Thursday, December 31

Armenia 2015

Armenia

Date of Issue: 28th December 2015

one stamp (350.- AMD)


This stamp is issued in a mini sheets of 10 stamps

Europa stamps 2015

Europe

Europa 2015  
"Old toys"





08.05.2015 Åland - 1 stamp (Europa value) 
02.09.2015 Albania - 1 stamp (130.- ALL) and one souvenir-sheet (250.- ALL) 
09.05.2015 Andorra (French post) - 1 stamp (0.95 €) 
23.04.2015 Andorra (Spanish post) - 1 stamp (0.90 €) 
28.12.2015 Armenia - 1 stamp  (350.- AMD) 
06.05.2015 Austria - 1 stamp  (0.80 €) 
06.03.2015 Azerbaijan - 2 stamps (0.20 & 0.60 AZN) & 1 souvenir-sheet (1.- AZN) 
08.05.2015 Azores 1 stamp (0.72 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.72 €)

13.04.2015 Belarus - 2 stamps  (H & P value) & 1 souvenir-sheet (H & P value) 
13.04.2015 Belgium - 1 souvenir-sheet (2x Europe 3rd class value) 
08.05.2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 stamps (2x 2.50 BAM) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 2.50 BAM) 
05.04.2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) - 2 stamps (2x 3.- BAM) 
17.04.2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) - 2 stamps (0.90 & 1.70 BAM) 
20.04.2015 Bulgaria - 2 stamps (0.65 & 1.50 BGN) & 1 souvenir-sheet (0.65 & 1.50 BGN) 

07.05.2015 Croatia - 2 stamps (4.60 & 7.60 HRK)
05.05.2015 Cyprus - 2 stamps (0.34 & 0.64 €)
25.06.2015 Cyprus (Turkish post) - 2 stamps (0.70 & 0.80 TRY) and one souvenir-sheet (1.50 TRY)
06.05.2015 Czech Rep. - 1 stamp (25.- CZK)

02.01.2015 Denmark - 2 stamps (10.- & 14.50 DKK)

06.05.2015 Estonia - 2 stamps (2x 1.20 €)

24.04.2015 Faroe Is. - 2 stamps (17.- & 22.- DKK) 
08.05.2015 Finland - 2 stamps (2x 1kl value) 
04.05.0215 France - 1 stamp (0.95 €)

24.06.2015 Georgia - 2 stamps (2x 2.- GEL) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 2.- GEL) 
07.05.2015 Germany - 1 stamp (0.62 €)
05.05.2015 Gibraltar - 2 stamps (0.64 & 0.70 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps 
11.05.2015 Greece - 2 stamps (0.90 & 3.40 €) 
13.05.2015 Greenland - 2 stamps (12.50 & 14.- DKK)
01.05.2015 Guernsey - 2 stamps (0.55 & 0.66 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps

08.05.2015 Hungary - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (2x2 285.- HUF)

30.04.2015 Iceland - 2 stamps (50g to EU and 50g outside EU value) 
14.05.2015 Ireland - 2 stamps (0.68 & 1.- €)
10.04.2015 Isle of Man - 1 stamp (EU value) out of a set of 10 stamps 
09.05.2015 Italy - 2 stamps (0.80 & 0.95 €)

24.03.2015 Jersey - 2 stamps (0.62 & 0.82 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps 

28.10.2015 Kazakhstan - 2 stamps (200.- & 300.- KZT) 
04.05.2015 Kosovo - 2 stamps (1.- & 2.- €) and one souvenir-sheet (2.- €)

10.04.2015 Latvia - 2 stamps (0.78 & 1.71 €) 
02.03.2015 Liechtenstein - 2 stamps (2x 1.40 CHF) 
09.05.2015 Lithuania - 2 stamps (2x 0.71 €) 
05.05.2015 Luxembourg - 2 stamps (0.60 & 0.85 €)

06.05.2015 Macedonia - 2 stamps (50.- & 100.- MKD) and one souvenir-sheet (150.- MKD) 
08.05.2015 Madeira 1 stamp (0.72 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.72 €) 
09.05.2015 Malta - 2 stamps (0.59 & 2.19 €) 
15.04.2015 Moldova - 2 stamps (5.75 & 11.- MDL)
11.05.2015 Monaco - 1 stamp (0.95 €) 
16.04.2015 Montenegro - 1 stamp (0.95 €) and one souvenir-sheet (0.95 €) 

10.06.2015 Nagorno Karabakh (Armenian post) - 3 stamps (100.-, 120.- & 750.- AMD)
28.04.2015 the Netherlands - 2 stamps (2x International value)
05.06.2015 Norway - 2 stamps (14.- & 17.- NOK)

05.05.2015 Poland - 1 stamp (5.- PLN)
08.05.2015 Portugal 1 stamp (0.72 €) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 0.72 €)

17.04.2015 Romania - 2 stamps (2.10 & 14.50 RON) 
16.01.2015 Russia - 1 stamp (23.- RUB) 

10.03.2015 San Marino - 2 stamps (0.80 & 0.95 €) 
16.04.2015 Serbia - 2 stamps (69.- & 100.- RSD) 
05.05.2015 Slovakia - 1 stamp (0.90 €) 
29.05.2015 Slovenia - 2 stamps (0.64 & 0.97 €) 
23.04.2015 Spain - 1 stamp (0.90 €) 
26.03.2015 Sweden - 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 14.- SEK)
07.05.2015 Switzerland - 2 stamps (2x 1.- CHF) 

09.05.2015 Turkey - 2 stamps (1.25 & 2.50 TRY) 

11.08.2015 Ukraine - 2 stamps (4.80 & 5.40 UAH) 

19.05.2015 Vatican - 2 stamps (0.80 & 0.95 €)

no issue of Great-Britain that year

Friday, December 18

Faroe Islands - Norden 2016

Faroe Islands - Norden

Date of Issue: 26th April 2016

1 stamp (9.- DKK)

Tuesday, December 8

Faroe Islands - Sepac 2016

Faroe Islands - Sepac

Date of Issue: 22nd February 2016

one stamp (17.- DKK)

Tuesday, December 1

Finland - Norden 2016

Finland - Norden

Date of Issue: 22nd January 2015

1 stamp (1x 1 Klass value)


this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

Friday, November 27

Finland 2016

Finland

Date of Issue: 6th May 2016

one stamp (1std class value) - NOTE this stamp is self-adhesive


this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

Sunday, November 15

Åland - Sepac 2016

Åland - Sepac

Date of Issue: 12th August 2016

one stamp (Inrikes value)

Saturday, November 14

Åland - Norden 2016

Åland - Norden

Date of Issue: 18th March 2016

1 stamp (Världen value)

Thursday, November 12

Iceland - Sepac 2016

Iceland - Sepac

Date of Issue: 28th April 2016

one stamp (B50g domestic non-priority mail (137 ISK))

Wednesday, November 11

Iceland - Norden 2016

Iceland

Date of Issue: 18th February 2016

one stamp 50g to Europe (180 ISK)


this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

Tuesday, November 10

Iceland 2016

Iceland

Date of Issue: 28th April 2016

two stamps 50g to Europe (180 ISK) & 50g outside Europe (240 ISK)


both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps


both stamps are issued in booklets of 10 self-adhesive stamps

Tuesday, November 3

Belgium 2016

Belgium

Date of Issue: 13th June 2016

one stamp (Europe value = 1.10 €)


this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 5 stamps

Sunday, November 1

Åland 2016

Åland

Date of Issue: 9th May 2016

two stamps (2x Europa value)

Wednesday, October 28

Kazakhstan 2015

Kazakhstan

Date of Issue: 28th Octobre 2015

two stamps (200.- & 300.- KZT)


those stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps (5 of each)

Wednesday, October 21

Best Europa stamp 2015 - Public prize

Turkey

Turkey is the winner of the 2015 Best Europa stamp contest organised by PostEurop. Hungary finished second and Finland is third.
  1. TURKEY  
  2. HUNGARY       
  3. FINLAND



this 2.50 TRY stamp is part of a two stamp set.

It's the third time Turkey wins the on line voting and since 2011 they always finished in the top 2 ! They won in 2011 and 2013 and finished 2nd in 2012 and 2014 !

The Best Europa stamp design competition is a yearly event. The first competition took place in 2002. All official Europa stamp issues can enter the competition.

The result of this competition was announced during this PostEurop's Plenary Assembly held this month in Limassol, Cyprus.

The stamp has been selected via the internet ! All people could vote through PostEurop's website ! More than 10'000 votes were registered.

A jury of 9 members (stamp designers, philatelic design directors) awarded earlier this year, the Best Europa stamp - Jury prize to Russia !


Here you can find the full list of winning stamps since the first contest in 2002 when Malta won.


Tuesday, October 20

Denmark - Norden 2016

Denmark - Norden

Date of Issue: 4th January 2016

two stamps (2x 8.- DKK) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 8.- DKK)

Monday, October 19

Denmark 2016

Denmark

Date of issue: 31st March 2016

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x 25.- DKK)

Monday, September 21

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