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ANKARA ’23 Catalogue and Results

ANKARA ’23 was organised by the Turkish Philatelic Federation with the support of the Turkish Post (PTT) to celebrate and commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Türkiye. The exhibition is taking place from 20 to 30 October at the Uluncalar Prison Museum. The National part of the exhibition with 450 frames was over on 26 October, and the international part, which has been granted FEPA Recognition, with 300 frames, commenced on Friday 27 and will conclude Monday evening, 30 October, with the announcement of the Grand Prix at the palmares dinner.

For the international part, participation was open to exhibitors from countries that separated from the Ottoman Empire or that had postal organisations within the Ottoman Empire. The themes of the exhibits should be associated with the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish War of Independence, the Republic of Turkey, the Levant posts, military postal services during WWI or the wars before and after WWI in the region.

Despite the short notice, the organisers attracted exhibits from Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Kuwait, Libya, Romania and Türkiye. A great team of philatelists headed by the Federation President, Ziya Ağaoğulları, with Mehmet Akan as Coordinator, Murat Çelebi as General Commissioner, Arman Arıkan as Senior Consultant, Murat Hazinedaroğlu as Technical Consultant and Serdar Yazgan as Assistant to foreign visitors, aided by volunteers from the Federation and the Academy were able to stage the exhibition and make everything possible in practically 60-70 days! These people provided great help to the National Commissioners at the Customs where procedures ran fast and smoothly and astonished all the foreign visitors to the exhibition with their customary Turkish hospitality.

Ziya Ağaoğulları was President of the International Jury and Peter Suhadolc (Slovenia) was Secretary.

Exhibition Catalogue:
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ankara23-catalogue.pdf

Results:
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ankara23-plamares.pdf

Photo: The mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at the Anıtkabir complex, Ankara.

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30.10.2023

Exhibitions, News

BALKANFILA XIX Catalogue and Palmares booklet

Balkanfila XIX was held in Belgrade from 12 to 14 October 2023 with the participation of 12 Balkan countries and Hungary as a guest country. The nineteenth edition of this significant regional philatelic exhibition in South-East Europe, seven years after the one held in Tirana in 2016, was organised by the Union of Philatelists of Serbia under the patronage of Mr Aleksandar Vucic, President of Serbia, while it was sponsored by the International Philatelic Federation (FIP) and the Serbian Post.

The exhibits were presented in approximately 600 frames at the Central Military Club. The location of the Club was in the city centre, a stone’s throw from Democracy Square, the National Museum and the Opera House. The hotels that accommodated foreign visitors were only a few minutes’ pleasant walk away. The single exhibition hall that hosted all the exhibits had adequate lighting and the continuous and efficient support of the organisers contributed significantly to the success of a pleasant philatelic experience. The exhibits were of both national and international interest with significant attendance since there was wide coverage of the exhibition by the local media.

Jury President was Nikola Ljubicic, and Jury Secretary was Vladimir Milic. The GP winner was decided by the Jury President’s vote, after a 5-5 tie between the final winner Joseph Hackmey (Turkey) with his “Ottoman Post Offices in the former FPR of Yugoslavia” and George Mylonogiannis (Greece) with his “The Greek Pre-adhesive Period”.

Exhibition Catalogue:
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Balkanfila-XIX-catalogue.pdf

Palmares Booklet:
https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Balkanfila-XIX-palmares.pdf

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29.10.2023

Exhibitions, News, Updates

HAFNIA 24 Newsletter #5

HAFNIA 24 opens in ONE YEAR from now!
Newsletter #5

Copenhagen, 28 October 2023

For exhibitors
There is one year till we open the doors for HAFNIA 24, but deadline for applications is 31st December 2023.

Your application is filled in directly on the exhibition web-page.
Go to www.hafnia24.com

Select “Exhibitors” and then “Forms” and follow the instructions. Or go directly to the application forms with this link:
https://www.hafnia24.com/exhibitors/#Forms
To qualify your exhibit for the exhibition, the exhibit must have achieved a minimum of 75 points at a national exhibition to be awarded 5 frames. For 8 frames, a minimum of 85 points is required at a FEPA/FIP exhibition.
If you have any problem with filling in the form or questions about qualification of your exhibit, please contact your national commissioner. A list of national commissioners you find on the web-page here:
https://www.hafnia24.com/find-your-commissioner/

We would love to see your exhibit at HAFNIA 24 in Copenhagen and look forward to receive your application.

For dealers
Nearly 50% of the dealer booths are now reserved, so if you want to be present and advertise for your company at HAFNIA 24 it is time to reserve your stand at the exhibition. The link til information you find here:
https://www.hafnia24.com/dealers/
At the homesite you will se the floorplan of the exhibition and a list of dealers and auction houses, who have already reserved.
We are looking forward helping you to find your perfect place at the exhibition.
See you in Copenhagen!

Best regards
Lars Peter Svendsen
President of the organizing committee
and
Lars Engelbrecht
General Commissioner, HAFNIA 24

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29.10.2023