FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 25, 2010...Wade Saadi will serve as U.S. Commissioner to the FIP exhibition, which will take place in Yokohama, Japan from July 28 - Aug 2, 2011. This will be a "full" FIP exhibition and will include all classes including single frame. If you would like to receive a digital copy of the Individual Regulations - Bulletin #1 (IREX), an exhibitor application or a dealer application, please email Wade at wade@pencom.com. Please put "Philanippon" on the subject line. If you would like to receive by regular mail, a copy of the Individual Regulations - Bulletin #1 (IREX), an exhibitor application, a literature application or a dealer application, as issued please send $5.00 (check or cash) to Wade E. Saadi, 93 80th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209-3511. The commissioner must receive completed applications by November 1st 2010.

In Japan, a World Stamp Exhibition takes place once every ten years, and they have been held in 1971, 1981, 1991, and 2001.

Yokohama is a world-class city and Japan's second biggest. Yokohama resides in the Kanto region of Honshu and is just a short distance south of Tokyo. Yokohama has long been the capital city of the Kanagawa Prefecture and is considered part of the sprawling Greater Tokyo area.

Once a maritime town and standing on Japan's eastern coast, Yokohama has grown into a thriving port city and is filled with its own unique character and tourist appeal. Yokohama makes a pleasant contrast to the somewhat more hectic lifestyle in nearby Tokyo and is full of interest, with highlights including the restaurants around its buzzing Chinatown district, and the particularly tourist friendly seafront development known as Minato Mirai 21.