The 26th ALPE-ADRIA philatelic exhibition, “Tarvisio 2023”, was held from 21 to 24 September 2023, with 99 exhibits presented by 89 exhibitors belonging to the seven members of the Working group Alpe Adria Philatelie. A FIP-supported exhibition with FEPA recognition, ALPE-ADRIA gathered all members of this philatelic community, thanks to the organisational efforts of the Unione delle Associazioni e dei Circoli Filatelici e Numismatici del Friuli Venezia Giulia chaired by Francesco Gibertini. The Municipality of Tarvisio graciously made available the spacious Palazzetto dello Sport, and the Slovenian Post and the Slovenian Philatelic Federation kindly supplied most frames for this exhibition, in the framework of the spirit of cooperation which is at the base of the Working group. Despite the many difficulties after Gibertini sadly passed away a few weeks before the event, General Commissioner Gabriele Gastaldo and his team succeeded in setting up a show of high philatelic significance for the variety of subjects treated and the quality of philatelic material.
The exhibits were assessed with friendly and constructive cooperation among the jurors, whose task was eased by those exhibitors who provided the scans of their exhibits in advance. The jury was chaired by Giancarlo Morolli (Italy), President, and composed of Gerald Heschl (Austria), Julije Maras (Croatia), Thomas Höpfner (Germany), Istvàn Glatz (Hungary), Giacomo Bottacchi (Italy), Angelo Teruzzi (Italy), Bojan Bračič (Slovenia), and Giovanni Balimann (Switzerland). Luca Lavagnino, FSFI delegate for exhibitions and juries, supported their work. The Grand Prix, presented by the Federazione fra le Società Filateliche Italiane (FSFI), went to Giovanni Nembrini (Italy) for “The Postal Relationships between the Kingdom of Sardinia/Italy and the Old Italian States members of the Austrian-Italian Postal League”. The Alpe-Adria Philately Prize for the exhibit showing in the best way the spirit and the work of the Alpe-Adria Philatelic Community, presented by the Österreichischer Philatelisten Vereine (VÖPh), was awarded to Pierantonio Viotto, for “Postal Documents Udine’s Province (Friuli 1850-1866)”.
Photo: Alpe-Adria Philately Prize winner Pierantonio Viotto during the awards ceremony held by juror Gerald Heschl.
The 22nd edition of the Prix Augusto Massari, a reference for collectors of the musical theme, was hosted in Vasto in the framework of the national exhibition Vastophil 2023. The Prix started 49 years ago at the EFIST 72 in Salsomaggiore Terme; after seven national editions, it became international in 1980. Over four decades, the Prix Massari was previously organised in Belgium (2 times), France (5), Germany (3), the Netherlands (1), San Marino (1) and, of course, Italy (5).
Maestro Augusto Massari, composer and conductor, was a frequent visitor at the headquarters of the Rimini Philatelic Society, led by his son Severino, a signatory of the Golden Roll of Italian Philately. He composed the “Canto del Filatelico” (Song of the Philatelist) on the occasion of Riccione’s International Stamp Fair in 1951 and the “Triumph Hymn” for the Olympic exhibition “Verso Messico 68”.
In Vasto, the exhibits were evaluated by an international jury composed of FIP jurors Koenraad Bracke (Belgium, president) and Damian Läge (Switzerland), FEPA juror Luciano Calenda (Italy) and Italian national jurors Rosario D’Agata and Valeriano Genovese, with the support of Luca Lavagnino, FSFI delegate for exhibitions and juries.
The Prix Augusto Massari 2023 was awarded to Franz Zehenter (Germany) for “Social History of Jazz”, and the second-best award went to Mark Bottu (Belgium) for “Music: talking with God”.
Photo: Peter Lang, leader of the International Working Group “Music”, received the Prix Massari on behalf of Franz Zehenter from jury president Bracke and juror Calenda.
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VASTOPHIL is a traditional appointment of the Italian philatelic calendar organised for forty years with the same enthusiasm and constancy by the Philatelic and Numismatic Society of Vasto in Abruzzo. The club was the first Italian society to receive the Certificate of Appreciation of FEPA, in 2008. VASTOPHIL includes a national exhibition devoted to Thematic philately, Aerophilately, Astrophilately, Maximaphily and Open philately in the framework of the annual calendar of FSFI events, which include other national exhibitions dedicated to groups of the remaining competition classes. The 2023 edition took place from 15 to 17 September with the formula “One Frame Plus” approach, a tested and effective way of presenting just the first frame of the exhibits when the physical availability of frames and/or space is an issue. The remaining pages are available to the jury and public on the exhibition’s dedicated website http://expo.fsfi.it/index.php?CodiceExpo=Vastophil2023&Ambito=USER&Lingua=IT
The jury included Paolo Guglielminetti (president), Claudio Magro, Annibale Rega, Flavio Riccitelli and Gian Carlo Torcelli (members), in addition to Giuseppe Galasso as commissioner of the Federation of Italian Philatelic Societies. The highest awards in the Champions section went in Thematic philately Giovanni Licata (“I maya”), who also obtained the Grand Prix of the section, and Paolo Morandotti (“Remember the radio knob?”), in Astrophilately to Umberto Cavallaro (“China – A long march to the Moon”), and in Open Philately to Pasquale Polo (“Cycling races and rainbow jersey”). As for the National section of the competition, Carlo Doria (“History of the ocean liner, from the advent of steam to 1939”) was awarded the Grand Prix of the competition. The other high awards went to Mario Capuano (“Swimming among the Five Circles”) and Paolo Bettarini (“The Great War – At the Front: Behind the Scenes of the Conflict”), the latter in Open Philately. Rosario D’Agata presented the best exhibit of Maximaphily.
Photo: One of the exhibition areas in the prestigious Palazzo d’Avalos, a 15th-century building.
The 26th ALPE-ADRIA TARVISIO 2023
The 26th ALPE-ADRIA philatelic exhibition, “Tarvisio 2023”, was held from 21 to 24 September 2023, with 99 exhibits presented by 89 exhibitors belonging to the seven members of the Working group Alpe Adria Philatelie. A FIP-supported exhibition with FEPA recognition, ALPE-ADRIA gathered all members of this philatelic community, thanks to the organisational efforts of the Unione delle Associazioni e dei Circoli Filatelici e Numismatici del Friuli Venezia Giulia chaired by Francesco Gibertini. The Municipality of Tarvisio graciously made available the spacious Palazzetto dello Sport, and the Slovenian Post and the Slovenian Philatelic Federation kindly supplied most frames for this exhibition, in the framework of the spirit of cooperation which is at the base of the Working group. Despite the many difficulties after Gibertini sadly passed away a few weeks before the event, General Commissioner Gabriele Gastaldo and his team succeeded in setting up a show of high philatelic significance for the variety of subjects treated and the quality of philatelic material.
The exhibits were assessed with friendly and constructive cooperation among the jurors, whose task was eased by those exhibitors who provided the scans of their exhibits in advance. The jury was chaired by Giancarlo Morolli (Italy), President, and composed of Gerald Heschl (Austria), Julije Maras (Croatia), Thomas Höpfner (Germany), Istvàn Glatz (Hungary), Giacomo Bottacchi (Italy), Angelo Teruzzi (Italy), Bojan Bračič (Slovenia), and Giovanni Balimann (Switzerland). Luca Lavagnino, FSFI delegate for exhibitions and juries, supported their work. The Grand Prix, presented by the Federazione fra le Società Filateliche Italiane (FSFI), went to Giovanni Nembrini (Italy) for “The Postal Relationships between the Kingdom of Sardinia/Italy and the Old Italian States members of the Austrian-Italian Postal League”. The Alpe-Adria Philately Prize for the exhibit showing in the best way the spirit and the work of the Alpe-Adria Philatelic Community, presented by the Österreichischer Philatelisten Vereine (VÖPh), was awarded to Pierantonio Viotto, for “Postal Documents Udine’s Province (Friuli 1850-1866)”.
Photo: Alpe-Adria Philately Prize winner Pierantonio Viotto during the awards ceremony held by juror Gerald Heschl.
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The Prix Augusto Massari 2023
The 22nd edition of the Prix Augusto Massari, a reference for collectors of the musical theme, was hosted in Vasto in the framework of the national exhibition Vastophil 2023. The Prix started 49 years ago at the EFIST 72 in Salsomaggiore Terme; after seven national editions, it became international in 1980. Over four decades, the Prix Massari was previously organised in Belgium (2 times), France (5), Germany (3), the Netherlands (1), San Marino (1) and, of course, Italy (5).
Maestro Augusto Massari, composer and conductor, was a frequent visitor at the headquarters of the Rimini Philatelic Society, led by his son Severino, a signatory of the Golden Roll of Italian Philately. He composed the “Canto del Filatelico” (Song of the Philatelist) on the occasion of Riccione’s International Stamp Fair in 1951 and the “Triumph Hymn” for the Olympic exhibition “Verso Messico 68”.
In Vasto, the exhibits were evaluated by an international jury composed of FIP jurors Koenraad Bracke (Belgium, president) and Damian Läge (Switzerland), FEPA juror Luciano Calenda (Italy) and Italian national jurors Rosario D’Agata and Valeriano Genovese, with the support of Luca Lavagnino, FSFI delegate for exhibitions and juries.
The Prix Augusto Massari 2023 was awarded to Franz Zehenter (Germany) for “Social History of Jazz”, and the second-best award went to Mark Bottu (Belgium) for “Music: talking with God”.
Photo: Peter Lang, leader of the International Working Group “Music”, received the Prix Massari on behalf of Franz Zehenter from jury president Bracke and juror Calenda.
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VASTOPHIL 2023
VASTOPHIL is a traditional appointment of the Italian philatelic calendar organised for forty years with the same enthusiasm and constancy by the Philatelic and Numismatic Society of Vasto in Abruzzo. The club was the first Italian society to receive the Certificate of Appreciation of FEPA, in 2008. VASTOPHIL includes a national exhibition devoted to Thematic philately, Aerophilately, Astrophilately, Maximaphily and Open philately in the framework of the annual calendar of FSFI events, which include other national exhibitions dedicated to groups of the remaining competition classes. The 2023 edition took place from 15 to 17 September with the formula “One Frame Plus” approach, a tested and effective way of presenting just the first frame of the exhibits when the physical availability of frames and/or space is an issue. The remaining pages are available to the jury and public on the exhibition’s dedicated website http://expo.fsfi.it/index.php?CodiceExpo=Vastophil2023&Ambito=USER&Lingua=IT
The jury included Paolo Guglielminetti (president), Claudio Magro, Annibale Rega, Flavio Riccitelli and Gian Carlo Torcelli (members), in addition to Giuseppe Galasso as commissioner of the Federation of Italian Philatelic Societies. The highest awards in the Champions section went in Thematic philately Giovanni Licata (“I maya”), who also obtained the Grand Prix of the section, and Paolo Morandotti (“Remember the radio knob?”), in Astrophilately to Umberto Cavallaro (“China – A long march to the Moon”), and in Open Philately to Pasquale Polo (“Cycling races and rainbow jersey”). As for the National section of the competition, Carlo Doria (“History of the ocean liner, from the advent of steam to 1939”) was awarded the Grand Prix of the competition. The other high awards went to Mario Capuano (“Swimming among the Five Circles”) and Paolo Bettarini (“The Great War – At the Front: Behind the Scenes of the Conflict”), the latter in Open Philately. Rosario D’Agata presented the best exhibit of Maximaphily.
Photo: One of the exhibition areas in the prestigious Palazzo d’Avalos, a 15th-century building.
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