The Palmares night of the EFIRO 2024 FIP Specialised World Stamp Exhibition Palmares night was held at the beautiful La Chataeu restaurant on the evening of 19 April 2024 at in Bucharest. It was attended by more than 350 philatelists and guests from all over the world.
The Jury President for the exhibition was Eliyahu Weber (Israel) and the Jury Secretary was Bernard Jimenez (France).
There was only one candidate for the Grand Prix National prize and the winner is Mr Ion Chirescu (Romania) for his Postal History exhibit “Foreign Posts in the Romanian Territories, 1811-1878”.
The Grand Prix International prize had three candidates:
| HACKMEY Joseph | CLASSIC BADEN |
| BERGAMINI Adriano | THE AUSTRIAN POST IN HUNGARY 1850 – 1867 |
| VAN WELIE Gerard Louis | THE MARITIME MAIL CONNECTIONS WITH THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES 1788 – 1877 |
The counting of votes for the Grand Prix Awards was conducted by the Jury Secretary with the three Vice-Presidents of the International Jury team: Sammy Chiu (Canada), Abdulla Khoory (UAE) and Turgut Turhan (Turkey).
The GPI prize went to Joseph Hackmey’s exhibit “Classic Baden”, which won by the one extra vote of the Jury President.
GPN winner Ion Chirescu (third from left) and GPI Winner Joseph Hackmey (fourth from left).
Congratulations to all exhibitors and a huge appreciation for all the hard work of the International Jury Team!
The FIP Board would also like to thank the hospitality and friendship of all the EFIRO 2024 volunteers and the facilities and support provided by the Organizing Committee, which had made a great exhibition with the most miraculous efforts.