World of Asian Philately
Federation of Inter-Asian Philately abbreviated as F.I.A.P., is a non-profit and non-political federation of philatelic societies in Asia and Australasia, founded in Singapore on the 14th September 1974.
It all started in the early 70s when a group of enthusiastic philatelist from Asian and Australasian having one common desire of forming one big philatelic family. A preliminary conference was thus held in Singapore on December 16, 1972 for two days, and a protem executive committee was born. Dr. Soichi Ichida (Japan) was elected as Chairman, M.S. Khorshid (Iran) as Vice-Chairman, Koh Seow Chuan (Singapore) as General Secretary, Dr. A R Kandiah (Malaysia) and S.Suryadarma (Indonesia) as Committee Members. John Gartner (Australia), Christopher D’ Almada (Hong Kong), Charles Stewart (Thailand) are the other founder of F.I.A.P.
Drafting of F.I.A.P. constitution, inviting membership applications and holding many meetings during the period 1972-1974 were main task of the founding members. F.I.A.P. was at last, officially registered in Singapore on September 14, 1974 with Indonesia, Iran, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand as the founding member countries.
FIAP is a young international philatelic organization, but she acts as a powerful lighthouse guiding the Asian members to the route to organized philately. Prior to the formation of FIAP in 1974, organized philately is practically unheard of in Asia, with the exception of Japan, India and Iran. It is through the never-ending efforts of our founding members that places Asia in a most respectable status in the world of philately today.
Postponement of Melbourne 2025
The Melbourne 2025 Organising Committee regrets to inform you that, due to significant competing priorities, the relocation of support office and archives, and ongoing restructuring within Australia Post, Australia Post are unable to support the Melbourne 2025 exhibition as initially planned. Consequently, the exhibition will need to be postponed to late 2027.
Expertization Service
Need to have your Asian and Australasian philatelic items expertised?
FIAP Expert Committee is providing an expertising service to collectors who are members of philatelic societies of the affiliated Federations.
For application and more information on certification requirement, please contact us or download application:
The 50th Anniversary Logo guidelines:
- Printed copy as handed out during FIAP’s Exco meeting in Jakarta shall be benchmark for colour production for CMYK production.
- The Gold foil stamping code or the closest equivalent available in the respective countries shall be used. – actual proof as pasted on the Proof card.
- Any design in using the 50th Anniversary logo for including in the stamps / my stamp sheetlets / miniature sheets etc designs or on the side gutters /gutters between stamps shall be sent to the FIAP for approval.
- 100 copies shall be provided and vested to the FIAP for archival / file purposes.