Archive for category: Updates

On Friday, 15 November, Marco Occhipinti was invited to speak about mail and communication to the students of Claudia Villani's Cultural History and History Teaching course at the University of Bari. Villani is a researcher in Contemporary History…

Newsletter #14 Souvenirs at HAFNIA 24 Copenhagen, 28 September 2024 HAFNIA 24 mini sheet On 1 October, PostNord Denmark published a second exhibition block on the occasion of HAFNIA 24. The block is similar to the first block, which was published…

Newsletter #11 Exhibition event program Copenhagen, 30 July 2024 A preliminary exhibition event program for HAFNIA 24 are ready We are happy to announce a nearly 100% ready program for the four exhibition days at HAFNIA 24. There will be…

Visit HAFNIA 24 in Copenhagen Newsletter #8 Copenhagen, 5 March 2024 Are you coming to HAFNIA 24 & Copenhagen? The application deadline for HAFNIA 24 was 31st December, and we had a goal of filling 1300 frames, and a maximum of 1500…

HAFNIA 24 opens in ONE YEAR from now! Newsletter #5 Copenhagen, 28 October 2023 For exhibitors There is one year till we open the doors for HAFNIA 24, but deadline for applications is 31st December 2023. Your application is filled in directly…

The Bilateral Swedish-German Exhibition, TRELLEBORG 2023, is a National and Regional Philatelic and Postcard Exhibition organised by the Swedish Philatelic Federation, cooperating with clubs within the Federation. The Exhibition will take place…

NORDIA 2023 took place in Garðabær, Iceland, between 2 and 4 June. The exhibition celebrated the 150th anniversary of the first Icelandic stamps, released in 1873. Presided by Ebbe Eldrup, the Jury judged a total of 57 exhibits in 342 frames.…

Initially announced in 2018 as IBRA 2021,  the World Philatelic Exhibition was granted FEPA recognition in 2018 and FIP patronage in 2019. In July 2020, the organisers sent out a press release saying that IBRA would be postponed because of…

The EXFILNA-JUVENIA 2023 Catalogue was uploaded on the FESOFI website on 17th April. The Exhibition will be held in Teruel from 19 to 23 April. Exhibition webpage: https://exposicionesfesofi.es The 70-page Catalogue is available here: http…

Today we received the latest Press Release from IBRA 2023. The World Championship of Philately The highlights of IBRA 2023 in Essen Bonn | 8.3.23 | Peter Platz | Only a few months to go - from May 25 to 28, 2023, the International Stamp World…

The upcoming MULTILATERALE exhibition is organised by the Filatelistična zveza Slovenije (Slovenian Philatelic Union, FZS) and will take place under FEPA recognition, from 7 to 10 September 2023 in Osnovna šola Koper (Scuola Elementare Capodistria),…

Earlier this year, Linn's Stamp News released the 116-page special publication Linn’s Stamp News Most Influential Philatelists and Their Epic Stamp Stories, which "recognizes 76 individuals who have had an impact on the hobby in the past couple…

The Club de Monte-Carlo and the OETP (Office Monégasque des Emissions de Timbres-Poste) will host an exceptional philatelic event from 23 to 26 November 2022. An exhibition of 100 iconic stamps and documents will be held at the Musée des…

FEPA Panel Discussion at MONACOPHIL 2022: "Philately - Forever in the shadows?" An alternative theme could be "Bringing Philately into the light", as this is very much about developing ideas how to improve the perception of philately as well…

The CAPE TOWN 2022 website has uploaded the latest exhibition newsletter which includes the following announcements: Composition of the jury. Size of the exhibition: 1600 competitive frames and 69 literature exhibits from 43 countries. …

LIBEREC 2022 European Stamp Exhibition and Polar Salon is ready to welcome its visitors and exhibitors, at the Wellness Hotel Babylon, Liberec, between Thursday 13 and Sunday 16 October. The Federation of European Philatelic Associations (FEPA)…

The Spanish National Exhibition EXFILNA 2022 will be held in Irún this week, from Wednesday 21 to Sunday 25 September. The 80-page Catalogue is now on line and can be downloaded from here: https://www.fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022…

The Union of Slovak Philatelists (ZSF), in cooperation with the Slovak Post as its strategic partner, organises BRATISLAVAFILA 2023, a National philatelic exhibition with international participation, which will take place between 1 and 4 June…

Gmunden, Austria, will host “phila”-Toscana 22 with ALPEN-ADRIA PHILATELIE 2022 and BIRDPEX 9 exhibitions during the weekend of 26-28 August. The organisers have uploaded the 57-page Exhibition Catalogue, which is available here: https…

INDONESIA 2022 World Stamp Championship opened today in Jakarta. Here is a short photo report, sent to us by Francisc Ambrus, the National Commissioner of Romania.  

The LIBEREC 2022 organisers released today a two-page Newsletter with all latest details on the exhibition which is coming up between 13 and 16 October. It includes: Main events Side events Accommodation How to get to Liberec …

ANTVERPIA 2022, the Belgian National with international participation, took place in Antwerp, Belgium, during the weekend 10-12 June. Jozef Ghys, President of the Organising Committee, and his team have managed to put together a great exhibition…

A complete archive of past Italian National Exhibitions since 2008 is uploaded on the Italian Federation (FSFI) website at http://expo.fsfi.it A very important part of the archive is the accumulation of the pdf files of all exhibits in each…

CAPE TOWN 2022 organisers announced on the exhibition website that the deadline for entries has been extended to 30 June 2022. The exhibition, which is held under FIP patronage, will take place at the International Convention Center, Cape Town,…

It was June 1974 and INTERNABA in Basel, when philatelists last celebrated a world general exhibition in Switzerland. So the organisers are right by saying that HELVETIA 2022, which was opened today, is the first world exhibition in their country…

As we are getting closer to the grand opening of HELVETIA 2022 World Stamp Exhibition, the organisers uploaded an elegant and comprehensive 200-page-plus Exhibition Catalogue. At the same time, they uploaded the composition of the Jury. A Public…

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…

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…

CAPEX 22 is the first large international one frame exhibition. It will take place at the Metro Toronto Conference Centre (MTCC) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 9 to 12 June 2022. A little over 400 exhibits are expected to participate. The…

Helvetia 2022 organisers came up with an interesting offer to their exhibitors: they had asked them to select and send before 15 March the images of up to 12 pages of their exhibits. When the jurors receive and examine these sample pages they…

London 2022 Awards: World Stamp Champion: James Peter Gough (USA), "UPU and its Impact on Global Postal Services" Grand Prix International: Vittorio Morani (Italy), "Tuscany 1836 to UPU: Letter mail in, from and to Tuscany: routes, rates and…

Newsletter No. 32 was out today (read it here) and Frank Walton promised that this is going to be the last one. In closing, he says he will be in London tomorrow hoping to see many old and new friends from all over the world very soon. Don't…

You may have seen the information on FEPA Seminars in the latest FEPA News (page 81). In 2022 there will be two seminars at London 2022 and one at HUNFILEX 2022. London 2022 20th February 12.00 - 14.00 Title: Best Practice in Youth Philately Presenter:…

"The Organising Committee of London 2022 has absolutely no intention of cancelling or postponing London 2022. The exhibition will go ahead from 19 to 26 February 2022." This statement followed by the announcement of the installation of a Covid-19…

We are pleased to report on interesting developments in Youth Philately in the UK and Germany. From London John Davies reports that a new 'Youth Zone' was launched by the Stamp Active Network at Autumn Stampex, held from 29th September - 2nd…

  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…

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…

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…

We are pleased to report that preparations for HUNFILEX2022, are on course in spite of all the disruption caused by COVID restrictions.  The Organisers have just published Bulletin 1 with the latest information, including the exhibition rules. The…

We are sorry to report that, due to the continuing COVID restrictions, the organisers of NORDIA 2021 have been forced to cancel this prestigious regional exhibition. NORDIA 2021 was due to be held in Kuopio, Finland from 13th - 15th August 2021. In…

The XXV^ ALPE-ADRIA exhibition, involving seven Philatelic Federations from the region of the Alps and Adriatic, has been cancelled. It was due to be held at the Sports Hall in Tarvisio, Italy from 10-13 June - having been postponed from 2020…

The Bi-annual magazine of the FEPA, FEPA News No. 37, is now available in electronic form.  It gives news from the member Federations from the first half of the 2020, and informs coming exhibitions later on this year as well as in 2021 and…

It will not be long before London 2020, the international stamp exhibition to be held at the Business Design Centre in London’s Islington in May, is upon us. The dates to note are Saturday, 2 May to Saturday, 9 May. There will be over 125 standholders comprising dealers, auctioneers and philatelic publishers. In addition several postal administrations will have stands.There will be much to see among the exhibits, these filling no fewer than 1,700 frames. Indeed, such has been the demand to exhibit that the entries will be shown in two sections. The first half (Saturday, 2 May to Tuesday, 5 May) will include...

The 57th National Spanish exhibition had this year the Czech and German Federations as guest’s participants. It was held from the 6th to the 10th November 2019. The motto has been ‘Immerse yourself in the immensity of philately’. At the exhibition opening, the special stamps and HB issued by the Spanish Post “Correos” were postmarked under the water by four divers at the huge aquarium of the Cantabrian Maritime Museum.

At the annual meeting of the Club , Prof. Ludwik K. Malendowicz presented on behalf of FEPA, the Certificate of Appreciation to this outstanding Club as “The Best European Philatelic Club of the Year 2018”. The meeting took place in Mikstat Las and was attended by about 50 members and supporters of the Club. The meeting was accompanied by a philatelic show

In a good 18 months IBRA 2021 will open its doors at Messe Essen from 6 to 9 May. A foretaste of the first World Stamp Exhibition in Germany after 1999 is the IBRA homepage, which went online recently. The redesigned and modern website provides an overview of the major event is constantly updated and regularly informs about news. Info 1 is available for download in PDF format. Just have a look at www.IBRA2021.de!

The Exhibition, organized by the "Fédération des Sociétés philatéliques du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg" (FSPL) has the auspices of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke and the auspices of Mr. Xavier Bettel, Minister of State, Mme Lydie Polfer, Mayor of the City of Luxembourg and FEPA Recognition. Will be held from 8 to 10 November 2019, participating exhibitors from The Netherlands, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia

The new Board of the Austrian Federation -- Verband Österreichischer Philatelisten-Vereine, was elected on Friday, 20th of September 2019 by the members of the Austrian Philatelic clubs. President: Mag. Helmut Kogler as before, Vice-President: Ing. Alfred Kunz as before, Secretary: Mag. Erich Böck…

146 collections from 16 countries were represented - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Ukraine, USA. Competitive exhibits were presented in seven exhibition classes. Postal administrations of different countries...

The FEPA Board unanimously agreed in granting the FEPA Recognition to the “Continental Stamp Exhibition 90th Anniversary of The Philatelic Society of Egypt”. It will be celebrated from September 9th to 15th 2019 in Cairo, Egypt, with the participation of 6 Arab countries and the Egypt Study Circle, London. The RPSL will symbolically be celebrating its 150th Anniversary with one their member attending.

EFIRO 2019 will take place at the Museum of Romanian Records, Bucharest, from the 19th to the 21st September 2019. It is still time for the exhibits in the "Literature" class that must be sent in a single copy until August 20, 2019. There are no participation fees for any of the exhibition classes.

The French National Exhibition was of high level: 180 exhibits in the 15 competition classes which were awarded 23 Gold medals, 40 Grand Vermeil medals and 47 Vermeil. Was also held the 92nd Congress of the FFAP with the participation of 600 Delegates representing the nearly 400 Philatelic Societies and Clubs members of the French Federation.

Many of you have already received the 84 pages magazine that includes the information of the events from January to June 2019, as well as updated information of the upcoming exhibitions and events. If you are not in the list of your National Federation to receive it (is for free), you can read it here, or download the full magazine. In this issue are news from Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

We are receiving today the information that a new Board has been elected at the „Union of Philatelists of Serbia“, the Serbian Philatelic Federation, for the period April 2019 - April 2023. It consists of all the regional representatives directly delegated and confirmed by the Assembly. Nikola Ljubicic was elected as a new President of Union of Philatelists of Serbia. Congratulations and our best wishes for success.

Alan Druce, Mark Schwartz, Vittorio Morani, Tim O’Conner, Bruce Marsden, Colin Tobitt and Fred Hoadley, awarded

Mr. Jeffrey Stone received during the Stockholmia 2019 his Certificate as finalist to the FEPA Medal 2018 for Exceptional Philatelic Study and Research...

The leading motto of the Conference was "Polish Post Offices in the years 1918-1922, in the period of establishing the borders of the Second Republic". During the opening of the Conference. Hans Vogels, a member of the Polish Academy of Philately, was appointed finalist "to the 2018 FEPA medal for exceptional research"

On the occasion of the 29th International Stamp Fair in Essen on May 10th 2019 important steps have been taken towards IBRA 2021. The signing of the patronage contract with the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) took place in attendance of guests and journalists specialized in philately

The FEPA Board unanimously agreed in granting the FEPA Recognition to the HUNFILA 2019 , with the invited National Federations of Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia (Alps-Adria countries), Czech Republik, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain with Hungary total 13 countries, moreover the Hungarian Philatelic Society in Great Britain (HPS) and ARGE Ungarn e.V. The exhibition will be held in Budapest from 04-06 October 2019.

Mr. Vladimir Kachan, Vice-chairman of the Union of Philatelists of Belarus, has sent us the interesting article "The Imperial Families of Habsburgs very loved of Butterflies". Mr. Kachan, who has been collecting stamps for 55 years, starting at 6 years old, has published more than 100 articles about butterflies and moths in philately with the aim of popularising the subject of lepidoptera on stamps, cancels and postal stationeries

Ivar Sundsbø, Leader of the Philatelic Committee, is sending us an updating of what promises to be an extremely interesting exhibition. NORDIA 2019 is quite up to schedule, just setting up the detailed program for each day, catalogue and the arrangement of frames. NORDIA 2019 which received the FEPA Recognition, will host lots of activities during the show.

Mr. Tone Simončič, President of The Philatelic Society of Ljubljana has received the Certificate of Appreciation granted to the Society  for outstanding activities for the promotion of philately. It has played an important role in spreading philatelic knowledge and attracted many younger people to stamp collecting.

On occasion of the Slovenija 2019 exhibition, a new course of the FIP Jury Academy was held in Kamnik. The outstanding trainers have been Peter P. McCann, USA and Charles Verge, Canada. Acted as FIP Observers Bernard Beston, Australia, FIP President, and Peter Suhadolc, Slovenia. The list of participants, in alphabetical order is: Boncho Bonev …