Twenty-four countries from the Americas and Europe are represented at the “Interexpo-05” international philately exhibition that is being held at the V Centenario Hotel as part of the commemorative celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Dominican Philately Society. Listin Diario reports that the institution’s president, Manuel Papaterra highlighted the exhibition of 750 frames and 150,000 postcards, and the participation of the Brazilian delegation with the “Bulls Eye” collection that includes the first postage stamp in the Americas, printed in 1843 and valued at several million US dollars. According to the President of the Mexican Philately Federation, Alejandro Grossmann Epper, this is the most important international sample in the past 15 years. Organizing Committee President Alejandro Vigneiro stated that the best entries will be selected by a jury panel composed by renowned international philatelists Fernando Aranaz del Rio, Osvaldo Mario Giordano, Eugenio Von Beack Parada, Jose Ignacio Abrey Perez, Nasry Bendeck, Luis Lopez Lopez, Guillermo Gilbert Granero, and James P. Masry Mazepa. Dominican Philately Official Commission member Werner Henning thanked the Dominican Postal Institute and the American Philatelic Society for their contributions to this event.