PHILAFRANCE 2023

THE STAMP FESTIVAL IN CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE!

From Friday 26th to Monday 29th May 2023, the Chalon-sur-Saône Exhibition Centre will host the French Philatelic Championship, as part of the 96th Congress of the French Federation of Philatelic Associations. Free admission.

For four days, the Chalon-sur-Saône Exhibition Centre will be alive with stamps. It will welcome the 700 frames of the 179 collections or presentations in competition, coming from all over France, for the French Philatelic Championship. Open classes, Postcards, Traditional Philately, Aerophily, Youth, Fiscal Philately, Postal History, Themes, Class one frame, Maximaphily, Literature are all competitions where participants will have to demonstrate their curiosity, creativity and ability to find the right philatelic piece or document to convince the specialist jurors.

Numerous activities for the public will be presented to visitors. The Compagnie des Guides de la Philatélie will offer free guided tours of the exhibition. This is an opportunity for everyone to discover how much the art of philately requires imagination, rigour and erudition.

As every year, the most important annual philatelic event gives rise to the issue of a postage stamp representing the organising city. After the one in 2015, this is a new opportunity to discover the city of Chalon-sur-Saône. During the show, the stamp will be sold exclusively to visitors and La Poste will hold a temporary office with a special cancellation.

PhilaFrance 2023 is jointly organised by the Amicale Philatélique Chalonnaise and the Fédération Française des Associations Philatéliques with the support of the city of Chalon-sur-Saône, the Grand Chalon, the Conseil départemental de Saône et Loire, the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, the Association de Développement de la Philatélie (Adphile) and the French Post Office.

Infos : Free entrance
Contact : annick.fieux@sfr.fr - 06 29 87 61 34

Opening hours :
Friday and Saturday = 10am to 6pm
Sunday = 10am to 6pm (Opening of the 96th FFAP congress at 8.30am)
Monday = 10am to 4pm

For more information: www.ffap.net

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