Get ready for the biggest philatelic event of the decade! Boston will be the world’s center of philately for eight days in 2026, as the twelfth international philatelic exhibition of the United States gathers at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC).
Boston 2026 World Expo
Memorial Day week: May 23–30, 2026
About the Show
Boston 2026 will be hosting an enormous dealer bourse in a 352,000-square-foot contiguous exhibition area, as well as a sizable postal administration bourse, and society presence. There will be an FIP competitive exhibition of approximately 3,500 frames, special/court of honor exhibits, as well as a large FIP literature competition. Over the course of the week, hundreds of meetings/presentations will be held in 40+ meeting rooms of various sizes. A large opening ceremony and closing awards dinner will be staged using the BCEC’s banquet room facilities.
Exhibits
Boston 2026 is an FIP General World Exhibition. The event has also been granted Recognition status by the Federation of European Philatelic Associations (FEPA) and Patronage status by the Inter-American Federation of Philately (FIAF). LEARN MORE
SHP at Boston 2026
IN ATTENDANCE – The Society for Hungarian Philately is excited to have a strong presence at Boston 2026. We will have 17 members attending, including 5 officers.
SHP EXHIBITS – Two of our international members will be attending and exhibiting. They are Karoly Szucs from Hungary and Fumihasa Ito from Japan. Please welcome them warmly.
SHP SOCIETY BOOTH – Plan to visit our table in the Society section of the bourse area at #5 in the Europe Pavilion, near other European societies and next to the Czechoslovakia Society. Setup is on Saturday morning when the show opens. If you are available to help set up, your assistance will be welcome.
ANNUAL MEETING – Our annual meeting will be on Tuesday, May 26 from 1:00–3:00 pm in Meeting Room 157A (Level 1). The first hour will be our Annual General Meeting and the second hour will be an Expert Presentation from Csaba Kohalmi on “Lajos Kossuth in Philately”.
SHP GROUP DINNER – Our dinner will be at the Scarlet Oak Tavern in Hingham on Tuesday, May 26 at 6:30 pm and will be a traditional New England feast. We are looking forward to a wonderful turnout and still have space for a few more to join. The cost will be $70/person, plus taxes and gratuity, collected prior to the dinner. We will have a guest from the Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History at our dinner, Jeff Brigham, their librarian. Please welcome him as we continue to develop our partnership with the museum. SHP is working with the Spellman to have them display their large Hungarian collection. If you would like to visit, the museum will be open on Monday and Thursday, and there will be shuttles on those days (which require prior registration with the museum).
EVENT LODGING – We have been able to secure lodging outside Boston. The Comfort Inn in Rockland has granted us a group rate of $125/night. We have 11 rooms booked so far. If you haven’t yet booked a room, please contact Alan Bauer at alan@hungarianstamps.com.
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Looking Forward:
SHP member Paul de Leeuw van Weenen will be exhibiting at the WSS show Bratislava 2027.