Well known UK collector and dealer in GB stamps and postal history, Bill Barrell, was a winner at LIBEREC 2025 picking up a Large Gold Medal and the Grand Prix International.
LIBEREC 2025, a national exhibition with additional participation from Armenia, Germany, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States concluded on Sunday, 22 June. A total of 116 exhibits across 480 frames, representing eight competitive classes, were judged by an international jury consisting of Julius Cacka (President, CZE), Bill Hedley (Honorary President, GBR), David Schiller (CZE), Milan Černík (CZE), Veselko Gustin (SVN), Vojtech Jankovič (SVK), Václav Kopecký (SZE), Jiří Kraus (SZE), Vít Vaníček (CZE), Jiří Sedlák (CZE), Bernward Schubert (DEU), and Peter Suhadolc (SVN).
The big winners were:
Grand Prix International: William Barrell (GBR), Great Britain Postal Reform and Development of Penny Value 1810–1880
Grand Prix National: Marek Vrba (CZE), Československo 1918–1939
Complete list of results: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/liberec2025_results.pdf