The Corona pandemic has greatly changed the trade fair business. Long-time exhibitors have withdrawn or left the market as a result of the crisis. The success of this year’s stamp fair gives a different impression. But if you exclude the exhibitors who
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Many thousands of visitors from Germany and abroad flocked to Messe Essen from May 25-28, 2023, where Halls 7 and 8 hosted the 33rd International Stamp Fair and IBRA World Stamp Exhibition. The 12,000 square meter event offered everything a collector’s heart
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Luxembourg Post will offer at its stand some special products related to the 100th anniversary of the first souvenir sheet in the world.
On the occasion of its participation in the International Stamp Fair and IBRA, Romanian Post will issue a special stamp with the IBRA logo on May 25, 2023, the opening day, available in a miniature sheet of 4 with two tabs. In
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For the first time, the Fiji Postal Administration is participating in a stamp fair in Europe. At its stand (No. 8-26) near the large Deutsche Post stand, it will offer a range of special postmarks and matching thematic envelopes.
Some of the postal administrations present in Essen will carry event-related special postmark. The Croatian Post has used the well-known logo of the Essen Stamp Fair as an illustration.
Deutsche Post will also be offering a second special stationery item at its large stand in Hall 8 (No. 8-32), featuring a photo of the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex and the matching 110-cent postmark “Sights in Germany: Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial
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Some postal administrations will offer special stamp issues or souvenir sheets in Essen related to the stamp fair/IBRA. The Åland Post will be issuing the special “Peace” stamp at its stand. There is no special cancellation, but there is a normal postmark.
Deutsche Post will offer two IBRA postal stationery items at its large stand in Hall 8 (No. 8-32), in addition to nine special postmarks. The one for the standard domestic letter (85 cents) shows the eastern part of the trade fair grounds
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Austrian Post will offer some special exhibition souvenirs at its stand at the stamp fair (No. 8-29). These include the current ATM summer motifs with the imprint “IBRA 2023”.
The United Nations Postal Administration will sell the pictured White Card at its booth (No. 8-30) on the occasion of its participation in the 33rd International Stamp Fair in Essen, Germany.
Good news for visitors, bad news for exhibitors who are hesitating with the registration until now: The 33rd International Stamp Fair in Essen, the commercial part of the World Stamp Exhibition IBRA from May 25 to 28, 2023, is already as good
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In view of the Brexit and the associated customs controls, there was little hope that trading companies from the UK would also participate in IBRA 2023. Nevertheless, the first exhibitors from the islands can now be reported. The companies Bill Barrell from
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A good year before the start of the 33rd International Stamp Fair, which will be held together with IBRA 2023 in Halls 7 and 8, around 50 companies have already confirmed their participation. Among them are “old acquaintances”, but also some exhibitors
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The participation documents for the 33rd Essen International Stamp Fair from May 25 to 28, 2023, the commercial part of the World Stamp Exhibition IBRA 2023, are now online and can be downloaded under the menu item „Service/Application“.
Already some months ago the preparations for the World Stamp Exhibition IBRA 2023 from May 25 to 28 at Messe Essen have started, whose commercial part will be the 33rd International Stamp Fair. For internal reasons, the venue has been moved from
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The International Stamp Fair in Essen planned for May 5-7, 2022, must unfortunately be cancelled due to the Corona pandemic! The experience of the last months shows that many fairs and other events settle at 50-70 percent of the pre-Corona level –
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The 31st International Stamp Fair in Essen, planned for May 6-8, 2021, unfortunately has to be cancelled due to the Corona pandemic! Fairs have been banned since the beginning of November 2020, and it is not at all foreseeable when and under
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IBRA 2021 will probably be postponed by two years. In order to avoid a vacancy, next year’s “normal” stamp fair will be held in May at the old location in Hall 1 A of the Messe Essen. The planned date is 6
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With effect from 13 March 2020, the city of Essen has decreed that all major events in the city area with more than 1000 visitors are prohibited. The order is not limited in time, but is valid until further notice. This means
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