Archive for category: News

Stamp Active will publish a new “STAMP COLLECTING GUIDE”, to be launched at the London 2022 International Stamp Exhibition. The Guide has been partly sponsored by the Philatelic Fund and the Spear Charitable Trust. It contains a range of…

Reuters news agency reported from Shanghai on 18th January that "China is urging people to wear masks and gloves when opening mail, especially from abroad, after authorities suggested the first case of the Omicron coronavirus virus variant found…

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.  

The Organising Committee of the NEXOFIL and NEXONUM Awards, led by its President Sr Eugenio de Quesada, has announced in Madrid the winners of this year's competition for the best stamps and coins in the world of 2020. Stamps were nominated…

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…

The IPF has informed us that in June 2021 it hosted AAPE 2021, a virtual tri-national stamp exhibition, with the participation of the United Arab Emirates and the United States. The exhibition marked the Abraham Accords peace agreements signed…

To celebrate the opening of the postal historical museum at the Bauernhof in Goldau, the Kimmel Foundation has invited visitors to HELVETIA 2022 to take part in specially-organised tours in Switzerland. Two tours are offered with accommodation…

  The Stamp Active Network, the voluntary organisation that promotes stamp collecting for children in the UK, will be at Autumn Stampex providing free stamps and goodie bags for young collectors. There will be a range of free activities…

  The FEPA Board is delighted to announce the winner of the FEPA Medal for Exceptional Service to Organised Philately for 2020. It is: Jonas Hällström (Sweden) Warmest congratulations to Jonas for receiving this award in recognition…

We have heard with great sadness that Alexander Sergeevich Ilyushin has passed away. He was a leading figure in philately in Russia for many years and will be greatly missed. We send our condolences to his family. The Russian Philatelic…

We received this message from Peter Lang, President of the Motivgruppe Musik e.V. Despite the ongoing Corona crisis, the Motivgruppe Musik, the International Philatelic Music Study Group,  is again inviting all collectors around the world…

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…

  The latest issue of FEPA NEWS has an article by Rainer Fuchs (FN38 PAGE 51) inviting discussion on whether Two or Three frame exhibits should be able to enter international exhibitions competitively on the same basis as One Frame exhibits. Since…

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…

  We are delighted to announce that Thomas Hoepfner has accepted an invitation to join the FEPA Board as a Director. Thomas is a well-known figure in German and European philately and has been closely involved with the organisation of…

The Bund Deutscher Philatelisten (BDPh) has announced a new programme of on-line seminars (German language) for the period up to 12th June 2021. The programme is shown in the table below. A reservation to join one of the seminars can be made…

  Right on time, the Organising Committee of NOTOS 2021 has published Bulletin 2 in preparation for the exhibition. NOTOS will be held at the Peristeri Exhibition Centre in Athens from 19 - 22 November 2021 and is expected to have 2,000…

  MONACOPHIL 2021 will be held at the Terrasses de Fontvieille in Monte Carlo from 3rd - 5th December 2021. As usual it will include an exhibition on specific themes, a display of 100 iconic items provided by members of the Club de Monte…

We are delighted to report that, in spite of all the current COVID restrictions,  the Spanish Federation of Philatelic Societies (FESOFI) and its President Mr García Fernández have succeeded in holding a successful 58th national philatelic…

Information has reached us about several new philatelic materials now on line.   Seminars on exhibiting postal history.   Recordings of the recent, excellent series of seminars organised by the FIP Postal History Commission have…

Philatelic life is thriving in Germany. First, the Bund Deutscher Philatelisten (BDPh) held a very successful Virtual NAPOSTA  exhibition that ran through the month of September. Its main aim was to give exhibitors an opportunity to qualify…

With great regret we announce the death of Lumir Brendl on 8th October 2020. We received the following obituary notice from Vit Vanicek. It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death of Mr Lumir Brendl on 8th October 2020 at…

The annual Conference of the Philatelic Federation of Finland was held on Saturday, 12 September 2020. Representatives of the philatelic societies and clubs gathered together in Helsinki, although their number was lower than usual. In addition…

The World Stamp Exhibition IBRA in Essen, which was postponed due to the Corona Pandemic, has a new date: May 25-28, 2023!

The FIP Board informs: "The FIP Consultant for INDONESIA 2020 Specialized World Stamp Championship exhibition has received the official letter from the Organising Committee, that the exhibition shall be postponed to Year 2022. The Board supports…

  The Prestige Philately Club Prague has sent us the following information regarding its BIENNALE 2020 'TREASURES OF WORLD PHILATELY' exhibition. The exhibition will be held from November 7th to 22nd 2020 in the ceremonial halls on…

The Académie Européenne de Philatelie (AEP) has this year awarded its Prize for the Philatelic Press to the magazine 'Cursores', published by the Associazione Italiana di Storia Postale (AISP), and edited by Paolo Zavattoni. This is a recognition…

The organizing committee of the Estonia 2020 national exhibition with international participation kept their positive attitude all through the difficult spring time, and it paid off! 42 exhibits from 14 countries were shown in a spacious and beautiful vestibule of the Estonian National Museum in Tartu on July 10-12, 2020

The Commissioner General of the Cape Town 2021 FIP World spacialized exhibition has just informed us about the postponement of the event. The new dates are November 9 - 13, 2021. More information can be found at capetown2021.org  

Another philatelic exhibition organized by REFS "Estonia" will take place in Tartu between July 10 and 12, 2020. The exhibition is now open to all applicants who have previously received at least 70 points at a national exhibition.

The Bund Deutscher Philatelisten (BDPh) is launching a series of on-line seminars using Zoom technology to offset the restrictions on philatelic life imposed by the Corona crisis. The first seminar will be held from 16.00-17.30 on Wednesday…

  As could have been read on Fepanews a year ago the Netherlands has a new type of postal stationery as of January 2019. It is a standard postcard size (A6) card with an imprinted stamp, meant to be for shipment of the Dutch monthly ‘Filatelie’…

The organizing committee of the Bulgaria 2020 FIP Specialized World Stamp Championship Exhibition has published its Bulletin No 1. It contains the IREX of the exhibition. Here are some facts based on the IREX: The exhibition will be held…

The European Academy of Philately, AEP, has kindly sent us the latest issue of their newsletter Trait d'Union, number 2, 2019. It reports amongst other things the AEP at MonacoPhil 2019, The 100th anniversary of the Italian Federation during…

Nordia 2020 will be held at Malmö on September 4-6, 2020. The organization committee has recently published Bulletin 1.

It’s always the same with international stamp exhibitions held in London – the events prove so popular that many want to exhibit, have stands, or simply visit. So it is with London 2020, the international stamp exhibition being staged at the Business Design Centre in Islington from Saturday, 2 May to Saturday, 9 May.

The exhibition of the "Multilaterale Briefmarkenausstellung Luxemburg 2019" was held from November 8 to 10, at the Exhibition hall LUXEXPO in Luxembourg, under patronage of His Royal Highness Grand-Duke Henri and under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, of the City of Luxembourg and of FEPA.

Participated in this innovative exhibition exhibits from 16 national federations: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Israel, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey. Participated also two philatelic Academies: Italy and Turkey on top of the European Academy of Philately. There were 500 frames and 18 titles of philatelic literature. H.M. the King Simeon II of Bulgaria was very involved in the exhibition attending their main events.

Thanks to the extraordinary efforts and knowledge of our Webmaster Ari Muhonen we were able to relaunch the FEPA Website. Along this first year the site has been viewed 41.687 times by 14.119 visitors from 100 different countries! Our gratitude to all of you for your excellent collaboration sending the necessary information and the relevant news from your national Federations, Associations or Unions.

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 ...

Our best wishes to all our readers that from 81 different countries entered into the FEPA Website since the 4th of September 2018 that was established the new Web. Health, peace and prosperity for a Happy Year 2019 to you and to your families!

The Dutch Federation, will allow more steps on the exhibition frames than the official 1-5-8. This system is already implemented at national level with positive experience in Spain, Finland, U.K. and other federations. But the aim of the KNBF is that FEPA and FIP implement it officially if their experimental phase is effective

MALMEX 2018 Bilateral Sweden-Denmark National Stamp and Postcard exhibition was organized by a number of philatelic clubs in Skåne within the Swedish Philatelic Federation from the 31st August to the 2nd September 2018 at MalmöMässan, Malmö, joining 121 Exhibits.

It was wonderful looking at the daily long queue of the enthusiastic Stamp lovers patiently waiting for their turn to enter the Exhibition and their appreciation to enjoy the competitive exhibits. Furthermore, the most impressing was their willingness to pay 12 Euros every day for the admission tickets.

The latest issue of the of the FIP Postal Stationery Commission can be read and downloaded here:  

fepanews.com address works again and leads to the renewed FEPA website!

We received the kind offer of Mr. Frank Walton RDP FRPSL, Chairman of the London 2020 Organising Committee, to host the 2020 FEPA Congress at the news Royal premises. Here you can see some of the rooms that could be used for the Congress.

The Exhibition is open to all Classes and to all European Federations as well as to exhibits related to Europe from all over the World. Literature Class also open to entries from all the World. The FEPA Board has been pleased granting by unanimity the FEPA Patronage.

We are pleased to post the official Program of the WSC Israel 2018 to be held in Jerusalem from the 27th to the 31st May 2018.

Exactly 175 years after the first Swiss stamp, the Museum of Communication in Bern, in collaboration with the Postage Stamp Interest Group and the Swiss Post, celebrate the exhibition "Extreme: 175 Years of Swiss Stamps".

At the Congress of the Sveriges Filatelist-Förbund held on the 7th of April was elected the New Board as follows: Bo Dahlner (President), Leif Ledmyr (Vice President), Ulf Nilsson (Secretary).

We are receiving from its kind President, Mark Bottu, the Belgian Gabriel Eastern 2018, in both French and Dutch languages. You will find the introduction in English on the website of the Weltbund www.weltbundgabriel.eu

We are receiving the information of the election of Mr. Zoran Angelov as President of the Union of Philatelists of Macedonia, as well as the sad news of the passed away suddenly of Mr. Stevan Savevski, Secretary of the Union.

At the Congress of the Italian Federation Giancarlo Morolli has received a recognition created especially for him. As he had already signed in 1989 the Roll of Honor of the Italian Philately, the highest award of the Federation, he was presented a Diploma of Honor in acknowledgment of 50 years of continuous service as FSFI delegate.

Sponsored by the Croatian Post, this very useful book has been distributed to every Primary school in Croatia free of charge as well as to public libraries and all philatelic clubs having youth sections.

This Åland post card was postmarked at the “Finlandia-2017” FEPA exhibition in Tampere and addressed to the crew of the International Space Station (ISS). Being delivered to Russia, the card was handed over to the crew of the Russian "Soyuz MS-05”.

FEPA website "fepanews.com" will be updated. The current website has been in production for many years and its technology is outdated. Simultaneously with the modernization the layout and structure of the site will be renewed. However, the rich content of the current site will be intact.

The printed magazine “FEPA News” covering the main events of the second part of 2017 and informing about those of 2018 have been sent to all FEPA Members for its distribution within the countries. In its 84 pages, this issue presents articles and information of 38 National Federations, Associations or Unions members of FEPA. Here you can read or download the whole magazine in its digital version.