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The Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend e.V. have issued a press release about the novel approach being taken by one group in South West Germany to prepare for the Christmas period in this year of COVID restrictions on meeting and travelling. The press release is attached. The idea, created by Roman Machauer for the Young Philatelists’ Group in Read more…
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 Carlo and an opportunity to meet postal administrations and international stamp Read more…
It is with regret that we inform you of the death of Saverio Imperato, a great Italian philatelist. Further details are to be found in Vaccari News at this link: https://www.vaccarinews.it/index.php?_id=29834
Congratulations to the Austrian Federation (VÖPh) which has succeeded – in the face of all the current restrictions – in holding ÖVEBRIA 2020, its national exhibition with international participation, live in Sankt Pölten from 2nd – 4th October 2020. The local authority agreed to allow the exhibition to take place as a special fair but Read more…
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 exhibition (EXFILNA 2020) virtually. The exhibition took place from 28th October – 1st November 2020. The scale Read more…
Undaunted by COVID restrictions on travel and meetings, the Carinthian Postal History Club (Kärntner Philatelistenclub) of Klagenfurt, Austria, succeeded in holding a display exhibition in 122 showcases on 10th October 2020, marking to the day the centenary of the 1920 plebiscite in Austrian Carinthia. After the end of the First World War the lands of Read more…
The Organizing Committee of the annual Nexofil Awards have announced in Madrid the winners of the ‘Best Stamp in the World’ competition for 2020 and the associated awards for various categories of stamp. The competitions were judged by an international jury and the winners of ‘Best Stamp in the World’ are: 1st Read more…
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 been placed on YouTube and are now available to view. Links to them are on the FIP website at: https://www.f-i-p.ch/ If you want to bring yourself up-to-date on Read more…
At the virtual Stampex held from 1st – 3rd October David Feldman introduced his plan to build a digital Museum of Philately. The idea is to have an on-line platform where images of collections can be stored and available to view long after the actual collection has been disposed of. In a video that Read more…
An enquiry last year from the Organising Committee of NOTOS 2021 to the Philatelic and Postal Museum in Athens has produced a wonderful result. Since the 20 Lepta Large Hermes Head stamp was printed in 1861, the plate has been in a state of disrepair. 29 of the original 150 clichés are missing and the Read more…
