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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…
Read MoreThe 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 after a visit tour through the exhibition halls…
Read MoreThe Royal Philatelic Society of London (RPSL) is celebrating this week its 150th Anniversary. On behalf of the FIP and its members, FIP President Bernard Beston congratulates the Society and its members for achieving such a marvellous milestone. The RPSL International Exhibition STOCKHOLMIA 2019 has been a World Class event to honour this wonderful philatelic…
Read MoreThe FIP Board is pleased to announce that the 2019 Guidelines for the FIP logo can now be downloaded here. Should any member federation wish to obtain the logo in various format for your use, please write in to kelly@f-i-p.ch to request for the files and to explain the purpose of use – subjected to…
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