Italy, 2008

In 2009, Italy will host the Italia 2009 International Philately Festival in Rome. The exhibit will be open for 5 days between October 21 and October 25 at the Congress Center (Palazzo dei Congressi).

The exhibit has been organized by Poste Italiane, Italy's postal authority, working with the Federation of the Italian Philatelic Societies (FSFI)and the Association of Italian Philatelic Traders (AFIP). Together these three groups are putting together the international exhibition and competition.

According to Poste Italiane's informative website, the competition is open to those from European and other Mediterranean countries, Canada, the United States, Argentina, South Africa, and Australia, i.e. "namely countries particularly close to Italy due to the large communities of Italian immigrants and their descendants."

Italy, 2008