Tay Peng Hian AMN RDP's Message

Tay Peng Hian and  Beston leading a dancing

The FIP World Stamp Championship Exhibition is at last on the doorstep, in Jakarta. One of the unique qualities of the World Stamp Championship is its inclusive nature with regards to past Grand Prix winners and large gold medalists as they are allowed to joint in the competition. This is a great feature as it can maintain a collector’s interest to maintain and improve on his collection in order to exhibit his collection again in another arena.

We had the first FIP World Stamp Championship in Singapore in 2004. The second Championship wes held in Tl Aviv in 2008. INDONESIA 2012 will continue this tradition with the 3^rd World Stamp Championship in Jakarta from 18 to 24 June 2012.

Every World Stamp Championship has been a delightful event for philatelists to enjoy collection of high standard.

The winners of the World Stamp Championship so far are as below. We are eager to find out who will be the winners this time.

SINGAPORE 2004                                                             Title of Exhibit

Winner	Mr Surajit Gongvatana (Thailand)	Siam Classic
1st runner up	Mr Saverio Imperator (Italy)	Tuscany
2nd runner up	Mr Koichi Sato RDP (Japan)	Tasmania

ISRAEL 2008                                                                            Title of Exhibit

Winner	Mr Luis Alemany (Spain)	Brazil”Bull’s Eyes”
1st runner up	Mr Saverio Imperator (Italy)	Tuscany
2nd runner up	Mr Joseph Hackmey RDP (Great Britain)

I look forward to meeting all of you in Jakarta.

Tay Peng Hian AMN RDP

President Federation Internationale de Philatelie (FIP).