Issue date: 18 Apr, 2015
JUVENIA 2015
La Exposición Nacional de Filatelia Juvenil (National Exhibition of Children’s Philately), JUVENIA, is the most significant example of the dedication to promoting and fostering stamp collecting among children and young people. This year’s edition takes place in Ourense and is dedicated to hot springs. The stamp depicts a frontal view of As Burgas, a hot spring located in this Galician city, and a group of children, representing the union among young stamp collectors. The stamps are available as Premium Sheets with amusing lines and emoticons around the edges.
JUVENIA 2015 was organised by the Sociedad Filatélica, Numismática y Vitolfílica Miño (The Miño Society for Stamp, Coin and Cigar Band Collection), sponsored by Correos and other official institutions. The exhibition will take place in the Auditorio Municipal-Palacio de Congresos conference centre in Ourense, where young participants from every corner of Spain will display their collections. Throughout the event there will be round table discussions, workshops on introduction to philately and guided tours of the city and the springs. According to the established standards, young people between the ages of 10 and 21 years old who are members of a stamp collecting body affiliated with the FESOFI may participate in the exhibition. The best collections may go on to represent Spain in upcoming international exhibitions.
The first JUVENIA event was held in Barcelona in 1971, under the name “Juve-Hispania 71”. According to publications from that time, there were a total of fifty-eight exhibitors throughout Spain highlighting the importance of stamp collecting among young people, and there were presentations and documentaries featured on the subject. Years later, the event took on its current name and began to be held every two years, always in odd-numbered years. Today, many of those initial participants are first-class collectors, representing Spain at national and international competitions.
The JUVENIA 2015 exhibition, held in Ourense, is the 24th edition and the fourth to take place in Galicia. Previously editions were held in Vigo in 1973 and 1983, and in A Coruña in 1993.
Rate A - €0.75. For a “standard” letter or postcard within Spain, up to 20 g.
Rate A2 - €0.85. For a “standard” letter or postcard within Spain, between 20 g and 50 g.
Rate B - €1.65. For a “standard” Ordinary International letter or postcard addressed to Europe (including Greenland), up to 20 g.
Rate C - €1.75. For a “standard” Ordinary International letter or postcard addressed to the rest of the world (except USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand), up to 20 g.
Rate D - €2.10. For a “standard” Ordinary International letter or postcard addressed to the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, up to 20 g.