1. The virtual international philatelic exhibition, LITHPEX-2026, is dedicated to commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Lithuania Philatelic Society (Chicago).
2. The philatelic exhibition is organized by the Union of Lithuanian Philatelist (Lietuvos Filatelistų Sąjunga – LFS) and the Lithuania Philatelic Society (LPS).
3. The exhibition will be held between February 16, 2026, and March 11, 2026 at the website https://lithpex.com/2026/
4. The LITHPEX-2026 exhibition is governed by the General Regulations (GREV) and the Special Regulations (SREV) of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) for the Evaluation of Competitive Exhibits.
5. Participation is open to all collectors who are members of either LFS or LPS and youth collectors. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to accept submissions from other philatelists if their exhibit content is related to Lithuania, Central Lithuania, or Memel territory. The applicant submitting the exhibit assumes full legal responsibility that he/she is the owner of postage stamps, postcards, envelopes, and other material displayed in the exhibit, and has prepared the exhibit for demonstration purposes for the exhibition period.
6. Exhibits must be prepared and comply with all rules and regulations of the LITHPEX-2026.
7. Application for participation at the philatelic online exhibition must be submitted no later than December 1, 2025. Exhibitors shall submit electronically one exhibit application form for each exhibit applied. Exhibit application form can be found online at https://lithpex.com/2026/entry-form/. Every participant can enter up to three exhibits.
8. Notification of acceptance or rejection shall be sent to the applicants no later than December 15, 2025. Applicants who are admitted to the exhibition will receive detailed information regarding the procedure of exhibit submission.
9. Exhibition Classes:
A. Non-Competitive Exhibition Class.
B. Competitive Exhibition Classes:
Traditional philately
Postal history
Thematic philately
Open philately
Aerophilately
Narrow theme (1-3 frames)
Postal stationery
Revenues
Youth (between 13 and 21 years old)
Picture postcards
Literature class.
10. Every exhibitor shall be allowed 1, 2, 3 or 5 frames. Each frame can hold 16 sheets according to GREX, arranged in four rows of four (4 x 4). There can be exhibits of 8 frames (128 sheets), but only those exhibits which have received previously at least a large vermeil or higher medal award at the FIP International Exhibitions.
11. The Open class is allowed to include up to 50 % non-philatelic items in the exhibit, material exhibited cannot be thicker than 5 mm.
12. Books, catalogs, collections of articles, magazines, bulletins published not earlier than in 2021 are exhibited in the literature class. A selection of at least ten different articles is required for exhibition. Presentation (submission) format – ISSUU digital platform.
13. All exhibits must be mounted on white pages. The standard page format is A4 or A3. Larger sheets can be accepted but they must be in multiples of the standard size. A3 page counts as two A4 pages, so only 8 pages in one frame (or 4 rows of 2 pages) are allowed.
14. Each exhibit must include a title page indicating the name and author of the exhibit and other text as required by the FIP competitive exhibit regulations for each specific competition class. If explanatory texts are written in Lithuanian, a short annotation in English is also necessary.
15. The exhibitors are responsible for scanning their exhibits personally. Save the scans in .jpg or jpeg formats with a 26-bit RGB color palette (16.7 million colors) and a resolution of 300 dpi. Each individual page of the exhibit must be numbered, with page numbers such as 101, 102…116 for a 1-frame exhibit (total of 16 pages) or 101, 102…516 for a 5-frame exhibit (total of 80 pages). The appropriate file name should follow the format “surname-vilnius-postmarks-101.jpg.”
16. Exhibits in the Competitive Classes will be judged in accordance with principles laid down in the GREV and SREV.
17. The Jury will allocate awards and special prizes in accordance with Article 8 of the GREX. Donated prizes, which have been accepted by the Organizing Committee, will be placed at the disposal of the Jury to additionally recognize the best exhibits.
18. For further information and contacts please visit our website at https://lithpex.com/2026/contacts/.