CITY/REGION: CASSINE - ALESSANDRIA
MEETUP PLACE: Cassine railway station: main entrance
DATE: 23/09/2023
TIME: 9.30 - 19,30
MEETUP PLAN:
On Saturday 23rd September in Cassine, a small town near Alessandria, in Piedmont, there will be a Meetup of the Italian Association of Philately Scouts (AISF)
The program of the day will be:
9:00 a.m : Flag raising on the Ciocca (scenic point over the Bormida Valley ) with a delagation of Cassine Scout group
9:30-12:30 Inauguration of a a philatelic exhibition of stamps and postcards about Scouts.
Poste Italiane will also be present at the exhibition with a special cancellation to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Cassine scout group and the philatelic exhibition
12:00 Transfer from the exhibition to the Cassine railway station
12:20: Inauguration of the Guesthouse with aperitif and ribbon cutting by the mayor of Cassine and the President of Amiscout ODV
13:30 Buffet, offered by Amiscout ODV and Casa Arcasio, at the Cassine Railway Station (where there are the Headquarters of the ASSORAIDER Scout Delegation and premises of the association AMISCOUT of Cassine ODV).
15:00 β 19.00 New opening of the philatelic exhibition
17:30 Holy Mass concelebrated by His Eminence the Bishop in the field behind the exhibition building.
19:30 Dinner at the premises of the Amiscout (New Guesthouse at the railway station building)
21:30 Concert of βil Quartettoβ at the venue of the Exhibition.
The Italian Association of Philately Scouts will offer a place for the Postcrossing meetup, and a board at the philatelic exhibition will be dedicated to Postcrossing, to introduce it to the Scout groups.
Participants in the meetup will have the possibility to have their postcards stamped with the special cancellation offered by Poste Italiane.
Here you can see the meetup postcard and the special cancellation