1998

Europe

Issue n° 43 - 1998

"Festivals and National celebrations"

Number of countries : 57
Debuting countries : Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia
Returning countries : none
Withdrawing countries : none

Note : Gibraltar was the only country not to use the official logo that year.

Moldova used that year the official logo but with a different R letter. I already wrote about that in an earlier message.

more here in the Europa stamps History - Part IV

Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Birmingham (United Kingdom)
Winner: Dana International "Diva" (Israel)

my personal favorite that year: Vlado Janevski "Ne zori, zoro" (Macedonia)