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EXFIME2011 Salon Planete Timbre 2012 Maribofila 2012 Page 53 Page 60 Page 57 NOVELTIES ISSUE DATE 6 JUNE 2011 Standmuster FDC Kinder des Erbprinzenpaares 2010 EXPO 2010 SHANGHAI CHINA Standmuster FDC Europa 2011 Offset 4-farbig Euroskala CHILDREN OF THE HEREDITARY PRINCE AND PRINCESS Datum: Internationales Jahr des Waldes 2011 FDC OFFICIEL Standmuster FDC Schmetterlinge - III EUROPA 2011 / INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FORESTS Offset 4-farbig Datum: FDC OFFICIEL Offset 2-farbig BUTTERFLIES - III Pantone 257 + 258 www.philatelie.liDatum: Liechtensteinische Post AG Philately Liechtenstein Postfach 1000 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein Phone +423 399 44 66 Fax +423 399 44 94 e-Mail [email protected] FEPA News III Series No. 19 - June 2011 IMPRESSUM CONTENT Editor: Impressum and Content 3 Jørgen Jørgensen Greetings from the President 4 Co-Editor: September José-Ramon Moreno EXPOMAX 2010 9 December Administration: Cyprus – Romania 50 years Coop. 11 FEPA January Federation of European Philatelic Associations The Medalists 2010 15 Ganløseparken 18, The Awarded Clubs 16 DK 3660 Stenløse March Denmark Milanofil 2011 18 April Nordia 2011 20 Printer: HUNFILA 2011 21 KNUDTZON GRAPHIC A/S Astro- and Space Philately 26 DK-2625 Vallensbæk ALPE-ADRIAPHILA 2011 27 27th FEPA Congress in Opatija 33 ISSN: 2218-516x Thematic Seminar in Opatija 39 May ECTP 2011 in Essen 41 News from FIP Commissions AstroPhilately 42 FEPA BOARD: Postal History 43 News from the FEPA Family Jørgen Jørgensen Great Britain and Czech Rep. 46 President – FIP, FIAP, FIAF, FEPA NEWS and Greece, Spain and Ukraine 48 Jury Apprentices October E-mail: [email protected] Polkowice 2011, Youth Exhibition 52 November José-Ramon Moreno EXFIME 2011 53 Vice-president – Exhibitions, FEPA NEWS and ROMAFIL 2011 54 Open Class December Email: [email protected] MonacoPhil 2011 55 May 2012 Gerhard Kraner MARIBOFILA 2012 57 Treasurer – Finance and accounting. June 2012 E-mail: [email protected] Salon Planete Timbre 60 August 2012 Bojan Bračič GMUNDEN 2012 61 Secretary – Administration, Philatelic workshops November 2012 and Youth. IPHLA 2012 62 E-mail: [email protected] Nordia 2012 64 Sharing Best Practice Giancarlo Morolli My Stamps in Sindelfingen 65 Director – FEPA Awards, Expert Group, Jury training New initiatives in Czech Rep. 69 and Literature. Youth Corner 73 E-mail: [email protected] World Rarities 76 Literature Corner 77 Vit Vaniček Director - Support to Member Federations Advertisements E-mail: [email protected] Liechtenstein Post 2 Macau Post 84 Swiss Post 4 Obituary Paulo Gomelli 50 FEPA NEWS June 2011 Page 3 www.swisspost.ch/philashop Special stamps Pro Patria Steamboats Inserat_FEPA_News.indd 1 29.03.11 08:57 Greetings from the President Dear philatelic friends. The Philatelic World: The collectors - the Local clubs – regional collaborations – the National The summer period is just Federations – the Continental Federations and around the corner – which FIP as the international body in the top covering for many stamp collectors the organised philately as a whole - is organised means that outdoor acti- in a shape of a pyramid with each level having a vities will dominate and specific but generic focus and structure. stamps have to wait pa- tiently until the beginning On the ground floor of the pyramid is a of the autumn season. countless number of individual members. Stamp collectors and exhibitors form a solid base for It was a real pleasure to meet so many dele- the whole pyramid. gates at the recent FEPA Congress in Opatija, where 32 out of 42 Federations were repre- These countless numbers of collectors have sented in person or by proxy. elected their representatives on the boards and committees of their local clubs through a At page 33 – 38 you will find the minutes of the democratic process – and this model continues Congress – and here you can get a feeling of further up in the pyramid. what was discussed and decided. The national federations are on the third level. One of the tasks on the board’s program for the Here, the number of players is reduced to about present year is to update our Statues – the 90 – the national federations that are members actual Statutes have stayed unchanged since the of FIP and of one of the Continental Federations. Congress in Amsterdam in 2002. This task is part of good housekeeping – it is important from Next to the top level – the number of players is time to time to allocate resources to admi- reduced to 3 – the 3 Continental Federations. nistrative matters just to make sure that the statutes are kept up to date – despite the fact It is very important that we are able to maintain that changes - small or larger will in no way a structure that makes it possible to optimise contribute to our common and primary task: “To the enormous amount of resources invested on take philately forward”. all levels for the benefit of philately – a model where we respect the sovereignty of all the Two delegates underlined clearly at the congress players in the philatelic pyramid. that it was important that the board allocated sufficient resources to generating new initiatives In this situation for FEPA “United” means that 42 which support philately in general but also more member federations have decided to work specifically support individual member fede- together to share their views and to learn from rations in developing philately locally. each other and, where possible, to act together. We all respect the sovereignty of each individual This Congress was the eleventh that I have federation and we decide from case to case, attended and I remember that the phrase which decisions are appropriate to take together. “United Europe” has been used or discussed at a huge majority of these annual meetings. The revision of the FEPA Statutes will be made with this understanding of “united” in mind. Since the Congress in Opatija I have reflected on what each of us means when using this phrase This model gives us the flexibility to decide from to explain that we are not united today? case to case whether or not we want to vote or act in a united way – once we have decided, A strict definition of “united” might be that we then it is an important part of the game to want to reach a position where we always speak follow and respect the decision of the with one loud and clear voice - all decisions are majority. taken by a majority – and expressed centrally with one voice. Is that what we mean? NO! It I wish all of you a pleasant and healthy summer. can’t be. Jørgen Jørgensen FEPA NEWS June 2011 Page 5 Greetings from the President Chers amis philatélistes. Le monde philatélique: Les collectionneurs, les clubs locaux, les organisations régionales, les La période estivale est juste fédérations nationales, les fédérations conti- derrière le coin -ce qui, nentales et la FIP en tant qu'organe inter- pour beaucoup des collec- national dans le top couvrant la philatélie tionneurs veut dire que les organisée dans son ensemble, est organisée en activités au plein air vont dominer et les timbres forme de pyramide, dont chaque étage ayant devront patiemment attendre le début de la une attention particulière, mais avec une saison d'automne. structure générique. J'ai eu un réel plaisir de rencontrer autant de Au rez-de-chaussée de la pyramide, un nombre délégués au récent Congrès FEPA à Opatija 32 incalculable de membres individuels de collec- des 42 fédérations étaient représentées en per- tionneurs de timbres / exposants, forment une sonne ou par procuration. base solide pour toute la pyramide. A la page 33 - 38 vous trouverez le compte Ces innombrables collectionneurs ont élu, par rendu du Congrès .Ici vous pouvez avoir une voie démocratique, leurs représentants au sein idée de ce qui a été discuté et décidé. du conseil d'administration des clubs locaux. Ce modèle continue dans la pyramide. L'une des tâches du programme du Conseil pour l'année en cours est de mettre à jour notre Les fédérations nationales sont mis sur le Statuts. Les Statuts présents ont resté inchangé troisième niveau. A ce niveau, le nombre de depuis le Congrès d'Amsterdam 2002. Cette joueurs sont réduites a au peu prés 90 - les tâche fait partie de l'ordinaire ménage. Il est fédérations nationales qui sont membres de la important de temps en temps d’allouer des FIP et un de chaque Fédération de Continental. ressources à des matières administratives pour s'assurer que les Statuts sont actualisés., même Au niveau avant le niveau supérieur ,le nombre si les changements - plus ou moins grands - en de joueurs sont réduits à 3, les Fédérations 3 aucun cas signifie laisser notre tâche commune Continentaux. et plus important de «Mettre en avant la philatélie". Il est très important que nous sommes en mesure de maintenir une structure qui permet Deux délégués ont souligné clairement lors du d'optimiser la quantité énorme de ressources Congrès qu'il était important que le conseil investies à tous les niveaux pour le bénéfice de alloue suffisamment de recours pour générer de la philatélie. Un modèle où nous respectons la nou-velles initiatives qui pourraient appuyé la souveraineté de tous les acteurs de la pyramide philatélie en général, mais aussi plus par- philatélique. ticulièrement en soutenant les fédérations membres individuels dans le développement de Dans cette situation, "Uni" veut dire pour la la philatélie locale. FEPA que les 42 fédérations membres ont décidé de travailler ensemble pour partager leurs vues Ce Congrès a été le numéro 11 que j'ai participé et d'apprendre les unes des autres, et si et je me souviens que l'expression «Europe possible, d'agir ensemble.