NEPA
NEPA can trace its history back to 1903 and the growth of Philately in the North East of England. Please click on our NEPA History page for further details about the history of the Association
Every year the Association holds a convention of the member societies, which is normally held in the Bowburn Community Centre, Durham DH6 5AT on a Saturday in April, along with a Stamp Fair and displays and competition entries by members of the individual societies. Please click on the NEPA Convention page for further details of this event.
For photographs taken at Convention - please click on this link
Our Competitions page allows you look at competition entries from member societies that have been presented at the annual NEPA Convention
Each year at Convention, individuals may be awarded either the NEPA Award of Merit or be asked to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists.
Also an individual is invited to take up the position of President of NEPA for a period of one year.
For details of the recipients of the Award, Signatories of the Roll and Past Presidents of NEPA, please visit our NEPA Honours Page
Other Events organised by NEPA or its members
NEPA Auction
Our next auction will be held at our usual venue, Bowburn Community Centre on 23rd November 2024.
Viewing from 10.30am, Auction Starts 12.30pm
May 2024 AUCTION REPORT
The NEPA suction held on the 18th May was another fantastic success. A total of 800 lots went under the hammer and sales hit a new record of £3347.50. Overall, 70% (567 lots) were sold with hammer prices ranging from £1 to £90. Of the 25 vendors who submitted lots, 4 sold 100%, 4 sold 90%+ and 5 sold less than 50% of their lots, accounting for 62% of unsold lots. A list of prices realised is available via this link.
Special thanks must go to Dave Foster and Rick Temperley who have retired from running the NEPA auction very successfully over the last decade and beyond. Also, Bill and Nigel for being auctioneers on the day; Val and Stephen for recording bids along with Christine on the computer. Finally, thanks to fellow members who did various tasks before and on the day and to those who attended the auction.
The next NEPA auction is due to take place on 23rd November 2024. We will be limiting the number of lots to 600. Looking forwards to seeing you all there.
Yours Harry
please click on this link to download a copy of the catalogue for the May 2024 Auction
Further details will be posted on the website, including catalogues for the next auction.
NEPA 8 Page Competition
The purpose of this competition is to encourage society members that have not previously participated in Federation level competitions to enter in the future.
The idea is to have no hard and fast rules for this competition but there are a number of guidelines that it may be useful to follow - for further details please follow this link
Philatelic Weekend
Miss Val Beeken, a NEPA Member organises a bi-annual Philatelic Weekend in the Region. The next (42nd) weekend will take place in 2025, further details available via this link to the Weekend page
NEPA Newsletter
NEPA produced a bi annual newsletter that temporarily stopped production in Autumn 2018. Back issues can be found via this link to the NEPA Newsletter page