Fédération Internationale de Philatélie

World federation for philately based in Zürich, Switzerland

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The Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) is the world federation for philately (the study of postage stampsand postal history). Based in Zürich, Switzerland, the FIP was founded on 18 June 1926.

Aims

The FIP was founded in 1926 when a small number of European federations came together to found a worldwide organisation. The FIP promotes stamp collecting and philately. The FIP works to promote philately in developing countries, in Asia and in industrialised countries, where it appears to be stagnating.^[1] It coordinates contact between philatelic organisations in different countries.^[2] Every year the FIP provides patronage to a number of major stamp exhibitions.^[3] The FIP Congress takes place annually during one of the international exhibitions that it has endorsed.

In 2004, FIP ran its first "World Stamp Competition" in Singapore and selected Tel Aviv for the second competition in 2008. The competitions involved national teams and philatelic jurors. In 2008, FIP selected Tel Aviv, Paris, Bucharest, Prague, and Vienna for stamp exhibitions.^[4]

Governance

The FIP is run by a board of directors with a president and three vice-presidents. Since 2010, the president has been Bernard Beston, of Australia.^{[citation needed]}

Commissions

There are eleven FIP Commissions which deal with the following subjects:^[5]

Aerophilately
Astrophilately
Fight against Forgeries
Maximaphily
Philatelic literature
Postal history
Postal stationery
Thematic philately
Traditional philately
Revenues
Youth philately

References

^ "F.I.P. About Us". Fédération Internationale de Philatélie. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
^ Horning, Otto (1970). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Stamp Collecting. Feltham, UK: The Hamlyn Publishing Group. p. 63. ISBN 0-600-01797-4.
^ "Exhibitions under FIP Patronage". Fédération Internationale de Philatélie. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ "FIP Exhibitions 2007–2010" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Philatélie. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
^ "FIP Commissions/Sections". Fédération Internationale de Philatélie. Retrieved 2016-01-06.