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A great philatelist has passed away : Teddy Dahinden
Dr. Teddy Dahinden from Switzerland, was the initiator and strong promoter of Astrophilately.
As founder and President of the Society of space philatelists in Zürich in 1969 he organised the first 3 WERABA specialised Space Philately Exhibitions in Zurich and Luzern 1970-73.
In 1976 was elected President of the Swiss Philatelic Federation, chairing it for eleven years, where he continued the promotion by succeeding in the acceptance of the new called “Astrophilately”.
He was also a great Thematic collector. His exhibit “The Dog: Man’s Friend and Helper”, built together with his wife Henrike, reached several Large Gold medals. He was Director and FIP Vicepresident.
He was born on the 6th of January 1926, dying on the 12th of September 2015 at the age of 89 years. Rest in peace a great philatelist and a wonderful person.
JRM
Successful FEPA Exhibition “GMUNDEN 2015”
From left to right : Mrs Gerda Neumayr, Christian Lankes, Horst Horin, Rudolf Spieler, Rudolf Gotschi, Alfred Kunz, Reinhard Neumayr with the FEPA Flag.
It was a real successful exhibition with more than 80 collections. There was a special room only for Astrophilately organized by Mr. Igor Rodin with the presence of two active Russian cosmonauts: Oleg Artemyev and Roman Romanenko with their wifes. A lot of dealers from the different countries as well as the post administrations from the United Nations, Liechtenstein and of course Austria.
The Austrian Post issued two new stamps and 12 different special post marks during the 4 days of the exhibition. Right, Mrs Eveline Kunz with the cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Roman Romanenko.
Left, the cosmonauts and their wifes during the Press Conference. Right, the Chairman of the FIP Commission of Astrophilately, Igor Rodin, the Secretary of the Commission Jaromir Matejka with the cosmonauts.
Thanks to Alfred Kunz, FEPA Treasurer and Igor Rodin, Chairman of the FIP Commission for Astrophilately for the information provided and to Sergey Rodin for kindly offering his photos.
NOTOS 2015 LATEST NEWS: Newsletter from the 31th of August
Palmares / Official Dinner, Saturday, 14th of November 2015, 21:00 at Amalia Hotel. Price for the dinner: € 35,00 – buffet!– delegates, officials, commissioners and jury will be invited. Other interested in attending the Palmares, please ask for reservation to NOTOS 2015 e-mail: notos2015@hps.gr
Newsletter no. 7
31 August 2015
FEPA Consultant visits Athens: FEPA Consultant visits Athens: Alfred Kunz, member of FEPA Board, its current Treasurer, and appointed FEPA Consultant in NOTOS 2015, concluded his three-day visit to Athens (1-3 July). Accompanied by George Sparis, OC President, and by other OC members, he was updated on all aspects of the preparation of the exhibition and inspected the exhibition grounds. He also had the opportunity to stay at the Amalia Hotel Athens, the official hotel of the exhibition. On 2 July, at 7.30 pm, at the Hellenic Philotelic Society premises, the FEPA patronage agreement was signed between the three parties involved; FEPA, the Hellenic Philatelic Federation (the FEPA member) and the Hellenic Philotelic Society (NOTOS 2015 organizers).
Be part of it! There are many ways to be part of NOTOS 2015, even if you have not signed up as an exhibitor:
Be a volunteer and help on Wednesday 11 November during the mounting and on Sunday 15 November during the dismounting of the exhibits.
Be a sponsor through the Hermes Club and support a major philatelic exhibition, which is solely based on the financial resources of a philatelic society.
Be a visitor and come to Athens to enjoy the magic of a historic city, and naturally to the exhibition hall for a wide range of first class exhibits, among which a panorama of the European South.
Philatelic Literature Supplement: A rather useful Philatelic Literature Supplement with bibliographical details on every single handbook, catalogue or periodical that participates in NOTOS 2015 is already uploaded on the exhibition website: http://hps.gr/notos2015/philatelic-literature-supplement/
Special Prizes: The OC thanks the national philatelic federations that have already announced their intention to offer a Special Prize to NOTOS 2015. These Special Prizes will be awarded by the International Jury to certain exhibits in appreciation of outstanding philatelic merit or exceptional material.
The situation in Greece: During the past few weeks, we received words of comfort and support on the financial turmoil of Greece from many of our friends from abroad. We appreciate your concern and thank you all very much. We assure everybody that all preparations are right on schedule and that NOTOS 2015 will take place exactly as planned.
(available in pdf at http://hps.gr/notos2015/newsletters)