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Serbia announces BALKANFILA XIX in Belgrade in October 2023
The Serbian Philatelic Federation has announced the BALKANFILA XIX Philatelic Exhibition, which will be held under FEPA Recognition from 12 to 14 October 2023.
BALKANFILA XIX is sponsored by the Serbian Post. Participating countries are Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and invited countries are Cyprus and Hungary.
The size of the exhibition will be around 300 double-sided frames (600 16-sheet faces). A major innovation is that the organisers have ensured the availability of all exhibits online, in parallel with the physical exhibition.
Click here to download the Balkanfila IREX.
[photo credit: https://serbia.postsen.com]
Prakob Chirakiti is the newly elected FIP President
A new FIP Board was elected today at the 76th FIP Congress in Jakarta. Because of the postponement of the elections in 2020, the Vice-Presidents and Directors for America and Europe were elected for a half-term or two years (2022-24), to ensure that the ordinary intervals and terms of office can be observed again from the 77th Congress onwards. The President, the Vice-President and Director for Asia were elected for four years (2022-26).
President: PRAKOB CHIRAKITI, Thailand (2022-26)
Vice-President America: REINALDO MACEDO, Brazil (2022-24)
Vice-President for Europe: YIGAL NATHANIEL, Israel (2022-24)
Vice-President for Asia: RICHARD TAN, Singapore (2022-26)
Director for America: ALDO SAMAME Y SAMAME, Peru (2022-24)
Director for Europe: PETER SUHADOLC, Slovenia (2022-24)
Director for Asia: ABDULLA KHOORY, UAE (2022-26)
Photo: A. Khoory (left), P. Suhadolc, A. Samame y Samame, P. Chirakiti, R. Macedo, R. Tan, Y, Nathaniel
[photo credit: @UAEPhilately Twitter account]
INDONESIA 2022 World Stamp Championship results
The INDONESIA 2022 Palmares dinner took place on Sunday evening, 7 August.
Major winners:
World Stamp Champion: William Kwan, Hong Kong, “Hong Kong Designs, Proofs, Specimens and Other Archival Materials”
Grand Prix International: Jan Huys-Berlingin, Liechtenstein, “Belgium’s first issue, the Epaulettes”
Grand Prix National: Tono Dwi Putranto, Indonesia, “The Development of KLM and KNILM Operation in the Netherlands Indies 1920-1942”
The complete exhibition results by Country and by Class are listed in the 68-page Palmares booklet which was uploaded this morning on the exhibition website and it is available in pdf format here.
[photo credit: Fransisc Ambrus]