Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2020 - Group 4

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2020

Results of GROUP 4:

1. Ukraine 11.3 % of the votes

2. Italy 11 %

3. Belgium 10.64 %

4. Armenia 10.3 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Moldova 8.86 %

6. Georgia 7.8 %

    Ireland 7.8 %

8. Slovenia 7.1 %

9. Bulgaria 6.4 %

10. Vatican 6.1 %

11. Azerbaijan 5 %

12. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) 3.5 %

13. Greenland 2.8 %

14. Cyprus (Turkish post) 1.4 %

Europa stamp catalogue

Europe

Michel Katalog : this German catalogue is the n° 1 reference among Europa stamps collectors.

This 45th edition contains: 680 pages, more than 5700 colors images, 22'000 values.

It includes all the European thematic stamps, Norden, Council of Europe, RSS, etc. But now also Sepac and America-UPAEP.

Price 74.- €

info on Michel catalogue website

Best Europa stamp 2020 - Jury prize

Poland

The 2020 Best Europa stamp - Jury has been announced by PostEurop in this press release.

This was the 9th edition of this neutral and artistic prize.

Eight experts of the philatelic world were invited to join the jury and judge the Europa stamps based on their expert opinion.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's judging was held at a later date and in a new "hybrid" format. The Jury gathered both physically and virtually for the competition. 

 

 This year's winner is Poland - it's the first time that Poland wins the Jury prize !

2nd – Faroe Islands (17.- DKK value)
=    - Switzerland (top stamp)
=    - Ukraine
3rd - Germany (stamp from the block)

This year's Jury was composed as follows (clockwise from the top left) :

• Marjan Osvald, Pošta Slovenije, PostEurop MAC Chair, Slovenia
• Jana Vlachová, PostEurop (not part of the jury)
• Botond Szebeny, PostEurop's Secretary General, Hungary (Chair of the jury)
• Olaf Neumann & Stefan Klein, Stamp designers, Germany
• Emile Espen, Post Luxembourg, PostEurop SPWG Vice-Chair, Luxembourg
• Jürgen Haepers, Blog "Europa-stamps", Switzerland
• Guy Coutant, Royal Belgian Academy of Philately, Belgium
• Eric Contesse, Blog "Timbré du Jura", France

Belgium 2021

Belgium

Date of Issue: 14th June 2021

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2020 - Group 3

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2020

Results of GROUP 3:

1. Turkey 15.5 % of the votes

2. Artsakh (Armenian post) 11.9 %

3. Denmark 11.4 %

4. France 9.1 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Estonia 7.8 %

6. Luxembourg 7.3 %

    Montenegro 7.3 %

8. Spain 6.5 %

9. Kosovo 4.6 %

10. Portugal 3.6 %

11. Andorra (Spanish post) 3.2 %

      Andorra (French post) 3.2 %

13. the Netherlands 2.7 %

14. Azores 2.3 %

15. Lithuania 1.8 %

      Madeira 1.8 %

Sweden 2021

Sweden

Date of Issue: 14th January 2021 - NOTE this stamp is self-adhesive

one stamp (24.- SEK) 

 

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2020 - Group 2

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2020

Results of GROUP 2:

1. Belarus 16.9 % of the votes

2. Serbia 11 %

3. Croatia 10.1 %

4. Finland 9.3 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Germany 7.2 %

6. Greece 6.7 %

    Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.7 %

8. Switzerland 5.1 %

9. North Macedonia  4.6 %

10. Monaco 4.2 %

      Latvia 4.2 %

12. Austria 3.8 %

13. Malta 3.4 %

     Åland 3.4 %

15. Gibraltar 2.1 %

16. Iceland 1.3 %