Five weeks before its Grand Opening, NOTOS 2021 proceeds right on schedule and the final details are taken care of. We expect all our visitors in Athens to experience a philatelically outstanding and socially pleasant event which will bring us together after a long time.
Please check out the exhibition website regularly. It is in four languages for your own convenience: hps.gr/notos2021
The 120-page Exhibition Catalogue, with comprehensive information related to the exhibition and a number of interesting short articles. The Exhibition Catalogue follows Bulletins 1 & 2 released in November 2019 and 2020, which are available on-line.
A kind reminder to all the NOTOS 2021 visitors: Please go ahead with your travel arrangements in time, as we are getting closer to the date that Athens will host a rich in content and enjoyable international philatelic meeting for all.
See you soon!
The NOTOS 2021 OC
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/USE-THIS-ONE-10.png800800Bill Hedleyhttps://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fepanews_logo-107x138-1.pngBill Hedley2021-10-10 16:05:342022-03-23 17:01:15NOTOS 2021 is entering the homestretch
We draw your attention to an interesting article by James Gavin (The Digital Philatelist) about how philately is progressing through social media, a topic on which many philatelists are not well informed.
The article describes how the on-line philatelic world is expanding and reaching out to younger collectors in a way that more traditional structures find difficulty in doing. He suggests that collectors no longer ask which organisation to join, but which influencer they should follow and which platform best meets their needs. He also argues that organised philately is adapting too slowly to the new world and that it needs to change and reinvent itself. It is intriguing to find out how much is already happening on social media that many people may not even be aware of.
This article gives fresh impetus to a discussion that has been rumbling for some time and will no doubt continue. It is a sharp reminder that changes involving greater participation in the virtual world that have been forced on philately by the pandemic are likely to be permanent and that there is more to come.
FEPA News would be interested to know of any comments that readers may have on this article.
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/USE-THIS-ONE-9.png800800Bill Hedleyhttps://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fepanews_logo-107x138-1.pngBill Hedley2021-10-09 20:56:082021-10-09 20:56:08Keeping in touch with on-line developments in philately
We are delighted to report that four well-known European philatelists signed the RDP Roll at the Congress of the Association of British Philatelic Societies in Harrogate, Yorkshire on 24th September.
They are:
Henrik Mouritsen RDP (Denmark)
James Grimwood-Taylor RDP (UK)
Seija-Riitta Laakso RDP (Finland)
José Ramón Moreno RDP (Spain)
Congratulations to all of them on achieving this distinction.
Two other new RDPs elected in 2021, Dénes Czirók (Hungary) and Randy Neil (USA), were not able to come to Harrogate due to current restrictions on international travel and will sign the Roll on a later occasion. They join four others (John Barwis RDP, Michael Ho RDP, Yamil Kouri RDP and Charles Verge RDP) who were elected in 2020 but have not yet been able to sign the Roll.
In addition two names have been added to the Roll as a permanent record of their great contribution to building the foundations of modern philately. They are Alfred Moschkau (1848-1912) from Germany and Victor Suppantschitsch (1838-1919) from Austria.
They were not included on the original list of ‘Fathers of Philately’ due to strong feelings that prevailed in the aftermath of the First World War, but we are very pleased that this omission has now been rectified.
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/USE-THIS-ONE-8.png800800Bill Hedleyhttps://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fepanews_logo-107x138-1.pngBill Hedley2021-10-08 20:20:472023-05-25 13:50:07New RDPs sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
NOTOS 2021 is entering the homestretch
Keeping in touch with on-line developments in philately
We draw your attention to an interesting article by James Gavin (The Digital Philatelist) about how philately is progressing through social media, a topic on which many philatelists are not well informed.
The article describes how the on-line philatelic world is expanding and reaching out to younger collectors in a way that more traditional structures find difficulty in doing. He suggests that collectors no longer ask which organisation to join, but which influencer they should follow and which platform best meets their needs. He also argues that organised philately is adapting too slowly to the new world and that it needs to change and reinvent itself. It is intriguing to find out how much is already happening on social media that many people may not even be aware of.
This article gives fresh impetus to a discussion that has been rumbling for some time and will no doubt continue. It is a sharp reminder that changes involving greater participation in the virtual world that have been forced on philately by the pandemic are likely to be permanent and that there is more to come.
The article can be found at:
https://thedigitalphilatelist.com/opinion-the-new-normal/
FEPA News would be interested to know of any comments that readers may have on this article.
New RDPs sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
We are delighted to report that four well-known European philatelists signed the RDP Roll at the Congress of the Association of British Philatelic Societies in Harrogate, Yorkshire on 24th September.
They are:
Henrik Mouritsen RDP (Denmark)
James Grimwood-Taylor RDP (UK)
Seija-Riitta Laakso RDP (Finland)
José Ramón Moreno RDP (Spain)
Congratulations to all of them on achieving this distinction.
Two other new RDPs elected in 2021, Dénes Czirók (Hungary) and Randy Neil (USA), were not able to come to Harrogate due to current restrictions on international travel and will sign the Roll on a later occasion. They join four others (John Barwis RDP, Michael Ho RDP, Yamil Kouri RDP and Charles Verge RDP) who were elected in 2020 but have not yet been able to sign the Roll.
In addition two names have been added to the Roll as a permanent record of their great contribution to building the foundations of modern philately. They are Alfred Moschkau (1848-1912) from Germany and Victor Suppantschitsch (1838-1919) from Austria.
They were not included on the original list of ‘Fathers of Philately’ due to strong feelings that prevailed in the aftermath of the First World War, but we are very pleased that this omission has now been rectified.