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The European Stamp Exhibition and Polar Salon will take place at the Hotel Babylon in Liberec, Czech Republic from 13-16 October 2022. The Organisers have applied for FEPA Patronage and FIP Recognition. The Organisers have just issued additional…

The Union of Philatelists of Serbia (SFS) has published details of SOFIZ II, which this year will be an on-line exhibition. It will be open from 8th - 17th December 2021. Applications are welcome from members of SFS and from members of…

The Philatelic Traders' Society have released details of the Autumn STAMPEX exhibition which will take place live at the Business Design Centre in London from 29th September - 2nd October. After the long break in live exhibitions, there will…

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…

The hard-working German Youth Philately organisation DPhJ has drawn our attention to SÜDWEST 2021, a virtual exhibition organised by the Landesverband Südwest im BDPh. It includes no less than 24 Youth exhibits from young people and groups…

  The Slovenian Philatelic Federation wants to encourage as many people as possible to participate in its One-Frame competition, being held as part of the DesetoOkno ('Tenth Window') exhibition in Kranj from 9th - 18th September 2021.…

Message from the FEPA President In the last year there has been a tremendous expansion in the use of on-line facilities to enable philatelic activities to continue in the face of the draconian restrictions imposed around the world to combat…

Prof. Dr. Atadan Tunaci, MD, FRPSL, who is a member of the Turkish Philatelic Federation and Academy, has kindly sent us information about an exhibition held at the Faculty of Medicine in Istanbul University from 11 - 14 March 2021 to mark…

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 Israeli Philatelic Federation's first virtual National Stamp Exhibition (NETBUL 2021) opened on 1 March. It will be accessible to visitors until 31 March at: https://netbul.co.il/en/exhibits/ The exhibition includes sections on postal…

The Club de Monte. Carlo has announced that the next Monacophil, due to be held in Monte Carlo from 8th - 11 December 2021, has been postponed until December 2022. Further details will be posted when they become available.

It is with great sadness that we bring news that Christine Earle FRPSL passed away on 28th January 2021, aged 73. Christine was well-known in the UK and internationally for her innovative approach to thematic exhibiting, and as a judge and…

At the FSFI Board meeting held on 17th January 2021 the new President Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi, who took up office on 1 January, appointed Nicolino Parlapiano as Vice-President. In addition to his long-standing service as FSFI General Secretary…

NORDIA 2021 stamp exhibition in Kuopio, Finland, will be organised in August, this year.  The exact dates of the exhibition are 13.-15.8.2021. The corona virus situation is still poor and that is why we cannot be sure of our possibilities…

On 1st December 2020 the Union of Bulgarian Philatelists and the Bulgarian Postal Administration organised  a 'solemn validation' of a single-stamp block (miniature sheet) celebrating the 135th anniversary of the printing of the first Bulgarian…

  SOFIZ 1 IS NOW OPEN. SOFIZ 1 is the first Serbian National exhibition held on-line. It also has international participation. The exhibition will remain open to visitors until 14 December 2020. To visit SOFIZ 1, go to: http://www.philaserbia.com/sofiz1/

On 21st November 2020 the FEPA Board held a Zoom meeting with its Members, the national Federations, Associations and Unions. The meeting was joined by representatives from 31 Members and by the members of the Board. The FIP President, Bernie…

It is with regret that we inform you of the death of Saverio Imperato, a great Italian philatelist, on 20 November 2020. A brilliant professor of immunology, he was well known around the world for his charming personality, his assiduous participation…

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…

  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…

It's almost here! The first 'virtual' Stampex will open to visitors on 1st October at 0800 (London time). It will be open continuously for 72 hours and the booths will remain open to visitors until 28th October. The show is open to all, free…

Lars Nordberg, Chairman of the NORDIA 2020 Organising Committee, has confirmed that the exhibition - due to be held in Malmö from 4th-6th December - has been cancelled. The Organisers had done everything in their power to avoid this outcome…

The FIP has just published the latest edition of its regular magazine FLASH with much news of philatelic events as well as articles on virtual exhibitions and on the future of philately.

The Philatelic Traders' Society is organising a 'Virtual' Stampex from 1st - 3rd October to replace the Autumn exhibition normally held at the Business Design Centre in London. Visitors from anywhere around the world will be able to enter the…

The FIP Board of Directors have made a difficult decision, during the 133rd FIP Conference Meeting on 8 August 2020, that the 76th FIP Congress shall not proceed in Jakarta on 10 November 2020.

The whole run 1 - 37 of the FEPA News journal has now been digitized and are readily available on this website! The process took longer than expected as the digitization project was launched almost exactly one year ago, namely July 25, 2019.

Following the cancellation of London's Autumn Stampex, there will be a virtual 'Summer of Stamps' Festival in the UK. It is being organised by the team behind Stamp Collector magazine and the allaboutstamps.co.uk website.

Due to the Coronacrisis and with regret, the Belgian Federation (K.L.B.P.-F.R.C.P.B) has to announce you that the National Championship of Philately - Antverpiade 2020 that was going to take place August 28-30- has been postponed. 

The Motivgruppe Musik is once again inviting all collectors to vote for the most popular music stamp of the past year. The candidates are shown on the Motivgruppe Musik's website (www.motivgruppe-musik.COM).

Following the postponement of London 2020 due to the Coronavirus emergency Frank Walton, the Chairman of the London 2020 Organising Committee, has announced that the exhibition will now be held at the Business Design Centre in London from: 19…

In their latest newsletter the organizing committee of the London 2020 gives information about the situation with the CoronaVirus Covid-19

National stamp exhibition NAPOSTA 2020 was held in Haldensleben, Germany, on February 13 - 16, 2020. It consisted altogether of 121 exhibits in more than 800 frames representing almost every FIP class as well as 88 literature exhibits. The total…

Every London international stamp exhibition has historically attracted many of the best exhibits from across the world, and this is certainly true of London 2020. Regrettably, the organisers have had to turn down many top class exhibits but hope that the goal of offering the visitor examples of the finest exhibits across a wide range of subjects has been achieved.

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 largest foreign contingent present was from United Kingdom, followed by the United States of America. Also philatelists from the following 48 origins came: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China,...

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

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.