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Olympic & Sports Philatelic news |
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 2013 Cologne Collector's Fair. 4/05/2013 -- This year's Collector's Fair, to be held on 24 May at the German Sport & Olympia Museum in Cologne, will honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of Willi Daume. At one time president of the German Olympic Committee and a long-time member of the IOC, Daume is perhaps best remembered for being instrumental in obtaining the 1972 Olympic Games for Munich. He will be honored with 3 different postal cancellations (one of which is shown at right). The bourse always features a nice selection of sport and Olympic collectibles from many dealers. For more information, or to obtain a bourse table at the event, please click here for the announcement. |
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 Sochi Olympic Winter Games stamp list now online. 3/22/2013 -- With the 2014 Sochi Games less than a year away, we have launched a stamps list accessible through the Sochi Olympic Philately logo above. As we did with the 2012 London Games, the host country list will be public. However, the entire worldwide list will be available exclusively to SPI members from within the Members Only area of the website. As non-host country stamps have yet to be issued, only the public list is currently available. |
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 FIPO ceases operation. 3/22/2013 -- After 31 years of existence, the Federation Internationale de Philatelie Olympique, more familiarly known by its acronym, FIPO, has ceased to exist. In a letter dated 15 March 2013 to all FIPO member associations, the Director General of the International Olympic Committee, Christophe De Kepper, made the official announcement of the federation's dissolution. FIPO was the brainchild of the late IOC President, Juan Antonio Samaranch, who wished to demonstrate the importance of philately, and eventually other forms of collecting, to the Olympic Movement by creating the federation in 1982.Sometime later this year, a new collecting organization is expected to be inaugurated bringing together all disciplines (i.e. philately, numismatics, pins and memorabilia) under one banner: the Association Internationale des Collectionneurs Olympiques -- AICO. It is expected that the IOC will give its approval and recognition to the new group which will be run by the member associations. From this point forward, responsibility for relations with collectors will fall to The Olympic Museum in Lausanne. More details of the new association will be announced in due course. |
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 XIX World Olympic Collector's Fair comes to Bø, Norway. 2/28/2013 -- You are hereby invited to take part in the IOC approved World Olympic Collectors' Fair, in Bø, Norway from July 26-28. The fair is hosted by the local philatelic club, Bø Frimerkeklubb. Collectors and dealers from outside Norway get one table free of charge for the week-end. Additional tables are NOK. 100,- each. Registered collectors coming from abroad also get free access and free accreditation for the weekend for two persons including the table holder. Before our buffet dinner Saturday night we offer a free wine party for registered collectors with spouses, and we are preparing an informal early-bird party for Thursday afternoon, also free of charge. For more information, click here. If you are interested in attending, please contact the Event Coordinator, Halvor Kleppen (halvor@kleppen.com). |
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