SRBIJAFILA XVI is a national philatelic exhibition with international participation. It will be held from 7 to 11 October at the House of the Serbian Army, in Belgrade, Serbia, under FEPA Recognition. The exhibition will bring together exhibitors from Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo Canton and Republika Srpska), Montenegro, and North Macedonia.
Important dates:
6 October 2026, 10:00–21:00, delivery and installation of exhibits.
7 October 2026, 11:00, opening of the exhibition.
11 October 2026, 14:00, closing of the exhibition.
National commissioners’ names, application forms, and other details are available on the official exhibition website: https://srbijafila.org/en
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The Tasso and Postal History Museum and the Municipality of Camerata Cornello will hold the 21st Tassian Day on Sunday, 30 August 2026, at Cornello dei Tasso, Camerata Cornello (Bergamo), bringing together presentations on the history of the Tasso family, the postal service and the local heritage.
A highlight will be the presentation of Dr Simone Gerosa’s doctoral thesis, The Roads of the Brembana Valley: Isolation and Connection between the 14th and 18th Centuries, which examines the evolution of the valley’s road network and the transition from the medieval Via Mercatorum to the Strada Priula, drawing on archival, historical, archaeological and palaeobotanical evidence.
The museum will also present the annual “Cornello dei Tasso” award, recognising an individual, publication, organisation or project that has made an original contribution to promoting postal history or the Tasso family.
Two new educational initiatives will be introduced: an interactive multimedia installation exploring the history of the Tasso family and the “Bambini in gioco” project, through which pupils at Camerata Cornello Primary School created educational games based on the historic Via Mercatorum.
The event will conclude with participants having the opportunity to experience both the multimedia installation and the educational games.
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Oral Avci, Board Member and Secretary General of the Ottoman Postal History Research Association, shared the following information:
On 4 and 5 November 2026, the International Symposium on Ottoman Postal History will be held in Istanbul, organised by Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University, in collaboration with the Ottoman Postal History Research Association and the University’s Middle East Research Center (ORDAM).
To our knowledge, this will be the first international academic symposium entirely dedicated to Ottoman postal history. The enthusiasm for this event has exceeded all our expectations. While we initially anticipated 25 to 30 proposals for papers, we ultimately received 56, from which the scientific committee selected 36.
The symposium will bring together academics and researchers from Turkey, Romania, Greece, Albania, and Kosovo, representing a variety of disciplines, including postal history, Ottoman history, diplomacy, economic history, communications, and historical geography. We are also honoured to have the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye, the PTT (Turkish Post), the Romanian Archives Museum (Romanian Philatelic Museum), and several other cultural and academic institutions.
Following the symposium, all accepted papers will be published in richly illustrated proceedings. Furthermore, we plan to make a free PDF version available to researchers, collectors, libraries, and institutions worldwide to encourage further research on Ottoman and Middle Eastern postal history and to foster international academic collaboration.
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SRBIJAFILA XVI in Belgrade in October
SRBIJAFILA XVI is a national philatelic exhibition with international participation. It will be held from 7 to 11 October at the House of the Serbian Army, in Belgrade, Serbia, under FEPA Recognition. The exhibition will bring together exhibitors from Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo Canton and Republika Srpska), Montenegro, and North Macedonia.
Important dates:
National commissioners’ names, application forms, and other details are available on the official exhibition website: https://srbijafila.org/en
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21st Tassian Day: A Day of Meetings, Study and Updates
The Tasso and Postal History Museum and the Municipality of Camerata Cornello will hold the 21st Tassian Day on Sunday, 30 August 2026, at Cornello dei Tasso, Camerata Cornello (Bergamo), bringing together presentations on the history of the Tasso family, the postal service and the local heritage.
A highlight will be the presentation of Dr Simone Gerosa’s doctoral thesis, The Roads of the Brembana Valley: Isolation and Connection between the 14th and 18th Centuries, which examines the evolution of the valley’s road network and the transition from the medieval Via Mercatorum to the Strada Priula, drawing on archival, historical, archaeological and palaeobotanical evidence.
The museum will also present the annual “Cornello dei Tasso” award, recognising an individual, publication, organisation or project that has made an original contribution to promoting postal history or the Tasso family.
Two new educational initiatives will be introduced: an interactive multimedia installation exploring the history of the Tasso family and the “Bambini in gioco” project, through which pupils at Camerata Cornello Primary School created educational games based on the historic Via Mercatorum.
The event will conclude with participants having the opportunity to experience both the multimedia installation and the educational games.
Details, programme and links: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/21st-Tassian.pdf
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Ottoman Postal History Symposium in Istanbul
Oral Avci, Board Member and Secretary General of the Ottoman Postal History Research Association, shared the following information:
On 4 and 5 November 2026, the International Symposium on Ottoman Postal History will be held in Istanbul, organised by Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University, in collaboration with the Ottoman Postal History Research Association and the University’s Middle East Research Center (ORDAM).
To our knowledge, this will be the first international academic symposium entirely dedicated to Ottoman postal history. The enthusiasm for this event has exceeded all our expectations. While we initially anticipated 25 to 30 proposals for papers, we ultimately received 56, from which the scientific committee selected 36.
The symposium will bring together academics and researchers from Turkey, Romania, Greece, Albania, and Kosovo, representing a variety of disciplines, including postal history, Ottoman history, diplomacy, economic history, communications, and historical geography. We are also honoured to have the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye, the PTT (Turkish Post), the Romanian Archives Museum (Romanian Philatelic Museum), and several other cultural and academic institutions.
Following the symposium, all accepted papers will be published in richly illustrated proceedings. Furthermore, we plan to make a free PDF version available to researchers, collectors, libraries, and institutions worldwide to encourage further research on Ottoman and Middle Eastern postal history and to foster international academic collaboration.
Details: oavci60@gmail.com
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