Fédération Internationale de Philatélie

The Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) is the world federation for philately (the study of postage stamps and postal history).

[2] Every year the FIP provides patronage to a number of major stamp exhibitions.

[3] The FIP Congress takes place annually during one of the international exhibitions that it has endorsed.

In 2008, FIP selected Tel Aviv, Paris, Bucharest, Prague, and Vienna for stamp exhibitions.

[citation needed] There are eleven FIP Commissions which deal with the following subjects:[5]