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The organizers of NOTOS 2021 have announced that the 2-frame and 3-frame exhibits will be accepted at the next exhibition. It has been almost twenty years since we first saw One-Frame exhibits in a major exhibition. It was Amphilex 2002, in Amsterdam, another FEPA patronage event, where the One-Frame exhibits were placed in an experimentalContinue reading “NOTOS 2021 will accept also 2-frame and 3-frame exhibits”

Unfortunately, sad news has come to us from France, which we want to share with the Italian philatelic world, in particular with fans of aerophilately and aeropostal history. Our friend Gérard Collot left us on the evening of January 31st at the age of 88 following a long illness. After a brilliant career as anContinue reading “The passing of Gerard Collot”

Despite the pandemic, the hope of being able to get out of it as soon as possible and reactivate the relationships of the past is the desire of many. In this regard, the Federation, with Letter of Information n. 2 of 20 January 2021, we receive information on the next national exhibitions in 2021 VirtualContinue reading “Updating on next national events”

In Germany too, philatelic life is flourished, despite the virus. A demonstration of this is the initiative of the Bund Deutscher Philatelisten (BDPh), which organized a very successful virtual event, NAPOSTA 2021, an event that took place throughout the month of September. Its main purpose was to give exhibitors, not being able to participate inContinue reading “Events in Germany”

The Organizing Committee of annual Nexofil Awards announced in Madrid the winners of the “Best Stamp in the World” competition for 2020 and the related prizes for various stamp categories. Unfortunately, no Italian stamps. The competing stamps were judged by an international jury and the overall winner of the “Best Stamp in the World” isContinue reading “Best stamp in the world”

The NOTOS 2021 event will have the honor of hosting the FEPA Annual Congress for the second time after 2015. The event will take place in Athens on November 23, 2021, the day after the event closes. As we already know, NOTOS 2021 will be held at the Peristeri Exhibition Center in Athens from 19Continue reading “NOTOS 2021”

On November 17 a dear friend, Fabio Vaccarezza, passed away. He was not a member of our association, but he was a well-known, loved and appreciated person in the world of the philatelic press, for his always extremely interesting and original articles. The pandemic has unfortunately prevented many, with whom he shared his passion forContinue reading “In memory of Fabio Vaccarezza”

The Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) recently made two important decisions, in response to the continuing evolution of philatelic exhibitions. The first decision concerns the “Open Class”, an exhibition approach whose popularity has steadily increased over time, since it was first accepted in FIP exhibitions several years ago. The formation of an FIP Commission forContinue reading “New initiatives by FIP”

During the annual meeting of Italian Federation of Philatelic Societies (FSFI), held on November 30th last, the president Piero Macrelli announced that he will resign on December 31st 2020, one year earlier than the expiry of the mandate (December 31st, 2021). The vice-president, Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi, will temporarily take over, who will have the task ofContinue reading “President Federation resignation”

On December 10th, at 9.00 pm, through the Zoom platform, the iconographic archive of “Aldo Cecchi” non-profit Institute of Postal Studies in Prato was presented by the Director Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi. Before entering into the merits of the project, the Director wanted to dwell on the lines of action of the ISSP, which we briefly summarizeContinue reading “ISSP – New iconographic archive”