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Stanley Gibbons will be hosting the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Exhibition in their first-floor gallery at 399 Strand. The exhibition is free to attend and offers an introductory telling of the story of her majesty's reign through stamps.…

EXPHIMO is the annual thematic exhibition organised by Philcolux (Cercle Philatélique Philcolux), recognised by the Philatelic Federation of Luxembourg (Fédération des Sociétés Philatéliques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, FSPL). Technology…

Michael Cortese Co-owner and Executive Vice President of NobleSpirit and Charles Epting CEO of H.R. Harmer interview philatelists around the world; collectors, dealers, exhibitors, enthusiasts, and researchers. The "Episodes" or "Conversations…

During the weekend 6-8 May, LATINPHIL 2022 took place at the Museo Piana delle Orme, in the town Cisterna di Latina near Rome, organised by the Italian National Federation and the Circolo Filatelico Tres Tabernae. The exhibition was divided…

On the occasion of the CANNIS 2022 exhibition in Romania, Victor Iordache, acting President of the Philatelic Federation of Romania, and Marius Muntean, President of the Timişoara Philatelic Association, have sent us the details of the three-day…

We've picked up the story from Linn's Stamp News, and we copy the official announcement from the PostEurop website: Following the decision of the Extraordinary PostEurop Board of Directors meeting held on 25 April 2022, the 2023 EUROPA Stamp…

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…

PARIS-PHILEX 2022 will take place in Hall 5.1, at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, from 23 to 25 June. The exhibition is organised by CNEP (Chambre syndicale des Experts et Négociants en Philatélie), FFAP (Fédération Française des…

If you haven't visited Budapest and HUNFILEX 2022, here is your chance to take a peek at the exhibition. One hundred or so photographs have been uploaded on the Facebook account of Mabéosz, the Hungarian Philatelic Federation. Here is the…

On Saturday 9 April, in Hotel Amigo, Brussels, members of Académie royale de philatélie de Belgique and Académie de philatélie (Paris) met for a joint session. Keynote speakers: Jean-François Brun, "La troisième dimension" Dominique Hardy,…

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…

If you visit INDONESIA 2022 website today you will find the most critical information: The National Commissioners page, the newly revised IREX (2 April), the application forms for participation and the deadlines to observe, among which: 25 April…

Grand Opening today of HUNFILEX 2022 World Stamp Exhibition in Budapest. The official ceremony was honoured by H.E. Mr János Áder, President of the Republic of Hungary, Mr. László Kövér, Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, and…

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…

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…

Ms. Birthe King FRPSL, renowned exhibitor and juror and former FEPA Board member, will lead the FEPA seminar on Open Philately during Hunfilex 2022. The seminar will take place on Saturday 2 April, 10:30-12:00, at the exhibition grounds, the…

The 60th Spanish National Philatelic Exhibition Exfilna 2022 is scheduled to take place next fall in the city of Irún, in the Basque Country, on the border between Spain and France. A couple of days ago the website of the exhibition was launched…

We received from Delcampe the following email: Due to the conflict in Ukraine, which we deplore, we have decided to suspend all sales and purchases from Russia and Belarus. In concrete terms, the following actions have been taken: • suspension…

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…

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).

Jon Aitchison, the Keeper of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists, talks to George James of Stanley Gibbons about the history of the Roll; how it all started in the 1920s, the fathers of philately, the selection of the new signatories, its…

The European Academy of Philately (AEP) announced its 2022 agenda in the latest "Trait d’Union" which reached its membership yesterday. The AEP will be in London 2022 for a full day on Friday 25 February, from 10:00 to 16:00. It is an important…

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…

The French Federation of Philatelic Associations (FFAP) in cooperation with Phil@poste and l'ADPhile organises each year a major philatelic promotional event known as "Fête du Timbre ©" (formerly called "Journée du Timbre"). La Fête du…

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…

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.  

A draft Agreement has been reached to enable FEPA to grant Patronage to the LIBEREC 2022 exhibition. The FEPA Board's recommendation that Patronage should be granted will be discussed by Congress at its meeting in Athens on 23rd November and,…

We are very sad to report that Leonard Pascanu died on 1st November 2021 after a prolonged illness. Mr Pascanu was aged 69 and had been President of the Romanian Philatelic Federation for many years. He was well-liked and respected among…

  The LONDON 2022 World Stamp Exhibition will be held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, North London from 19 - 26 February 2022. The Organising Team is moving into the final stages of preparation and has issued an urgent call…

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 Association of British Philatelic Societies (ABPS) is looking at how it can improve the level of support it provides to member societies for the development of their websites. The ABPS uses a free internet-based website compilation program…

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…

The winners of the FEPA Medal for Exceptional Philatelic Study and Research 2020, and of the Francis Kiddle Medal for the Best Philatelic Website 2021 have been announced. The announcement is as follows: At its videoconference call on 16 July…

  The team behind Stamp Collector magazine and the allaboutstamps.co.uk website have teamed up with the Museum of Philately to announce a series of special webinars on the world of stamps and stamp collecting. The press release is at: PR…

  The Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau has issued an innovative £4 postage stamp celebrating cryptocurrency that also provides a key to acquisition of blockchain-based Digital Collectibles, otherwise known as 'non-fungible tokens'. These…

Italy's first planned virtual exhibition, Phil-Italia 4.0, opened on 17th May. It includes a national exhibition with 13 exhibits in the thematic and open philately classes,  and a qualifying exhibition with 29 exhibits in thematic and open…

The  NOTOS 2021 Organising Committee has announced that the exhibition will be held at the Zappeion in central Athens. The Zappeion, where NOTOS 2021 will be held from 19th - 22nd November 2021 Previously planned at the Peristeri Exhibition…

FEPA is pleased to announce the panel that will support it in selecting the winner of the Francis Kiddle Medal 2021 for the best philatelic website.   All panel members have expressed high satisfaction for the initiative that highlights the…

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…

We do not often report on newly published material, but recent press reports drew our attention to an article published on 2nd March 2021 in the journal 'Nature Communications' concerning research by academic scientists from a number of universities…

The VÖPh is 100 years old and, in the best philatelic traditions,  is marking this significant birthday in cooperation with Austria Post with personal stamps, special postmarks and special registration labels. The first meeting of the Federation…

We have received this information from the Philatelic Traders' Society, organisers of the twice-yearly STAMPEX in London. For the second time Stampex will take place virtually because of COVID restrictions, but the PTS's first experiment with…

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.