American Philatelic Society FIP Shows

Below is a list of international (FIP recognized) shows. These shows may be held at most once every ten years in any one country and typically last a week or longer. Requests for booth space and exhibit entries are typically due a year or more in advance. Interested dealers should contact the organizers at the address listed. Exhibitors usually must apply through their own country's commissioners. When known, the contact information for the U.S. commissioners is included for the shows where entries are still being accepted. Commissioners for other countries are often listed on the show's web site or can be obtained from the show contact information provided.

FIP Recognized Exhibitions with USA Participation

PRAGA 08 Specialised World Stamps Prague, Czech Republic September 12-14, 2008
Classes:	Traditional, Postal History, Literature, One Frame
Commissioner:	Darrell Ertzberger P.O. Box 16208 Crystal City, VA 22215-1208 mteton@aol.com

SESCAL/AMERICAS 2008 Americas Federations Only Los Angeles, California October 10-12, 2008
Classes:	All except Astro, Maximaphily, and Literature
Commissioner:	Thomas P. Meyers 7411 Old Post Road #1 Lincoln, NE 68506 tpmphil@hotmail.com

China 2009 General World Philatelic Exhibition Luoyang City, Henan Province, China April 10-16, 2009
Classes:	All
Commissioner:	Stephen D. Schumann 2417 Cabrillo Drive Hayward, CA 94545 sdsch@earthlink.net and Wade E. Saadi 40 Fulton Street - 18th Floor New York, NY 10038-1850 wade@pencom.com
Website:	Forthcoming

BULGARIA 2009 Specialized World Stamps (European Federation plus invited countries; USA is invited) Sofia, Bulgaria May 27-31, 2009
Classes:	All

Melbourne 09 Australian National Stamp Show (USA exhibits invited) Melbourne, Australia July 23-26, 2009
Classes:	All except One Frame

ITALIA 09 Specialized World Stamps (European Federation plus invited countries: USA is invited) Rome, Italy October 21-25, 2009
Classes:	Traditional, Postal History, Thematic, Maximaphily, Aerophilately, One Frame, Literature
Commissioner:	Stephen Reinhard P.O. Box 110 Mineola, NY 11501 sreinhard1@optonline.net

London 2010: Festival of Stamps General World Philatelic Exhibition London, England May 8-10, 2010
Commissioner:	Ross Towle 40Clayton St. San Francisco, CA 91447 rosstowle@yahoo.com
Website	www.london2010.org.uk/international-stamp-exhibition

PORTUGAL 2010 General World Philatelic Exhibition Lisbon, Portugal October 1-10, 2010
Classes:	All
Commissioner:	Kenneth Gilbart 3315 Willow Glen Drive Oak Hill, VA 20171 Fax: 703-476-4252 (call on voice first) kdgmbg@aol.com

INDIA 2011 General World Philatelic Exhibition (city to be announced) February 18-25, 2011
Classes:	All
Commissioner:	TBA

PHILANIPPON 2011 General World Philatelic Exhibition Tokyo, Japan August, 2011
Classes:	All
Commissioner:	TBA

FIP Recognized Exhibitions with no USA Participation

WIPA 08
European Federations Only

Vienna, Austria
September 18-21, 2008

NAPOSTA/IBRA 2009
European Federations Only, but includes German Philatelic Society-BDPh Salon
Eseen, Germany
May 6-7, 2009

Contact Germany Philatelic Society for information on Salon.

Hong Kong 2209
Asia/Pacific Federations Only
Hong Kong, China
May 14-17, 2009

PHILAKOREA 2009
Asia/Pacific Federations Only

Seoul, Korea
July 30-August 4, 2009

JOBURG 2010
(may be Asia/Pacific Federations only)
Johannesburg, South Africa
October 27-31, 2010

Further information on the International Federation of Philately (FIP)
is available from http://www.f-i-p.ch/

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