1965

Europe

Issue n° 10 - 1965

"Tree spring"

Number of countries : 19
Debuting countries : none
Returning countries : Finland
Withdrawing countries : Austria
Common design : a tree spring of 3 leaves said to represent posts, telegraphs and telephones and a fruit made of the letters CEPT.
Countries using their own design : Liechtenstein (Teutonic beltbuckle) - San Marino (Chess board) - Spain (Saint Benedict patron of Europe)
Designer : Hördur Karlsson (Iceland)

Note : Spain used the CEPT logo - Most stamps issued in September

more here in the Europa stamps History - Part II