
Miloš Ondráček was inducted into the Czech Postage Stamp Hall of Fame
The Czech Postage Stamp Hall of Fame was established in 2020. In 2023, the inductee was stamp engraver Miloš Ondráček, born in Prague in 1936. He is the engraver of 400 Czechoslovak, Czech and Slovak postage stamps.
The official announcement…

Royal Philatelic Society Awards for 2023
Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) Press Release: 6th July 2023
The awards for 2023 of the Royal Philatelic Society London were presented at the Society’s Annual General Meeting on 29 June.
The Tapling Medal for the best article in the…

The Crawford Medal 2023
The Crawford Medal awardees for 2023 were announced at the closure of the two-day 2nd Annual Crawford Festival, which took place at the RPSL on 27 and 28 June.
Crawford Medal winner: Engelbrecht, Lars, Postal stationery of Denmark: the…

22° Premio Internazionale di Filatelia Tematica Musicale ‘Augusto Massari’
Luca Lavagnino has sent us the following Press Release:
Under the patronage of the Italian Federation of Philatelic Societies, in Vasto – Italy the 22nd International Musical Thematic Philately Prize “Augusto Massari” will be held from…

FIP Medal of Appreciation to Giancarlo Morolli RDP
During the Palmares of IBRA 2023, the FIP Board announced a medal of appreciation to FEPA Vice President Giancarlo Morolli in recognition of his service as a juror at FIP exhibitions. FIP Vice President Yigal Nathaniel presented the award, and…

FEPA Medals 2022
THE FEPA MEDAL FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO ORGANISED PHILATELY, 2022
PATRICK MASELIS, Belgium
Patrick Maselis has given outstanding service to philately in Europe for many years through his generous and unstinting support for innumerable organisations…

FESOFI and Philatelic Merit Medals 2023
Following a decision at the FESOFI General Assembly held in Madrid on 5th March, the FESOFI Medal was awarded to:
Alcañiz Philatelic and Numismatic Group (organisation)
Miguel Ángel García Fernández (individual)
The FESOFI Medals…

22° Premio Internazionale di Filatelia Tematica Musicale ‘Augusto Massari’
The 22nd edition of the 'Augusto Massari' Prize for philately will take place in Vasto on the occasion of the VastoPhil 2023 national exhibition of Open, Thematic and Maxima Philately, scheduled from 15 to 17 September, at Palazzo d'Avalos,…

The 2023 Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
At the meeting of the Board of Election of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists on 16th February 2023 it was unanimously agreed that the following philatelists be invited to be the new signatories to the Roll:
Pradip Jain, RDP, India
…

European Academy of Philately Awards for 2023
The latest Trait d'Union 2022-2, the biannual AEP Newsletter to its members, reported yesterday the AEP Awards for 2023 as follows:
The European Philatelic Merit 2023 has been awarded to Vincent Schouberechts (Belgium). The AEP would like to…

The 2023 recipients of the Alfred F. Lichtenstein Memorial Award
Copied from the Collectors Club website:
For the first time in the 70-year history of one of the stamp hobby’s most prestigious awards, the Collectors Club has named three simultaneous winners of the Alfred F. Lichtenstein Memorial Award…

Pantelis Leoussis is awarded with the 2022 HPS Medal
Pantelis Leoussis is the 2022 recipient of the Hellenic Philatelic Society Medal for "Significant services to Hellenic philately".
Pantelis Leoussis, 84, composer and pianist by profession, fluent in French, Italian and (naturally) Greek,…

Richard West receives Special Award
Richard West MBE, FRPSL, has received a special award from Stamp Active in recognition of fifty years of service to youth philately. He first joined the Melville Memorial Committee in 1972 and he has given continuous service to the evolving…

Best Maximum Card World Competition 2021
Pascal Bandry, Chairman, and Bostjan Petauer, Secretary of the FIP Maximaphily Commission published the results of the "Best Maximum Card World Competition 2021". Out of nineteen entries received, the winners were:
1st place: Poland, 60 points
2nd…

The Philatelic Traders’ Society Awards 2022
We just received the official release for the PTS Awards 2022.
London, December 2022: The Philatelic Traders’ Society is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 PTS Awards. Launched in 2020 to celebrate the best in the business, the…

The Rowland Hill Medal Winners
We copied the announcement from the Museum of Philately website:
Museum of Philately awards the Rowland Hill Medal at the prestigious stamp show Monacophil on Friday 25th November 2022, in Monte Carlo. As an online Museum, we celebrate great…

The Finnish Philatelic Federation awards Ari Muhonen
Ari Muhonen received the Pro Philatelia Gold Medal awarded by the Finnish Philatelic Federation. Here is the official citation in translation:
Ari Muhonen's achievements in the field of organised philately are immense. He started his service…

An extraordinary achievement by Pedro Vaz Pereira
Pedro Vaz Pereira, Honorary President of FEPA and current President of the Portuguese Philatelic Federation, was awarded not once, not twice, but three times with three different and of the highest level philatelic distinctions on the same day…

The Museum of Philately opens public voting for the Rowland Hill Medal
The Museum of Philately has announced that twenty one world class collections have been nominated for the Rowland Hill Medal, which will be awarded for the first time.
Voting opens on 18th October 2022 and closes on 18th November. In order…

LIBEREC 2022 European Exhibition awards
The LIBEREC 2022 jury released the awards on Saturday, 15 October, noon time. Later in the day, during the palmares dinner, the jury votes were counted in front of the audience and the Grand Prize winners were announced.
Grand Prix Championship…

Museum of Philately Rowland Hill Medal will be decided by public vote
The Museum of Philately sent a note a few days ago:
There is just a month left to be in with the chance to enter the Rowland Hill Medal. All collections received and reviewed by the curators before the end of August will be in with a chance…

American Philatelic Society announces the recipients of the 2022 Awards
On 30 July the APS announced the recipients of the 2022 Awards which will be presented in the Great American Stamp Show in Sacramento on 27 August.
The American Philatelic Society Luff Awards
(a) For Distinguished Philatelic Research: Hal Vogel
(b)…

European Academy of Philately Awards for 2022
The recent issue (2022-1) of the Trait d’Union, the newsletter of the European Academy of Philately, revealed the AEP awards granted by the Academy for 2022:
The European 2022 Medal for Philatelic Merit was awarded to Guy Coutant, the editor…

CG International Philatelic Promotion Award for 2022
Christoph Gärtner, Managing Director of Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG, has sent the following message to the philatelic community through the company's website:
Since 2013, the annual CG International Philatelic Promotion…

The Royal Philatelic Society London Medals
According to a latest Press Release by the RPSL:
The Royal Philatelic Society London has announced the recipients of its medals for 2022 as follows.
The Tapling Medal for the best article in the Society’s journal, The London Philatelist,…

The awards ceremony for the best French stamps of 2021
The awards ceremony for the best French stamps of 2021 took place on 23rd June. This was the 31st time of such a selection process. More than 170 philatelic creations were in competition and more than 104,000 votes were sent in. The public…

The Polish Philatelists Union (PZF) awards Philatelic Literature Medals
The Committee of the Medal "for the development of philatelic publications" of the Polish Philatelists Union (PZF) awarded the 2021 medals to the following recipients:
Jerzy Kupiec - Węgliński, United States (for the second time). Medal for…

Vote for your favourite music stamp of 2021
We read on the BDPh website that the Motivgruppe Musik eV (International Philatelic Music Study Group) invites stamp collectors from all over the world to vote for the most beautiful stamp of 2021 related to music. The members of the Motivgruppe…

Chris Harman RDP is the 2022 recipient of the Lichtenstein Award
Christopher G. Harman RDP was named by the Collectors Club, New York, the 2022 recipient of Alfred F. Lichtenstein Memorial Award.
A short philatelic curriculum vitae of Chris Harman is included in the announcement of the Collectors Club…

New Signatories to the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists are announced
The Board of Election of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists has agreed to invite the following philatelists sign the Roll:
Dr. Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi, RDP, FRPSL (Italy)
Reinaldo Estevᾶo…

Museum of Philately announces the Rowland Hill Medal
We received the following press release on 16 December 2021:
The Museum of Philately has launched the ‘Rowland Hill Medal’ for the best collection on the Museum. The first medal winner will be revealed at Monacophil 2022, with judging…

New RDPs sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists
We are delighted to report that four well-known European philatelists signed the RDP Roll at the Congress of the Association of British Philatelic Societies in Harrogate, Yorkshire on 24th September.
They are:
Henrik Mouritsen RDP (Denmark)
James…

Five new RDPs elected, including four from Europe
The Board of Election of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists has invited five eminent philatelists to sign the Roll. They are:
Dénes Czirók, RDP, FRPSL (Hungary)
Dr. Seija-Riitta Laakso, RDP. FRPSL (Finland)
José…

FEPA Award 2019 winners
The recipients of the FEPA awards 2019 are Chris King, Carlo Giovanardi and Henrik Mouritsen.

RDPs 2018: Robert Abensur, Gustaf Douglas, Cheryl R. Ganz and Geoffrey Lewis
At a recent meeting of the Board of Election , the members unanimously decided to ask Robert Abensur (France), Gustaf Douglas FRPSL (Sweden), Cheryl R. Ganz FRPSL (United States of America), and Geoffrey Lewis FRPSL (Australia) to sign the Roll.

NEW RDPs TO SIGN THE ROLL OF DISTINGUISHED PHILATELISTS
New RDPs to Sign The Roll Of Distinguished Philatelists in Leeds on the 7th August 2015 The Board of Election unanimously decided to ask Jørgen Jørgensen FRPSL (Denmark), James P. Mazepa FRPSL (United States), Stephen D. Schumann FRPSL (United States), and Frank Walton FRPSL (United Kingdom) to sign the Roll.