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Timbres-Passion 2022 in Moulins, France, next October
After the successful Paris-Philex 2022 in June, the French Philatelic Federation invites us to meet again in 28-30 October in Timbres-Passion 2022, which is going to take place in Moulins, central France.
Timbre-Passion 2022 is a philatelic…
INDONESIA 2022 World Stamp Championship results
The INDONESIA 2022 Palmares dinner took place on Sunday evening, 7 August.
Major winners:
World Stamp Champion: William Kwan, Hong Kong, “Hong Kong Designs, Proofs, Specimens and Other Archival Materials”
Grand Prix International: Jan…
Turkey: KÜTAHYA 2022 National Stamp Exhibition
The Federation of Turkish Philatelic Associations announced a national exhibition, which will be held in Kütahya, between 22 and 31 August, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the August 30 Victory Day, when the last battle of the Greco-Turkish…
International Stamp Exhibition IBRA 2023 latest news
Subsidy for philatelic societies: Walter Bernatek, IBRA 2023 Treasurer, announced that philatelic societies wishing to travel together by bus to Essen and visit the exhibition will be subsidised on a first come first served basis. The subsidy…
LIBEREC 2022 European Stamp Exhibition and Polar Salon: July Newsletter
The LIBEREC 2022 organisers released today a two-page Newsletter with all latest details on the exhibition which is coming up between 13 and 16 October. It includes:
Main events
Side events
Accommodation
How to get to Liberec
…
Iceland: NORDIA 2023 to be held in Garðabær
The Icelandic Federation is getting prepared to host NORDIA 2023 in Garðabær next year, between 2 and 4 June. In 2023 the Icelandic philately will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first stamp issue in Iceland and the organisers want…
Yamil Kouri presents BOSTON 2026 in a 30 min. video
Yamil Kouri RDP, Board Director and Commissioner General of BOSTON 2026 WORLD EXPO, was invited a few days ago at the Collectors Club to take part in their Virtual Philatelic Program Series. He presented an update on the preparations of the…
VASTOPHIL 2022 and BERGAMOFIL 2022 announced by FSFI
Two more national events were announced by the Italian Federation (FSFI).
VASTOPHIL 2022, 23-25 September, at Palazzo d’Avalos, Vasto, Chieti. National and qualification exhibition for the classes of Open Philately, Thematic Philately…
PARIS PHILEX 2022 …et nombreux visiteurs !
Thursday 23 June: PARIS PHILEX 2022, end of day 1. The FFAP Twitter account reports 1/3 of the Lego stamp completed (45.000 Lego pieces will be needed), 4 conferences, 1 inauguration, many exhibits to be admired and many visitors!
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A great programme for PARIS PHILEX 2022 visitors
We read on the French Federation (FFAP) website that after an interruption in 2020 for health reasons, La Poste, the FFAP, the CNEP and the ADPhile have joined forces to organise, from 23 to 26 June, the PARIS-PHILEX 2022 exhibition at the Parc…
ANTVERPIA 2022 major prize winners
ANTVERPIA 2022, the Belgian National with international participation, took place in Antwerp, Belgium, during the weekend 10-12 June. Jozef Ghys, President of the Organising Committee, and his team have managed to put together a great exhibition…
CAPEX 22 Grand Prix winners announced
The Grand Prix recipients were announced during the CAPEX 22 Palmares dinner on 11 June.
One Frame exhibits:
Grand Prix de Toronto (best overall one-frame exhibit): Damian Läge (Switzerland), “The Pigeon Mail of Great Barrier Island –…
Exhibitor Hazel Elmslie is making history at CAPEX 22
CAPEX 22 opened at 9 am, on Thursday 9 June, as expected. Early in the next morning, the organisers sent a report of the opening day with a lot of photos, where from we picked up the most extraordinary story for a remarkable lady philatelist…
Archive of past Italian national exhibitions and exhibits
A complete archive of past Italian National Exhibitions since 2008 is uploaded on the Italian Federation (FSFI) website at http://expo.fsfi.it
A very important part of the archive is the accumulation of the pdf files of all exhibits in each…
CAPEX 22 Souvenir Show Program now on line
Another CAPEX 22 Newsletter was released yesterday. It is perhaps the last of the series as the exhibition is getting ready for its grand opening on Thursday, 9 June. We have appreciated all 24 comprehensive issues sent out by Chairman David…
STAMPEX 2022 in London: Early Bird offer on tickets
On 27 May we received the STAMPEX 2022 latest newsletter:
Last month we opened ticket sales for Stampex - 28th September - 1st October 2022. We have had a wonderful response and continue to work on activity to make the show bigger and more…
CAPE TOWN 2022 extends deadline for entry forms
CAPE TOWN 2022 organisers announced on the exhibition website that the deadline for entries has been extended to 30 June 2022.
The exhibition, which is held under FIP patronage, will take place at the International Convention Center, Cape Town,…
CAPEX 22 in Toronto is only two weeks away
CAPEX 22 Newsletter No. 23 was released yesterday. It contains information about entry to Canada and the Arrive Can app followed by the announcement of Vice-Regal Patronage for CAPEX 22. The two exhibition publications are also unveiled: the…
HELVETIA 2022 World Stamp Exhibition winners
The HELVETIA 2022 winners were announced during the palmares dinner on Saturday evening, 21 May, at the Palazzo dei Congressi.
World Stamp Champion: Adriano Bergamini (Switzerland), "Postal relations between Ticino (Switzerland) and foreign…
HELVETIA 2022 in Lugano was opened today
It was June 1974 and INTERNABA in Basel, when philatelists last celebrated a world general exhibition in Switzerland. So the organisers are right by saying that HELVETIA 2022, which was opened today, is the first world exhibition in their country…
EXPHIMO 2022 in Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg, in 4-6 June
EXPHIMO is the annual thematic exhibition organised by Philcolux (Cercle Philatélique Philcolux), recognised by the Philatelic Federation of Luxembourg (Fédération des Sociétés Philatéliques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, FSPL). Technology…
Philamovie: A great innovative idea by HELVETIA 2022
In order to promote philately among the younger ages, HELVETIA 2022 organisers launched “Philamovie”, a video competition with a philatelic theme. Participation was open to young people under thirty and the only limits set were 300 MB file…
The Italian National LATINPHIL 2022 in Cisterna di Latina
During the weekend 6-8 May, LATINPHIL 2022 took place at the Museo Piana delle Orme, in the town Cisterna di Latina near Rome, organised by the Italian National Federation and the Circolo Filatelico Tres Tabernae. The exhibition was divided…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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).
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…