BERNABA and MUTILATERALE 2025 organisers have sent us the following newsletter:
Experience BERNABA 2025, a major national and multilateral Rank I exhibition that brings together collectors and enthusiasts. The multilateral association consists of the seven countries: Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia.
From 14 to 16 May 2025, Bern will become the centre of philately and offer a varied programme for collectors and interested visitors on over 7,000m2. As the exhibition hall is large and there are enough exhibition frames available, all 220 registered and qualified exhibits with a total of 1131 frames were accepted. This means that 98 exhibits = 45% for the Multilateral Exhibition and 122 exhibits = 55% for the National Exhibition. There will also be special shows at the Court of Honour, the Open Salon, and the Jury Salon.
Celebrate with us the 175th anniversary of Switzerland’s first federal stamps and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of philately!
Further information will be published regularly on the homepage www.bernaba25.ch or can be obtained from the organising committee.
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The latest press release from the PTS highlights the provisional talks and roundtable schedule:
In just 5 weeks, we will open the doors to Virtual Stampex 2025! We are jam packing this show with incredible dealer booths for you to interact with, displays and exhibits, Talks, Roundtables, and competitions and offers. We’ll be live from the 6th to the 8th March, 24 hours a day, and the show is free to attend. We already have registrations from 49 different countries! We can’t wait to see you there! Here are just some of the faces you’ll see in our Talks Auditorium, and in our popular Roundtable Sessions. From top left: Bill Barrell, Tom Droege, Robert Parkinson, Gregg Redner, Dimitris Papitsis, Oscar Young, Jonas Hällström, Jean Wang, David S. Ball.
In other topics: Register for Virtual Stampex, Become a Patron, Booths at Stampex, Meet Roumet in PTS member highlights, Guide to showing your stamps, and much more.
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Three regional U.S. commissioners have been announced by Boston 2026 World Expo to handle the transport and care of exhibits before, during and after the show.
Representing the East is Chris Lazaroff, a well-established first day cover creator and enthusiast since the 1980s. He has been instrumental in promoting all aspects of FDC collecting to philatelists worldwide and an active advocate of the cachet maker bourse nationally. Chris was appointed U.S. commissioner to the IBRA 2022 exhibition in Germany, WSC Exhibition Thailand 2023, EFIRO 2023 in Romania and to the upcoming Uruguay 2025 and Liberec 2025 exhibitions. Among the former American First Day Cover Society president‘s accomplishments was reaching his goal of attending U.S. first day ceremonies in all 50 states between 1982 and 2016.
The Central commissioner is Gregory Shoults, a well-known exhibitor whose single and multi-frame exhibits on various aspects of the Third Bureau Washington-Franklin coils have won top honors, making several appearances in the APS Champion of Champions over the past 15 years. Most recently he was the CAPEX 2022 U.S. commissioner in Toronto and earlier was appointed to Brasiliana 2013 in Rio de Janeiro. Greg has been the exhibits chair for the Garfield Perry March Party national stamp show in Cleveland, Ohio, for the past 10 years. He belongs to numerous philatelic organizations, holding positions in many of them.
Vesma Grinfelds of California will be in charge of exhibitors from the West. She was the prior U.S. Commissioner to Korea 2014, New York 2016, Jerusalem 2016, Prague 2018, Indonesia 2022, IBRA 2023, Bangkok 2023, Mare Balticum in Estonia 2024 and will continue the role for the upcoming PhilaKorea 2025. She is active in the Collectors Club of San Francisco, American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE) and Rossica. For many years Vesma has been the Director of the AAPE Youth Champions of Champions competition held at GASS annually. She received the 2024 APS Kehr Award for service to guarantee the future of the hobby.
Overseeing the three will be Commissioner General Yamil Kouri and Deputy Commissioner General Dzintars Grinfelds.
Boston 2026 World Expo takes place May 23-30, 2026, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Full show details may be found at Boston2026.org and on Twitter and Facebook. Sign up to be added to the Boston 2026 email list and receive updates when available.
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BERNABA and MULTILATERALE 2025 in May
BERNABA and MUTILATERALE 2025 organisers have sent us the following newsletter:
Experience BERNABA 2025, a major national and multilateral Rank I exhibition that brings together collectors and enthusiasts. The multilateral association consists of the seven countries: Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia.
From 14 to 16 May 2025, Bern will become the centre of philately and offer a varied programme for collectors and interested visitors on over 7,000m2. As the exhibition hall is large and there are enough exhibition frames available, all 220 registered and qualified exhibits with a total of 1131 frames were accepted. This means that 98 exhibits = 45% for the Multilateral Exhibition and 122 exhibits = 55% for the National Exhibition. There will also be special shows at the Court of Honour, the Open Salon, and the Jury Salon.
Celebrate with us the 175th anniversary of Switzerland’s first federal stamps and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of philately!
Further information will be published regularly on the homepage www.bernaba25.ch or can be obtained from the organising committee.
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Virtual STAMPEX Talks and Roundtables Announced
The latest press release from the PTS highlights the provisional talks and roundtable schedule:
In just 5 weeks, we will open the doors to Virtual Stampex 2025! We are jam packing this show with incredible dealer booths for you to interact with, displays and exhibits, Talks, Roundtables, and competitions and offers. We’ll be live from the 6th to the 8th March, 24 hours a day, and the show is free to attend. We already have registrations from 49 different countries! We can’t wait to see you there! Here are just some of the faces you’ll see in our Talks Auditorium, and in our popular Roundtable Sessions. From top left: Bill Barrell, Tom Droege, Robert Parkinson, Gregg Redner, Dimitris Papitsis, Oscar Young, Jonas Hällström, Jean Wang, David S. Ball.
In other topics: Register for Virtual Stampex, Become a Patron, Booths at Stampex, Meet Roumet in PTS member highlights, Guide to showing your stamps, and much more.
The complete press release: https://mailchi.mp/thepts/jan2025a
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BOSTON 2026: U.S. Commissioners Named
Received from BOSTON 2026 on 29 January:
Three regional U.S. commissioners have been announced by Boston 2026 World Expo to handle the transport and care of exhibits before, during and after the show.
Representing the East is Chris Lazaroff, a well-established first day cover creator and enthusiast since the 1980s. He has been instrumental in promoting all aspects of FDC collecting to philatelists worldwide and an active advocate of the cachet maker bourse nationally. Chris was appointed U.S. commissioner to the IBRA 2022 exhibition in Germany, WSC Exhibition Thailand 2023, EFIRO 2023 in Romania and to the upcoming Uruguay 2025 and Liberec 2025 exhibitions. Among the former American First Day Cover Society president‘s accomplishments was reaching his goal of attending U.S. first day ceremonies in all 50 states between 1982 and 2016.
The Central commissioner is Gregory Shoults, a well-known exhibitor whose single and multi-frame exhibits on various aspects of the Third Bureau Washington-Franklin coils have won top honors, making several appearances in the APS Champion of Champions over the past 15 years. Most recently he was the CAPEX 2022 U.S. commissioner in Toronto and earlier was appointed to Brasiliana 2013 in Rio de Janeiro. Greg has been the exhibits chair for the Garfield Perry March Party national stamp show in Cleveland, Ohio, for the past 10 years. He belongs to numerous philatelic organizations, holding positions in many of them.
Vesma Grinfelds of California will be in charge of exhibitors from the West. She was the prior U.S. Commissioner to Korea 2014, New York 2016, Jerusalem 2016, Prague 2018, Indonesia 2022, IBRA 2023, Bangkok 2023, Mare Balticum in Estonia 2024 and will continue the role for the upcoming PhilaKorea 2025. She is active in the Collectors Club of San Francisco, American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE) and Rossica. For many years Vesma has been the Director of the AAPE Youth Champions of Champions competition held at GASS annually. She received the 2024 APS Kehr Award for service to guarantee the future of the hobby.
Overseeing the three will be Commissioner General Yamil Kouri and Deputy Commissioner General Dzintars Grinfelds.
Boston 2026 World Expo takes place May 23-30, 2026, at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Full show details may be found at Boston2026.org and on Twitter and Facebook. Sign up to be added to the Boston 2026 email list and receive updates when available.
[photo credit: Boston 2026 website]
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