FEPA Medal for Exceptional Support to Organized Philately 2024
Myrsini Vardopoulou (Greece)
Dr Myrsini Vardopoulou, a painter and engraver, has been a stamp designer for over 30 years. Formerly a professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts, she is currently a consultant for the documentation of archival material at the Philatelic and Postal Museum in Athens. Since 2013, she has designed the front covers of Opus, the annual publication of the Académie Européenne de Philatélie, along with several other highly acclaimed philatelic books. She created the logos for the two NOTOS international philatelic exhibitions and was an active member of the Organising Committee for NOTOS 2021. Dr Vardopoulou has received numerous distinctions, including the First Prize of Asiago Philatelic Art for the Greek 2010 Europa stamps and the International Olympic Committee Silver Medal for the Greek 2012 London Olympic Games stamps. Her book, History, Ideology, and Aesthetics of Greek Stamps, was awarded a Large Gold Medal at Italia 2018.
