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FEPA News, NewsAcademicians elected to the Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History

Congratulations to four newly-elected Academicians of the Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History. They are:

Raimundo Almeda

Luis Frazao RDP

Manuel Alvarez Casado

Jaime Benavides-Villarreal

They were elected at a meeting of the Academy’s General Assembly which fortunately was held just a few days before the beginning of the Coronavirus emergency in Europe. We send them our very best wishes.

Raimundo Almeda

Luis Frazao

Manuel Álvarez Casado

Jaime Villarreal Benavides

30.3.2020

Article, News

LE NOUVEAU JOURNAL DES MAXIMAPHILES FRANÇAIS

Pascal Bandry, the European Bureau Member on the FIP Maximaphily Commission, recently sent me a link to the latest journal published by the Maximaphilatelists in France. I thought it was a very interesting insight into the fascinating subject of maximaphily as well as being a reminder of happier times. Pascal has kindly agreed that we can put the link on FEPA News so here it is:

http://www.maximaphiles-francais.org/revue-les-maximaphiles-francais-no-527-mars-2020.html

Enjoy!

Bill Hedley

29.3.2020

Exhibitions, News

Philately is in lockdown but FEPA’s website is still here to keep you up to date

We have been notified of more important changes to the philatelic calendar in response to the international Coronavirus lockdown.

The Alpe-Adria exhibition, due to be held in Tarvisio, Italy in June 2020, has been postponed until 10 – 13 June 2021. It will still be held in Tarvisio.
The Lubrapex exhibition, due to be held in Évora, Portugal in October 2020, has been postponed until 2021. The new dates have not yet been announced.
The INDONESIA 2020 exhibition due to take place in Jakarta in August 2020 has been postponed until 5 – 10 November 2020, with the FIP Congress ‘most likely’ to be held on 10 November. The new dates have still to be confirmed by the FIP Board.

In addition the FEPA Congress that was to be held in London on 10 May has been postponed following the postponement of the LONDON 2020 exhibition. The Board will review the alternative options in early May.

During this difficult time we will continue to keep you up to date with developments in the philatelic calendar. We will also try to bring forward some interesting material to entertain you while the crisis continues.

In the meantime we urge everyone to follow the guidelines in your country so that we can all emerge safely at the other end of this crisis.

Bill Hedley

29.3.2020