London 2010 Festival of Stamps ~ 8th to 15th May 2010

London 2010: Festival of Stamps is a year long programme of exhibitions, events and activities to mark the centenary of the accession of George V, the philatelist king. The festival includes a major international stamp exhibition at the Business Design Centre, Islington for stamp collectors.

The British Postal Museum & Archive is co-ordinating wider festival exhibitions, events and activities at venues across London, aimed at all ages.

The London 2010 International Stamp Exhibition has been granted full FIP Patronage as a World Exhibition, and all the competitive part of the exhibition will be run according to FIP standards. There will be the following FIP competition classes:

• Class 1 Traditional
• Class 2 Postal History
• Class 3 Aerophilately
• Class 4 Revenues
• Class 5 Postal Stationery
• Class 6 Thematic Philately
• Class 7 Youth One-Frame
• Class 9 One-Frame Exhibits with a link to George V

The exhibition in numbers:

• 2400 competitive frames
• More than 90 postal administrations represented
• More than 120 trade stands (from all over the world)

More information could be found in the exhibition's website.