European Philatelic Exhibition
The International Association of Philatelic Journalists (AIJP) granted its Patronage to NOTOS 2021 during its Board Meeting yesterday. At the AIJP Annual Congress convened today in Prague, Wolfgang Maassen, AIJP President, and Costas Chazapis, Head of NOTOS 2021 OC, signed the Patronage Agreement.
The campaign to financially support NOTOS 2021 was launched on 25 June, when letters were mailed to members and friends of the Hellenic Philatelic Society. On 29 June, which is only four days later, the OC received the first Promissory Note for cash deposit. The OC highly appreciated the generosity of this valued donor.
Last night during the Israel 2018 WSC Palmares, Stavros Andreadis was voted by the Jury the FIP World Stamp Champion. He received 18 votes out of 24. Stavros’ “Kassandra” renowned collection is the best exhibit on the Large Hermes Heads of Greece ever presented to the public. He won Large Gold in his first participation in an FIP exhibition, in Espana 2004. He then won consecutive LGs in Washington 2006, Portugal 2010 (also candidate for the Grand Prix International) and New York 2016 (also candidate for the Grand Prix d’Honneur).
Yesterday evening, in a packed room at the HPS premises, the NOTOS 2021 OC officially presented the upcoming exhibition to the HPS members and friends, as well as members of other philatelic societies. The first part of the Powerpoint presentation included a three-minute slide show with familiar photos from the 2015 exhibition. The second part was dedicated to the 2021 event and produced the answers to three simple questions: (a) What is NOTOS 2021? (b) How is this going to be accomplished? and (c) Why are we doing it? The warm response by the audience at the end of the show gave way to a lot of happy moments at the reception that followed.
Photos by N. Varouxis and (Ms.) M. Tsiaousidou
The FEPA Board granted today the FEPA Patronage to NOTOS 2021 – European Philatelic Exhibition, as it was kindly requested by the OC in their letter dated 22 April.
Yesterday, during the regular meeting of the Board of the Hellenic Philatelic Federation (EFO), the proposal of the NOTOS 2021 OC for staging the exhibition was unanimously approved. The Federation will wholeheartedly support the project and its President will co-sign any necessary papers need to be addressed to FEPA and FIP along with the Head of the OC.
The Administrative Council of the Hellenic Philatelic Society (HPS) approved the proposal as set out by the NOTOS 2021 OC. The proposal included the basic plan and an outline of the exhibition budget. The HPS also entrusted to the NOTOS 2021 OC the management of the Hermes Club, which will financially support the exhibition.
We proudly announce NOTOS 2021 – European Philatelic Exhibition! Although this time we are working on a full Continental event, we chose to stick to the name NOTOS as a reminiscence of the 2015 exhibition.
So, stay in touch with the website which was launched today. We shall do our best to keep you posted.
The provisional OC held a second meeting in Piraeus, so that certain details are finalised before the official announcements will be communicated to the Hellenic Philatelic Federation (EFO) and the European Philatelic Federation (FEPA). The exhibition standards and the participation limits were set out and the budget was outlined. In the meantime, among the candidate names that were proposed and openly discussed, NOTOS 2021 seems to be gaining ground.
Costas and Lorentzos Chazapis on behalf of the OC met with Ms. Mary Tsiota, Deputy Mayor of Peristeri, in order to brief her on the 2021 exhibition. The Deputy Mayor, who had addressed the audience at the grand opening of NOTOS 2015, welcomed the idea and offered wholeheartedly the Peristeri Exhibition Centre to the disposal of the OC.