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FEPA Medals for 2019 are presented
After a long delay due to COVID cancellations, two of the 2019 FEPA Medals have been presented to the recipients.
The winner of the FEPA Medal for Exceptional Service to organised philately is Chris King RDP, Hon FRPSL and the presentation was made by FEPA President Bill Hedley at the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Philatelic Society in London on 16 September 2020.
Chris King receives his FEPA Medal from Bill Hedley
The winner of the FEPA Medal for exceptional support to organised philately is Senator Carlo Giovanardi, Member of the Italian Parliament (1992-2018), past Minister and Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies. The presentation was made at a welcome dinner held in Trieste on 25 September 2020 for the XVIII Postal History Colloquium organised by the Istituto di studi storici postali “Aldo Cecchi” and the Associazione italiana di storia postale. The medal was presented by Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi, Vice President of the Italian Federation.
Sen. Giovanardi with Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi and his wife Luisa.
The winner of the 2019 FEPA Medal for exceptional philatelic study and research is Prof. Dr Henrik Mouritsen.
We have not yet been able to present him with his FEPA Medal formally because of the cancellation of all major events, but we will do so at the earliest suitable opportunity.
Virtual events in USA and Germany win high marks from philatelists
During the summer the American Philatelic Society (APS) staged a virtual Stamp Show with a full range of activities on offer on-line. Other organisations including the FIP, the Bund Deutscher Philatelisten e. V. and the Royal Philatelic Society London also organised programmes of on-line presentations.
The APS and the BDPh have published the results of surveys they conducted among visitors to their events, and both report remarkably high levels of satisfaction. In both surveys more than 80% of responders were satisfied or very satisfied with the on-line initiatives and almost everyone wanted them to be repeated. Given that these events were planned and delivered at very short notice, these ratings are a great compliment to the Organisers. They also suggest that collectors have adapted rapidly to the on-line environment and that there will be a continuing demand for this service.
Details of the APS survey can be seen at;
https://stamps.org/news/c/start-collecting/cat/virtual-stamp-show/post/survey-shows-high-interest-in-future-virtual-stamp-shows
Click here to see the results of the BDPh survey:
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New Board for the Philatelic Federation of Finland
The annual Conference of the Philatelic Federation of Finland was held on Saturday, 12 September 2020. Representatives of the philatelic societies and clubs gathered together in Helsinki, although their number was lower than usual.
In addition to normal business the Conference elected a new President for the Federation, because Mr. Klaus Juvas had served all three possible terms and he was not available anymore.
The new President is Mr. Petteri Hannula. He is a prominent philatelist who has participated in numerous domestic and international exhibitions. He is also a Nordic level juror in postal history and national juror in literature. Petteri has written several books about Finnish postal history.
The other Board members are Kari Lindholm, Jukka Mäkipää, Juha Niininen, Kalle Nurminen, Seppo Salonen, and Kai Varsio.
I wish them the best of success in their efforts to take philately forward in Finland!
The newly elected President of the Philatelic Federation of Finland, Mr. Petteri Hannula.