Organised by the National Federation of Hungarian Philatelists (MABEOSZ), the HUNFILEX 2022 World Stamp Championship Exhibition has been successfully held at the Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary from 31 March – 3 April 2022.
The FIP Board would like to congratulate the Organising Committee on the great event that had impressed all delegates, exhibitors and visitors.
The Palmares dinner was held on 2 April 2022.
There were three candidates for the Grand Prix National prize and the winner was Mr Adriano Bergamini (Switzerland) for his exhibit “The Austrian Post in Hungary 1850 – 1867”.
The Grand Prix International prize went to Mr Tom Komnaes (Norway) for his exhibit “Norwegian Skiing Covers – Domestic and Abroad”, out of the four candidates for this award.
Finally, the winner of the World Stamp Championship was Mr Damien Lage (Germany), who received the most votes out of the three nominated candidates, for his Thematic exhibit “Australasian Birdlife”.
WSC First runner up: Jean Voruz (Monaco), “Geneva from the Cantonal to the Federal Post 1839-1862”
WSC Second runner up: Vittorio Morani (Italy), “Tuscany 1836 to GPU”
Congratulations to all the winners!