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FEPA Congress 2024 at HAFNIA 24
We are looking forward to welcoming delegates from more than 30 FEPA Members at our annual Congress in Copenhagen where we will review progress and discuss plans for the next two years.
FEPA-supported seminars…
FEPA News magazine July 2024 is now online
The Federation of European Philatelic Associations (FEPA) released this morning the July 2024 issue of FEPA News magazine featuring:
News from FEPA
News from FEPA Members
Exhibition News
Forthcoming Exhibitions
FEPA Exhibiting
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The FEPA Medal for Exceptional Study and Research for 2023
The FEPA Medal 2023 for Exceptional Study and Research has been awarded to:
Colin Tabeart (Great Britain) for British Long Distance Mail Packets, Volume 2.
A Certificate as Runner-up has been awarded to:
Stavros Andreadis (Greece) for Large…
The FEPA Awards for 2023
The FEPA Board wishes to express its profound gratitude to everyone who has contributed to the recognition of exceptional achievements in the world of European philately by nominating individuals and societies for the FEPA Medals and Certificates…
FEPA Awards Programme 2024 – Call for Nominations
The FEPA Board is pleased to invite nominations from the Member Federations for the 2024 FEPA Awards programme, based on the attached Guidelines.
The 2024 FEPA Awards Programme includes the following awards:
FEPA Medal for exceptional…
Special offer for FEPA readers for Christmas
Stamp Collector magazine reaches global audience
FEPA News readers are being given the chance to subscribe to the digital edition of Stamp Collector magazine for just €2.99 and receive a free back issue! The UK-based magazine Stamp Collector,…
FEPA Congress 2023 highlights
The FEPA Congress 2023 took place on Saturday, 23 September, in Tarvisio, Italy, during the 26th Alpe-Adria multinational exhibition. Thirty-four National Federations and members of FEPA were represented either in person (21) or by proxy (13). Congress…
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…
FEPA Certificates of Appreciation 2022
Following its meeting on 28th April, the FEPA Board is delighted to announce the names of the Philatelic Societies awarded with the FEPA Certificate of Appreciation 2022.
Marke & Munze Graz (Stamp & Coin Graz), Austria
Club…
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
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FEPA awards Certificate of Merit to Vaccari News on its 20th anniversary
Yesterday we had a video conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of Vaccari News. Besides Valeria Vaccari and Fabio Bonacina, respectively publisher and editor of this daily web news, among the presenters were Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi, President…
Message from the FEPA Board to the Turkish Federation regarding the Earthquake
Dear Mr President,
On behalf of myself and the FEPA Board I want to express our deepest condolences to you, your Board and the members of the Fédération des Associations Philatéliques de Turquie for
the terrible suffering and grief that…
FEPA Panel Discussion: “Philately – Forever in the shadows?”
On 25th November, during MONACOPHIL 2022, FEPA hosted a Round Table discussion in front of an audience on the strengths and weaknesses of philately and how it might evolve in the 21st century. Moderator of the event was Charles Epting, CEO of…
Minutes of the FEPA Congress 2022 in Liberec
Following the FEPA Congress 2022 in Liberec, on 15th October, the minutes were sent to the Member Federations on 20th November.
They are available here: https://www.fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Minutes-2022-Liberec-Congress.pdf
Photo…
FEPA at MONACOPHIL 2022: “Bringing Philately into the light”
FEPA Panel Discussion at MONACOPHIL 2022: "Philately - Forever in the shadows?"
An alternative theme could be "Bringing Philately into the light", as this is very much about developing ideas how to improve the perception of philately as well…
Breaking news from the FEPA Congress in Liberec
The annual FEPA Congress took place on Saturday, 15 October, in Liberec, Czech Republic, during the European Exhibition and Polar Salon LIBEREC 2022.
Major decisions ratified by the Congress delegates included:
(a) Granting FEPA membership…
“Philately – Forever in the shadows?” FEPA Panel Discussion at Monacophil 2022
On 25th November at 11:30 am FEPA is organising a panel discussion on “Philately – Forever in the shadows?” at the Hotel Hermitage in Monte Carlo. This discussion will form part of the MONACOPHIL 2022 exhibition. The panel host will be…
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…
FEPA Awards for 2021
The FEPA Board received nominations from Member Federations for the FEPA Medal for Exceptional Service to Philately in 2021, the FEPA Medal for Exceptional Philatelic Study and research, and the Certificate of Appreciation. We are delighted…
Latest FEPA Seminars have been uploaded on the website
The development of the FEPA website has become one of the Board's principal priorities. As an ongoing procedure, new pages are added from time to time and older pages are continuously updated in order to maintain a website worth visiting regularly.
A…
FEPA Awards 2021 – Deadline for nomination is approaching!
Member federations are reminded to submit nominations for the FEPA Medals as well as for the Certificates of Appreciation. They should reach Vice President Giancarlo Morolli at latest by 23 April 2022.
For 2022, the FEPA medal 2021 for exceptional…
Statement by the FEPA Board regarding the conflict in Ukraine
The FEPA Board met on 2 March 2022 to consider its position regarding the conflict in Ukraine initiated by the Russian Federation and Belarus.
It has agreed the following points:
FEPA is a non-political organisation dedicated to promoting…
FEPA Awards for 2020 – Nominations are invited
Invitations have gone out from the FEPA Vice President Giancarlo Morolli to the Member Federations to nominate candidates for the prestigious FEPA Medals and Certificates. The awards are made annually and this year they will give recognition…
All FEPA News issues are now available in digital form
The whole run 1 - 37 of the FEPA News journal has now been digitized and are readily available on this website! The process took longer than expected as the digitization project was launched almost exactly one year ago, namely July 25, 2019.
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…
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…
FEPA Award 2019 winners
The recipients of the FEPA awards 2019 are Chris King, Carlo Giovanardi and Henrik Mouritsen.
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 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.
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 ...