Macao 2026 Specialized World Stamp Exhibition
Macao 2026 Specialized World Stamp Exhibition from 26 June-1 July was held in one of the many halls with adjoining rooms for meetings at the Parisian Hotel connected with the Venetian. As the names indicate the décor was completely Parisian and Venetian, respectively, but with lots of great Asian food in the Food Markets. Being…
Boston 2026 World Expo
Boston 2026 World Expo took place from 23-30 May at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The hall was very large providing a lot of space between the exhibition frames and the many stands. One of the main attractions was a special exhibition, ‘Stamps, Monarchy, and the Changing World of Queen Elizabeth II’ showing the…
Boston 2026 Seminar
The FIP Juror Qualifying Seminar in Open Philately was held on 29 May during the Boston 2026 World Expo 23-30 May. Peter Suhadolc welcomed 20+ participants and explained briefly about the Open Philately Working Work. He then introduced Birthe King and Liz Hisey who shared the PowerPoint presentation. Birthe went through the proposed new SREV…
DUBAI 2026
The co-chairs of the Open Philately Commission attended the FIP Commissions’ meeting 6 February, Peter Suhadolc as a member of the FIP Board and co-chair of the Open Philatelic Working Group and Birthe King as the other co-chair. Birthe provided a brief verbal report of the work carried out by the Working Group. A Bureau…
URUGUAY 2025
An FIP Qualifying Seminar on Open Philately was held on 19 February during the Specialized World Stamp Exhibition in Punta del Este, attracting 48 participants. Led by Peter Suhadolc with Jari Majander, the seminar covered the balance between philatelic and non-philatelic material, questions on acceptable items, and the role of picture postcards. The proposed new…
HAFNIA 2024
The seminar, Thoughts on Open Philately, was well received by the attendees, most of whom were interested rather than already building or exhibiting in the Open Philately Class. The competitive exhibition had 14 exhibitors in Open Philately Class with many new exciting exhibits spanning a wide variety of subjects. Five Gold medals were awarded, one…
Website
Find out where entries on the Contact Form at the end of the website go to when ‘submit’. Members should try to fill in and send. Results to be on next agenda for further discussion. Ideally, it would probably be correct if all comments/questions would go direct to Birthe, as Co-Chair. Email address: birthe.king@postalhistory.net
Accredited FIP Juror in Open Philately
Three new accredited FIP Juror in Open Philately: At IBRA 2023: Iva Mouritsen (Germany) and Francisc Ambrus (Romania) At Thailand 2024: Bruce Chadderton (Australia)
EFIRO 2024
At the FIP exhibition in Bucharest, the Open Philately Working Group held its third FIP Qualifying seminar presented by Peter Suhadolc and Francisc Ambrus. The attendance was 21.
THAILAND 2023
At the FIP exhibition in Bangkok, the Open Philately Working Group held its second FIP Qualifying seminar presented by Peter Suhadolc and Francisc Ambrus. The attendance was 27, including Bruce Chatterton, who completed his apprenticeship as an Open Philately juror at the exhibition.