Best Europa stamp 2015 - Jury prize

Russia

The 2015 Best Europa stamp - Jury prize was awarded this week-end in Brussels’ town hall.

This was the fifth 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.

This year's winner is Russia with the following stamp :

2nd – Sweden (under stamp)

3rd - Latvia (1.71 € value)

This year's Jury was composed of (from the left to the right:

• Andrée Trommer, General secretary of the Fédération internationale de philatélie (FIP), Luxembourg
• Olaf Neumann, Designer, Germany
• Stefan Klein, Designer, Germany
• Botond Szebeny, PostEurop's Secretary General, Hungary
• Guy Coutant, Pro Post, Belgium
• Eric Contesse, Philatelist expert, timbredujura.blogspot.com, France
• Arie Piet, Enschedé Printing, the Netherlands
• Antonio Manuel Amaral, PostEurop's coordinator (not part of the jury) • Jürgen Haepers, Philatelist expert, europa-stamps.blogspot.com, Switzerland

Sepac folder 2015

Europe - Sepac

"Colourful cultures of Europe 6", this special folder contains the 12 Sepac stamps to be issued this year.

This folder will be on sale by any of the Sepac countries philatelic offices !

Liechtenstein - Sepac 2015

Liechtenstein - Sepac

Date of Issue: 16th November 2015

one stamp (1.30 CHF) out of a set of 3 stamps

Albania 2015

Albania

Date of Issue: 2nd September 2015

one stamp (130.- ALL) and one souvenir-sheet (250.- ALL)

the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 9 stamps


a different souvenir-sheet with two stamps (130.- & 250.- ALL) is also issued in a booklet

Sepac stamps 2015

Europe - Sepac

Sepac 2015
"Culture"

19.02.2015 Iceland - 1 stamp (50g Iceland to EU value = 180.- ISK)  
10.04.2015 Isle of Man - 1 stamp (EU value) out of a set of 10 stamps 
10.04.2015 Åland - 1 stamp (3.- €) 
13.05.2015 Greenland - 1 stamp (11.- DKK) 
16.06.2015 Malta - 1 stamp (0.59 €) out of a set of 3 stamps 
17.06.2015 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.20 €) 
27.06.2015 Jersey - 1 stamp (postcard rate) out of a set of 14 stamps 
22.07.2015 Guernsey - 1 stamp (0.62 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps 
07.09.2015 Gibraltar - 2 stamps (G & E value) 
22.09.2015 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (0.70 €) out of a set of 3 stamps
28.09.2015 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (17.- DKK) 
16.11.2015 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.30 CHF) out of a set of 3 stamps

no issue of San Marino
no issue of Vatican

Best Sepac stamp 2015

Europe

The Sepac announced the results of the most beautiful 2015 SEPAC stamp contest

Here are the results of this voting :

1. Faroe Islands 2015 with 36.8% of all votes.
2. Guernsey 2015 with 9.3% of all votes.
3. Iceland 2014 with 8.6% of all votes.

Åland won last year, Greenland won in 2013 and the Faroe Islands won the first two contests, in 2007-09 and 2011.