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PHILATELIC NEWS |
PSWA 2012 CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION 2012 Philatelic Society of WA Centennial Exhibition (the Exhibition) is a Full National Philatelic Exhibition. It will be held at the Robinson Pavilion, Claremont Showgrounds Claremont, Thursday 17 to 20 May, 2012 inclusive. The address for further information visit PSWA 2012 ********************** TRI NATIONS STAMP EXHIBITION 2011 This competitive stamp exhibition was organized by the Philatelic Association of Thailand (PAT) under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, in collaboration with Thailand Post Co., Ltd. It was held in the International Conference Center of Chiang Mai, Grandview Hotel in Chiang Mai taking place between Saturday, 22nd and Sunday, 23rd October 2011. The aim of this exhibition is to encourage stamp collectors from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore to exchange philatelic experience and knowledge of their collections and to qualify those exhibits earning a vermeil or higher medal level to future international stamp exhibitions. Thailand Post Co., Ltd prepared a commemorative postage stamp for the Philatelic Association of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of Her Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. Two versions of Tri Nations Stamp Exhibition souvenir sheets were available - The sheetlet of four stamps with the PAT logo and one with the Tri Nations Stamp Exhibition 2011 logo printed. The Palmares was held at the Ballroom at the Grandview Hotel in Chiang Mai. Buffet-style dinner was served after which presentation of the awards took place. ********************** SHARJAH ARABIAN STAMP EXHIBITION 2011 The Emirates Philatelic Association (EPA) and Sharjah Mega Mall organized 2nd Sharjah Arabian Stamp Exhibition - SHARJAH 2011. The Exhibition held in the Mega Mall from 18 to 22 October 2011 to promote every aspect of philately in the region. The exhibition was inaugurated by Sheikh Sultan Bin Ahmad Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman of Sharjah Media Corporation. The exhibitors from all the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries participated in the exhibition. The Jury President was Mr. Abdulla M. T. Khoory and jury members were Muhammad Javaid and Omar Mohd Ahmad. In the exhibition 108 frames were on display, only 01 exhibit received Gold medal, 02 Large Vermeil, 04 Vermeil, and other (38) exhibits awarded Large Silver to Certificate of Participants. The exhibition was entirely dedicated to Arabian Philately to encourage and educate the local Arabic population to the historical significance of Arabian philately. The children drawing competition was arranged by EPA, children shown great interest in the competition. The prizes were distributed to the winners and EPA will print postcards from the winning drawings. The exhibition attracted many visitors and specially schoolchildren shown their great interest in the exhibition. The EPA and Emirates Post counter along with other 20 dealers from GCC, Germany, Netherlands, USA, India, Pakistan, Egypt and Lebanon were crowded and busy most of the time. The Palmares party was held on 21st October 2011, at Holiday Inn hotel, Sahrjah. ********************** |
HONG KONG STAMPEX 2012 The Hong Kong Philatelic Society is the organizer of the exhibition and it is supported by Hong Kong Post. The exhibition will be held from 2-4 March, 2012 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Hong Kong stamps. The aim of this event is to qualify new exhibits for future international philatelic exhibitions. The status of the show is equivalent to National Stamp Exhibition. Venue: 6th Floor Exhibition Hall, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Road Central. For more details contact: hkpsociety@yahoo.com ********************** SYDNEY STAMP EXPO 2011 Sydney Stamp Expo a full national level stamp exhibition was held over four days from Thursday 30th March 2011 to Sunday 3rd April 2011 at Royal Randwick Racecourse. The exhibition was a joint venture with the Australasian Philatelic Traders Association (APTA) with sponsorship from the Australian Gaslight Company (AGL) who provided green energy for the exhibition venue. The exhibition attracted over 700 frames of competitive exhibits including two entries in the Modern Traditional Class which was a late inclusion. The exhibition also saw the introduction of a Championship Class where exhibits that had previously won FIP or FIAP Gold or Large Gold medals were eligible to enter. The standard of the entries was reflected by the awarding of 12 Large Gold and 22 Gold medals which was approximately 26% of the total competitive entries. ********************** EXPERIMENTAL MODERN TRADITIONAL CLASS (MELBOURNE 2013) The APF has introduced an experimental Traditional Class in the lead up to Melbourne 2013. An FIP International World Stamp Exhibition, Australia 2013, is scheduled to be held in Melbourne in May 2013, to commemorate the Centenary of the Kangaroo stamp issued as the first Commonwealth postage stamp. This exhibition will include experimental traditional philately class in an endeavor to encourage more exhibits of modern material. The class will follow the existing traditional philately rules except that exhibits will be restricted to stamp issues of the 50 years before 2013. For example if one or two values were issued in 1962 and the other 14 values issued from 1963 onwards it would acceptable. However it would not be acceptable to show a British colony issue of 1954, when the 1964 watermark changes only amounted to say 1 of 5 frames. The point breakup has also slightly modified to exclude importance. The 10 points previously allocated to this criterion have been equally redistributed to Presentation and Treatment. The revised points for the class are - Presentation 10 Treatment 25 Philatelic & Related Knowledge, Personal Study & research 35 Condition 10 Rarity and Difficulty of Acquisition 20 Total 100 ********************** |