As part of the "Bofill Year 2023" and its extensive programme, from 12 to 15 October, Calpe will be hosting the Philatelic Convention organised every year by the AFINET Philatelic Society, with the valuable collaboration of the philatelic societies of Calp and Benissa.
AFINET is one of the most numerous philatelic societies in Spain, with members from all over the world, whose means of meeting is always "On-line". It is also one of the most prestigious Spanish philatelic societies, and the one that produces the most activity around stamps and stamp collecting. So, it is not surprising the expectation with which Calpe received the news that it had been chosen as the venue for a Convention, which as soon as it was announced already has more than 50 participants registered, so it is expected that this, the 17th edition of this emblematic meeting of philatelists, will be the largest of all those that have been held to date.
AFINET has chosen one of the hotels in Calpe for the event, the Gran Hotel Solymar, where most of the programmed activities will take place, although it is the aim of the organisation to organise excursions around the region to get to know the area, its people and especially its gastronomy. To this end, efforts are being made to make Teulada-Moraira, Benissa and the Vall del Pop a place to visit. But those attending the Convention will also be able to enjoy and get to know Calpe in all its splendour, both in its geographical charms, its beaches, its old town, and especially the area of La Manzanera with its Bofill buildings, the main reason why Calpe is hosting the AFINET 2023 CONVENTION.
The programmed activities, apart from being specially designed for the members of this philatelic association, will also be open to anyone interested in learning more about philately during the days of the event. An extensive programme of activities ranging from the traditional exchanges to the presentation of several books and postal studies that have been prepared for the occasion, as well as the possibility of attending several conferences given by prestigious philatelists, always with new topics that may be known for the first time in Calp.
This convention will have the collaboration of the Calpe Town Council, within the Bofill Year 2023 Commission, and the Spanish Post Office, which has confirmed that it will be present during the days of the event, for which various philatelic-postal material is planned to immortalise the moment.
For the Calpe Philatelic Association and its counterpart in Benissa, it is a unique opportunity to enjoy this type of event in the region, with the excitement of organising the event which is already positioned as one of the most important events held in Alicante, since the JUVENIA 2003 in Benissa and the Spanish-German one in 2005 in Calpe.