Main Pages:
Magazine & News:
Events:
Other Resources
©2025 FEPA. All Rights Reserved.
UK & Relevant International Laws Apply.
Main Pages:
Magazine & News:
Events:
Other Resources
©2025 FEPA. All Rights Reserved.
UK & Relevant International Laws Apply.
NOTOS 2021 Newsletter no.3
19 November 2019Dear friends in philately,Bulletin No. 1: We have started setting up NOTOS 2021 two years ago and right now we are exactly two years away from the Grand Opening. The 38-page Bulletin No. 1 which you are invited to download herein pretty much sums up the first part of the story.The IREX: The IREX was approved and uploaded in October. Competition includes all popular Classes along with the newest ones, i.e. Open Philately, Picture Postcards, Modern Philately and all sorts of digital Philatelic Literature. We have been committed since NOTOS 2015 to be able to offer substantially lower frame fees and so we did it again: this time the fees are set at 30 euros per frame. We strongly believe that major exhibitions should provide a real opportunity to every single exhibitor to participate. In order to secure this commitment, all National Commissioners will enjoy their privileges in NOTOS 2021, irrespective of the number of exhibits they bring in.A brand new software: It was developed by our team as a web application in order to be used by anyone involved with NOTOS 2021. Commissioners’ appointments and Jurors’ proposals by the National Federations, exhibitors’ entry forms as well as visitors’ data will be submitted online in order to avoid the usual copy/paste errors and unnecessary paperwork. The software is very simple to operate and the user will be able to edit and resubmit if necessary.
The genesis of the Hellenic Post: Recently we have uploaded samples of documents from the General State Archives from the 1820s, related to the genesis of the Hellenic Post. They will be exhibited along with the Large Hermes Heads printing plates and other precious and elusive items in the Court of Honour for the first time to the general public. There will be more exhibits added to the Court of Honour pretty soon, so keep an eye on the website.
Appeal for donations: The exhibition is practically self-financed. So far, thirty four friends of NOTOS 2021 have responded to our campaign. We ask you to join them. Your donation to the Hermes Club will greatly assist the work of the OC. You can offer either a promissory note for cash deposit or a couple of philatelic lots, of the ones you surely do not need. Details are on the website. However small your contribution, it will be greatly appreciated.
Coming up next: In January, the National Federations will receive our formal invitation in order to appoint General Commissioners and propose Jurors. Some time later on, the exhibitors will be called to submit their entry forms.
Talk to us: In a couple of days we shall be in Monte Carlo to attend Monacophil 2019 and formally present NOTOS 2021 during the annual FEPA Congress on Friday 29 November. We shall also visit London 2020 next May. In the meantime, please feel free to contact us at notos2021@hps.gr.
Do not forget to download Bulletin No. 1 here.
NOTOS 2021 OC
www.hps.gr/notos2021
NOTOS2021_bulletin_1
You are receiving this e-mail as a respected member of the philatelic community. In case we have spelt your name incorrectly, please let us know.Our mailing address is:NOTOS 2021 OC – c/o Hellenic Philatelic SocietyAcademias 57Athens, Attica GR-10679Greece
Add us to your address book
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.
Attachments
EFIRO 2008 – Time goes by, stamps remain. EFIRO 2019 – Time goes by, philatelists remain
Leonard PASCANU
London 2020 getting closer
It will not be long before London 2020, the international stamp exhibition to be held at the Business Design Centre in London’s Islington in May, is upon us.
The dates to note are Saturday, 2 May to Saturday, 9 May. The exhibition will be open from 10am to 6pm each day (closing at 5pm on the final day). Entry will be free every day, except on the first day when admission will cost £10.
There will be over 125 standholders comprising dealers, auctioneers and philatelic publishers. In addition several postal administrations will have stands, most notably Royal Mail, plus Guernsey and Jersey, the Faroe Islands and Monaco.
The team from Stamp Active Network will be present, encouraging youngsters to discover all that stamp collecting has to offer. The Postal Museum will also have a stand promoting this new attraction on the London scene, attracting thousands of visitors to the unique Mail Rail experience.
The Royal Philatelic Society London will have a stand, as will the American Philatelic Society and The Revenue Society. In addition, there will be over 50 society meetings taking place during the exhibition.
There will be much to see among the exhibits, these filling no fewer than 1,700 frames. Indeed, such has been the demand to exhibit that the entries will be shown in two sections. The first half (Saturday, 2 May to Tuesday, 5 May) will include Postal History, Revenue, Open, Picture Postcards, Postal Stationery, Modern and part of Youth. The second half (Wednesday, 6 May to Saturday, 9 May) will have Championship, Traditional, Aerophilately, Thematic and the rest of Youth. One Frame exhibits will be shown alongside their parent class.
In the ‘Court of Honour’ the Postal Stationery Society will help mark the 150th anniversary of the first British stamped postcard. There will also be special displays presented by signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.
The Business Design Centre is already a familiar and well-liked venue among collectors across the world, hosting the national stamp exhibition Stampex since 1996, and two previous internationals, in 2010 and 2015. It is a just a short walk from Angel station on London’s Underground network (Northern Line), and is passed by several bus routes connecting with many parts of London. It is in an area heaving with fine shops, bars and restaurants.
For those wishing to book a hotel in London during the exhibition, please use the hotel booking facility on the website www.london2020.co/hotels.
For more information, go to www.london2020.co/mailchimp/ to receive newsletter updates about the progress of the exhibition and receive important announcements as they are made.
Richard West