Indian winners at International Philatelic Exhibitions

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At the virtual stamp exhibition “FILANANIAS 2021”, there were 58 participants from India with a total of 110 exhibits, for which 72 gold medals, 28 silver medals and 5 bronze medals were awarded.

The awards list (Palmares) was published on September 3 at https://virtuafil.org/public-expo-palmares-list.aspx?exID=5011

Participants included enthusiasts at all levels, from novices and young children to senior, highly-experienced and world-renowned philatelists. From India, participants included school stamp clubs and even entire families.

The exhibition, “FILANANIAS 2021” this year was in its third edition and was conducted by FILABRAS - Associação dos Filatelistas Brasileiros, the largest virtual philatelic society in  Brazil. https://www.facebook.com/groups/FILABRAS. The exhibition extended an open invitation to stamp collectors from all over the world, without pre-qualifying conditions and totally without costs. The objective was simple: the world-wide promotion of philately without geographical, financial, cultural, political or academic restrictions of any kind.

The exhibition was announced in March when applications for participation were open, and almost immediately, there was a flood of registrations from all over the world, especially from India and with a particular emphasis on enthusiasts from Bengaluru. In total there were 142 participants from 18 countries and with 239 exhibits. “FILANANIAS 2021” soon became one of the biggest virtual philatelic exhibitions in the world this year.

To ensure maximum participation and maximum inclusion, FILANANIAS 2021 used informal, simplified technical judging standards. An international jury of highly respected philatelists was appointed.

But a really unique aspect of the exhibition was popular voting by the internet, where the general public was able to cast votes on their favourite exhibits, without the need for registration. The intention of the organizer was to introduce democracy and popular opinion into the world of philately and not to restrict the evaluation process only to expert juries. This initiative proved to be an extraordinary success and more than 13,000 popular votes were cast until the end of voting on July 31. The results of the popular voting is published at https://virtuafil.org/public-expo-popular-voting-list.aspx?exID=5011 where Indian philatelists are prominent among the winners.

Popular voting and jury work ended on August 31 however, all exhibits will remain on public view at the permanent exhibition website, indefinitely. http://filananias2021.virtuafil.org/

The organizers, FILABRAS, thank all participants for their support and look forward to seeing everyone again at the next edition in 2022.

Niall Murphy
Vice President of FILABRAS and member of the Organizing Committee for FILABRAS 2021
Saõ Paulo, Brazil
September 3, 2021
info@filabras.org

Great American Stamp Show GASS 2021

Lokeswara Rao Madiraju Received Large Silver and also ATA (American Topical Association) Study Unit Journal award for his Literature Exhibit “Buddhism on Stamps” and Silver for his Single Frame exhibit “Buddhist Mudras”.

PHILANIPPON 2021

Shri Lokeswara Rao Madiraju won a Silver medal for his book ‘Buddhism on Stamps’.

Mr. Dinesh Chandra Sharma  won silver medals for his two books ‘Olympic Flame’  and ‘Torch Relay and Philately as a teaching tool’.