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FIP Postal History Commission exhibiting seminars via zoom Aug – Oct 2020

27/07/2020

The Postal History Commission will host five on-line seminars from August to October 2020 on: “The importance of……in postal history exhibiting” 1. Rarity & Condition (Henrik Mouritsen) Sunday 16 August, 2:00 PM Berlin time (SGT 8:00 PM) 2. Presentation (Chris King) Sunday 6 September, 1:00 PM London time (SGT 8:00 PM) 3. Treatment (Dan Walker)…

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FIP Latin American Members’ Mi Oficina Online Conferences

27/04/2020

The Latin American FIP members, with the help of Henry Marquez in San Francisco California, had organized the following Mi Oficina resources and welcomes all philatelists to participate – – Mi Oficina on Facebook – Mi Oficina on Whatsapp – Mi Oficina Zoom Conferences – Mi Oficina Philatelic Society on YouTube video channel – Mi Oficina…

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Obituary – Mr Luis Alemany Indarte

13/04/2020

1940 – 2020 On April 9, Mr Luis Alemany Indarte, an important Philatelist in Spanish history, passed away. Born in Madrid in 1940, Mr. Luis Alemany Indarte began collecting stamps in his childhood. He specialised in Spanish First Issues and Postal History,  but also became interested in all topics related to Spain, like “Incoming Mail”,…

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Obituary – Major Richard K. Malott, CD, FRPSL, FRPSC, FCAS, OTB (1927-2020)

28/02/2020

Many of you will have known Dick Malott Canada’s foremost Canadian aerophilatelist. He made his career in the Canadian Air Force and, upon retirement, worked for the Canadian War Museum where he was instrumental in collecting and documenting Canada’s Victoria Cross medals. Dick began collecting and researching Canadian air mails in the 1950s and was…

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Toronto Jury Academy 15-17 October, 2019

20/10/2019

The Toronto Jury Academy had been successfully held from 15-17 October, 2019. This was the last training for 2019, until May 2020. The training was conducted by Trainers Charles Verge (Canada) and Peter Suhadolc (Slovenia). FIP would like to thank the Vincent Graves Greene Foundation for providing the Venue as well as the following sponsors…

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Buenos Aires 2019 – Exposición Internacional de Filatelia

29/08/2019

The FIAF International Exhibition Buenos Aires 2019 – Exposición Internacional de Filatelia, held under the sponsorship of FIAF and FIP, is taking place from Aug 26 – Aug 31 at the Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires in Argentina. Mr Miguel Casielles (right), Mr Luis Claudio Fritzen (middle) and Mr Bernard Beston (left). (Photo courtesy of…

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INDONESIA 2020 & 76th FIP Congress

15/08/2019

The INDONESIA 2020 Specialised World Stamp Championship Exhibition will be held from 6-11 August , 2020, under the Patronage of FIP and Auspices of FIAP. The Agreement between FIP and the INDONESIA 2020 was signed on August 3, 2019 during the SINGPEX 2019 Exhibition. FIP President Bernard Beston, together with FIP Directors Yigal Nathaniel, Aldo…

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CHINA 2019 Approved Apprentices & Cross-Accreditation Jurors

16/07/2019

The following Jury Apprentices of CHINA 2019 were approved by the Board: An official letter shall be sent to each juror above on their successful qualification. Tono Dwi Putranto (Indonesia), who served successfully as Second Jury Secretary for CHINA 2019, shall be noted in the FIP jurylist as a qualified Jury Secretary.

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CHINA 2019 Grand Prix Awards

17/06/2019

The results for the Grand Prix Awards of the CHINA 2019 World Stamp Exhibition were announced as the grand finale at the Palmares night held on 17 June, 2019 at the InterContinental Wuhan hotel. As the only candidate for the Grand Prix National prize, Mr Ding Jinsong received the award for his exhibit “The 1897…

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Wuhan FIP Jury Academy 7-9 June, 2019

09/06/2019

The Wuhan FIP Jury Academy has been successfully held at the Wuhan International Expo Center from 7-9 June, 2019, before the Opening of CHINA 2019 World Stamp Exhibition on 11 June, 2019. The trainers who put in a lot of hard work were: Class 5 – Peter Suhadolc (Slovenia) and Mark Banchik (USA); Class 6…

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