A Visit to the Frankfurt Philatelic Library
Another fine article on a philatelic library by Abhishek Bhuwalka. The article was first published as “A Visit to the Frankfurt Philatelic Library”, Philatelic Literature Review, whole no. 281 (Fourth Quarter 2023). It has been lightly edited…
A Visit to the Munich Philatelic Library
Abhishek Bhuwalka shared with us today the story of the Munich Philatelic Library on his blog https://thephilatelist.substack.com
The Munich Philatelic Library (MPL) (German: Münchner Philatelistische Bibliothek), holding currently about 65,000…
Bill Hedley talks to The Stamp Collector
FEPA President, Bill Hedley, was interviewed by The Stamp Collector monthly. The interview was published in the magazine's current November issue.
Bill believes that philately is not a world apart. "Everything about it relates to one or more…
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.
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…
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…
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…
London 2015 Europhilex – a FEPA Exhibition
Nicos Rangos writes about London 2015 exhibition under the title "This is my opinion".
Present situation of philately
FEPA Honorary President Dr. Alan Huggins shares his opinion about the present situation of philately.
Summit Paper Release
Pedro Vaz Pereira shares his view about Summit paper release.