NORDIA 2013 - Nordic stamp exhibition

 

From June 07th till June 09th, 2013, the Icelandic Philatelic Federation will host the Nordic philatelic exhibition that will be held in the sports hall Asgardur in Gardabaer.

The title of the exhibition is NORDIA 2013 and this will be the sixth such exhibition that the Federation has held after the ones in 1984, 1991, 1996, 2003 and 2009. The goal will be 700 qualifying frames of material to be exhibited.

The exhibits will be divided in all regular classes and in addition for the first time it will include exhibits in competitive postcards class, a class that postcard collectors succeeded to establish in recent years. The exhibition classes are divided in accordance with the exhibition rules which can be accessed in the link to the left on this site.

Participants in the NORDIA 2013 will also be the partners of the Philatelic Federations of the Nordic countries as well as of the Scandinavian collectors club of United States.

 

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StampNews.com portal has published  interview  with the US Postmaster General, Patrick R. Donahoe. Here he reveals many aspects of stamps and present day philately.

StampNews : In your opinion, what is the future of philately in the Internet era?

Mr. Patrick Donahoe: The internet adds value to stamp collecting and makes it easy to learn about the hobby and buy and sell stamps. There are all sorts of discussion groups online where you can meet other stamp collectors from around the globe to get tips for enhancing your collection. And every major stamp collecting organization has a website and nearly all sell stamp related products—which are fulfilled through the mail.

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