Faroe Islands - Sepac
Date of Issue: 7th September 2026
one souvenir-sheet (37.- DKK)
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Sunday, September 13
Faroe Islands - Sepac 2026
Ireland 2026
IrelandDate of Issue: 10th September 2026
one stamp (E value = 3.50 €) out of a set of two stamps, only this stamp bears the Europa logo - NOTE this stamp is self-adhesive
this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 4 stamps
NOTE - this year the official Europa logo is only the stamps with the common design AND on the stamps using a design who took part on the common design contest.
Europa 2026
Europe
Europa 2026
"70th Anniversary of the Europa stamp -
United in..."
common design issue
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celebrating Europa stamps 70th anniversary - 1956-2026
"70th Anniversary of the Europa stamp -
United in..."
common design issue
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celebrating Europa stamps 70th anniversary - 1956-2026
02.03.2026 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.90 CHF)
03.03.2026 San Marino - 1 stamp (3.30 €)
30.03.2026 Gibraltar - 1 stamp (1.96 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (1.96 & 3.16 GBP)
01.04.2026 Guernsey - 1 stamp (1.54 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 1 stamp (1.54 GBP)
03.04.2026 Moldova - 1 stamp (12.- MDL)
09.04.2026 Romania - 1 stamp (16.- RON)
10.04.2026 Armenia - 1 stamp (400.- AMD)
10.04.2026 Hungary - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 1020.- HUF)
10.04.2026 Lithuania - 1 stamp (2.05 €)
13.04.2026 Belgium - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)
15.04.2026 Azerbaijan - 1 stamp (1.- AZN)
22.04.2026 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) - 1 stamp (3.60 BAM) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.60 BAM)
24.04.2026 Austria - 1 stamp (1.25 €)
24.04.2026 Austria - 1 stamp (1.25 €)
27.04.2026 Kazakhstan - 1 stamp (1'800.- KZT)
27.04.2026 Poland - 1 stamp (10.- PLN)
30.04.2026 Bulgaria - 1 stamp (0.80 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (0.80 & 1.65 €)
05.05.2026 Luxembourg - 2 stamps (1.20 & 1.70 €)
05.05.2026 North Macedonia - 1 stamp (184.- MKD)
05.05.2026 Slovakia - 1 stamp (3.20 €) 05.05.2026 Andorra (Spanish post) - 1 stamp (2.- €)
05.05.2026 Spain - 1 stamp (Tarifa B value)
06.05.2026 Czech rep. - 1 stamp (E value)
06.05.2026 Finland - 1 stamp (National value)
08.05.2026 Greece - 1 stamp (3.- €)
08.05.2026 Greenland - 1 stamp (25.- DKK)
08.05.2026 Jersey 1 stamp (2.35 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x. 2.35 GBP)
08.05.2026 Montenegro - 2 stamps (2x 1.- €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2.- €)
08.05.2026 the Netherlands - 1 stamp (1 international value)
08.05.2026 Slovenia - 2 stamps (C & D value)
08.05.2026 Vatican - 1 stamp (1.35 €)
09.05.2026 Azores - 1 stamp (1.30 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.75 €)
09.05.2026 Estonia - 1 stamp (3.90 €)
09.05.2026 France - 1 stamp (2.25 €)
09.05.2026 Italy - 1 stamp ((B zona 1 value)
09.05.2026 Kosovo - 2 stamps (1.- & 2.- €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2.- €)
09.05.2026 Madeira - 1 stamp (1.30 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.75 €)
09.05.2026 Malta - 1 stamp (2.- €)
09.05.2026 Portugal - 1 stamp (1.30 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.75 €)
09.05.2026 Turkey - 1 stamp (45.- TRY)
11.05.2026 Andorra (French post) - 1 stamp (4.85 €)
11.05.2026 Cyprus - 1 stamp (0.64 €)
14.05.2026 Cyprus (Turkish post) - 2 stamps (50.- & 64.- TRY) and 1 souvenir-sheet (50.- & 64.- TRY)
22.05.2026 Isle of Man - 5 stamps (2x 1.96 ; 2.33 ; 2.63 & 3.62 GBP)
26.05.2026 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (37.- DKK)
25.06.2026 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 stamps (2x 4.- BAM) and 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 4.- BAM)
10.07.2026 Ukraine - 2 stamps (A & W value)
10.09.2026 Ireland - 1 stamp (E value) NEW
??.??.2026 Albania
no issue from Belarus (PostEurop membership suspended)
no issue from Denmark (stopped issuing stamps)
no issue from Great-Britain
no issue from Iceland (stopped issuing stamps)
no issue from Norway
no issue from Russia (PostEurop membership suspended)
no issue from Russia (PostEurop membership suspended)
Any news regarding the 2026 Europa stamps is welcome 🙂
Wednesday, August 26
Europa stamps themes 2027-2028
Europe
PostEurop informed me about the 2028 Europa stamps theme.
”Trains connecting Europe”
More information to follow soon.
For the record, the topic for 2027 is "Street Art".
Saturday, August 22
France 1974 - Focus
France
20th April 1974 - "Sculpture"
design & engraving : Georges Bétemps
printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-poste et des ValeursFiduciaires (ITVF) - France
The first stamp (0.50 French Francs) shows the bronze statue L'Age d'airain (The Age of Bronze).
image source Ibolli
This is the first bronze statue by the famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Made in 1877, it brought him a certain notoriety at the age of 37, attracting state commissions before private commissions multiplied.
It is exhibited in the Rodin Museum and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, but there are many casts of it on display in various museums around the world.
The second stamp (0.90 French francs) shows L'Air (The Air), a work by the French sculptor Aristide Maillol (1861-1944).
image source Ibolli
It is a sculpture in lead. Created in 1938, this sculpture has been installed since 1964 in the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris. It is part of a group of statues by Maillol exhibited in the open air.
image source Wikimedia
1974
EuropeIssue n°19 - 1974
"Sculptures"
"Sculptures"
Number of countries : 23
Debuting countries : none
Returning countries : Sweden
Withdrawing countries : the Netherlands, Norway
Since 1974, a common theme replaces the common design system used since 1956! Only the CEPT logo (or letters) on each stamp indicates that the stamp is a "Europa stamp".
27.04.1974 Andorra (French post)
29.04.1974 Andorra (Spanish post)
08.05.1974 Austria
04.05.1974 Belgium
29.04.1974 Cyprus
29.04.1974 Finland
22.04.1974 France
10.05.1974 Greece
29.04.1974 Iceland
29.04.1974 Ireland
29.04.1974 Italy
21.03.1974 Liechtenstein
29.04.1974 Luxembourg
13.07.1974 Malta
08.05.1974 Monaco
29.04.1974 Portugal
09.05.1974 San Marino
29.04.1974 Spain
29.04.1974 Sweden
28.03.1974 Switzerland
29.04.1974 Turkey
17.04.1974 West-Germany
29.04.1974 Yugoslavia
Note : The theme for the years 1974-76 was "Work of art" subdivided like this :
"Sculptures" in '74 ; "Paintings" in '75 and "Handicrafts" in '76.
Interesting to note, that the CEPT logo is depicted on the stamps of only 15 countries, the other 8 countries just add the CEPT letters on their stamps.
Most stamps issued on the 29th April.
more here in the Europa stamps History - Part III
Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Brighton (Great-Britain)
Winner: ABBA "Waterloo" (Sweden)
Brighton (Great-Britain)
Winner: ABBA "Waterloo" (Sweden)
my personal favourite that year: Gigliola Cinquetti "Si" (Italy)
Sunday, August 16
Finland 1974 - Focus
Finland
29th April 1974 - "Sculpture"
design : Pirkko Vahtero
printer: Bank of Finland Security Printing House
Finland has chosen the relief The Goddess of freedom bestows laurel
wreath of victory on youth by Wäinö Aaltonen (1894-1966),
one of the one of the leading Finnish sculptors, for their single
Europa stamp that year.
image source Ibolli
This marble work, created in 1940 to decorate the walls of the ballroom at the University of Helsinki, was badly damaged during a bombing raid in February 1944.
Aaltonen made in 1959 a new version, which he considered more successful than the original. It is still on display in the lobby of the new side of the main building of the University of Helsinki.
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