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LIBEREC 2025, a national exhibition with additional participation from Armenia, Germany, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States concluded on Sunday, 22 June. A total of 116 exhibits across 480 frames, representing eight competitive classes, were judged by an international jury consisting of Julius Cacka (President, CZE), Bill Hedley (Honorary President, GBR), David Schiller (CZE), Milan Černík (CZE), Veselko Gustin (SVN), Vojtech Jankovič (SVK), Václav Kopecký (SZE), Jiří Kraus (SZE), Vít Vaníček (CZE), Jiří Sedlák (CZE), Bernward Schubert (DEU), and Peter Suhadolc (SVN).
The big winners were:
Grand Prix International: William Barrell (GBR), Great Britain Postal Reform and Development of Penny Value 1810–1880
Grand Prix National: Marek Vrba (CZE), Československo 1918–1939
The winners of the Crawford Medal at the 4th Annual Crawford Festival were Tomas Bjäringer and Mårten Sundberg, co-authors of Tête Bêche: Rarities from the Oval-Issue of Finland. The shortlisted books included:
Dominica: Philately to 1967 by Simon Richards.
New York City Foreign Mail 1845–1878 (2 Volumes) by Nicholas M Kirke.
Italia e Iberia: la posta fra gli stati delle due penisole 1814–1876 [Italy and Iberia: the mail between the states of the two peninsulas] by Lorenzo Carra.
The Rhodesias and Nyasaland – Colonial Rule to Majority Rule – The Evolution of the Mails by Brian Trotter, Pat Flanagan and Keith Harrop.
The Postal Stationery of Nigeria by Peter Hørlyck.
The event was organised by the Royal Philatelic Society London and held on its premises on 24 and 25 June.
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Bill Hedley is interviewed by Philacast
LIBEREC 2025 Results
LIBEREC 2025, a national exhibition with additional participation from Armenia, Germany, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States concluded on Sunday, 22 June. A total of 116 exhibits across 480 frames, representing eight competitive classes, were judged by an international jury consisting of Julius Cacka (President, CZE), Bill Hedley (Honorary President, GBR), David Schiller (CZE), Milan Černík (CZE), Veselko Gustin (SVN), Vojtech Jankovič (SVK), Václav Kopecký (SZE), Jiří Kraus (SZE), Vít Vaníček (CZE), Jiří Sedlák (CZE), Bernward Schubert (DEU), and Peter Suhadolc (SVN).
The big winners were:
Grand Prix International: William Barrell (GBR), Great Britain Postal Reform and Development of Penny Value 1810–1880
Grand Prix National: Marek Vrba (CZE), Československo 1918–1939
Complete list of results: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/liberec2025_results.pdf
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Tomas Bjäringer & Mårten Sundberg win the 2025 Crawford Medal
The winners of the Crawford Medal at the 4th Annual Crawford Festival were Tomas Bjäringer and Mårten Sundberg, co-authors of Tête Bêche: Rarities from the Oval-Issue of Finland. The shortlisted books included:
The event was organised by the Royal Philatelic Society London and held on its premises on 24 and 25 June.
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