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Philately News🌐 InternationalThe West Indies Philatelic Study Group has relayed a report from Spink’s Josh Barber that more than 80% of the material in its British West Indies e-auction sold. Sale 26188 opened on 24 September ...
Records a reported sell-through result for a specialist British West Indies auction containing named Jamaica and Charles Freeland collections.
Philately News🌐 InternationalFIAF’s executive council approved two jury accreditations on 20 October 2026, according to a report published the following day by Actualidad Filatélica. The assessments took place during the 201 A...
The decision adds accredited judging capacity in Literature and Traditional Philately.
Philately News🌐 InternationalFEPA’s Philately Forward competition offers €1,000 for the best idea to attract new stamp collectors. Submissions are limited to 1,000 words and close on 31 October 2026. Collectors, societies, fe...
The competition seeks practical proposals for bringing new participants into stamp collecting.
Philately News🌐 InternationalPostEurop announced the results of its EUROPA stamps 70th-anniversary postcard design competition on 12 October 2026. Ellie O’Mahony of Ireland and Pavel Cantor of Romania won the two €500 prizes. ...
The award identifies six designs produced as official EUROPA anniversary postcards.
Philately News🌐 InternationalA second edition of Peter Wingent’s study of aircraft movements on Imperial Airways’ African routes is available through the Rhodesian Study Circle. The circle’s announcement was published on 9 Oct...
The revised aircraft chronology provides source material for studying mail carried on Imperial Airways’ African services.
Philately News🌐 InternationalThe Federation of European Philatelic Associations released issue 49 of FEPA News on 5 October 2026. The 120-page October edition is available as a free PDF. Its contents cover federation and memb...
A new freely accessible reference brings European exhibition and research news together in one issue.
Philately News🌐 InternationalSchwaneberger Verlag published the 41st edition of MICHEL Westafrika 2026/2027, volume H–Z, on 2 October 2026. The publisher lists 1,116 colour pages in softcover, priced at €104, under ISBN 978-3-...
The new regional edition expands coverage and introduces previously unlisted Nigerian material under identified catalogue numbers.
Philately News🌐 InternationalThe 2026 EUROMED POSTAL philatelic contest is themed “Traditional Mosaics in the Mediterranean”. Its organizer announced online voting from 1 September to 1 November 2026. The competition brings t...
The organizer sets the public voting period for a coordinated regional stamp-design competition.
The Fédération Internationale de Philatélie announced on 18 August 2026 that a limited number of copies of its centenary book are available for purchase. The 100-page hardcover volume commemorates ...
The hardcover volume is an official institutional history of FIP’s first century and may become a useful reference for international exhibitions, governance and organized philately.
The Philatelic Traders’ Society announced in January that Virtual Stampex would return from 6–8 March. The free online show was planned to run continuously for 72 hours with exhibits, dealer booths...
The continuous online format gives worldwide collectors free access without travel or time-zone exclusion.
The Joint Stamp Issues catalogue reported a 2026 update that created Volume 17 for material issued from 1 January 2026 onward. The project organises stamps released by two or more postal administra...
A dedicated 2026 volume improves discovery and versioned research for coordinated issues that ordinary national catalogues may not connect.
Stampcurio Philatelic Auctions advertised a worldwide public auction for 1 January. The sale covered postal history and philatelic material including British Commonwealth and broader world areas. ...
The sale adds an international auction record at the opening of the 2026 market calendar.
Philately News🌐 InternationalThe Universal Postal Union announced on 15 December 2025 that the international reply coupon would be discontinued on 31 December 2026. Member countries had approved the decision at the Universal P...
The decision sets a final date for the sale and exchange of a long-running collectible postal instrument.
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