European Academy
of Philately

The AEP

The European Academy of Philately is a society of eminent philatelists from Europe and the Mediterranean basin, as well as from other continents, who are particularly involved in European philately. Their aim is to practise, study and disseminate high-level European philately by means of meetings, exchanges of ideas, lectures, publications, exhibitions and other initiatives, in a friendly spirit of tolerance and the propagation of the European culture of today and tomorrow.

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The History

Based on a project by Frenchmen Jean Storch and Robert Françon, the Académie d'études postales was founded in Paris on 28 January 1978. In 1988, the society changed its name to the Académie européenne d'études philatéliques et postales, and on 20 May 2000, it became the Académie européenne de philatélie.

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News

Trait d'Union 2024-2

Trait d'Union 2024-2

The latest issue of Trait d'Union can be accessed from your personal space. [more infos]

RDP 2025

RDP 2025

Three AEP members, as well as the wife of one of our members, are invited to sign the RDP. [more infos]

Lichtenstein Award 2025

Lichtenstein Award 2025

Our member Yamil Kouri RDP (USA) was awarded the Lichtenstein Award 2025 by the Collectors Club New York, one of the highest philatelic distinctions. [more infos]

FEPA Awards 2024

FEPA Awards 2024

The AEP is proud to see two of its honorary members awarded the FEPA 2024 Medal: Myrsini Vardopoulou (Greece) for exceptional support to organised philately; Bruno Crevato-Selvaggi RDP (Italy, past AEP President) for exceptional services to organised philately. [more infos]

OPUS 24 has been published

OPUS 24 has been published

Spain is in the spotlight in 2024, with more than 300 pages of articles by leading Spanish philatelists. [more infos]

Upcoming Events

EuroPhilex BIRMINGHAM 2025

FEPA Exhibition, 8 to 11 May 2025, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England

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