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Elections at the Spanish Federation – FESOFI : Miguel Ángel García Fernández, re-elected President

The logo of the Spanish Federation FESOFI and the President ,

Miguel Ángel García Fernández

Miguel Ángel García Fernández was re-elected President for the period 2019-2023, with the support of all the Regional Federations, at the General Assembly of the Spanish Federation of Philatelic Societies – FESOFI, held in Madrid on the 10^th of March 2019.

In the picture the just elected Board. From left: Rafael Acuña (Vice-secretary), José Antonio Arruego (General Secretary), Miguel Ángel García Fernández (President), José Pedro Gómez-Agüero (Vice-president), Juan Panés (Treasurer) and Alfredo de Miguel (Vice-Treasurer).

The whole Board of Directors of the Spanish Federation includes also the Presidents of the Regional Federations as shown below.

From FEPA we wish to Mr. García Fernández and to his team every success.

16.3.2019

Updates

Innovative initiative of the ABPS: The ‘Multi-Class’ Certificate

The ABPS, whose International Committee is led by Bill Hedley, have just taken an initiative to encourage exhibitors to exhibit in more than one class.

The idea is to present a ‘Multi-Class’ Certificate to exhibitors who have achieved at least Vermeil in five or more classes and the first certificates were awarded at Stampex in February 2019.

The ABPS’s aim is to encourage exhibitors to try their hand in more than one philatelic discipline. By awarding the certificate at the level of the lowest of the five medals achieved, they also want to give people an incentive to improve their exhibits and thereby raise the level of their certificate.

This is not at all exclusively for UK exhibitors. Indeed the APBS welcome entrants from all countries at its national exhibitions. Details are at www.abps.org/exhibiting.

Bill Hedley, the Chairman of the ABPS International and Exhibitions Committee presenting the Chairman of the ABPS (Association of British Philatelic Societies) Graham Winters his Large Gold “Multi-Class” Certificate

Full details on how to apply for the award are at www.abps.org/exhibiting

12.3.2019

Updates

NOTOS 2021: the “Magnificent Seven” will be exhibited for the first time

Newsletter no. 2
28 February 2019

Dear friends in philately,

We proudly announce the first participation in NOTOS 2021 Court of Honour: On 6 February, the Philatelic and Postal Museum, Athens, sent us their written confirmation to our invitation to attend with the exhibit we had requested: the seven printing plates of the Large Hermes Heads of 1861, the first Greek stamps ever issued. It will be the first time that the “Magnificent Seven” will be presented to the public together.

A special webpage dedicated to the seven printing plates, which includes an outline of their story along with their photos, is uploaded on the exhibition website (here). Thus, the visitors to the website have the opportunity to enjoy the masterpieces of the French engraver Désiré-Albert Barre.

Friends of NOTOS 2021, we are asking you to visit the exhibition website (hps.gr/notos2021) frequently. There are a lot of pleasant surprises coming up.

Also, feel free to contact us at any time at notos2021@hps.gr.
NOTOS 2021 OC

The plate of the 80 lepta, one of the masterpieces of the French engraver Désiré-Albert Barre (Photo courtesy Philatelic and Postal Museum, Athens, taken from the NOTOS Website http://hps.gr/notos2021 )

7.3.2019