With nearly 2,000 frames of displays provided by collectors from forty countries, there will be something to draw the attention of every visitor to EuroPhilEx 2025, the international stamp exhibition being held at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, from Wednesday, 7 May, until Sunday, 11 May.
Foremost among the competitive exhibits will be those in the FEPA Grand Prix Class. These will feature:
- The Austrian Post in Hungary 1850-1867, from Adriano Bergamini;
- The 1839-1840 British Postal Reforms: their Origins, Milestones and International Results, from James Grimwood-Taylor;
- A Country Divided: Effects of the American Civil War on the Mails, from Daniel Ryterband;
- The Evolution of Outbound Foreign Mail cancelled in New York City 1845-1878, from Nick Kirke;
- The Forgotten War – IEF ‘D’ and the war in Mesopotania 1914-1918, from Professor Akthem Al-Manaseer;
- Nepal: The Prestamp and Classic Period 1779-1907, from Rishi Kumar Tulsyan;
- Norwegian Skilling Covers Domestic and Abroad, from Tom Komnaes;
- Sarawak – The First Forty Years 1858-1898, from Simon Martin-Redman;
- Classic Sweden 1855-1872, from Peter Stommendal;
- Venice, Europe, the contagion, the disinfection … (postal history of the health office from XVI to XIX century), from Franco Rigo;
- Victoria Postage Stamps of Natal 1857-1901, from Professor Keith Klugman;
- Postal History of the Wynental, Switzerland (1813-1905), from Juerg Roth.
Other classes included in the exhibition are: Traditional (National, Europe and Rest of World); Postal History (National, Europe and Rest of World); Postal Stationery; Revenues; Thematics (Culture, Nature and Technology); Open Philately; Aerophilately; Astrophilately; Maximaphily.
The exhibits will be judged by an international Jury, headed by Jury President, Chris Harman, with Bill Hedley as Honorary Jury President. Jury Secretary will be Damien Läge, while Lars Engelbrecht will be FEPA Consultant, and Peter Suhadolc will be FIP Representative.
The medals awarded to exhibitors will take the design and shape of the exhibition logo, namely a 19th century Birmingham spoon duplex cancellation. Those in the FEPA Grand Prix Class and Large Gold and Gold medal winners will receive a gold-coloured medal; all other competitive exhibitors will receive a silver-coloured medal. Those displaying in the Court of Honour, plus gold and large gold patrons, will receive a red medal, while Jurors, Commissioners and helpers will receive a blue medal.
The Royal Philatelic Society London will be making a special presentation of its Exhibition Medal. Several other awards will be presented, including awards presented by the Global Philatelic Network (FEPA Grand Prix Class, the Grand Prix National and Grand Prix International), The Cavendish Auctions Postal History prize, the James Van der Linden medal for postal history research, the Postal Stationery Society Cup, the Silver Post Box for Traditional Philately, and the FEPA Certificate of Appreciation.