Romania: CANNIS 2022 for the centenary of the Canine Association
On the occasion of the CANNIS 2022 exhibition in Romania, Victor Iordache, acting President of the Philatelic Federation of Romania, and Marius Muntean, President of the Timişoara Philatelic Association, have sent us the details of the three-day…
Belgium: ANTVERPIA 2022 is getting ready for 10-12 June
ANTVERPIA 2022, the National Philatelic Exhibition in Belgium will take place at the Antwerp Expo, Antwerp, between 10-12 June. In addition to the regular competition classes, there will be 8 exhibits in the Championship Class, 5 exhibits in…
Opus XXII dedicated to Switzerland
Opus XXII is dedicated to Switzerland. This year's big book of the European Academy of Philately (AEP) has been published in time for its official presentation, which will take place in Lugano, on the occasion of HELVETIA 2022.
The 226-page…
Post Europ changes 2023 Europa theme in favour of Ukraine
We've picked up the story from Linn's Stamp News, and we copy the official announcement from the PostEurop website:
Following the decision of the Extraordinary PostEurop Board of Directors meeting held on 25 April 2022, the 2023 EUROPA Stamp…
HELVETIA 2022 Exhibition Catalogue and Jury uploaded
As we are getting closer to the grand opening of HELVETIA 2022 World Stamp Exhibition, the organisers uploaded an elegant and comprehensive 200-page-plus Exhibition Catalogue. At the same time, they uploaded the composition of the Jury.
A Public…
MONACOPHIL 2022 postage stamp was released today
The Monaco Post Office released a postage stamp today to remind us of the upcoming MONACOPHIL 2022 next November.
Since 2009, Monacophil has been established as the event of the year, every two years, on odd years. Because of its postponement…
Latest FEPA Seminars have been uploaded on the website
The development of the FEPA website has become one of the Board's principal priorities. As an ongoing procedure, new pages are added from time to time and older pages are continuously updated in order to maintain a website worth visiting regularly.
A…
The “World of Stamps” is travelling around Spain
The week following Easter, a travelling exhibition reached the city of Ourense in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain, organised by the Spanish Federation (FESOFI) and sponsored by the Spanish Post (Correos). It has toured Spain since…
HELVETIA 2022: The exhibition programme is now online
HELVETIA 2022 is only a couple of weeks away. The full programme has been uploaded on the exhibition website.
The 2000-frames plus 100-literature items world stamp exhibition will take place in Centro Esposizioni Lugano, between 18 and 22 May,…
PARIS-PHILEX 2022 at Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles
PARIS-PHILEX 2022 will take place in Hall 5.1, at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, from 23 to 25 June.
The exhibition is organised by CNEP (Chambre syndicale des Experts et Négociants en Philatélie), FFAP (Fédération Française des…
Spain: Two prominent researchers receive the Civil Order of Postal Merit
Two renowned philatelists from Spain, both exceptional researchers, Fernando Aranaz del Río and Eugenio de Quesada, have been awarded with the Medal of the Civil Order of Postal Merit (la Placa de la Orden Civil al Mérito Postal), which will…
STAMPA 2022 in Dublin celebrates Centenary of Irish stamps
The STAMPA 2022 Organisers sent out a Newsletter yesterday to announce that the National Irish National Exhibition will be back in October 2022:
2022 marks 100 Years of Irish Postage Stamps and also 50 years of STAMPA. It also marks the…
HUNFILEX 2022 exhibition photos are now online
If you haven't visited Budapest and HUNFILEX 2022, here is your chance to take a peek at the exhibition. One hundred or so photographs have been uploaded on the Facebook account of Mabéosz, the Hungarian Philatelic Federation.
Here is the…
LIBEREC 2022 latest Newsletter: Preparations are under way
We received the latest Newsletter from LIBEREC 2022 Organising Committee with a lot of details in:
Applications for participation
The FEPA Congress 2022
Availability of rooms for lectures and seminars
Accommodation for visitors,…
Ulm becomes the location of the former Sindelfingen Stamp Fair
The 37th International Stamp Fair in 2019 at the Sindelfingen Exhibition Centre was the last. Two years of the pandemic and the subsequent change of ownership of the Exhibition Hall has forced the organisers to seek another location. The new…
Joint session of the French and the Belgian Philatelic Academies
On Saturday 9 April, in Hotel Amigo, Brussels, members of Académie royale de philatélie de Belgique and Académie de philatélie (Paris) met for a joint session.
Keynote speakers:
Jean-François Brun, "La troisième dimension"
Dominique Hardy,…
FEPA Awards 2021 – Deadline for nomination is approaching!
Member federations are reminded to submit nominations for the FEPA Medals as well as for the Certificates of Appreciation. They should reach Vice President Giancarlo Morolli at latest by 23 April 2022.
For 2022, the FEPA medal 2021 for exceptional…
ALPEN-ADRIA PHILATELIE 2022 and BIRDPEX 9 in Gmunden, Austria
The ALPEN-ADRIA PHILATELIE 2022 Multinational Exhibition will be held in Kongresshaus Toscana, Gmunden, Austria, from 26 to 28 August. All philatelic classes will be represented. Seven countries will participate with National Commissioners:…
Vote for your favourite music stamp of 2021
We read on the BDPh website that the Motivgruppe Musik eV (International Philatelic Music Study Group) invites stamp collectors from all over the world to vote for the most beautiful stamp of 2021 related to music. The members of the Motivgruppe…
HELVETIA 2022 second miniature sheet to be released
On 5th May, the Swiss Post will release a second miniature sheet to promote HELVETIA 2022 World Stamp Exhibition, with central theme the Seated Helvetia, who is honoured on her 160th anniversary.
The designer added perforation to one vertical…
Postmaster for five months in Antarctica? A lifetime experience!
Right from BBC News (yesterday):
A British charity (the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust) is searching for people to spend five months in Antarctica, to run the world's most remote post office.
Candidates are required to have good level of physical…
INDONESIA 2022 revised IREX and applications now online
If you visit INDONESIA 2022 website today you will find the most critical information: The National Commissioners page, the newly revised IREX (2 April), the application forms for participation and the deadlines to observe, among which:
25 April…
HUNFILEX 2022 World Stamp Championship results
The winners of HUNFILEX 2022 World Stamp Championship were announced during the Palmares dinner yesterday night.
World Stamp Champion: Damien Läge (Germany), "Australasian Birdlife"
WSC 1st Runner up: Jean Voruz (Monaco), "Geneva from the…
Frank Walton (1955-2022)
It is with great sadness that we report that Frank Walton passed away last night. He was suffering from stomach cancer.
Frank will be sorely missed. We send our heartfelt condolences to his family.
Frank Walton RDP FRPSL was a specialist in…
HUNFILEX 2022 World Stamp Exhibition under way
Grand Opening today of HUNFILEX 2022 World Stamp Exhibition in Budapest. The official ceremony was honoured by H.E. Mr János Áder, President of the Republic of Hungary, Mr. László Kövér, Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, and…
The work of British stamp designer Marjorie Saynor
A short story uploaded on the Postal Museum (London) website by Ms. Georgina Tomlinson, Deputy Curator, Philately, introduced us to Marjorie Saynor (1924-2012), an artist, who submitted stamp designs to the Royal Mail during the 70s and the…
CAPEX 22 International One Frame Stamp Championship
CAPEX 22 is the first large international one frame exhibition. It will take place at the Metro Toronto Conference Centre (MTCC) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 9 to 12 June 2022. A little over 400 exhibits are expected to participate. The…
MICHEL database with stamps from all over the world
Schwaneberger Verlag has revised and updated the large MICHEL-Online database. It contains the cataloguing from the 16 printed catalogues about European stamps, the 20 catalogues about stamps from overseas and the MICHEL catalogue Germany with…
The Danish Postal History Society celebrates its 50th anniversary
The Danish Postal History Society (Dansk Posthistorisk Selskab, DPHS)`was founded in 1972. This weekend, 26-27 March, the Society celebrates its 50th anniversary, with a 200-frame exhibition featuring postal history exhibits only. The exhibition,…
Space is the main theme of the new “Junge Sammler”
Yesterday, we received the latest Newsletter from Axel Brockmann at the editorial office of Junge Sammler, the official magazine of the Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend e. V. (https://www.dphj.de/)
This is the first issue of the year for the Junge…
New Delcampe magazine: “Collections Classiques”
For the past six years or so we have experienced the two different Delcampe magazine series: Philately (Philatélie) and Special Edition (Hors-Série). Last week Delcampe released No. 1 of a new series, the Collections Classiques.
According…
The Postal Museum (Postimuseo) in Tampere, Finland
Opened to the public in 1927 in Helsinki, the Postimuseo has moved to Tampere in 2014. Learn more about the Postal Museum of Finland from the museum's website. Just to get an idea, we copied the following from the Introduction at the "Collections"…
Hunfilex 2022 in Budapest is just around the corner
Hunfilex 2022 is just around the corner. The exhibition will take place at the Groupama Arena in Budapest from Thursday 31 March to Sunday 3 April.
The organisers have recently uploaded their three latest newsletters on the exhibition website:
Newsletter…
FEPA Seminar on Open Philately during Hunfilex 2022
Ms. Birthe King FRPSL, renowned exhibitor and juror and former FEPA Board member, will lead the FEPA seminar on Open Philately during Hunfilex 2022.
The seminar will take place on Saturday 2 April, 10:30-12:00, at the exhibition grounds, the…
2022 Linn’s most influential philatelists list revealed
On 8 March, Jay Bigalke, Editor-in-Chief of Linn's Stamp News and Scott catalogs at Amos Media, wrote in linns.com:
In the Sept. 20, 2021, issue of "Linn’s", we announced the upcoming publication of the "Most Influential Philatelists and…
Henno Sepp celebrated his 100th birthday
Kaido Andres sent us this touching message:
Today, the oldest philatelist in Estonia will be 100 years old. Henno Sepp has been popularizing philately in Pärnu for over 60 years. Today, it is hard to imagine that the philatelic society of…
Exfilna 2022 website has been launched
The 60th Spanish National Philatelic Exhibition Exfilna 2022 is scheduled to take place next fall in the city of Irún, in the Basque Country, on the border between Spain and France.
A couple of days ago the website of the exhibition was launched…
Helvetia 2022 organisers come up with simple best practices
Helvetia 2022 organisers came up with an interesting offer to their exhibitors: they had asked them to select and send before 15 March the images of up to 12 pages of their exhibits. When the jurors receive and examine these sample pages they…
Vaccari News celebrates 19 years: “la filatelia in tempo reale”
We read in Vaccari News today that it was 8th March 2003 when their webpage was released. The first post was about Aldo Capitini's "flag of peace", a topic quite relevant to today's Ukraine conflict, as their own webmaster commented.
The webpage…
Suspension of Russian and Belarusian accounts on Delcampe
We received from Delcampe the following email:
Due to the conflict in Ukraine, which we deplore, we have decided to suspend all sales and purchases from Russia and Belarus.
In concrete terms, the following actions have been taken:
• suspension…
International Women’s Day to be celebrated on 8th March in Italy
On the occasion of the International Women's Day, on 8 March 2022, the Polo bibliotecario del Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico and the Comitato Unico di Garanzia del Ministero (CUG) have organised a teleconference with central theme "The woman…
The Fishermen’s Bastion depicted on Hunfilex 2022 stamps
The Fishermen’s Bastion in Budapest, built in the late 19th century, is featured on a pair of se-tenant stamps placed in circulation on 4 March by Magyar Posta to promote Hunfilex 2022.
Details of the issue here.
The World Stamp Exhibition…
Statement by the FEPA Board regarding the conflict in Ukraine
The FEPA Board met on 2 March 2022 to consider its position regarding the conflict in Ukraine initiated by the Russian Federation and Belarus.
It has agreed the following points:
FEPA is a non-political organisation dedicated to promoting…
Ostropa 2022 is cancelled due to the war in Ukraine
The Organising Committee of Ostropa 2022 issued a long statement on Saturday 26th February, expressing their regret in their decision to cancel Ostropa for a third time.
The reasoning behind the decision was stated loud and clear: "Ultimately,…
London 2022 Grand Prizes and complete list of awards
London 2022 Awards:
World Stamp Champion: James Peter Gough (USA), "UPU and its Impact on Global Postal Services"
Grand Prix International: Vittorio Morani (Italy), "Tuscany 1836 to UPU: Letter mail in, from and to Tuscany: routes, rates and…
Liberec 2022 has released Exhibition Bulletin No. 1
The Liberec 2022 Organising Committee has recently released an attractive 32-page booklet and uploaded it on the exhibition website.
You can read Bulletin No. 1 here (6.35 MB).
600 numbers for the Spanish Revista de Filatelia
The Revista de Filatelia magazine celebrated its 600th number with its current February issue. The first number of the Spanish monthly appeared in September 1967. In 2005 the magazine was honoured by the European Academy of Philately (AEP) with…
Nominations for the elections at the 76th FIP Congress
The FIP announced the nominations for the upcoming elections of the Board and the Commissions. The elections will take place in August, at the 76th FIP Congress in Jakarta, during the World Stamp Championship Indonesia 2022.
Read the official…
The story of the Roll narrated by its Keeper, Jon Aitchison
Jon Aitchison, the Keeper of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists, talks to George James of Stanley Gibbons about the history of the Roll; how it all started in the 1920s, the fathers of philately, the selection of the new signatories, its…
New book on Postal Museum Collections: Just Large Enough
All About Stamps website reported that a new book by Douglas N. Muir, Senior Curator at the Postal Museum, will be available on 19th February.
According to the same report, Eliska Bejrova, Social Media & PR Officer at The Postal Museum,…
At last: It is London time! 19-26 February
Newsletter No. 32 was out today (read it here) and Frank Walton promised that this is going to be the last one. In closing, he says he will be in London tomorrow hoping to see many old and new friends from all over the world very soon.
Don't…
Forthcoming events of the European Academy of Philately
The European Academy of Philately (AEP) announced its 2022 agenda in the latest "Trait d’Union" which reached its membership yesterday.
The AEP will be in London 2022 for a full day on Friday 25 February, from 10:00 to 16:00. It is an important…
European Stamp Exhibition and Polar Salon LIBEREC 2022
Jiří Kraus, President of Liberec 2022 Organising Committee, posted yesterday a personal call on the exhibition website, an open invitation to the philatelic community to visit the European Stamp Exhibition and the associated exhibition "Polar…
The Hamburg Philatelic Library: fifty years of service
The Library was established in 1971 when several Hamburg stamp associations and the “Schleswig-Holstein Postal History and Philately” working group joined their literature holdings. Today the Hamburg Philatelic Library with its counterparts…
Edition d’Or No. 60 released by the Global Philatelic Network
The Global Philatelic Network (Corinphila, Heinrich Köhler etc.) continues the production of elegant volumes in the Edition d’Or series, which started in 2006. Each book presents a collection that has been awarded with a Grand Prix or at…
Upcoming FEPA seminars at London 2022 and Hunfilex 2022
You may have seen the information on FEPA Seminars in the latest FEPA News (page 81). In 2022 there will be two seminars at London 2022 and one at HUNFILEX 2022.
London 2022
20th February 12.00 - 14.00
Title: Best Practice in Youth Philately
Presenter:…
FIP Postal History Commission will hold judging seminar in London
The FIP Postal History Commission will meet at the Business Design Centre, London during the LONDON 2022 exhibition. The meeting will be held from 14.00 - 16.00 on Thursday 24th February 2022.
The meeting will be chaired by Prof Dr Henrik…
La Fête du Timbre 2022 is coming up on 12-13 March
The French Federation of Philatelic Associations (FFAP) in cooperation with Phil@poste and l'ADPhile organises each year a major philatelic promotional event known as "Fête du Timbre ©" (formerly called "Journée du Timbre").
La Fête du…
London 2022 Official Catalogue now available to pre-order
The exhibition management announced via its Twitter account that the official catalogue of the London 2022 International Exhibition is now available in a special bumper pack, along with the March 2022 issue of Stamp Collector magazine, available…
Alphonse Mayer von Rothschild: Legendary Collector #31
Devlan Kruck is the UK Representative of David Feldman SA International Auctioneers & Curator at the Museum of Philately. In April 2020 Devlan set up a series of philatelic biographies on the blog of the DFSA website and presented Georges…
Documents Philatéliques No. 251 recently released
Documents Philatéliques No. 251, the journal of l'Académie de philatélie (Paris, France), was released on 15th January. The French Academy was born in 1928, and the Documents Philatéliques has been issued quarterly for more than fifty years…
Union of Bulgarian Philatelists: Newly elected Board
Latest news from Sofia: On 11th December 2021, the General Assembly of the Union of Bulgarian Philatelists elected a new Board for the next five years.
Chairman: Spas Panchev (re-elected).
Deputy Chairman: Georgi Dechev.
In charge of international…
Post Horn magazine is going strong
Post Horn No. 5 is on the way to be delivered to its membership. The brand new 108-page issue marks three years since it first appeared in early Spring 2019 by Claudio Ernesto Manzati and his partners Giorgio Migliavacca and Thomas Mathà.
The…
Stamp fun for kids from Stamp Active
Stamp Active will publish a new “STAMP COLLECTING GUIDE”, to be launched at the London 2022 International Stamp Exhibition. The Guide has been partly sponsored by the Philatelic Fund and the Spear Charitable Trust.
It contains a range of…
Chris Harman RDP is the 2022 recipient of the Lichtenstein Award
Christopher G. Harman RDP was named by the Collectors Club, New York, the 2022 recipient of Alfred F. Lichtenstein Memorial Award.
A short philatelic curriculum vitae of Chris Harman is included in the announcement of the Collectors Club…
Hunfilex 2022 moves at the Groupama Arena
HUNFILEX 2022 will take place from 31 March – 3 April 2022 at a new venue - the Groupama Arena (home of the Ferencvarosi Sport Club). The address is: Groupama Arena, Üllöi utca 129, Budapest. The Organisers have advised that this venue…
Authorities in China vowed to step up disinfection of overseas mail
Reuters news agency reported from Shanghai on 18th January that "China is urging people to wear masks and gloves when opening mail, especially from abroad, after authorities suggested the first case of the Omicron coronavirus virus variant found…
London 2022 announced a Covid-19 testing facility at the exhibition venue
"The Organising Committee of London 2022 has absolutely no intention of cancelling or postponing London 2022. The exhibition will go ahead from 19 to 26 February 2022." This statement followed by the announcement of the installation of a Covid-19…
New Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists are announced
The Board of Election of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists has agreed to invite the following philatelists sign the Roll:
Dr. Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi, RDP, FRPSL (Italy)
Reinaldo Estevᾶo…
FEPANews 40 Jan 2022
This is the latest issue of the FEPANews Magazine.
Click here to view in Dropbox
Or, you can read the current issue as pdf here.
Museum of Philately announces the Rowland Hill Medal
We received the following press release on 16 December 2021:
The Museum of Philately has launched the ‘Rowland Hill Medal’ for the best collection on the Museum. The first medal winner will be revealed at Monacophil 2022, with judging…
FEPA Congress Athens 2021 Minutes
These are the minutes from the FEPA Congress in Athens 2021.
Click here to view the FEPA Congress Athens 2021 Minutes
LIBEREC 2022 will ask for Patronage at the FEPA Congress on 23rd November
A draft Agreement has been reached to enable FEPA to grant Patronage to the LIBEREC 2022 exhibition. The FEPA Board's recommendation that Patronage should be granted will be discussed by Congress at its meeting in Athens on 23rd November and,…
Youth Philately is alive and kicking
We are pleased to report on interesting developments in Youth Philately in the UK and Germany.
From London John Davies reports that a new 'Youth Zone' was launched by the Stamp Active Network at Autumn Stampex, held from 29th September - 2nd…
NEXOFIL Awards are announced.
The Organising Committee of the NEXOFIL and NEXONUM Awards, led by its President Sr Eugenio de Quesada, has announced in Madrid the winners of this year's competition for the best stamps and coins in the world of 2020.
Stamps were nominated…
Leonard Pascanu
We are very sad to report that Leonard Pascanu died on 1st November 2021 after a prolonged illness.
Mr Pascanu was aged 69 and had been President of the Romanian Philatelic Federation for many years. He was well-liked and respected among…
NOTOS 2021 – More Information
The NOTOS Exhibition opens at the Zappeion in Athens on Friday 19th November with FEPA Patronage.
The Organising Committee have just published the exhibition catalogue on the NOTOS website:
http://hps.gr/notos2021/
The exhibition…
IBRA 2023 – More details are published
The IBRA Organising Team have recently published further details about the World Stamp Exhibition to be held in Essen, Germany from 25 - 28 May 2023.
The exhibition will include a Grand Prix Club, Consilium Philatelicum and Schatzkammer…
LONDON 2022 is looking for volunteers
The LONDON 2022 World Stamp Exhibition will be held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, North London from 19 - 26 February 2022.
The Organising Team is moving into the final stages of preparation and has issued an urgent call…
NOTOS 2021 is entering the homestretch
A Message from the NOTOS Organising Team
Five weeks before its Grand Opening, NOTOS 2021 proceeds right on schedule and the final details are taken care of. We expect all our visitors in Athens to experience a philatelically outstanding…
Keeping in touch with on-line developments in philately
We draw your attention to an interesting article by James Gavin (The Digital Philatelist) about how philately is progressing through social media, a topic on which many philatelists are not well informed.
The article describes how the on-line…
New RDPs sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
We are delighted to report that four well-known European philatelists signed the RDP Roll at the Congress of the Association of British Philatelic Societies in Harrogate, Yorkshire on 24th September.
They are:
Henrik Mouritsen RDP (Denmark)
James…
LIBEREC 2022 – Further Information
The European Stamp Exhibition and Polar Salon will take place at the Hotel Babylon in Liberec, Czech Republic from 13-16 October 2022. The Organisers have applied for FEPA Patronage and FIP Recognition.
The Organisers have just issued additional…
BDPh offers free access to its Philately Marketplace on 13 November
The Bund Deutscher Philatelisten (BDPh) has organised an online Philately 'Marketplace' on 13th November 2021 with no less than 21 presentations and discussion groups. A wide range of topics will be covered under three general headings:
…
ABPS supports website development for its members
The Association of British Philatelic Societies (ABPS) is looking at how it can improve the level of support it provides to member societies for the development of their websites.
The ABPS uses a free internet-based website compilation program…
Serbia launches SOFIZ II, virtual exhibition with international participation
The Union of Philatelists of Serbia (SFS) has published details of SOFIZ II, which this year will be an on-line exhibition. It will be open from 8th - 17th December 2021.
Applications are welcome from members of SFS and from members of…
New AEP publication on ‘Germany and its colonies’.
Rainer von Scharpen of the AIJP has drawn our attention to the latest Yearbook, OPUS XXI, published by the European Academy of Philately (AEP). As it was due to be presented at IBRA 2021 in Essen, the theme chosen was 'L'Allemagne et ses…
Israel Philatelic Federation hosts AAPE 2021 to mark peace agreements with UAE and USA
The IPF has informed us that in June 2021 it hosted AAPE 2021, a virtual tri-national stamp exhibition, with the participation of the United Arab Emirates and the United States. The exhibition marked the Abraham Accords peace agreements signed…
Autumn STAMPEX will go live
The Philatelic Traders' Society have released details of the Autumn STAMPEX exhibition which will take place live at the Business Design Centre in London from 29th September - 2nd October. After the long break in live exhibitions, there will…
Maximaphily and Postcard exhibition in Luxembourg
Congratulations to the Cercle Philatélique Echternach and the FSPL who succeeded in holding the '32e Journée Maximaphile & Cartes Postales' on 24th July in the face of huge problems. First, it was only in early June that the Organisers…
FEPA Medal winners announced
The winners of the FEPA Medal for Exceptional Philatelic Study and Research 2020, and of the Francis Kiddle Medal for the Best Philatelic Website 2021 have been announced.
The announcement is as follows:
At its videoconference call on 16 July…
HELVETIA 2022: Tourist programmes announced
To celebrate the opening of the postal historical museum at the Bauernhof in Goldau, the Kimmel Foundation has invited visitors to HELVETIA 2022 to take part in specially-organised tours in Switzerland. Two tours are offered with accommodation…
LONDON 2022 – updates for visitors and booth holders
The LONDON 2022 organisers have recently issued two press releases.
Details on the special arrangements made for visitors who are looking for accommodation in London during the exhibition:
London 2022 PR3 15.07.2021
Information…
‘Adventures in Philately’ webinar series gets underway
The team behind Stamp Collector magazine and the allaboutstamps.co.uk website have teamed up with the Museum of Philately to announce a series of special webinars on the world of stamps and stamp collecting. The press release is at:
PR…
HELVETIA 2022 announces ‘Philamovie’ competition
We have received the following information about a video competition organised as part of the HELVETIA 2022 exhibition.
Today’s technology enables new forms of communication that can reach a large number of potential new collectors,…
Gibraltar celebrates cryptocurrency with innovative stamp issue
The Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau has issued an innovative £4 postage stamp celebrating cryptocurrency that also provides a key to acquisition of blockchain-based Digital Collectibles, otherwise known as 'non-fungible tokens'. These…
Stamp Active encourages young collectors at Stampex with £20 vouchers
The Stamp Active Network, the voluntary organisation that promotes stamp collecting for children in the UK, will be at Autumn Stampex providing free stamps and goodie bags for young collectors. There will be a range of free activities…
CAPEX 22 launches free Newsletter
CAPEX 22 will be the world's first International One Frame Stamp Championship. It will be held in Toronto, Canada from 9 - 12 June 2022.
The Organisers have just launched a free bilingual (English / French) newsletter - CAPEX News - which…