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In accordance with Article 1.4 of the General Regulations of the F.I.P. for the Evaluation of Competitive Exhibits at F.I.P. Exhibitions (GREV), these Special Regulations have been developed to supplement those principles with regard to Thematic Exhibits. Also refer to Guidelines to Thematic Regulations.
A thematic collection, of which the exhibit is a part, develops a theme according to the plan, demonstrating the best thematic and philatelic knowledge through the items chosen.
The dynamic and imaginative application of such knowledge results in the best possible selection and arrangement of the material and accuracy of the relevant thematic text.
3.1. A thematic exhibit uses all types of related appropriate philatelic material. Non philatelic items cannot be admitted.
3.2.1 The Plan
A thematic exhibit comprises the following thematic elements:
The plan defines the structure of the collection and of the exhibit, and its subdivision into parts. It has to be correct, logical and balanced, and cover all aspects related to the title. Furthermore, it has to be fully consistent with the title chosen and should completely be structured according to thematic criteria.
The plan may:
be freely chosen in order to make the synthesis of a theme or an idea, or
derive naturally from the theme, for instance when the latter describes analytically organisations, institutions and recurrent events.
A plan based on a classification by issuing date, country or other geographical criteria, type of material, is not considered acceptable.
The plan must be presented in a page at the beginning of the exhibit. It should detail the contents of the collection, its subdivisions, and the size of the chapters shown.
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3.2.2 The Development
The development means the elaboration of the theme in depth, aiming to achieve a creative and/or original elaboration of the same in full compliance with the plan.
Depth of development can be obtained only through a detailed analysis and synthesis of each aspect of the theme. Creativity means the personal development of new themes; orginality means new aspects or new approaches of and to known themes.
The elaboration utilizes the thematic information available from:
the purpose of issue
the primary and secondary elements of the design
other postal characteristics.
A successful development requires
a thorough knowledge of the chosen theme
a high degree of philatelic knowledge (ref.: Article 4.3).
The thematic text must be correct, concise and relevant, to present the items shown and ensure the necessary thematic link.
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3.2.3 The Philatelic material
Each item must be strictly related to the chosen theme and show its thematic information in the clearest way. In the case of cancelled documents, preference will be given to genuine postal usage conforming with contemporary postal rates.
Philatelic studies, whenever included, should blend with the thematic development and the fluidity of the elaboration of the exhibit must not be affected.
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The general criteria, as specified in Article 4 of the GREV, are applied according to the peculiarities of the thematic exhibits.
4.1 The criterion of plan requires the evaluation of the structure of the collection, as reflected in the exhibit.
The plan will be evaluated considering the:
presence and adequacy of the plan page
consistency of the plan with the title
correct, logical and balanced subdivision in parts
coverage of all the parts necessary to develop the theme
creativity and originality of the approach.
4.2 The criterion of development requires the evaluation of its compliance with the plan, and of thematic research and thematic importance.
Thematic research covers:
personal study
scope, depth and balance
creativity and originality
thematic knowledge, expressed by
the correct use of material
the related text
specific connection between the above.
Thematic importance denotes the degree of difficulty
4.3 The criterion of philatelic knowledge requires the evaluation of the general and the specific philatelic knowledge, and the philatelic importance.
General philatelic knowledge covers
full compliance with the rules of philately
suitability of the postal documents.
Specific philatelic knowledge covers
the presence of the widest possible range of philatelic material
the balanced use of the above
personal philatelic study and research.
Philatelic importance relates to the philatelic significance of the material.
4.4 Condition and rarity (ref.: GREV, Article 4.6)
4.5 Presentation (ref.: GREV, Article 4.7).
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5.1 The thematic exhibits will be judged by the approved specialists in their respective field and in accordance with the section V (Article 31 and 47 of GREX - ref.: GREV, Article 5.1).
5.2 For thematic exhibits, the following relative terms are presented to lead the Jury to a balanced evaluation (ref.: GREV, Article 5.2). [ Top ]
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- Plan |
20 |
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- Development (Treatment) and Importance |
30 |
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- Philatelic Knowledge, Study and Research |
20 |
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- Condition and Rarity |
25 |
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- Presentation |
5 |
6.1 In the event of any discrepancies in the text arising from translation, the English text shall prevail.
6.2 These Special Regulations for the Evaluation of Thematic Exhibits at F.I.P. Exhibitions have been approved by the 54th F.I.P. Congress on 5th November 1985 in Rome and were revised at the 61st F.I.P. Congress in Granada on 4th May 1992. The revised regulation will be applicable as from 1st January 1995.