Philatelic magazines and periodicals:
New issue of the journal FEPA NEWS II Series No. 47 – October 2025

FEPA.
Latest news from the FEPA Board and FEPA Congress.

RECENT EUROPEAN EXHIBITIONS.
Reports from EuroPhilEx, BERNABA, Liberec, NORDIA.

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS.
Information on events planned between October 2025 and October 2027.

BALKANFILA.
The story of the oldest regional organisation in Europe on its 60th birthday, and a description of its future plans.

PHILATELIC LITERATURE.
Giancarlo Morolli (Italy) outlines essential changes that are needed to stimulate and improve exhibiting and judging of this vital component of philately.

MODERN PHILATELY.
Svetislav Jelić (Serbia) describes this new class and illustrates how it is developing by showing several examples of recent exhibits..

MAXIMAPHILY.
Boštjan Petauer (Slovenia) reviews the early development of Maxi cards from their first appearance in Germany in 1872.

PHILATELY, SOCIAL MEDIA AND EXHIBITING.
Lars Engelbrecht (Denmark) reviews the results of the FEPA consultations with Members in early 2025 on how social media could be used to benefit philately and looks forward to the second round of consultations in late 2025 on the future of exhibiting.

LEADERSHIP IN PHILATELY.
Jonas Hällström (Sweden) argues that leadership is essential if organisations are to survive and prosper and looks back to the early days of philately for examples of effective leaders who mapped the future.

COLLABORATION BETWEEN PHILATELIC ORGANISATIONS.
Harold Krische (Canada) describes the progress that philatelic societies in the USA and Canada are making towards embracing change through collaboration.

CRISIS IN YOUTH PHILATELY.
Vojtech Jankovič (Slovakia) argues that Youth Philately is disappearing from exhibitions and that urgent action is needed to counter this trend. He proposes that a discussion about the future should be started urgently.

FUTURE OF PHILATELY.
Chris McDonagh (Ireland) makes some brisk recommendations on the future priorities for philatelic organisations, including the urgent need to present a better image to the wider world. FESOFI (Spain) also reports on a study they are conducting into trends in philately.

UNIVERSITY OF PARIS MESSENGERS IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES.
Martina Hacke (Independent Researcher) describes the development of this messenger service which was a vital precursor to the first royal postal service in France.

DEUTSCHER ALTBRIEF-SAMMLER VEREIN.
Thomas Hoepfner (Germany) reviews the origins and development of one of the leading European organisations for philatelic research, which also organises the annual Postgeschichte-Live competition at Ulm.

PHILATELY AND LOCAL HISTORY.
Marcus Occhipinti (Italy) describes how philately has made a vital contribution to a local history project in the town of Bovino.

POST HORN.
Claudio Manzati (Italy) describes the origins and development of the POST HORN Journal.

DETECTING FORGERIES.
Paul Leonard (UK) illustrates how the use of the latest spectrometry has helped philatelic experts to detect clever forgeries.

FEPA DATA.
Up to date information on Who is Who and what is happening in FEPA.