COVID emergency marked by postal administrations
Postal administrations around the world have been marking the efforts made by so many people to combat the effects of COVID, a public health emergency unparalleled in living memory.
Vojtech Jankovic of the Slovak Federation has undertaken a…
New date for Nordia 2020 will be December 4-6, 2020
As the corona crisis appears to last longer than we hoped, the Exhibition Committee has decided to postpone implementation until the first weekend in December.
Balkanfila and Stampex postponed
Further information has been received about the postponement of exhibitions organised by FEPA Members due to COVID restrictions.
BALKANFILA, due to be held in Bucharest from 17 - 20 September, has been postponed until 29 September…
Antverpiade 2020 exhibition is postponed to 2021
Due to the Coronacrisis and with regret, the Belgian Federation (K.L.B.P.-F.R.C.P.B) has to announce you that the National Championship of Philately - Antverpiade 2020 that was going to take place August 28-30- has been postponed.
Signs of Spring? Tasso Museum reopens
After it was forced to close by the Coronavirus crisis, we are pleased to report that the Museum of the Tasso family and of Postal History has reopened. The Museum is in two historic buildings in Camerata Cornello, near Bergamo. This was the…
Swiss Society adds a daily item to its website to counter Corona-boredom
We have been informed that the Pilatus-Emmen Philatelic Society in Switzerland is adding an interesting item to its website every day to keep its members alert and provide a topic for conversation.
To have a look at what they have put up, go…
Stamp Camp announced for Young Stamp Lovers in September
The Deutscher Philatelisten-Jugend organisation has announced that it will be running a Stamp Camp (WÜBA 2020) in Würzburg, Germany from 11th to 13th September. It is open to all young stamp lovers. Applications must be in by 1 June. Further…
Madrid Philatelic Society publish daily articles on-line
Since the lock-down began in March SOFIMA (the Madrid Philatelic Society) have published daily articles on subjects of philatelic interest. As a result they now have a long list of articles on their website on 'curiosities' ranging from the…
German Federation offers on-line seminars from 13 May
The Bund Deutscher Philatelisten (BDPh) is launching a series of on-line seminars using Zoom technology to offset the restrictions on philatelic life imposed by the Corona crisis.
The first seminar will be held from 16.00-17.30 on Wednesday…
ASCAT is winding up
We have been informed that the Association of Stamp Catalogue, Stamp Album and Philatelic Magazine Traders (ASCAT) will wind up its activities later this year. It was founded in 1977 to defend the professional activities of its members and is…
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE EUROPA STAMP
The competition to select the most popular EUROPA stamp for 2020 is now underway. The theme is 'Ancient Postal Routes' and candidate stamps have been selected because they illustrate this theme in different ways.
All philatelic enthusiasts,…
German Youth Philatelists Magazine – Available Free
The new issue of the Magazine for Young Collectors is available free of charge.
Click this link:
https://www.dphj.de/index.php?article_id=9
VOTE NOW FOR YOUR FAVOURITE MUSIC STAMP
The Motivgruppe Musik is once again inviting all collectors to vote for the most popular music stamp of the past year. The candidates are shown on the Motivgruppe Musik's website (www.motivgruppe-musik.COM).
Youth Philately: A Paper from Stampactive
Stampactive is the group within the Association of British Philatelic Societies that organises and encourages youth philately. They were recently awarded a FEPA Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding activities in promoting philately and…
Disruption to international postal services: Latest information
International postal services have been severely reduced in response to the Coronavirus restrictions on movement.
The position is subject to constant changes as restrictions are imposed or relaxed, but for an impression of the current level…
RPSL presentation on QEII Wilding stamps available to view
The Royal Philatelic Society London held its first 'virtual' meeting on 23rd April, with well over 100 members from many countries around the world taking part via Zoom.
Frank Walton gave a 30 minute presentation about the origins and evolution…
PHILATELIC MAGAZINES FREE ONLINE
Publishers of some philatelic magazines are facing the problem that their production facilities are closed for an indefinite period due to the coronavirus lockdown. So some of them have made their April issues available free online to their…
News from Italy: PHILATELIC VIDEO CONFERENCES DURING THE LOCKDOWN
Thanks to the initiative of Aniello Veneri and the prompt participation of a group of philatelists who used to have a monthly "philatelic dinner" in Rome that was suddenly cancelled because of the lockdown, a regular programme of video conferences…
Dutch PostNL legalizes Magazinekaart
As could have been read on Fepanews a year ago the Netherlands has a new type of postal stationery as of January 2019.
It is a standard postcard size (A6) card with an imprinted stamp, meant to be for shipment of the Dutch monthly ‘Filatelie’…
Postage rate nerd’s lock down hobby
The mystery of single stamp postal items has puzzled me for years. Would it be possible to find out all possible different single usages of some certain stamp? In order to find this out I started to fill in spreadsheets and calculate the different possibilities.
Turkish Federation organises E-Philately Exhibition from 23 April. Entries are invited.
We have just received this message from Murat Hazinedaroglu of the Turkish Federation.
April 23th 2020 is one of the most significant anniversaries of the Turkish Republic’s history as it is the Centenary of Inauguration of the…
Social distancing in the 17th Century
At present some of us may feel that the instructions to maintain 2 metres distance from other people and to avoid gathering in groups are a unique imposition, even if necessary to combat the epidemic. However, they have a long history. As…
ABPS Chairman’s 5 minute videos of exhibits available to view
Graham Winters, the Chairman of the ABPS (the British Federation), has been spending some of his lockdown time producing short amateur videos describing a selection of his exhibits. Graham is notable for having exhibited in almost every class…
Hungary will hold HUNFILEX in March-April 2022
To celebrate its centenary the Hungarian Federation (MABEOSZ) will hold a Specialised World Stamp Exhibition at 'The Whale' in Budapest from 31 March - 3 April 2022. The exhibition has been designated as HUNFILEX 2022.
The exhibition will have…
London 2020 will now be held in February 2022
Following the postponement of London 2020 due to the Coronavirus emergency Frank Walton, the Chairman of the London 2020 Organising Committee, has announced that the exhibition will now be held at the Business Design Centre in London from:
19…
Luis Alemany Indarte (1940-2020)
The Spanish Federation of Philatelic Societies (FESOFI) has sent us the sad news of the death of Luis Alemany, winner of eight FIP Grand Prizes, and a great person.
He passed away on 9th April due to the Alzheimer illness he suffered from in…
Slovakia’s philatelic portal www.philanotes.com has been updated
Dr Vojtech Jankovich, who is a member of the Board of the Slovak Federation, has let us know that he has added fresh news and articles to the philatelic portal at www.philanotes.com.
The portal is full of interesting information and is well…
German Youth Philatelists focus on Definitives
Die Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend e.V. has announced that its 2020 competition for Young Collectors will have the theme of 'Meine Dauerserie' (My Definitive Issue). Both Members and non-Members of the society are invited to show exhibits…
UNION OF PHILATELISTS OF MACEDONIA – 70 YEARS OLD
Congratulations to the Union of Philatelists of Macedonia which celebrated its 70th birthday on 19th March.
The Union, led by President Sinisha Pavleski and President of the Executive Board Dimitar Belchev, has a rich legacy of philatelic…
OSTROPA 2020 POSTPONED
The Organising Committee of OSTROPA 2020, which was scheduled to be held at the Russian House for Science and Culture in Berlin from 25 - 28 June 2020, has decided with great regret to postpone the exhibition because of the coronavirus crisis.
The…
Academicians elected to the Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History
Congratulations to four newly-elected Academicians of the Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History. They are:
Raimundo Almeda
Luis Frazao RDP
Manuel Alvarez Casado
Jaime Benavides-Villarreal
They were elected at a meeting…
LE NOUVEAU JOURNAL DES MAXIMAPHILES FRANÇAIS
Pascal Bandry, the European Bureau Member on the FIP Maximaphily Commission, recently sent me a link to the latest journal published by the Maximaphilatelists in France. I thought it was a very interesting insight into the fascinating subject…
Philately is in lockdown but FEPA’s website is still here to keep you up to date
We have been notified of more important changes to the philatelic calendar in response to the international Coronavirus lockdown.
The Alpe-Adria exhibition, due to be held in Tarvisio, Italy in June 2020, has been postponed until 10 -…
CORONAVIRUS CLOSES MANY PHILATELIC EVENTS. NEWS UPDATE…..
The unprecedented steps taken by governments across the world to combat the Coronavirus have had a huge impact on planned philatelic exhibitions and other events in 2020. This is because of the paramount importance of avoiding non-essential…
FEPA Award 2019 winners
The recipients of the FEPA awards 2019 are Chris King, Carlo Giovanardi and Henrik Mouritsen.
Bulgaria 2020 Bulletin 1 is out!
The organizing committee of the Bulgaria 2020 FIP Specialized World Stamp Championship Exhibition has published its Bulletin No 1. It contains the IREX of the exhibition. Here are some facts based on the IREX:
The exhibition will be held…
London 2020: Corona virus monitored
In their latest newsletter the organizing committee of the London 2020 gives information about the situation with the CoronaVirus Covid-19
Make the most of London 2020
London 2020, the International Stamp Exhibition, will provide a wonderful opportunity to show others just how fascinating the hobby can be. Why not bring along youngsters to enjoy a day of fun.
Stamp Active, the voluntary group that…
Trait d’Union, number 2, 2019 is out
The European Academy of Philately, AEP, has kindly sent us the latest issue of their newsletter Trait d'Union, number 2, 2019. It reports amongst other things the AEP at MonacoPhil 2019, The 100th anniversary of the Italian Federation during…
NAPOSTA 2020 Grand Prix to Iva Mouritsen
National stamp exhibition NAPOSTA 2020 was held in Haldensleben, Germany, on February 13 - 16, 2020. It consisted altogether of 121 exhibits in more than 800 frames representing almost every FIP class as well as 88 literature exhibits. The total…
Reopening of the Post Museum in Paris
Amongst its many outstanding attractions and Museums, Paris has now a new attraction for the philatelists and historians to visit the city: The Postal Museum reopened after five years of great renovation.
Nordia 2020 Bulletin 1 is out
Nordia 2020 will be held at Malmö on September 4-6, 2020. The organization committee has recently published Bulletin 1.
Something for every collector
Every London international stamp exhibition has historically attracted many of the best exhibits from across the world, and this is certainly true of London 2020. Regrettably, the organisers have had to turn down many top class exhibits but hope that the goal of offering the visitor examples of the finest exhibits across a wide range of subjects has been achieved.
fepanews.com offered 110 news in 2019
The official website of the FEPA, fepanews.com, was active offering 100 news in 2019. The topics can be categorized as follows:
Topic
Number of news
FEPA (Family, Board, Congress, magazine)
30
FEPA Exhibitions (Patronage, Recognition)
25
National…
FEPA News No 36 is out!
The latest issue of the FEPA News magazine ia available in electronic form.
Over-subscribed – the familiar story with London Internationals
It’s always the same with international stamp exhibitions held in London – the events prove so popular that many want to exhibit, have stands, or simply visit.
So it is with London 2020, the international stamp exhibition being staged at the Business Design Centre in Islington from Saturday, 2 May to Saturday, 9 May.
It is time to nominate candidates for FEPA Awards 2019
The official request for the nomination of candidates for the 2019 FEPA Medals and Certificates of Appreciation has been sent out via e-mail to all member Federations.
The Queen opens new RPSL headquarters
At The RPSL, we were extremely honoured to welcome our Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, to officially open our new home in Abchurch Lane. It was a splendid day!
Multilaterale Briefmarkenausstellung Luxemburg 2019
The exhibition of the "Multilaterale Briefmarkenausstellung Luxemburg 2019" was held from November 8 to 10, at the Exhibition hall LUXEXPO in Luxembourg, under patronage of His Royal Highness Grand-Duke Henri and under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, of the City of Luxembourg and of FEPA.
New Board for the Union of Philatelists of Macedonia with Sinisha Pavleski as President
The Annual session of the Assembly of the Union of Philatelists of Macedonia had its meeting on November 3, 2019. Sinsiha Pavleski was elected as the President of the Union with Viktor Gaber as Secretary and Dimitar Belchev as the President of the Executive Board.
Bill Hedley elected as the new President of FEPA
The FEPA Congress elected Bill Hedley as the new President of FEPA in Monaco. The past President, José Ramón Moreno, was electd the Honorary President.
NOTOS 2021 Newsletter no.3
We have started setting up NOTOS 2021 two years ago and right now we are exactly two years away from the Grand Opening. The 38-page Bulletin No. 1 which you are invited to download herein pretty much sums up the first part of the story. A brand new software: It was developed by our team as a web application in order to be used by anyone involved with NOTOS 2021. Commissioners’ appointments and Jurors’ proposals by the National Federations, exhibitors’ entry forms as well as visitors’ data will be submitted online
EFIRO 2008 – Time goes by, stamps remain. EFIRO 2019 – Time goes by, philatelists remain
To paraphrase the slogan of the World Philatelic Exhibition - EFIRO 2008 - Time goes by, stamps remain, for the National Philatelic Exhibition with international participation EFIRO 2019 we launched the motto Time goes by, the philatelists remain. Held in the halls of the Museum of the Romanian Records, the Vth edition of the EFIRO exhibition offered the opportunity to the Romanian and the foreign exhibitors from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, Republic of Moldova, Serbia and Hungary...
London 2020 getting closer
It will not be long before London 2020, the international stamp exhibition to be held at the Business Design Centre in London’s Islington in May, is upon us. The dates to note are Saturday, 2 May to Saturday, 9 May. There will be over 125 standholders comprising dealers, auctioneers and philatelic publishers. In addition several postal administrations will have stands.There will be much to see among the exhibits, these filling no fewer than 1,700 frames. Indeed, such has been the demand to exhibit that the entries will be shown in two sections. The first half (Saturday, 2 May to Tuesday, 5 May) will include...
HUNFILA 2019 BUDAPEST International Stamp Exhibition: Herbert Kotal from Austria and Luiz Barreiros from Portugal, winners of the Grand Prizes
The exhibition was organized by the National Federation of Hungarian Philatelist (MABÉOSZ), with the Sponsorship of the FIP and the FEPA Recognition , moreover support from the Hungarian Post. Were shown 500 frames from 12 invited countries. The National Grand Prix, went to the Austrian exhibitor Herbert Kotal, with his collection „Stamps of the first twenty years of Hungarian Postal Administration 1867-1887”. The International Grand Prix winner was the Portuguese collector Luiz Barreiros for his fantastic collection „Postal History of the Pre-stamp period of Portugal and it’s colonies”.
Eugenijus Uspuras, President of the Lituanian Federation has passed away
We are informed about the sad news: Eugenijus Uspuras , President of the Union der Philatelisten Litauens has died at the age of 64. Born on July 24, 1955, in Irkutsk, Russia, he was professor and member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. He carried out a successful scientific career being Director of the Lithuanian Energy Institute and at present, Manager of the Division of Nuclear research. Passionate for philately he had a Gold Medal exhibit “Railway Post in Lithuania 1861 – 1949”. In collaboration with Jan Kaptein he wrote an important book on the same subject. Rest in peace
FEPA Exhibition EXFILNA 2019 in Santander: For the first time in history, postmarking under the water !
The 57th National Spanish exhibition had this year the Czech and German Federations as guest’s participants. It was held from the 6th to the 10th November 2019. The motto has been ‘Immerse yourself in the immensity of philately’. At the exhibition opening, the special stamps and HB issued by the Spanish Post “Correos” were postmarked under the water by four divers at the huge aquarium of the Cantabrian Maritime Museum.
NEXOFIL Prizes to the Best Stamps of the World: Norway, winner, Ukraine 2nd, France 3rd
On the 30th of October was held at the auditorium of the Spanish Royal Mint, FNMT, the Gala of the presentation of the prizes of the year, organized by the President of the NEXO Group, Mr. Eugenio de Quesada. The International Jury was formed for Presidents of Philatelic Federations and Academies from 33 different countries as detailed inside. Also were awarded stamps issued by the Posts of Belgium, Spain, Austria, Italy, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Germany, Liechtenstein, Iceland, New Zealand, Hungary and Czech Republic.
PLOVDIV PHILA 2019: Philatelic Academies and Federations met in Bulgaria
Participated in this innovative exhibition exhibits from 16 national federations: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Israel, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey. Participated also two philatelic Academies: Italy and Turkey on top of the European Academy of Philately. There were 500 frames and 18 titles of philatelic literature. H.M. the King Simeon II of Bulgaria was very involved in the exhibition attending their main events.
Granted the FEPA Recognition to NORDIA 2021
NORDIA 2021 will be held in Kuopio, Finland, on March 12-14, 2021 organized by Kuopion Filatelistikerho (Philatelic Society of Kuopio) and the Finnish Philatelic Federation.
NORDIA 2021 exhibition is open to all collectors who are members of member societies of the National or Youth Federations of the Nordic countries (Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark). Members of the Scandinavian Collectors Club in USA, and the Estonian Philatelic Federation can also participate the exhibition.
Continental Philatelic Exhibition with FEPA Recognition to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Philatelic Society of Egypt (PSE)
Another reason for celebration of the 90th anniversary for which a stamp was issued for the occasion and our sister society in London, the Egypt Study Circle (ESC) shared with us by having some of the members visiting Egypt for the occasion. From September 9th to 15th, Dr. Sherif Samra, President of the PSE was host to exhibitors from UK, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and of course Egypt who exhibited 200 frames of powerful material.
Official presentation of the FEPA Certificate of Appreciation to “The National Club of Collectors of the Registration Labels and Stamps, Poland
At the annual meeting of the Club , Prof. Ludwik K. Malendowicz presented on behalf of FEPA, the Certificate of Appreciation to this outstanding Club as “The Best European Philatelic Club of the Year 2018”. The meeting took place in Mikstat Las and was attended by about 50 members and supporters of the Club. The meeting was accompanied by a philatelic show
Microhistory of theTurkish Posts, 1920-2015 Volume I
This is the first volume of a historical trilogy on Turkish postal stationery, Microhistory of theTurkish Posts, 1920-2015. Running 821 pages in color and fully bilingual, volume I covers the postal stationery of Turkey from 1920 to 1950. Most of the studied categories had not been catalogued before, let alone analyzed in depth
Dr. Pavol Lazar, new President of the Union of Philatelists of Slovakia
On September 28, 2019 in Trenčín, new representatives were elected to the bodies of the Union of Philatelists of Slovakia – the ZSF Council and the ZSF Auditing Commission. President RN Dr. Pavol Lazar. The former President, Miroslav Ňaršík was elected Honorary President
IBRA 2021 homepage online!
In a good 18 months IBRA 2021 will open its doors at Messe Essen from 6 to 9 May. A foretaste of the first World Stamp Exhibition in Germany after 1999 is the IBRA homepage, which went online recently. The redesigned and modern website provides an overview of the major event is constantly updated and regularly informs about news. Info 1 is available for download in PDF format. Just have a look at www.IBRA2021.de!
Atlantic Alpen-Adria: Pedro Vaz Pereira winner of the Grand Prix Championship and Manuel Domenech Lima Torres of the Competition Grand Prix
From the 1st to the 6th of October was held the International Exhibition with FEPA Recognition at the Cultural Center of Viana do Castelo, in Portugal. Participated exhibitors from the Federations of Portugal, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia. The winner of the Grand Prix of the Championship Class was Pedro Vaz Pereira with his exhibit “Carimbos Nominativos não datados usados no Periodo Adesivo”. The Exhibition Grand Prix was for Manuel Domenech Lima Torres with his exhibit “Portuguese Prephilately”. The level of the exhibition was extremely high as shown in the whole Palmares that is enclosed here.
ANTVERPIADE 2020: National Championship of Philately with International participation
The topic of the exhibition will be the 100th anniversary of the VII° Olympic Games of Antwerp in 1920. The City of Antwerp commemorates the Olympic Games with an Impressive Program of which Antverpiade 2020 will be part of it. The exhibition will be held from the 28th to the 30th of August as the Belgian National Championship of Philately with International participation of the Dutch (KNBF) and the French (FFAP) Federations. All day long YouTube based movies of the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp will run on television screens. Thanks to the cooperation with Sportimonium (The official Olympic Museum) a lot of unique items will be present at the Exhibition.
STAMPEX Autumn 2019 was International and very innovative
The exhinbition was held from 11 to 14 September 2019 at the Business Design Centre, London. STAMPEX is now badging itself as STAMPEX International. And it is emphasized on the front of the catalogue with the words: Welcome, Willkommen, Welkom, Bienvenue, Benvenuti. The theme for the show was aviation. Among new initiatives at STAMPEX, a series of special talks took place throughout the four days, starting on Wednesday with Bill Hedley ...
The preparations for the Multilaterale Luxemburg 2019 International Exhibition are well ahead
The Exhibition, organized by the "Fédération des Sociétés philatéliques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg" (FSPL) has the auspices of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke and the auspices of Mr. Xavier Bettel, Minister of State, Mme Lydie Polfer, Mayor of the City of Luxembourg and FEPA Recognition. Will be held from 8 to 10 November 2019, participating exhibitors from The Netherlands, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia
Julije Maras, elected new President of the Croatian Federation of Philatelists
We have been kindly informed of the new Board elected on the 14th of September with Julije Maras as Prtesident and Stevo Kovačić, Vice-president. The Croatian Federation has also changed of address...
Opening meeting of the Royal Philatelic Society London at 15 Abchurch Lane
More than 200 members attended a superb display of New South Wales and Western Australia material from the Royal Philatelic Collection at the opening meeting. Charles Oppenheim presented the publication ‘The History of the Royal Philatelic Society London 1869 – 2019.’ This was followed by Chris Harman’s vote of thanks and the reading of the Notice of Thanks to Her Majesty The Queen...
Elected the new Board of the Austrian Federation. Mag. Helmut Kogler and Ing. Alfred Kunz were re-elected President and Vice-President respectively
The new Board of the Austrian Federation -- Verband Österreichischer Philatelisten-Vereine, was elected on Friday, 20th of September 2019 by the members of the Austrian Philatelic clubs.
President: Mag. Helmut Kogler as before, Vice-President: Ing. Alfred Kunz as before, Secretary: Mag. Erich Böck…
Very sad news: Gary Brown has passed away
It is with great regret that we have to report the death of Gary Brown. He died last Friday, September 13th at the age of 69. He died sitting at his computer working on an exhibit. Rest in peace such wonderful person and great philatelist
The 2019 AEP Awards. The winners are : Henk Slabbinck, Patrick Maselis and Guy Dutau
The Board of Directors of the European Academy of Philately - AEP has approved the 2019 Awards. The winners are: Henk Slabbinck for the European Parliament Award, Patrick Maselis for the European Philatelic Merit and Guy Dutau for the European Philatelic Literature Award...
The Belarusian city of Brest celebrated its millennium with the 10th National Philatelic Exhibition with the participation of 16 countries
146 collections from 16 countries were represented - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Ukraine, USA. Competitive exhibits were presented in seven exhibition classes. Postal administrations of different countries...
4th of September 2019: One year of the present FEPA Website
Thanks to the extraordinary efforts and knowledge of our Webmaster Ari Muhonen we were able to relaunch the FEPA Website. Along this first year the site has been viewed 41.687 times by 14.119 visitors from 100 different countries! Our gratitude to all of you for your excellent collaboration sending the necessary information and the relevant news from your national Federations, Associations or Unions.
NORDIA 2019: 107 exhibits were shown in a friendly and buzzing atmosphere
As always at NORDIA exhibitions, lots of philatelic friends meeting up and new friendships made. All awards up to gold were presented at a previous ceremony , while gold and large gold awards were presented at the Palmares, finishing with the opening of the envelope with the result in the Champion Class, where the Grand Prix d’Honneur, the Silver Postilion, was awarded to Eigil Trondsen
Turkey, Spain and Finland, winners at the World Competition for the three Best Maximum Cards 2018 (FIP Commission for Maximaphily)
Jenny Benfield, President and Pascal Bandry, Bureau Member of the FIP Commission, are kindly sending us the Press Release of the contest. 30 countries took part in the competition. The result was the following: 1st Turkey (54). 2nd Spain (48). 3rd Finland (39)...
Granted the FEPA Recognition to the Continental Exhibition 90th Anniversary of The Philatelic Society of Egypt
The FEPA Board unanimously agreed in granting the FEPA Recognition to the “Continental Stamp Exhibition 90th Anniversary of The Philatelic Society of Egypt”. It will be celebrated from September 9th to 15th 2019 in Cairo, Egypt, with the participation of 6 Arab countries and the Egypt Study Circle, London. The RPSL will symbolically be celebrating its 150th Anniversary with one their member attending.
Four more FIP Jurors from FEPA Members
Congratulations to Adriano Bergamini (Switzerland), Ralph Ebner (Germany), Simon Richards (United Kingdom) and Arie Zonjee (Netherlands) who are now accredited as FIP Jurors once successfully served as Jury Apprentices at the FIP World Exhibition CHINA 2019
New issue of the “Trait d’Union”, the newsletter of the European Academy of Philately
Peter Suhadolc, President of the Slovenian Philatelic Association and Editor of the “Trait d’Union”, has kindly sent us its new issue. It is the newsletter of the European Academy of Philately, chaired by Jean Voruz. Over its very interesting 16 pages, it shows their main events of the first part of 2019 and those that will be held in the next months.
EFIRO 2019, National Romanian with International Participation: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, Republic of Moldova, Serbia and Hungary, invited countries
EFIRO 2019 will take place at the Museum of Romanian Records, Bucharest, from the 19th to the 21st September 2019. It is still time for the exhibits in the "Literature" class that must be sent in a single copy until August 20, 2019. There are no participation fees for any of the exhibition classes.
Elections at the Cyprus Philatelic Society: Akis Christou, new President
The Cyprus Philatelic Society has elected a new Board formed by 12 members as follows: Akis Christou, President; Demetris Charatsis, Vice-President; Costas Athanasiou, Secretary General,
Symposyum on Postal History in Spain
Seville hosted in July an important Symposyum on Postal History, organized by the General Archive of the Indies with the collaboration of the Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History , the Spanish Post “Correos” and the Spanish Postal and Telegraphic Museum. It consisted in 11 Conferences and Presentations by experts researchers in the Postal History field
PHILA-FRANCE 2019 and 92nd Congress of the FFAP
The French National Exhibition was of high level: 180 exhibits in the 15 competition classes which were awarded 23 Gold medals, 40 Grand Vermeil medals and 47 Vermeil. Was also held the 92nd Congress of the FFAP with the participation of 600 Delegates representing the nearly 400 Philatelic Societies and Clubs members of the French Federation.
Julius Cacka, elected new President of the Czech Federation
The Czech Philatelic Federation has elected as new President Mr. Julius Cacka. He will be at this position till the elections in December 2020. He is simultaneously Secretary and President. We wish him every success
The first issue of FEPA News from March, 2002 is now available in electronic form
So far the FEPA News Magazine has been in electronic form from issue No 17 onwards. The earlier ones are being scanned now and the first issue No 1 from March, 2002 is already available in electronic form.
ELECTIONS AT THE FEPA BOARD
The next FEPA Congress shall elect the President, the Secretary General and one Director. According to the Statutes, the President, Jose Ramon Moreno and the Secretary General, Bojan Bračič have finished their terms of service to FEPA and can not be candidates for reelection. FEPA member Federations, Associations or Unions can send their candidacies until the 29th of August.
FEPA NEWS Magazine 2019 Second Semester
Many of you have already received the 84 pages magazine that includes the information of the events from January to June 2019, as well as updated information of the upcoming exhibitions and events. If you are not in the list of your National Federation to receive it (is for free), you can read it here, or download the full magazine. In this issue are news from Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.
“The letter on its way” : Postal History Exhibition of key letters in History and in Philately 15th to19th Century
Until the 21th of July you can still visit in Seville the display of 200 key historical letters, coming from archives and philatelic collections, analyzed from their philatelic and historic relevance. From the first letter from Colon informing of his discoveries to the Spanish Queen and King (15th February 1493), to a letter from the Universal Lord of Japan Tokukawa Hidedata (1610), Inca’s Chasquis, letters from Simon Bolivar, from Georges Washington “to the chiefs of the Choctaw Nation” amongst many others most incredible original documents.
New FIP Jurors from FEPA Members
In the list of Accredited Jurors updated by the FIP on the 25th of June appears for the first time Mehmet Akan (Turkey) PH , Alfred Kunz (Austria) TH, Ben Palmer (U.K.) PH and Nikola Ljubicic(Serbia) PS. Here is also the whole file of FIP Jurors listed by country
New Board of the Union of Philatelists of Serbia. President: Nikola Ljubicic
We are receiving today the information that a new Board has been elected at the „Union of Philatelists of Serbia“, the Serbian Philatelic Federation, for the period April 2019 - April 2023. It consists of all the regional representatives directly delegated and confirmed by the Assembly. Nikola Ljubicic was elected as a new President of Union of Philatelists of Serbia. Congratulations and our best wishes for success.
Open letter from Jose Ramon Moreno. The last as FEPA President
You are about to receive the new issue of our magazine. There you will find as usual my “Open letter”. It will be my last one. According to our Statutes I must leave the position at the next FEPA Congress. From the first day I was elected it was clear for me that I had been elected the President of FEPA but not the Boss of FEPA. The Bosses are you, the 44 National members of FEPA. I tried to serve you…
Has got a Large Verneil at an FIP exhibition. Next time 8 frames? Not necessarily
5, 6 or 7 frames: A possibility after an exhibitor obtained 85 points or more. The FIP GREX Article 6.4 states that for an exhibitor who had received a Large Vermeil medal for his exhibit at a FIP Exhibition…
The Royal Philatelic Society London Medals for 2019
Alan Druce, Mark Schwartz, Vittorio Morani, Tim O’Conner, Bruce Marsden, Colin Tobitt and Fred Hoadley, awarded
China 2019: Not only big but a great exhibition
36 FEPA members participated with their exhibits. Three of them were Candidates for Grand Prizes: Jean Voruz, Monaco; Terje Heskestad, Norway and Valentin Levandovsky, Russia. China 2019 joined 85 national federations covering 4.633 frames plus 145 literature exhibits. Over 400.000 visitors entered…
Digital and internet possibilities for promotion of Philately: The Estonian Experience
We live at a time when information is increasingly shared online. The Estonian National Museum information system is one example. The system allows to make the collections available to both specialists in the field and philatelists. The information system, accessible at www.muis.ee, provides ...
JUVENIA 2019: Spanish Youth National with Cuba and France: 70 Exhibits of high level
At the FEPA Exhibition JUVENIA 2019, have participated 70 Youth exhibits: 13 from France, 11 from Cuba and 46 from Spain. 1713 students from 28 Schools of the region took part with their designs in the contest "A Stamp for Burgos", the city which hosted the event...
Presentation of the FEPA Certificate to Mr. Jeffrey Stone
Mr. Jeffrey Stone received during the Stockholmia 2019 his Certificate as finalist to the FEPA Medal 2018 for Exceptional Philatelic Study and Research...