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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
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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.
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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...
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STOCKHOLMIA 2019: 7,832 daily visitors from 51 different foreign destinations.

The largest foreign contingent present was from United Kingdom, followed by the United States of America. Also philatelists from the following 48 origins came: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China,...

“World of Revenues” : The largest number of Revenue exhibits in one show

Essen International Stamp Fair usually includes only Thematic exhibits but the 29th Fair also included a "World of Revenues" Salon organised by FIP Revenues Commission Chairman Ralph Ebner and Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fiskalphilatelie e.v. I'm BDPh e.v. It was a great show with 71 exhibits in 315 frames. This must be the largest number of Revenue exhibits on show at one time

XXVI Scientific Conference of the Polish Academy of Philately

The leading motto of the Conference was "Polish Post Offices in the years 1918-1922, in the period of establishing the borders of the Second Republic". During the opening of the Conference. Hans Vogels, a member of the Polish Academy of Philately, was appointed finalist "to the 2018 FEPA medal for exceptional research"

Extended the terms to participate at the International Literature Exhibition in Moldova “Literature for collectors”

With pleasure, we publish the information received from Mr. Ciobanu, President of the Association of Moldova. Have been extended the terms of presentation of the Application Form and the terms of presenting the exhibits: New dates: 15.8.2019 and 30.8.2019 respectively.

Granted the FEPA Recognition to PLOVDIV 2019 International Philatelic Exhibition

The FEPA Board have granted the FEPA Recognition to the International Exhibition "PLOVDIV 2019". Will be held from October 17 – 20 in Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019. The participants have been invited through the European Federations and by their National Philatelic Academies. The Exhibition will not be competitive and there will not be participation fees. The organizers will cover the expenses of the Commissioners...

IBRA 2021: BDPh has signed contract with FIP and Sponsors

On the occasion of the 29th International Stamp Fair in Essen on May 10th 2019 important steps have been taken towards IBRA 2021. The signing of the patronage contract with the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) took place in attendance of guests and journalists specialized in philately

International Literature Exhibition in Moldova : “Literature for collectors”

The Association of Philatelists from Republic of Moldova organizes the Exhibition ,,LITERATURE FOR COLLECTORS” during 03.09.2019-20.09.2019. It will take place in the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History from Chișinău. The participation is free. Only one copie of each exhibit is requested. The registration in Competition Class is made completing an application form, addressed to the Committee of organization. It must be completed till 15.06.2019, and it can be sent in the electronic version. The deadline for receiving the works 20.08.2019

Gouda 2019: Dutch National Exhibition with innovations

From 17-20 April 2019 took place Gouda 2019 in the Dutch ‘city of cheese’. It was with over 760 frames and over 20 literature exhibits the largest National Exhibition in the Netherlands since 2008. Most innovative were the frame cards and the catalogue listing. All exhibitors where invited to send a piece out of the collection to the organiser. This was used with the catalogue listing, which contained all possible information needed to get good idea about the collection showed

HUNFILA 2019: FEPA Exhibition with 13 invited National Federations

The FEPA Board unanimously agreed in granting the FEPA Recognition to the HUNFILA 2019 , with the invited National Federations of Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia (Alps-Adria countries), Czech Republik, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain with Hungary total 13 countries, moreover the Hungarian Philatelic Society in Great Britain (HPS) and ARGE Ungarn e.V. The exhibition will be held in Budapest from 04-06 October 2019.

Minutes of the 2019 annual FEPA Board Meeting

The FEPA Board held its annual meeting with the presence of its seven members in Lisbon, attending the kind invitation of the Portuguese Federation of Philately. Along an intense day of work were discussed the 14 points of the Agenda. Here you have the Minutes of the meeting which includes a summary of it.

The Use of Picture Postcards in Open Philately

It seems obvious to most people that the Picture Postcards are non-philatelic material. Of course except if the PP is in the exhibit only for the stamps or postal marks that it may have and not for its image. However, there are exhibitors and even jurors having doubts. So, Birthe King has raised this interesting point and Bernard Jimenez, FIP Vice-President has very well clarified it.

The Imperial Families of Habsburgs very loved of Butterflies

Mr. Vladimir Kachan, Vice-chairman of the Union of Philatelists of Belarus, has sent us the interesting article "The Imperial Families of Habsburgs very loved of Butterflies". Mr. Kachan, who has been collecting stamps for 55 years, starting at 6 years old, has published more than 100 articles about butterflies and moths in philately with the aim of popularising the subject of lepidoptera on stamps, cancels and postal stationeries

Cyprus Students Philatelic Competition

The Cyprus Postal Services and the Cyprus Philatelic Society in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Culture, organized a Cyprus Student Philatelic Competition among students of 14 years old in middle class, public and private education on the following subject ...

Youth and Picture Postcard Seminars in LONDON 2020

The World Exhibition LONDON 2020 will host an enormous amount of philatelic activities. Birthe King has successfully, even if yet provisionally, agreed with Frank Walton, Chairman of London 2020 Organising Committee, Richard Stock, representing the Royal Philatelic Society London and Philip Longbottom, Office Manager of London 2020, to give continuity to the series of FEPA Seminars on Youth and Picture Postcard after the successful presentations on occasion of FINLANDIA 2017 and PRAGA 2018.

NORDIA 2019 – AN UPDATING

Ivar Sundsbø, Leader of the Philatelic Committee, is sending us an updating of what promises to be an extremely interesting exhibition. NORDIA 2019 is quite up to schedule, just setting up the detailed program for each day, catalogue and the arrangement of frames. NORDIA 2019 which received the FEPA Recognition, will host lots of activities during the show.

Albania: National Exhibition and Seminars

The Association of Collectors of Albania organized their first competitive national exhibition hold in Tirana from 9th to 12th April 2019 as well as three Seminars presented by Jovan Basho , Nicos Rangos and Bojan Bračič

Exhibition KKTC’19 under Turkish PTT patronage and Turkish Philatelic Federation collaboration in Nicosia

The National Exhibition ‘KKTC’19 under Turkish PTT patronage and collaboration with TFDF (Turkish Philatelic Federation) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Directorate of Post Office was held on 15th-19th April, 2019 in Nicosia, Cyprus…

Presentation of FEPA Awards: Certificate of Appreciation to The Philatelic Society of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Mr. Tone Simončič, President of The Philatelic Society of Ljubljana has received the Certificate of Appreciation granted to the Society  for outstanding activities for the promotion of philately. It has played an important role in spreading philatelic knowledge and attracted many younger people to stamp collecting.

27 members of the Royal Belgian Academy of Philately gave displays at The Royal !

No fewer than 27 members of the Royal Belgian Academy of Philately gave displays to the members of The Royal Philatelic Society London on 4 April. The outstanding material on show covered a wide range of countries: not only Belgium and Belgian Congo, but also notably France, Germany and Great Britain

Exhibition “The Philatelic Society of Copenhagen” – 100 years

“The Philatelic Society of Copenhagen” (Filatelistisk Selskab) will celebrate the 100 years since was founded, with an exhibition in October 18 to 20, 2019. Will be organized by the Copenhagen Philatelic Club (KPK) in cooperation with ”The Philatelic Society of Copenhagen” and under the support of The Danish Philatelic Federation.

FIP Jury Academy in Kamnik

On occasion of the Slovenija 2019 exhibition, a new course of the FIP Jury Academy was held in Kamnik. The outstanding trainers have been Peter P. McCann, USA and Charles Verge, Canada. Acted as FIP Observers Bernard Beston, Australia, FIP President, and Peter Suhadolc, Slovenia. The list of participants, in alphabetical order is: Boncho Bonev …

The President of the Czech Federation has passed away

We announce with regret that Walter Müller, President of the Union of Czech Philatelists passed away on the 30th March 2019 at the age 76. Let God rest him in peace..

10 Countries participated at the excellent Alps-Adriatic Philatelic Exhibition SLOVENIJA 2019

The International Philatelic Exhibition Alpe-Adria SLOVENIJA 2019, with the FIP sponsorship and FEPA recognition, was organized by the Slovenian Philatelic Association. The exhibition was devoted to the 100 Anniversary of the first Slovenian stamps “Chain-breakers”. Ten countries took part ...

Elections at the Federation of Liechtenstein / Liechtensteiner Philatelisten-Verein : Hans-Peter Rheinberger, new President

With effect March 2019, the new board has been elected, being formed as follows: President, Hans-Peter Rheinberger. Board Members (In alphabetical order): Danler Siegfried, Dürr Thomas, Erne Stefan, Huys Jan and Windels Heini

Good News for the FEPA Congress 2019 in Monaco

As you were informed, the past FEPA Congress in Prague decided to have the 2019 Congress in Monaco accepting the kind request of the Club de Monte-Carlo (Monaco Federation). Now, the President, Patrick Maselis inform us that all Delegates to the Congress and their partners can go for free to all MonacoPhil activities, including Gala Dinner, cocktails...
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FEPA Awards 2018 winners

The recipients of the FEPA awards are: FEPA Medal 2018 for Exceptional Service to Organised Philately: Pedro Marçal Vaz Pereira (Portugal) , FEPA Medal 2018 for Exceptional Support to Organised Philately: Modesto Fraguas Herrera (Spain), FEPA Medal 2018 for Exceptional Philatelic Study and Research: Károly Szücs (Hungary) for “Fiscal Philately of Hungary” . The FEPA Certificates of Appreciation for Outstanding Activities for the Promotion of Philately went to ...

New FEPA Exhibition in 2021: The Austrian Federation – VÖPH will host the “Multilaterale” honoring its 100th Anniversary

The FEPA Board unanimously agreed in granting the requested FEPA Recognition to the “Multilaterale 2021”. Exhibitors from Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia and Switzerland with will meet in St. Pölten from the 24th to the 26th of September 2021, honoring the 100th Anniversary of the Austrian Federation – VÖPH

Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Italian Federation (FSFI)

The Italian Federation (FSFI) announced the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of its foundation at the General Assembly held at Milanofil 2019. The main event, including also the European Championship of Thematic Philately,will be from 22 to 24 November in Verona at the 133th Veronafil, with the FEPA Patronage

OSTROPA 2020 International Exhibition in Berlin, received the FEPA Recognition

The FEPA Board unanimously agreed to grant the requested FEPA Recognition to the OSTROPA 2020 International Exhibition to be held in Berlin from the 25th to the 28th of June 2020, with the participation of Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Hungary
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“Post Horn”, new International Postal History Magazine

Dr. Claudio Manzati, Chief Editor of “Post Horn” and President of the CIFO, has kindly informed us that yesterday 21st of March was launched the International Postal History Magazine POST HORN, at the International Stamp Exhibition and Advanced Collecting, organized by Poste Italiane in Milan

The Atlantic invite the Alpen-Adria running to the 500 years of the Post Office in Portugal

The FEPA Board unanimously agreed in granting the FEPA Recognition to the International Exhibition “The Atlantic invite the Alpen-Adria running to the 500 years of the Post Office in Portugal” / Atlantic – Alpen-Adria 2019, to be held in Viana do Castelo from October 1st to 6th, 2019. 

Rolf Leuthard , elected new President of the Union of Swiss Philatelic Societies – VSPhV / FSPhS

At the ordinary Assembly of delegates of the Swiss Federation of Philatelic Societies in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Rolf Leuthard was elected as the new Central Chairman of the VSPhV / FSPhS. Rolf Leuthard officially took office on 1st January 2019 and succeeded Hans Schwarz. The latter led the Federation for about 2 ½ years after Ivo Bader's resignation for health reasons in mid-2016. Hans Schwarz has been elected Vice-President. With this "rotation of function" at the head

Elections at the Spanish Federation – FESOFI : Miguel Ángel García Fernández, re-elected President

Miguel Ángel García Fernández was re-elected President for the period 2019-2023, with the support of all the Regional Federations, at the General Assembly of the Spanish Federation of Philatelic Societies – FESOFI, held in Madrid on the 10th of March 2019.

Innovative initiative of the ABPS: The ‘Multi-Class’ Certificate

The ABPS, whose International Committee is led by Bill Hedley, have just taken an initiative to encourage exhibitors to exhibit in more than one class. The idea is to present a ‘Multi-Class’ Certificate to exhibitors who have achieved at least Vermeil in five or more classes and the first certificates were awarded at Stampex in February 2019.

NOTOS 2021: the “Magnificent Seven” will be exhibited for the first time

On the 28th of February the Organizing Committee of NOTOS 2021 has issued its Newsletter number 2 including the confirmation of the Philatelic and Postal Museum, Athens, to exhibit to the public together for the first time the seven printing plates of the Large Hermes Heads of 1861, known as the “Magnificent Seven”. A special webpage dedicated to the seven printing plates...

New Thematic Guidelines

Peter Suhadolc, FIP Thematic Commission Chairman, has kindly sent us the just issued February 2019 Newsletter including the proposed New Thematic Guidelines . Other contents: Foreword, Thematic Seminar in Jerusalem 2018, Thematic Commission Meeting during Thailand 2018, Scouting Philately at Évora (Portugal), Thematic Qualifying Seminars, WETTERIANA 2019, FIP Thematic Jurors, Exhibitions Calendar, General Information about FIP TC

February Newsletter of the FIP Commission for Maximaphily

The Burau Member representing FEPA, Pascal Bandry, has kindly sent us the bilingual English-French Newsletter. In the Summary: Welcome words by the Chairman Jenny Banfield. The Commission : Who is who ? News around the world. Best maxicard of the year and Maximaphily exhibits.

“The Lord of the stamps”

With this title, the cover page of the “Tageblatt” advise the interview that is presented at full big page inside to Jos Wolff RDP, FIP Honorary President, President of the Federation of Luxembourg... . The Tageblatt is one of the most important daily newspapers of Luxembourg. This is an outstanding example of fantastic promotion of Philately. Congratulations, Josy!

The Spring STAMPEX 2019 has been the successful beginning of the Royal Philatelic Society London 150th Anniversary’s Celebrations

From the 13th – 16th February, the Business Design Centre, London hosted the Spring STAMPEX 2019 . This year the lead society was the Royal Philatelic Society London on the topic of King George V. The winner of ‘Best in Show’ was awarded to Patrick Flanagan from South Africa

More FEPA Exhibitions in Spain: Granted the FEPA Recognition to “EXFILNA 2019”

From the 5th to the 10th of November 2019, will be held in Santander the 57th Edition of the National Spanish Philatelic Exhibition  “EXFILNA'2019” that will have International participation . Over its 750 frames will be displayed exhibits from all Classes, including the Picture Postcards. The FEPA Board unanimously agreed in granting the requested FEPA Recognition.

FEPA Recognition to JUVENIA 2019: Youth Spanish National with the participation of Cuba and France on the VIII Centenary of the Burgos Cathedral

The National Exhibition with International participation of Youth Philately, Spanish Championship, JUVENIA 2019, will be held in the Monastery of San Juan de Burgos, from May 7 to May 11, 2019, under the sponsorship of the Spanish Post, the City Council of Burgos and

Hands across the Mediterranean

Dr. Claudio Ernesto Manzati (Italy), has sent us this optimistic short story from Mr. Yoram Lubianiker (Israel), about how collaboration between national federations can promote our hobby. It is also a demonstration of how important it is to share ideas and information.

LAST CALL for nominations – FEPA Awards 2018

The FEPA Vice-President, responsible for the Awards, Giancarlo Morolli, has sent a letter by email to all the FEPA members reminding that the deadline for presenting nominations is 28 February 2019, as well as thanking to all those who has already sent nominations. Here is the complete letter

25th World Olympic Collectors’ Fair

The city of Warsaw and the Polish Olympic Committee are honored to host the 25th jubilee gathering of Olympic stamp, coin, pin and memorabilia collectors from around the world at the Olympic Centre from 24-26 May for WARSAW 2019.

GOUDA 2019, Dutch National Exhibition with International participation

The exhibition will be held from April 17 to 20, with 770 frames (plus literature). Also collectors from abroad will participate including many exhibitors from Belgium. In a separate section members of the Royal Philatelic Society London will show their exhibits. In addition to the usual jury awards (medals and special prizes), the public will vote for a special award for one of the exhibits. There will be 60 stands with 34 Dutch traders and others from six different countries. Will have more than 25 activities

New FEPA International Exhibition: “MULTILATERALE 2019 Luxemburg”

The "Multilaterale 2019 Luxemburg" exhibition, with FEPA Recognition, will be held from November 8 to 10, 2019, with the German speaking countries (Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovenia and Switzerland), under the High Patronage of HRH the Grand-Duke and the auspices of the Prime Minister of Luxembourg and the City of Luxembourg
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Updated information of the FEPA Exhibition NORDIA 2019

It is with pleasure that we welcome philatelic collectors from all the Nordic countries to Nordia 2019 at Quality Hotel, Sarpsborg on 23. - 25. August 2019. We are very proud that HRH Crown Prince Haakon has agreed to be the exhibition’s Patron. Updates and information on Nordia 2019.

Granted the FEPA Recognition to “ÖVEBRIA 2020” Austrian National Exhibition with International participation

The FEPA Board unanimously agreed in granting the FEPA Recognition to "ÖVEBRIA 2020", on occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Philatelic Club BSV St. Pölten. This city, capital of Lower Austria, will host the exhibition from the 2nd to the 4th October 2020.

The printed Magazine “FEPA News” for the first Semester of 2019 is also here!

All the FEPA members are receiving the copies they wanted for distribution within their countries of the new issue of the printed magazine. This number 34 include all the information received from the members about the events from July to December 2018, as well as updated information about the upcoming exhibitions and events

RPSL Stockholmia Press Release: 28th January 2019

On the 28th of January, the Royal Philatelic Society London, has published a Press Release focused ob the two excellent Catalogues issued for the next Stockholmia 2019

The European Academy of Philately: Issued the second number of Trait d’Union 2018

The European Academy of Philately has issued the Newsletter 2018-2 with plenty of interesting activities of the AEP. Congratulations particularly to the Academy's President, Jean Voruz and to the Editor of the "Trait d'Union", Peter Suhadolc.

The Austrian Post has issued a HB with the FEPA logo in the margins

The Österreichischer Post AG commemorated with special stamps the 100 years of the Republic of Austria, the 100 years of the first Civil Flight in Austria, the Old Post Carriages horse-drawn, the phila-Toscana Exhibition with FEPA Recognition in Gmunden and the Grand Duchy of Toscana. The FEPA logo was in the margins of the stamps sheets

Yerevan 2800th Anniversary Exhibition

An international philatelic exhibition, organized by the Union of Philatelists of Armenia, in Yerevan History Museum has been dedicated to the 2800th anniversary of Yerevan’s foundation. The exhibition featured over 20 collections of participants, including six from the US. Yerevan is the capital of Armenia as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities

Unique in the world?

Quite possible. We do not have any proof of a similar postal stationery. Dutch Monthly Filatelie, in which the Dutch Federation KNBF is publishing their official announcements, was delivered on the 10th of January with its first issue (out of 11 yearly) for 2019. The carrier is – at least – for this year and 2020 the other Dutch postal operator SANDD. This is not unique, as SANDD is delivering a lot of magazines as well as state mail, such as from the tax office. What makes it unique is the new postal stationery with which the magazine has been delivered. This is a magazinekaart, not to be mixed up with briefkaart which is a postal card send by itself with a text.

FEPA AWARDS: Calling for Candidates

Until the 28th of February can be received candidacies for the FEPA Awards 2018 as detailed in the letter sent by our Vice-President Giancarlo Morolli to the FEPA members. The non elected candidates for the Fepa Medals for Exceptional Service to Philately and the non elected candidates for the Certificate of Appreciation to the best Clubs are not disclosed. While all publications submitted for the FEPA Medal for Research will be presented in FEPA News, advertising them to the whole European philatelic community

Astrophilately is now a FIP Commission and no longer a Section

Mr. Christian Schmied (Switzerland), Bureau-member for FEPA of the FIP Section for Astrophilately, kindly informed us today that Astrophilately is now a Commission and no longer a Section. Mr. Schmied is sending the unfinished draft of the new SREV and Guidelines to the European national delegates

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019 !

Our best wishes to all our readers that from 81 different countries entered into the FEPA Website since the 4th of September 2018 that was established the new Web. Health, peace and prosperity for a Happy Year 2019 to you and to your families!

2018 Nexofil Awards: The Prize to the Best Stamp of the World went to Finland for its stamp “The Sound of Silence”. Stamps from Ireland and Czech Republic, finalists

The independent International Jury, composed by fifty Presidents of National Federations and Philatelic Academies from 37 countries, elected also winners in the other categories stamps from Spain, Austria, New Zealand, France, Croatia, Island, Portugal, United Kingdom, again Spain

The Special One-Frame Philatelic Exhibition DevetoOkno Kranj 2019 is open to exhibitors from all European Federations

The Slovenian Philatelic Association (FZS), organizer of the ninth edition of the one-frame exhibition EnoOkno - OneWindow, announces that the exhibition under the name DevetoOkno Kranj 2019 (NinthWindow Kranj 2019) will be held during September 5-14, 2019 in Kranj, Slovenia and will be open for participation to exhibitors from all European federations

The 2019 European Championship of Thematic Philately (ECTP), in Italy

The year 2019 will be very important for the Italian Federation of Philatelic Societies since they we will celebrate our first Centenary. One of the highlights of the celebrations will be the 9th European Championship of Thematic Philately (ECTP), to be held in Verona from 22 to 24 November 2019, with FEPA recognition.

FIP Jury Academy Training Courses 2 and 3: It can not work miracles with the non interested / hopeless jurors, but most of the participants will do much better evaluations

Participants from the FEPA Federations Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Israel, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey, together with colleagues from other parts of the world, took part in Bangkok in the 2nd and 3rd Courses once finished Thailand 2018. Five intensive sessions plus homework at nights, individual and team works and even final personal interviews with the extremely good trainers: Peter Suhadolç, Peter McCann, Lars Peter Svendsen and Charles Verge…

Julian Demeti, new President of the Association of Collectors of Albania

At the Assembly of the Association of Collectors of Albania, Julian Demeti has been elected new President. The New Board for the period 2018-2022 is as follows:

National Dutch Exhibition with International participation GOUDA 2019

The National Dutch Exhibition with International participation GOUDA 2019 will be held on 17-20 April 2019 together with the 26e International fair for postage stamps and covers. The exhibition of around 700 frames (plus literature) will have international participation. Among some other countries there will be many entries from Belgium and collections from

ITALIA 2018 FEPA Exhibitions: The Royal Philatelic Society London and Eduardo Barreiros (Portugal), winners of the Grand Prizes

The Royal Philatelic Society London with the  book “Southern African mails / Routes, rates and regulations 1806-1916” from Mr. Brian Trotter, won the Grand Prix of the International Philatelic Literature Exhibition, while the exhibit of Dr. Eduardo Barreiros “Portugal in the first World War” won the Grand Prix of the Great War International Exhibition.

THAILAND 2018: Peter Wittsten from Denmark, Grand Prix d’Honneur

Amongst the 603 exhibits present, Peter Wittsten from Denmark won the Grand Prix d'Honneur, the Grand Prix International was for Richard Tan from Singapore while the winner of the Grand Prix National was Ayuth Krishnamara from Thailand

FIP Elections: Bernie Beston, new President

Bernie Beston from Australia has been elected new FIP President at the FIP Congress held in Bangkok on the 2nd of December 2018. Were also on election the representatives of the Asian Continental Federation FIAP at the FIP Board. Prakob Chirakiti from Thailand has been elected as Vice-President and Richard Tan from Singapore as Director.

Jubilee Philatelic Exhibition C-S SALON 2018 in Bratislava

It was a Philatelic Exhibition on the 100th Anniversary of the first Czecho-Slovak Stamp celebrating the formation of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. The organisational team under the strong commandment of Miroslav Bachratý (and with the great support of the Slovak post / POFIS) was able to compile an incomparable pile of great exhibits

The FEPA exhibition EXFILNA 2018, Spanish National with International participation, beat records

From October 31 to November 4, more than 35.000 people enjoyed the many activities of the FEPA Exhibition EXFILNA 2018, National Spanish with the participation as invited guest os the Federations of Argentina and Colombia. The events were held in 4 key venues of the historical centre of Seville

Proposal for change Regulations from The Royal Dutch Union of Stamp Clubs (KNBF)

The Dutch Federation, will allow more steps on the exhibition frames than the official 1-5-8. This system is already implemented at national level with positive experience in Spain, Finland, U.K. and other federations. But the aim of the KNBF is that FEPA and FIP implement it officially if their experimental phase is effective

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