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THAILAND 2023 WSC entry forms new deadline: 30th April

Following our earlier post on 20th February, we report that the deadline for THAILAND 2023 WSC entry forms has been extended until 30th April. In the meantime, the exhibition website is under construction at http://www.thailand2023wsc.com.

Prospective applicants should submit their applications through their respective National Commissioners.

Application: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Thailand_2023_Application.jpg
Literature application: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Thailand_2023_Literature.jpg
IREX: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Thailand_2023_Irex.pdf

7.4.2023

News, Presentations

Virtual Stampex Talks Schedule Announced

Today’s Newsletter from Stampex revealed the programme of the Virtual STAMPEX Talks on 4, 5 and 6 May:

Thursday 4th May at Midday (London): Paul Skinner presents The British Library’s Philatelic Collections: New Acquisitions

Thursday 4th at 2 pm (London): Ian Shapiro talks about Coronation collectables, selected items from a Royal Collection, Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II

Thursday 4th May at 4 pm (London): Chris Taft, Head of Collections at The Postal Museum shares information on King’s Charles new stamp. This will include some of the design process, behind the scenes working on the exhibition and general insight into the new stamp.

Thursday 4th May at 8 pm (London): David McLaughlin presents Canada’s 1897-1898 Maple Leaf Issue

Friday 5th May at 9.30 am (London): Richard Scott Morel presents In Her Own Words: The Postage Stamps of Jennifer Toombs

Friday 5th May at 11 am (London): Chris Harman presents Great Britain – The work of De La Rue from 1853 until the Consolidated Contract of 1881

Friday 5th May at 2 pm (London): Peter Congreve presents The Social Philatelist’s Approach to Collecting Postal History

Friday 5th May at 4 pm (London): The Future of Philately. A discussion Including Bill Hedley, Jack Preuveneers, Tom Droege hosted by Matt Hill

Saturday 6th May at 9.30 am (London): Dr Rob Mclennan Smith presents The Founder of Philately, Rowland Hill

6.4.2023

News, Seminars

Open Philately Seminar in IBRA by Birthe King FRPSL

Discover Open Philately – the new and upcoming class

IBRA 2023, Sunday 28 May 2023, Room D/E, ‘CC Ost’, next to Hall 7

All are welcome to learn more about Open Philately

This seminar will introduce you to the fascinating world of Open Philately. You will hear about the endless possibilities of this new and exciting class which is all about good ideas, creativity, and variety of fascinating philatelic and non-philatelic material. You will be guided through the basic rules of exhibiting, and what the judges are looking for, which is what all exhibitors want to know. What makes this class different from any other exhibition class, is the use of non-philatelic material both to tell the story and to support the philatelic material. It’s creative, it’s interesting, it’s fun, it’s different, and it allows you to collect material from very different sources in one exhibit. Come and see for yourself!

If you want to become an FIP juror in Open Philately, this seminar is the first step, serving as one of the obligatory qualifying seminars that you need to attend. You should also have an Open Philately exhibit, which has achieved a Large Vermeil medal, 85 points, at an FIP Exhibition, and have served as a juror at two national exhibitions, before becoming a juror apprentice at an FIP exhibition.

Qualified jurors, who wish to be cross accredited in the Open Philately Class are most welcome.

There will be other presentations on Open Philately at IBRA 2023:

Lecture Programme in the CPh Forum Philately, Room F
Friday 25 May, 14.00-14.45:
Lecture: Birthe King: The Re-Unification of Southern Jutland with Denmark 1864-1920
Saturday 27 May, 15.00-15.45:
Lecture: Birthe King: The Importance of Non-Philatelic Material in an Open Philately Exhibit

The invitation to the seminar in pdf format:
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FIP-seminar-ibra.pdf

Photo: The Miners, by Giancarlo Arata, Open Class exhibit pp. 30-31, Italiafil, Genova 2017.
[photo credit: http://expo.fsfi.it]

5.4.2023