Wednesday, September 30

1962

Europe

Issue n° 7 - 1962

"Symbolic tree"

Number of countries : 18
Debuting countries : Monaco
Returning countries : Ireland - Norway
Withdrawing countries : Great Britain
Common design : a tree with 19 little leaves, 1 for each 1962 member of CEPT
Countries using their own design : Liechtenstein (Two hands) - Monaco (Fields & Mercury flying above Europe) - Portugal (Honeycomb) - San Marino (Arrows flying around the word Europa) - Spain (Honeycomb and bee)
Designer : Lex Weyer (Luxembourg)

Note : Spain and Portugal used the CEPT logo - Monaco first country to issued a four stamps set - Most stamps issued in September



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