The winners of the FEPA Medal for Exceptional Philatelic Study and Research 2020, and of the Francis Kiddle Medal for the Best Philatelic Website 2021 have been announced.
The announcement is as follows:
At its videoconference call on 16 July 2021 the FEPA Board carefully considered the proposals received from the member Federations for the FEPA MEDAL FOR EXCEPTIONAL PHILATELIC STUDY AND RESEARCH 2020. The Board was delighted to record that no fewer than 13 nominations had been made for the award and that all the nominations were works of high quality based on thorough and systematic research in a wide variety of different fields. Collectively, the nominations submitted were a clear demonstration of the desire among philatelists and postal historians to share their accumulated knowledge in a professional manner with an international audience.
After discussion the Board agreed to award the FEPA MEDAL FOR EXCEPTIONAL PHILATELIC STUDY AND RESEARCH 2020 to:
MIROSLAV BACHRATY (Slovakia)
for “Slovensko (Slovakia) Postal History 1938-1945 (2 vols).
The runners-up, who were awarded a Certificate, are:
Julian Auleytner, and Stefan Petriuk (Poland)
Dan-Simeon Grecu (Romania)
Diego Carraro, Gianni Carraro, Antonio Ferrario, Giuseppe A. Natoli, Marco Panza, and Angelo Teruzzi (Italy)
James Grimwood-Taylor (United Kingdom)
Kurt Kimmel (Switzerland) and Patrick Pearson (United Kingdom)
Mehmet Akan and Timur Kuran (Turkey)
The Board also awarded a Certificate of Appreciation to the authors of other works taken into consideration for the award:
Wolf Hess (Germany)
Hans-Werner Salzmann (Germany)
Franco Filanci and Luigi R. Cataldi (Italy)
Mircea Dragoteanu (Romania)
At the same meeting the FEPA Board also agreed to award the FRANCIS KIDDLE MEDAL 2021 FOR THE BEST WEBSITE to:
Warmest congratulations to the winners of these Medals, and thanks to all participants for their contributions.
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To celebrate the opening of the postal historical museum at the Bauernhof in Goldau, the Kimmel Foundation has invited visitors to HELVETIA 2022 to take part in specially-organised tours in Switzerland. Two tours are offered with accommodation at the 4* Ameron Hotel Flora in Lucerne and free public transport throughout Switzerland for the entire duration of the stay in addition to transport for organised excursions and some invitations. The invitation letter from the Kimmel Foundation is at Invitation
The second tour will take place from 23rd-27th May 2022. Details of the programme are at: Travel Program 2 23. – 27. Mai
Each tour will have a maximum of 40 participants so early registration is recommended . The deadline for registration is 30 September 2021. For further information on how to register, go to Information and registration
FEPA Medal winners announced
The winners of the FEPA Medal for Exceptional Philatelic Study and Research 2020, and of the Francis Kiddle Medal for the Best Philatelic Website 2021 have been announced.
The announcement is as follows:
At its videoconference call on 16 July 2021 the FEPA Board carefully considered the proposals received from the member Federations for the FEPA MEDAL FOR EXCEPTIONAL PHILATELIC STUDY AND RESEARCH 2020. The Board was delighted to record that no fewer than 13 nominations had been made for the award and that all the nominations were works of high quality based on thorough and systematic research in a wide variety of different fields. Collectively, the nominations submitted were a clear demonstration of the desire among philatelists and postal historians to share their accumulated knowledge in a professional manner with an international audience.
After discussion the Board agreed to award the FEPA MEDAL FOR EXCEPTIONAL PHILATELIC STUDY AND RESEARCH 2020 to:
MIROSLAV BACHRATY (Slovakia)
for “Slovensko (Slovakia) Postal History 1938-1945 (2 vols).
The runners-up, who were awarded a Certificate, are:
The Board also awarded a Certificate of Appreciation to the authors of other works taken into consideration for the award:
At the same meeting the FEPA Board also agreed to award the FRANCIS KIDDLE MEDAL 2021 FOR THE BEST WEBSITE to:
EXPONET (Czech Republic)
http://www.exponet.info/index.php?lng=EN.
A Certificate was awarded to the runners-up:
Warmest congratulations to the winners of these Medals, and thanks to all participants for their contributions.
HELVETIA 2022: Tourist programmes announced
To celebrate the opening of the postal historical museum at the Bauernhof in Goldau, the Kimmel Foundation has invited visitors to HELVETIA 2022 to take part in specially-organised tours in Switzerland. Two tours are offered with accommodation at the 4* Ameron Hotel Flora in Lucerne and free public transport throughout Switzerland for the entire duration of the stay in addition to transport for organised excursions and some invitations. The invitation letter from the Kimmel Foundation is at Invitation
The first tour will take place from 14th-17th May 2022. Details of the programme are at: Travel Program 1 14. – 17. Mai
The second tour will take place from 23rd-27th May 2022. Details of the programme are at: Travel Program 2 23. – 27. Mai
Each tour will have a maximum of 40 participants so early registration is recommended . The deadline for registration is 30 September 2021. For further information on how to register, go to Information and registration
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LONDON 2022 – updates for visitors and booth holders
The LONDON 2022 organisers have recently issued two press releases.
London 2022 PR3 15.07.2021
London 2022 PR2 08.07.2021
Further information about LONDON 2022 is at:
http://www.london2022.co
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