Городская почта с доставкой писем была организована в 1870 году. А в 1891-м в Минске появилось первое почтовое отделение.
On November 27 - December 10, 1990, in Armenia, Yerevan, an international philatelic exhibition was held
On May 4, at the headquarters of the Universal Postal Union in Bern, Switzerland, a solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the international philatelic exhibition CAPE TOWN 2022 was held.
From 8 to 12 November 2022, the Universal Postal Union held the 17th International Competitive Class, which took place as part of the international philatelic exhibition #IPEX2022. According to the decision of the international jury in group B (countries issuing from 30 to 69 postage stamps per year) of the competitive class, Belpochta was awarded a gold medal for the exposition "Belarus on postage stamps" - a collection of postage stamps issued for postal circulation after January 1 2019.
In Cairo, October 7–12, 1991 went CAIRO'91
In Alger, 3–11 May 1930 - Exposition Philatelique Internationale de L'Afrique du Nord.
First souvenir sheet of Belarus released into circulation September 25, 1992.
The first stamp of Belarus released into circulation March 20, 1992.
The event was attended by Alexei Borodin, the President of the Union of Philatelists of Russia; Artem Adibekov, the Director General of JSC Marka; Raisa Irz, the Head of the Corporate Social Responsibility Department of JSC Russian Post; and Anatoly Truba, the Editor-in-Chief of the Alexander literary and historical magazine, the Secretary of the Union of Russian Writers, a prose writer and essay writer.
The Exhibition is dedicated to the 165th Anniversary of the first postage stamp of Russia and the 100th Anniversary of the first stamp of the USSR; it demonstrates philatelists' achievements in literature, electronic editions and web sites. More than 60 authors take part in the Exhibition with more than 80 exhibits from seven countries: Russia, Belarus, Israel, Moldova, Mongolia, Germany and the Czech Republic. The participants from Russia are philatelists from 19 cities. Each participant received a diploma and a medal. The best editions were honored with special prizes.
The Exhibition presents printed and electronic publications: catalogs, books, monographs, researches, collections of investigative articles, active non-commercial web sites, as well as thematic exhibits. Joint-Stock Company Marka presented two exhibits in the official class, namely: Postage stamps of the Russian Federation of 1992–2017 and State Valuable Postal Matter of the Russian Federation. 2017-2022.
As part of the Exhibition opening, a ceremony was held of commemorative cancellation of a stamped postcard dedicated to the LITFILA 2023 All-Russian exhibition of philatelic literature. The card features Valuable Postal Matter catalogs, mail and philately history publications, as well as a commemorative medal designed for the Exhibition. The Print Run of the card is 1.2 thousand copies. The postcard was put into postal circulation and went on sale in post offices throughout the country and the Collectioner show room chain.
The exhibition is held from May18 to 26, 2023, in the Collectioner show room at the address: 118, Prospect Mira, Moscow.
From 7 to 12 August 2014 RUE "Belpochta" took part in the World Exhibition of Stamps "FILAKOREA 2014" (Seoul, South Korea). The event was held under the aegis of the Korean Post and was dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the first Korean brand.
696 philatelic collections were presented at the exhibition. All competitive works were evaluated by a competent international jury. RUE "Belpochta" took part in the literary class of the international event. In this competition class, 90 exhibits from different countries were presented. The Organizing Committee highly appreciated the "Catalog of postage stamps of the Republic of Belarus. 2008-2012 ", presented by Belarusian post, and awarded one of the highest awards - a silver medal and a certificate.
The exhibition was held in the exhibition center "SOEX", which is the largest in the business district of Seoul. On an area of more than 10 300 meters, trade pavilions for postal administrations, local and foreign companies, representatives of philatelic publications and collectors from different countries of the world were located. During the exhibition, the 73rd Congress of the International Federation of Philately was held.
The South African International Stamp Exhibition was held in the Shaw Wool Market, Durban from 2–12 July 1928, organized by the Philatelic Society of Natal.
The principal awards went to the following exhibits:
The Championship Cup went to E. J. Lee (England) for ‘Uruguay’.
Special Silver Cups (and gold medals) went to J. E. M. Coch (Johannesburg) for ‘Rhodesia’ and A. Watson (Pretoria) for ‘Great Britain’.
Special Medals went to Dr. McCann (Liverpool) for ‘Irish Free State’ and W. L. Ashmead (Cape Town) for ‘Jamaica’.
Gold Medals went to:
L. Simenhoff (Cape Town) for ‘Union of South Africa’; H. Mallett-Veale (Prieska) for ‘South West Africa’; A. F. Lichtenstein (New York) for ‘Cape of Good Hope’; H. H. Hurst (Durban) for ‘Natal’; H. B. Hargreaves (London) for ‘Rhodesia’; F. Hugh Vallancey (London) for ‘Great Britain’; E. A. Smythies for ‘India, ½ Anna’; H. Lagerhof (3 medals), G. Ginger (2 medals) and 9 others. There were also 26 Silver and 22 Oxidised Silver medals.
The top literature awards went to Charles Nissen for The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain, 1840 and E. A. Smythies for The Half-Anna Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854-1855.
Date: 30 June to 5 July.
Where: Durban.
Organised by: The Philatelic Society of Natal.
Venue: The Library Hall on the corner of West and Church streets.
Opened by: Lord Gladstone.
Scope: A competitive exhibition with eleven classes for collections from all over the world. More than 200 entries were received with a large number coming from outside the country.
Major winner(s): 49 awards of which 10 were gold medals. Attendance: Over 5000 visitors were attracted to this exhibition. Special postmark: A special datestamp as displayed, (3).
Commemorative Cover(s): The organisers used Natal postal stationery postcards imprinted with an 1/2d stamp, with “PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF NATAL” stamped in violet on the front. Various picture postcards with a label, “Philatelic Society of Natal, Box 588. SOUTH AFRICAN PHILA- TELIC EXHIBITION, Durban. July 1913, were also used. An exhibition catalogue was also produced.
References: SAP, August 1963, 145/6. SAP, August 1998, 100. Reisener, 14.
Notes: The first exhibition of note that put philately in Southern Africa on the map. The interesting point about the cds provided, was the reversed “N” of the word EXHIBITION.
The Philatelic Society used this special envelope to publicise the exhibition.
SAPE1913pm-1. (3).
Of special note are the special cards that were produced with various designs. They were made by a very talented lady helper, who spent days to prepare with great skill, special postcards of different designs. She made them out of pieces of postage stamps. The majority of the cards, show floral designs. These cards were numbered and sold at 1/6d at the exhibition. In Reisener, it is indicated that the highest number seen is 1305.
SAPE1913-2. One of the special postcards.
Vienna (Austria) hosted the annual worldwide competition makes "Grand Prix Exhibitions WIPA".
The competition was presented the brand produced in 2011 from 65 countries. Publishing Center "Marka" RUE "Belarusian Post" took part in the competition. Belarusian unit - "850th anniversary of the Cross of Saint Euphrosyne" (decoration and Andrei Mamaev Ivan Lukin) - took the 7th place among the 10 prize and received a certificate.
The ten winners of the countries included, and countries such as Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Switzerland, the Vatican, and others.
Summarized the competition for the best postage stamp of the world in 2014 "The Great Prize of the WIPA Exhibition" in Austria
More than 70 countries took part in this international competition.
The Belarusian postage stamp "Slutsk Belts" entered the top ten and took the sixth place.
The beauty, sophistication and sophistication of the Slutsk belts are surprising and delightful. The art postage stamp is made in the form of an isosceles triangle. The products are printed in sheets of five brands. Their unusual arrangement in the form of "tet-besh", when each brand is in an inverted position relative to the other, allowed to create an original "postal belt". Design by Elena Medved.
The exposition of Belarusian postage stamps "Welcome to Belarus" took first place at the global exhibition of stamps "Singapore-2015". The philatelic material presented by the Belarusian post was highly appreciated by a competent jury. “Our country has won first place in category B (where countries producing 30 to 69 brands per year are represented). In total, this class had 30 collections from around the world,” the press service said.
The exhibition was held at Singapore's largest exhibition center, Sands Expo & Convention Center. The stands of 23 postal administrations, as well as 88 sales agents and representatives of philatelic publications and collectors from around the world, were placed on its site. In total, the exhibition displayed 543 collections from around the world in 32 official competitive classes.
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Первые марки поступили в обращение 1 июня 1850. На марках герб гос-ва, номинал и надпись «KKPost Stämpel» (Импера-торско-королевский почтовый штемпель). Марки печатались в листах из четырех секторов по 64 (8 х 8) поля. Четыре поля оставались свободными и каждое было перечеркнуто по диагонали (т. н. андреевский крест). Всего в печ: листе было 240 марок и 16 купонов. Между секторами были свободные промежутки. Марки были без зубцов, бумага ручной выделки, а с конца 1854 — машинной. Бумага ручной выделки имеет по вертикали между секторами вод. знак «ККНМ» (императорско-королевское мин-во торговли).
Первые марки гасились пером и штемпелями. Оттиски обычно черные, но встречаются красные и синие.
The postal block "Belarusian Orthodox Church. 1025 anniversary of the Polotsk Diocese "was released on October 26, 2017.
The Polotsk Eparchy dates back to the year 992, when the episcopal chair was established here in the White Russia.
Chronicle mention of the first Orthodox Polotsk temple - the Blessed Virgin - dates from 1007. In the middle of the XI century. in Polotsk was built the fourth in the Christian world St. Sophia Cathedral. Hence the great-granddaughter of Prince Vladimir Princess Predislav, the holy Monk Euphrosyne, Mother Superior of Polotsk, began her righteous path.
The Polotsk diocese, which survived and flourished in the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, and uniatism at the end of the 16th century, and the restoration of the diocese from the mid-nineteenth century, and the cessation of its existence by the beginning of World War II, in the year of its 1000th anniversary (1992) independence. Its borders were defined within 10 administrative districts of the Vitebsk region and the cities of Polotsk and Novopolotsk.