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Hellenic Steamship Companies and their Handstamps

385 steamship companies, 110 private shipping agents, and 1657 maritime handstamps comprise the framework of the 500-page brand-new book recently released by Nikos Antypas. The reader will also have the opportunity to get acquainted with Greek…
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The Postal Issues of Syria, Lebanon and the Alaouites 1919-1945

New book: The Postal Issues of Syria, Lebanon and the Alaouites 1919-1945 (also includes Latakia, Rouad Island, Kilis local, Aintab local and Alexandretta) by Alexander Kaczmarczyk, second edition with additional colour plates and images, 141…
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Mario Paiva: O Filatelista

O Philatelista is a philatelic blog in Portuguese that was aired in May 2013 and celebrated its 10th anniversary this month. What is exceptional about it is its consistency: 3636 posts from 1 June 2013 to 30 April 2023, i.e. in 3621 days. This…
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Opus XXIII: Africa

Opus XXIII, this year's volume of the European Academy of Philately (AEP), is dedicated to the philately of Africa. The same theme had also been chosen for Opus XIV (2014). Nineteen authors responded in time to Editor Guy Coutant's call for…
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Notebook: The Currency Rates at the Exchange Post Offices 1800-1875

Ioannis (John) Daes is better known for the two fine works he has produced during the past few years: The Ionian postal rates (2014 in Greek) and The Greek postal rates 1828-1875 (2017 in Greek and 2022 in English). Dealing with the 19th-century…
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Swedish & Norwegian Queen Louise’s Correspondence 1850-1871

A new book by Tomas Bjäringer RDP Hon. FRPSL and Ken Ryen, Royal Confessions to a Lifelong Friend: Swedish & Norwegian Queen Louise's Correspondence 1850-1871 has been recently released and is available for purchase from Nordic Philately. The…
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Napoleons Waterloo – Herrschaft der 100 Tage

The following is an excerpt from a recent post by Axel Goldmann on IBRA 2023 news webpage, a presentation of Hans-Joachim Büll's new book, Napoleon’s Waterloo – Reign of 100 Days. [...] 400 pages in which Büll covers a wide range of topics,…
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Air mail to and from the Somaliland Protectorate

Copied from Vaccari News: A new book, Air mail to and from the Somaliland Protectorate by Imperial Airways and Ala Littoria - December 1935 to August 1936, was released by Germain Mentgen, who had updated and integrated his previous works in…
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Poste Maritime Française. La Société l’Europe. Le Havre – Saint-Pétersbourg 1840 – 1852

A new book by Robert Abensur RDP has been recently published by l’Académie de philatélie. Here is a short description taken from the Academy's website: The Russian Empire and its notoriously Francophile elites appreciate French luxury goods.…
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Jean de Sperati: The Stamp Forger that Fooled the Experts

A 30-minute video by Graham Beck on his @ExploringStamps YouTube Channel is all anybody needs to learn about the life and works of a philatelic legend who never called himself a forger. Instead, he called himself an artist. Graham talks first…
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Phila Historica magazine No. 1/2023 available to download

Phila Historica is a magazine for philatelic history and philatelic literature. It is offered online, in pdf format, and free of charge to all interested parties. It is produced four times annually by Phil*Creativ GmbH, under the editorship…
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Two special issues by Nordisk Filateli magazine

Jonas Hällström, editor-in-chief of the Swedish Nordisk Filateli, has sent us details about two new publications (special issues 10 and 11) recently produced and released by the magazine. Christer Brunström writes: Special Issue 10: The…
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The IBRA in Essen is the focus of the new JUNGE SAMMLER!

This is the latest press release (15th April) by the Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend e. V., brought to us by Axel Brockmann, the editorial office of  Junge Sammler. The IBRA World Stamp Exhibition will take place from May 25 to 28 at Messe Essen.…
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Tête-Bêche Rarities from the Oval Issue of Finland

A new book by Tomas Bjäringer RDP Hon. FRPSL and Mårten Sundberg FRPSL has been recently published by the Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL). We read from the RPSL webpage: This work tells the stories of the rare têtebêches of the oval…
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Latest issue of Spink Insider magazine now online

Since its establishment in London in 1666, Spink & Son Ltd. has grown to become a superior auction house for rarities worldwide. It specialises in the auctioning and private sales of stamps, coins, banknotes, medals, bonds & shares,…
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Posta Italiana in Estremo Oriente

Italian mail in the Far East is a brand new book by Valter Astolfi, 432 pp., softbound, illustrated in colour, published by the AICPM (Associazione Italiana Collezionisti Posta Militare e Storia Postale) and distributed by Vaccari at € 60. The…
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Thema: presented by the Swiss Society for Thematic Philately

Thema is the magazine of the Société suisse de philatélie thématique (Swiss Society for Thematic Philately), member of the FSPhS (Swiss Philatelic Federation). It is published quarterly and is distributed free of charge to all SSPT members.…
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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…
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Filatelista: The magazine of the Polish Philatelists Union

Filatelista is the official organ of the PZF, the Polish Philatelists Union, published monthly under the editorship of Adam Szuler, with 60 pages in full-colour. It was released in 1954, is the oldest philatelic magazine in Poland and this…
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The armies from Buonaparte to Napoleon 1793-1815

Vincent Schouberechts writes at the Trait de Union 2022-2, the biannual Newsletter of the AEP: This is as much a history book as an authoritative study of all the postmarks used in the different campaigns during the years of the French Consulate…
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The art in postage stamps and other philatelic writings

Francesco Giuliani and Il Postalista make a free offer to the philatelic community. A new book on the philatelic memoirs of Rodolfo Renier from Treviso, born in 1857, who not only led a brilliant academic career in Turin, at the local Ateneo…
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Last edition of Philatelic Exporter

The sad news was announced yesterday by the magazine website and Twitter account: Due to the challenging economic conditions, the difficult decision has been taken to cease publication of Philatelic Exporter, with the February edition being…
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Aerofilatelia: Crociere Atlantiche Balbo

A book by Francesco Giaccardi about the two Atlantic crossings in 1930 and 1933, by Italo Balbo, a leading Italian aviator, Minister of the Air Force (1929-1933) and Governor of Italian Libya (1934-1940). It is organised in 13 chapters with…
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The Ottoman Post Offices and Services in Iraq

The Ottoman Post Offices and Services in Iraq with Military Post & Foreign Postal Agencies, by Kemal Giray FRPSL, has been recently published by Balkanphila Ltd. 2023, in A4 size, softcover, 209 pages, illustrated in colour, limited edition…
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Koleksionisti: From the Association of Collectors of Albania

Robert Ballauri (1925-2006) was a prominent philatelic figure in his homeland, also well-known outside Albania. In 1998 he visualised, created and published the Koleksionisti magazine, as the house organ of the Association of Collectors of Albania.…
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FEPA News magazine January 2023 now online

FEPA released today the January 2023 issue of FEPA News magazine featuring: News from FEPA News from FEPA Members FEPA Exhibiting Exhibitions in the Second Half of 2022 Forthcoming Exhibitions Developments in Philately …
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FIP releases Flash magazine No. 134

The International Philatelic Federation (FIP) has uploaded on its website the latest issue of Flash, its biannual official house organ. You can download the 36-page Flash No. 134 from here: https://www.fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/FLASH-134-Dec.pdf…
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Memories of an old stamp dealer

Francesco Giuliani revisited the memories of Romolo Mezza, which had been written almost a century ago, edited them, produced a long introduction, and put everything together in a brand new book. Romolo Mezzadri was born in Rome in 1861 and…
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Latest Junge Sammler on winter delights

This is the latest Press Release from Axel Brockmann, the editorial office of the Junge Sammler: The new JUNGE SAMMLER is coming - winter delights are the main theme Whether you want to hibernate like the animals or prefer to play chess and…
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Rhône Philatélie, the magazine of the French part of Switzerland

Rhône Philatélie, published by an association of eight philatelic societies of the Valais and Vaud cantons of the French speaking part of Switzerland, offers four issues per year. It is also sent to all the members of thirty philatelic societies…
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Guide to the Postal Stationery of Iraq (2nd edition)

A new book published by the Royal Philatelic Society London. The purpose of this Guide to the Postal Stationery of Iraq, by Clayton Rubec and Akthem Al-Manaseer, is to stimulate interest in this aspect of Iraqi and Mesopotamian philately.…
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The Struggle for Dominance on the Indian Subcontinent 1494-1819

A new book for the first time sheds light on the history and postal history of the Indian subcontinent up to the establishment of British rule. The philately and postal history of the Indian subcontinent is rich and spans a long period of time.…
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Five new Edition d’Or volumes by the Global Philatelic Network

The Global Philatelic Network produced this year five additional volumes in the renowned Edition d'Or series. Vols. 61 & 63-65 were officially presented during MONACOPHIL 2022, in November, while Vol. 62 was presented during HELVETIA 2022,…
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Linn’s Most Influential Philatelists 2022 now online

Earlier this year, Linn's Stamp News released the 116-page special publication Linn’s Stamp News Most Influential Philatelists and Their Epic Stamp Stories, which "recognizes 76 individuals who have had an impact on the hobby in the past couple…
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Vaccari Magazine sadly ends with its No. 68

The shocking news of the closure of Vaccari Magazine was announced yesterday on the Vaccari News website.  The Vaccari Press Release issued ahead of the release of the journal's final number (No. 68) includes the "Editorial" signed this time…
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A remarkable catalogue on Jean de Sperati

On 7th December David Feldman International Auctioneers will hold the auction of "The 'Art of Sperati' Collection". According to the auctioneers, the collection includes 136 lots of different levels of complexity and richness, many of which…
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An American History by the USPS

On Tuesday we read in linns.com that: This past September, the United States Postal Service published a new edition of its “Publication 100,” The United States Postal Service: An American History. The full-color, 156-page softcover book…
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Abhishek Bhuwalka talks about L.N. & M. Williams

An article entitled "Authors’ Binding of 'Fundamentals of Philately'" by Abhishek Bhuwalka on his blog (The Philatelist) brings to centre stage two philatelic legends: brothers Leon Norman Williams and Maurice Williams. What follows here is…
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The 2022 Annuaire of the European Academy of Philately

The 2022 Membership Directory (Annuaire) of the European Academy of Philately (Académie Européenne de Philatélie, AEP) was mailed to the members a few days ago. The Directory was last produced in 2018. President Jean Voruz remarks that the…
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The refreshed Swedish journal “Filatelisten”

The Filatelisten, official journal of Sveriges Filatelist-Förbund (SFF, the Swedish Philatelic Federation), has changed looks! "It was time for a slight refresh", we read at the SFF website. Follow the story and the details at: https://www.sff.nu/nya-filatelisten-ar-pa-vag/#1216 The…
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Vols. 5 and 6 of “Who is Who in Philately” are coming up end of 2022

We picked this up from the AIJP website yesterday: 13 years ago, the 3rd edition of the first volume of this unique collection of biographical data on former and current renowned philatelists was published, and one year ago volume 4 with the…
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Les Congolâtres, a magazine for the Belgian Congo enthusiasts

A few days ago we received an email from the editors of Les Congolâtres, a digital philatelic bulletin (as they modestly like to call it). The name of the publication itself is a direct invitation to collectors and enthusiasts of the former…
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FIP releases Flash magazine No. 133

The International Philatelic Federation (FIP) has uploaded on its website the latest issue of Flash, its biannual official house organ. Large part of the 40-page magazine is dedicated to the exhibitions of the first half of 2022, the FIP Commissions'…
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The new Junge Sammler focuses on Nature

The July issue of Junge Sammler, the magazine of Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend e. V., is on its way to the members. A few days ago we received the following press release from Axel Brockmann, at the editorial office of the magazine. Nature…
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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…
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Centenary of the French Philatelic Federation (FFAP)

The French Philatelic Federation (FFAP) celebrates its centenary this year with the publication of a 200-page book, FFAP Une belle centenaire 1922-2022, which will be available on 28th October, on the occasion of Timbres Passion à Moulins,…
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FEPANews Magazine 41

This is Issue 41 of the Magazine, Published 11th July. Click here to open the magazine PDF in new window
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The 1st Annual Crawford Festival 2022 by the RPSL

The 1st Annual Crawford Festival was organised by the Royal Philatelic Society London, at the RPSL premises, on 28th and 29th June. The theme of the Festival was "How to write a book – A practical guide to producing a work of philatelic literature",…
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Portuguese philately celebrates Centenary of South Atlantic Crossing

The June edition of Filatelia Lusitana, the official organ of the Portuguese Federation, is dedicated to the centenary of the first air crossing of the South Atlantic by two Portuguese pioneers, Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral. President…
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The British Philatelic Bulletin available on the GBPS website

We copy from the Great Britain Philatelic Society (GBPS) website: The "British Philatelic Bulletin" is an official monthly publication of the Royal Mail aimed at stamp collectors, supplying detailed information about forthcoming British stamp…
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The Swiss SBZ: The third oldest philatelic magazine

The oldest philatelic magazine in the world, still alive, is the American Philatelist. Its first issue was released in January 1887. A few months later, in November, the second oldest surviving to date, L'Écho de la timbrologie was introduced…
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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…
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An interview with the Makers of MICHEL in NFT

We received the following press release by MICHEL on 24th May. The Norwegian collectors' magazine Norsk Filatelistisk Tidsskrift (No. 3/2022) published an interview with the MICHEL editors-in-chief. Journalist Øyvind Refsnes asked the longtime…
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A call for Philatelic Literature exhibits by the AIJP President

Promoting and supporting Philatelic Literature has been one of FEPA's principal objectives. Wolgang Maassen, President of AIJP, the International Association of Philatelic Journalists, called yesterday its members to participate with their Literature…
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Opus XXII dedicated to Switzerland

Opus XXII is dedicated to Switzerland. This year's big book of the European Academy of Philately (AEP) has been published in time for its official presentation, which will take place in Lugano, on the occasion of HELVETIA 2022. The 226-page…
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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…
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MICHEL database with stamps from all over the world

Schwaneberger Verlag has revised and updated the large MICHEL-Online database. It contains the cataloguing from the 16 printed catalogues about European stamps, the 20 catalogues about stamps from overseas and the MICHEL catalogue Germany with…
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Space is the main theme of the new “Junge Sammler”

Yesterday, we received the latest Newsletter from Axel Brockmann at the editorial office of Junge Sammler, the official magazine of the Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend e. V. (https://www.dphj.de/) This is the first issue of the year for the Junge…
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New Delcampe magazine: “Collections Classiques”

For the past six years or so we have experienced the two different Delcampe magazine series: Philately (Philatélie) and Special Edition (Hors-Série). Last week Delcampe released No. 1 of a new series, the Collections Classiques. According…
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2022 Linn’s most influential philatelists list revealed

On 8 March, Jay Bigalke, Editor-in-Chief of Linn's Stamp News and Scott catalogs at Amos Media, wrote in linns.com: In the Sept. 20, 2021, issue of "Linn’s", we announced the upcoming publication of the "Most Influential Philatelists and…
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Vaccari News celebrates 19 years: “la filatelia in tempo reale”

We read in Vaccari News today that it was 8th March 2003 when their webpage was released. The first post was about Aldo Capitini's "flag of peace", a topic quite relevant to today's Ukraine conflict, as their own webmaster commented. The webpage…
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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).
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600 numbers for the Spanish Revista de Filatelia

The Revista de Filatelia magazine celebrated its 600th number with its current February issue. The first number of the Spanish monthly appeared in September 1967. In 2005 the magazine was honoured by the European Academy of Philately (AEP) with…
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New book on Postal Museum Collections: Just Large Enough

All About Stamps website reported that a new book by Douglas N. Muir, Senior Curator at the Postal Museum, will be available on 19th February. According to the same report, Eliska Bejrova, Social Media & PR Officer at The Postal Museum,…
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Edition d’Or No. 60 released by the Global Philatelic Network

The Global Philatelic Network (Corinphila, Heinrich Köhler etc.) continues the production of elegant volumes in the Edition d’Or series, which started in 2006. Each book presents a collection that has been awarded with a Grand Prix or at…
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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…
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Alphonse Mayer von Rothschild: Legendary Collector #31

Devlan Kruck is the UK Representative of David Feldman SA International Auctioneers & Curator at the Museum of Philately. In April 2020 Devlan set up a series of philatelic biographies on the blog of the DFSA website and presented Georges…
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Documents Philatéliques No. 251 recently released

Documents Philatéliques No. 251, the journal of l'Académie de philatélie (Paris, France), was released on 15th January. The French Academy was born in 1928, and the Documents Philatéliques has been issued quarterly for more than fifty years…
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Post Horn magazine is going strong

Post Horn No. 5 is on the way to be delivered to its membership. The brand new 108-page issue marks three years since it first appeared in early Spring 2019 by Claudio Ernesto Manzati and his partners Giorgio Migliavacca and Thomas Mathà. The…
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FEPANews 40 Jan 2022

This is the latest issue of the FEPANews Magazine. Click here to view in Dropbox Or, you can read the current issue as pdf here.  
FEPA News Magazine 39 July 2021
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FEPANEWS MAGAZINE 38
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FEPA NEWS March 2002

Youth Philately: A Paper from Stampactive

Stampactive is the group within the Association of British Philatelic Societies that organises and encourages youth philately. They were recently awarded a FEPA Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding activities in promoting philately and…

Postage rate nerd’s lock down hobby

The mystery of single stamp postal items has puzzled me for years. Would it be possible to find out all possible different single usages of some certain stamp? In order to find this out I started to fill in spreadsheets and calculate the different possibilities.
FEPA NEWS March 2002

Social distancing in the 17th Century

At present some of us may feel that the instructions to maintain 2 metres distance from other people and to avoid gathering in groups are a unique imposition, even if necessary to combat the epidemic. However, they have a long history.  As…
FEPA NEWS March 2002

ABPS Chairman’s 5 minute videos of exhibits available to view

Graham Winters, the Chairman of the ABPS (the British Federation), has been spending some of his lockdown time producing short amateur videos describing a selection of his exhibits. Graham is notable for having exhibited in almost every class…
FEPA NEWS March 2002

LE NOUVEAU JOURNAL DES MAXIMAPHILES FRANÇAIS

Pascal Bandry, the European Bureau Member on the FIP Maximaphily Commission, recently sent me a link to the latest journal published by the Maximaphilatelists in France. I thought it was a very interesting insight into the fascinating subject…
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FEPA News No 36 is out!

The latest issue of the FEPA News magazine ia available in electronic form.
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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.
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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
FEPA NEWS March 2002
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London 2015 Europhilex – a FEPA Exhibition

Nicos Rangos writes about London 2015 exhibition under the title "This is my opinion".
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Present situation of philately

FEPA Honorary President Dr. Alan Huggins shares his opinion about the present situation of philately.
FEPA NEWS March 2002

Summit Paper Release

Pedro Vaz Pereira shares his view about Summit paper release.
FEPA NEWS March 2002
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