gouda, the Netherlands Read more…
Finlandia 2017 Bulletin #1 contains a lot of useful information about the exhibition! Read more…
The Croatian Philatelic Federation (HFS) celebrated its 75th Anniversary with the National Stamp Exhibition with international participation of their partner Federations from Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic and Hungary in the French Pavilion of Ehemahligen in the fair complex of Zagreb, from the 31st of March to the 4th of April 2015. The exhibition Grand Prix was for José Pedro Gómez-Agüero for its Large Gold Aero exhibit “Aerial post over Spain 1919-1939”. Read more…
It will take place the days 16-17-18 of October 2015, organized by the Hungarian Federation (MABÉOSZ), under the responsibility of Dénes Czirók . Are invited all countries from Europe and other FEPA member federations, being the Team Leaders Kurt Kimmel RDP (Switzerland) and Dr Wolf Hess RDP (Germany). Read more…
From the 18th to the 25th of March, collectors from Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, New Zealand, Pakistan and Turkey meet in Çanakkale to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Çanakkale Wars (Gallipoli Campaign) and to promote friendly relations and maintain close cooperation among the philatelists of the countries involved in the Çanakkale Wars. Read more…
The Circle Philatelique of Ettelbruck organized on the 21st and 22nd of March, the 1st International Exhibition of Pictures Postcard Class, on occasion of the 72nd Congress of the « Fédération des Sociétés Philatéliques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg » and the 26th Journey of Maximaphily Read more…
The 53th Spanish National Exhibition “EXFILNA 2015” was held in Avilés, from the 13th to the 21st of March, participating exhibits from the 14 Spanish Regional Federations and from Italy as invited guest. The Grand Prix of the Championship Class was for “Postal Stationery of Peru” from Germán Bachwitz. The Exhibition Grand Prix was for Francisco Infantes’s exhibit “Alfonso XIII Proofs and Essays”. The best Italian exhibit was “Venice, disinfected mail” from Franco Rigo, Large Gold with 95 points Read more…
On the 22nd of March, the Féderation des Sociétés Philateliques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, elected the corresponding part of the Board, according to their Statutes Read more…
At the General Assembly of the Spanish Federation of Philatelic Societies (FESOFI) held on the 15th of March, a new Board has been elected for the Period 2015-2019, with Miguel Ángel García Fernández as President Read more…
New RDPs to Sign The Roll Of Distinguished Philatelists in Leeds on the 7th August 2015 The Board of Election unanimously decided to ask Jørgen Jørgensen FRPSL (Denmark), James P. Mazepa FRPSL (United States), Stephen D. Schumann FRPSL (United States), and Frank Walton FRPSL (United Kingdom) to sign the Roll. Read more…
The exhibition wanted to present a range of the richness and diversity of the Croatian flora in philately Read more…
As few days ago was informed, the DFH has been one of the three European Clubs receiving the FEPA Certificate of Appreciation of the year. The Djurslands Filatelistiske Højskole (DFH) is a philatelic school of high level for adult stamp collectors and exhibitors. In Denmark we call it a “high school” meaning a sort of Open University. The teaching consists of lectures on a particular topic often supported by displaying an exhibit on the subject. DFH has all modern presentation techniques. Read more…
The more relevant matters discussed and the main decisions taken at the 2015 meeting of the FEPA Board, held in London on the 20th of February at the Royal Philatelic Society, were Read more…
In its meeting held in London on 20 February 2015, the FEPA Board analyzed the proposals submitted by member Federations and agreed on awarding the 2014 FEPA Medals and Certificates of Appreciation as follows: FEPA Medal 2014 for Exceptional Service to Organized Philately: ANTHONY VIRVILIS RDP (Greece). FEPA Medal 2014 for Exceptional Philatelic Study and Research: FRANK WALTON (Great Britain), editor of The De La Rue Collection, volumes 1 to 6. The runners-up were Read more…
From the 27th to the 30th of August 2015, GMUNDEN , the Austrian city situated on the Lake Traunsee, will bring together collectors from Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Switzerland to celebrate what promise to be a great philatelic event. Read more…
From the 17th to the 22nd of February 2015, the Business Design Centre of London hosted the National British Exhibition with USA participation. The collaboration of the ABPS, Association of British Philatelic Societies and the PTS, Philatelic Traders Society has been again the pillar of the event. Read more…
FEPA News 26, just published, includes the main philatelic events held in Europe and other Mediterranean countries during the second half of 2014 as well as the information about the events taking place in 2015. Read more…
The Amalia Hotel Athens has been selected by the Organising Committee of NOTOS 2015 as the venue and official Hotel of the 2015 FEPA Congress. It is also the official Hotel of NOTOS 2015 Exhibition where Jury members, National Commissioners and other officials will be staying. The Amalia Hotel Athens is a four star hotel, Read more…
The exhibition logo was unveiled and officially presented on 29 January at the Hellenic Philotelic Society premises. The red needle of a compass, strangely pointing South, interprets easily the Greek word NOTOS into the world’s languages. Read more…
The recent issue of “FILATELIA” cover all main philatelic activities of the Romanian Federation in the period 2011-2014, including the International Exhibitions. Also it is plenty of interesting articles from Wolfgang Maassen , Francisc Ambrus , Alexandru Bartoc , Julieta Pascanu etc. Also includes the 799 special postmarks 2011-2015, with good images of all of them. Read more…
Enrico Veschi died on 23 January in Rome. He was born in Arcevia (Ancona) on 28 August 1926 Read more…
It is with deep regret that we have to annouce the death of Mr Ladislav Dvoracek, RDP on 22nd January 2015 at the age of 92. Read more…
Under the patronage of the Egyptian Post Office, The Philately Society of Egypt celebrated its first continental exhibition from the 1st of January until the 6th of January 2015 in the Faculty of Fine Arts located in the elite Zamalek District of Cairo. The exhibition period coincided with the Post Day on the 2nd of January and also celebrated the passing of 150years since establishing the Egyptian Post Office.
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No more doubts if a maximum card is good or wrong. Read more…
Lars Engelbrecht, Chairman, & Ian McMahon, Secretary, of the FIP Postal Stationery Commission, have sent to us the very interesting January 2015 newsletter of the Postal Stationery Commission Read more…
The FEPA Representative at the Bureau of the FIP Commission for Postal History, Per Friis Mortensen, has sent to us its Activity Report 2014 within the FEPA area, which demonstrate the increasing importance of PH in Exhibitions and Seminars. Read more…
From 3-5 December 2015, the MonacoPhil 2015 exhibition will provide another opportunity for philatelists from all over the world to meet and celebrate our shared passion for philately. This year, the chosen theme will be Polar philately in a Competitive Exhibition, together with the “100 World Rarities” and with a section reserved for the Russian Polar expeditions. Read more…
The entry form is now on-line. Prospective exhibitors are requested to visit http://hps.gr/notos2015/entry-form and submit their applications directly to the Organizing Committee. Once submitted, a copy of the completed form is e-mailed back to the exhibitor and the National Commissioner (where applicable). Read more…
Nordia 2014 was held in Lilleström near Oslo on November 21-23 2014. Read more…
The FEPA Members have already scheduled over 50 Exhibitions of National or International level. Amongst them, the FEPA Patronage Exhibitions LONDON 2015 , ECTP Essen, NOTOS 2015 in Athens and FINLANDIA 2017, while Çanakkale 2015 in Turkey, MonacoPhil 2015 and Balkanfila 2016 in Albania got the FEPA Recognition. To see all the exhibitions, please enter into the Menu section “FEPA Calendar”. Read more…
Yesterday, the 5th of December, the Slovak Post issued a stamp (Pofis No.579, face value 0,60 €) to honour the great philatelist Severín Zrubec, Chairman of the Union of Slovak Philatelic Societies (1969 − 1979) and member of the Thematic Philately Commission of FIP (1972 – 1984). Read more…
Please enjoy these video interviews with some of the organisers and keen philatelists who are helping make London 2015 Europhilex into a great success. The interviews conducted by Ben Palmer include: Chris King President of the RPSL, Bill Hedley Chairman of the Organising Committee, Simon Moorcroft of the British Thematic Association, Deborah Gooch Secretary to the Organising Committee, Adrian Steel Director of the British Postal Museum, and Hugh Jefferies former editor of Gibbons Stamp Monthly. The interviews took place at the Royal Philatelic Society London thanks to their kind support and generosity. You can watch the full videos in www.london2015.net/videos Read more…
On the occasion of “Bulcollecto 2014, Bulgaria- Portugal International Exhibition”, the Bulgarian Post issued a Souvenir Sheet to commemorate the 25 years of FEPA, founded in Bulgaria in 1989. Read more…
As the final event of the “Bulcollecto 2014, Bulgaria- Portugal International Exhibition” H.M. King Simeon II of Bulgaria awarded Mr. Spas Panchev, Mr. Christo Nikoltchev, Mr. Pedro Vaz Pereira, Mr. Tay Peng Hian and Mr. José Ramón Moreno, on occasion of the FEPA 25th Anniversary, for their valuable contribution to FEPA institution. Read more…
The exhibition held in Plovdidv, promoted Philately through over 120 publications, 10 news in the most watched Bulgarian TV and 25 radio interviews. Read more…
The Exhibition, which gets FEPA Recognition, has issued a wonderful Bulletin covering the Organizing Committee, the National Commissioners, the IREX and much more. It is plenty of interesting articles and useful information. Read more…
At the extraordinary meeting held in Tirana on the 16th of October 2014, was elected Mr. Muharem Gimjani as New President of the Association of Collectors of Albania. Read more…
The Croatian Philatelic Federation and the Spanish Federation of Philatelic Associations, have signed an Agreement of Collaboration which will start with the “Croatia-Spain 2015″ exhibition in Zagreb Read more…
From the 27th to the 29th October , has been held in Moscow the International Exhibition Rossica 2014. With a participation of 147 Literature exhibits, Rossica 2014 had an outstanding level, resulting in 21 Large Gold Medals. Read more…
The new Board will start its work on January, 2015 Read more…
FINLANDIA 2017 will be held in Tampere, Finland, on May 24-28, 2017. Photo courtesy by Tampere Hall. Read more…
The FEPA Jury Seminar 2014, took place from 10th to 12th October in Berlin with participants from seven European nations. At the start of the training, the two keynote speakers and group coaches, Dr. Wolf Heß for Postal History and Vojtech Jankovic for Thematic Philately, gave presentations on the lead topics. Read more…
On September 27,2014, at extraordinary Congress of AsPU (ASSOCIATION OF PHILATELISTS OF UKRAINE), which took place in Kiev, Mr. Dmitry Frenkel was elected as the president of AsPU. Read more…
The enclosed Minutes of the meeting show the atmosphere of positive collaboration and friendship of the 2014 FEPA Congress. Read more…
The FEPA Congress was hosted in Lugano thanks to the kind invitation of the President of the Alpe Adria Group, Jvo Bader and the President of the Swiss Federation, Jean-Marc Seydoux. Alpe Adria 2014 International Exhibition was a high level event with 24 Gold Medal exhibits. Read more…
The FEPA Flag is handed over from the FEPA Board to the President of the German Federation (Bund Deutscher Philatelisten – BDPh). From left to right: Uwe Decker, BDPh President, and the Board members José Ramón Moreno, Bojan Bračič, Alfred Kunz, Giancarlo Morolli, Birthe King and Nicos Rangos. The FEPA Jury Seminar will be held in Berlin from the 10th to the 12th of October. Read more…
On occasion of the 25th Anniversary of FEPA, the Honorary Presidents Mr. Alan Huggins, Mr. Pedro Vaz Pereira and Mr. Jørgen Jørgensen attended the FEPA Congress and received the Homage for their “Exceptional contribution to the European Philately”. Read more…
During the FEPA Congress held in Lugano, Switzerland, was celebrated the 25th Anniversary of FEPA, handing out Certificates of Gratitude and Congratulations to those Federations which had organized one or more Philatelic events with FEPA Patronage or Recognition. Read more…
Left Gunnar Dahlvig (centre), José Ramón Moreno and Giancarlo Morolli; Right Stefano Calliga and Giancarlo Morolli. Left: Søren Chr. Jensen on behalf of the Society for Danish Postal History; Right: Pedro Vaz Pereira on behalf of the Associação de Coleccionismo do Vale do Neiva Gunnar Dahlvig, Sweden, was awarded with the FEPA Medal 2013 for Exceptional Service Read more…
Mr. Fernando Aranaz presented the project at the FEPA Congress in Lugano Read more…
Costas Chazapis presenting NOTOS 2015 at the FEPA Congress in Lugano. At the FEPA Congress, the request of “NOTOS 2015” International Exhibition gets the FEPA Patronage and the Organization of the FEPA Congress 2015, by unanimity of all Delegates, after an excellent presentation by Mr. Costas Chazapis. “Notos” is Greek for “South” and will participated 21 Read more…
Under the request of the Slovenian Philatelic Association, the Posta Slovenije has issued a stamp to commemorate the 25thAnniversary of FEPA. The Stamp was freely distributed to all Delegates on the FEPA Congress last Saturday the 13th of September in Lugano. Our thanks to the Slovenian Philatelic Association and particularly to Peter Suhadolç, President of Read more…
was held in Lugano Switzerland , the annual FEPA Congress within the activities of the AlpeAdria exhibition and following the kind invitation of the Swiss Federation. Read more…
From left to right: Tom Lauridsen, Charlotte Stryhn, Thomas Hilkjær, Nelly Kristensen, Sören Chr. Jensen (President), Benny Andresen and Jan Läby.
With deep affliction let me inform you that Nikolla Xharo President of Federation of Albanian Collectors passed away on 2 August 2014, shocked by cerebral hemorrhage. From now on contact address will be: P.O.Box 2972,Tirana-1001, Albania. Secretary, Edmond Budo. Read more…
The newest FEPANEWS issue is printed. Read more…
The international exhibition with FEPA Recognition is now closed. Find the results here. Read more…
The XLVIII Assembly of the Inter-American Philatelic Federation (FIAF) held its congress on June 6th, 2014 in Varadero, Cuba. Read more…
FEPA is young, yet experienced organisation plenty of energy! Read more…
The latest section of this website is now in full swing! Read more…
The Dutch Federation has got a new President, Mr. J.C. van Duin. Read more…
As Europe prepares to commemorate the centenary of the First World War, British and Belgian Philatelists, and their guests will gather in Ypres in Belgium from Friday 11th July till Monday 14th July. Read more…
With great success, from the 25th to the 27th of April was celebrated the 3rd INTERNATIONAL PHILATELIC SUMMIT in MALMÖ. It was attended by 93 Delegates from 20 different countries. Read more…
This year FEPA Juror Seminar will be held in Berlin on 10-12 October, 2014. Read more…
I am pleased to inform that at the recent FEPA Board meeting held in Vienna, was presented the kind offer of Mr. Ari Muhonen to be the FEPA Webmaster. The Board unanimously agreed with his offer. Mr. Muhonen, current President of the Finnish Federation “Suomen Filatelistiliitto” is an expert in Computers and active philatelist. I Read more…
Gunnar Dahlvig and Stephano Calliga are the recipients of the FEPA Medals 2013. Also recipients of the FEPA Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding activities for promotion of philately were nominated. Read more…
We apologize for showing the wrong flag on FEPA News magazine Number 23 and correct our mistake. Read more…
According to the request of Mr. Spas Panchev, Chairman of the Union of the Bulgarian Philatelists, the FEPA Board has granted the FEPA Recognition to BALKANFILA 2014 which will be held in Vidin, Bulgaria, from the 5th to the 7th of April. Read more…
On December 31th 2013 Fernando Aranaz voluntarily ended his time as President of FESOFI, although his last election did not end until 2015. According to the Statutes of the Spanish Federation, the Vice-President, Miguel Angel García Fernandez becomes President. Also according the Statutes the Board, at the proposal of the new President, has appointed provisionally Read more…
From the 5th to the 7th of December was celebrated MonacoPhil 2013. This edition was devoted to Sweden and to the Philatelic Literature. The Chairman of the FIP Commission for Astrophilately, Igor Rodin, handed over H.S.H. the Prince Albert II a flown Space Mail letter for the Prince’s philatelic collection. Photos: Sergey Rodin Patrick Maselis, Read more…
From the 5th to the 7th of December was celebrated MonacoPhil 2013. This edition was devoted to Sweden and to the Philatelic Literature. Photos: Sergey Rodin The Chairman of the FIP Commission for Astrophilately, Igor Rodin, handed over H.S.H. the Prince Albert II a flown Space Mail letter for the Prince’s philatelic Read more…
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