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Federation of Turkish Philatelic Societies 2025–2027 New Board
The Federation of Turkish Philatelic Societies' current Board of Directors was unanimously re-elected for the 2025–2027 term during the election held on 22 November 2025.
Serving on the new Board are Ziya Ağaoğulları, President; Arman…

Ari Muhonen Succeeds Wolfgang Maassen as AIJP President
On 14 November in Wiesbaden, the Association Internationale des Journalistes Philatéliques (AIJP) held its annual General Meeting. The occasion marked both a heartfelt farewell to Wolfgang Maassen, who has chaired the AIJP for twenty years,…

Polish Philatelists Union: Election Results
The Polish Philatelists Union held a National Congress in Warlity near Ostróda, October 3-5, 2025. Delegates elected the new Main Board of the Union for 2025-2029 term. The current Board consists of:
President Mr. Henryk Monkos
Vice-President…

Union of Czech Philatelists: Election Results
The results of the latest elections to the Board of the Union of Czech Philatelists are as follows:
Chairman: Jiří Kraus
Vice-Chairman: Michal Musil
Executive Director: Jan Berr
Board Members: František Beneš, Jiří Černý, Petr…

Gwynne Harries was Elected Chairman of ABPS
At its recent AGM, the Association of British Philatelic Societies (ABPS) elected Dr D. Gwynne Harries as its new Chairman.
A long-standing member of several specialist philatelic societies, Dr Harries has contributed to their operation,…

New APS President: Mark Banchik
Mark Banchik was elected president of the American Philatelic Society (APS). The APS has announced that all newly elected APS and APRL Board members will take the oath of office following the annual membership meeting on Saturday, 16 August,…

82nd FSPL Congress in Mamer: New Statutes Approved and Partial Board Restructuring
On Saturday, 22 March 2025, delegates from the stamp collecting clubs organised within the Fédération des Sociétés Philatéliques du Grand-Duché du Luxembourg gathered at Mamer Schlass. The President of the Cercle Philatélique Mamer, Mr.…

Hellenic Philatelic Federation: New Board of Directors
Following the annual General Assembly and elections on 16 March, the Hellenic Philatelic Federation (HPF) has announced its new Board of Directors for the next two years:
President: Christos Gikas
Vice President: Nikos Andriotis
General Secretary:…

ABPS has a new Chairman
Latest press release by the Association of British Philatelic Societies (ABPS):
John Davies RDP FRPSL was elected as the new Chairman of the Association of British Philatelic Societies at the recent AGM. The AGM took place during the Philatelic…

Elections at the Federation of Italian Philatelic Societies
On 15 June, the Assembly of the Federation of Italian Philatelic Societies (FSFI) re-elected Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi (left in photo) as president for the next three-year term, with 156 votes; his opponent Umberto Cavallaro received 85 votes.
Photo:…

New Board and President for the Philatelic Society of Egypt
We received the following announcement from our member, the Philatelic Society of Egypt.
At the Philatelic Society of Egypt a new board of directors was elected for the next four years at its General Assembly held on 8 December 2023. Later,…

Real Academia Hispánica de Filatelia e Historia Postal
The Real Academia Hispánica de Filatelia e Historia Postal (Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History) is the most prestigious philatelic institution in Spanish-speaking countries. Its objectives are research, study and promotion…

Union of Philatelists of Serbia: New Board of Directors
Vladimir Milic was elected President of the Union of Philatelists of Serbia at the Assembly held on 9 January. At the same session, a new board of directors was elected for the next four years, January 2024 – December 2027. It consists of…

Peter Suhadolc elected President of the European Philatelic Academy (AEP)
At the Annual General Meeting of members of the European Philatelic Academy (Académie Européenne de Philatélie), which took place on Saturday, 27 May, in Essen, Germany, during the IBRA 2023 World Philatelic Exhibition, Peter Suhadolc was…

New APS President: Dr Cheryl Ganz RDP FRPSL
We copy the breaking news from yesterday's post on the APS website:
The American Philatelic Society Board of Directors unanimously elected Cheryl Ganz as president to replace Bob Zeigler, who stepped down on March 31, 2023. Ganz appointed Greg…

New Board at the Real Academia Hispánica de Filatelia e Historia Postal
On 17th March, the General Assembly of the Royal Spanish Academy of Philately and Postal History took place. A new Board of Governors was also elected:
President: Eduardo Consejo Prieto
Vice President: Fernando Aranaz Del Río
…

FESOFI (Spanish Philatelic Federation): New Board of Directors
During the Annual General Assembly held on 5th March 2023 at the FESOFI Headquarters in Madrid, the New Board of Directors was elected and took office for the next four years (2023-2027).
President: José Antonio Arruego
Vice-President: José…

New President elected at the Club de Monte-Carlo
During MonacoPhil 2022, the members of the Club de Monte-Carlo met for their bi-annual meeting and announced the election of their new President: Olivier Stocker was elected and will replace Patrick Maselis, who held this position from 2009…

Prakob Chirakiti is the newly elected FIP President
A new FIP Board was elected today at the 76th FIP Congress in Jakarta. Because of the postponement of the elections in 2020, the Vice-Presidents and Directors for America and Europe were elected for a half-term or two years (2022-24), to ensure…

New President and Board for the Romanian Philatelic Federation
Following the elections of 18 June, the Romanian Philatelic Federation has a new President and a new Board of Directors, as reported by the newly elected Secretary General, Romeo Minca.
President: Ion Chirescu
Vice President: Victor Iordache
Secretary…

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…

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…
