The Goals and Objectives

The goals and objectives of the Association of Philatelists of Serbia are:

• encouraging and assisting various activities that contribute to strengthening the reputation of our philately in the country and the world;
• orderly registration of all members (philatelic societies and clubs);
• ensuring and protecting the rights and interests of philatelic societies and clubs – members and adjusting their mutual relations;
• organizing regional and national philatelic exhibitions as well as international philatelic exhibitions in cooperation with interested institutions;
• participation of philatelists at international philatelic exhibitions;
• providing assistance in work and coordinating joint actions of philatelists united in philatelic societies and clubs;
• publishing of the SFS magazine and other professional publications of interest to philatelists;
• procurement and distribution of philatelic magazines, professional literature and other philatelic material for the needs of the SFS;
• detection and prevention of counterfeiting of stamps and philatelic material.

With the aim of realizing its basic goals and tasks, the Union of Philatelists of Serbia performs the following tasks:

• organization of national and regional philatelic exhibitions;
• publication of the magazine “Philatelist” and distribution of the magazine to all members;
• publishing professional literature of interest for the study of our postal history and culture;
• distribution of philatelic editions, professional and popular publications to philatelic societies – clubs;
• organization of philatelic seminars and lectures;
• providing professional advice to philatelists;
• organizing auctions, meetings of philatelists and collectors for the purpose of exchange, purchase and sale of surplus stamps and other philatelic material;
• coordinating and unifying the work of philatelic societies on the territory of the Republic of Serbia;
• cooperation with the institutions of the Post of Serbia;
• suggesting themes and motifs for commemorative and regular postage stamps and other issues of the Post of Serbia;
• monitoring the work of members and awarding recognition to deserving members and institutions;
• nomination of prominent philatelists for public recognition, awards and distinctions;
• preventing the distribution of any falsified philatelic material.

The SFS can perform other tasks in the field of philately, based on the decisions of the Assembly of the SFS in accordance with this Statute.