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Bill Hedley talks to The Stamp Collector
FEPA President, Bill Hedley, was interviewed by The Stamp Collector monthly. The interview was published in the magazine’s current November issue.
Bill believes that philately is not a world apart. “Everything about it relates to one or more aspects of the wider world, whether historical, technological, economic, scientific, cultural or whatever. The point is that when people who are not interested in “stamps” as such become aware that philatelic material can improve their understanding of other subjects in which they are interested – family and local history, military history, social, economic and cultural questions, for example – they may begin to understand its relevance to them and take an interest in it”.
He also quotes: “No matter where they come from, philatelists have more similarities than differences, and love to share their interests with like-minded souls”.
Download the four-page interview here: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/BH-in-stamp-Collector-Oct-23.pdf
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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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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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