{"id":19537,"date":"2025-07-02T19:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=19537"},"modified":"2025-07-02T19:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:41:33","slug":"new-boston-2026-exhibiting-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=19537","title":{"rendered":"New Boston 2026 Exhibiting Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>[press release] [click on any of the pictures for larger versions]<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong> New Patronage-Based Boston 2026 IREX Available<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Boston 2026 philatelic and literature exhibitors should be aware that an update has taken place to the Boston 2026 IREX, the exhibition\u2019s rules and regulations, which is now posted on the show\u2019s web site. Applications continue to be accepted exclusively online.<\/p>\n<p>The change was necessitated by the upgrade by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Philat\u00e9lie <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9305\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new-288x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new-144x150.png 144w, https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/boston2026_new.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>(FIP) of the show to \u201cPatronage\u201d from \u201cRecognition\u201d status. A number of competitive exhibition classes have been added and are now fully welcomed to join those available earlier. FIP Consultant Reinaldo Macedo of Brazil has reviewed and approved the new guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the transition, Boston 2026 President Yamil Kouri said, \u201cEverything is now formally in place to fulfill the patronage changeover. It has been a while coming, but well worth the wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Exhibitors who had previously applied for frames are not affected by the new IREX and are reminded that the selection of philatelic exhibits will not begin until the September 30 deadline has passed. Notification of acceptance will come through each country\u2019s respective commissioner by mid-November. Literature applications, which include books, periodicals, catalogs, web sites, software and similar items will be accepted through January 31.<\/p>\n<p>Boston 2026 World Expo takes place May 23-30, 2026, at the Boston Convention &amp; Exhibition Center. Full show details may be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/Boston2026.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston2026.org<\/a> and on Twitter and Facebook. Sign up to be added to the Boston 2026 email list and receive updates when available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[press release] [click on any of the pictures for larger versions] New Patronage-Based Boston 2026 IREX Available Boston 2026 philatelic and literature exhibitors should be aware that an update has taken place to the Boston 2026 IREX, the exhibition\u2019s rules &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/?p=19537\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19538,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19537\/revisions\/19538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualstampclub.com\/lloydblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}