Saturday, December 18

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2021 - Group 4

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2021

Results of GROUP 4:

1. Slovenia 12 % of the votes
2. France 9.2 %
3. Azerbaijan 8.9 %
4. Belgium 8.3 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Serbia 8 %
6. Ukraine 7.3 %
= Bulgaria 7.3 %
8. Kazakhstan 6.9 %
9. Georgia 6.7 %
= Vatican 6.7 %
11. Italy 5.8 %
12. Moldova 4.9 %
13. Greenland 4 %
= Cyprus (Turkish post) 4 %

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2021 - Group 3

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2021

Results of GROUP 3:

1. Austria 16 % of the votes
2. Croatia 9.6 %
3. Turkey 8.9 %
4. Madeira 8.5 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. the Netherlands 8.2 %
6. North Macedonia 6.8 %
7. Montenegro 5.8 %
8. Kosovo 5.4 %
= Luxembourg 5.4 %
10. Spain 4.6 %
11. Portugal 4.3 %
12. Denmark 3.9 %
13. Slovakia 3.6 %
14. Malta 3.2 %
15. Andorra (French post) 2.9 %
= Monaco 2.9 %

Saturday, December 11

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2021 - Group 2

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2021

Results of GROUP 2:

1. Faroe Is. 14.8 % of the votes
2. Norway 9.9 %
3. Estonia 8.8 %
4. Åland 8.5 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Hungary 7.4 %
6. Belarus 7 %
7. Finland 6.4 %
8. Azores 6 %
9. Switzerland 5.7 %
= Andorra (Spanish post) 5.7 %
11. Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.3 %
12. Germany 3.9 %
13. Greece 3.5 %
= Armenia 3.5 %
15. Ireland 2.8 %
16. Cyprus 1.8 %

Saturday, December 4

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2021 - Group 1

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2021

Results of GROUP 1:

1. Poland 16.1 % of the votes
2. Jersey 11.4 %
3. Czech rep. 9.6 %
4. Russia 7.4 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Artsakh (Armenian post) 7.1 %
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) 6.8 %
7. Romania 5.6 %
8. Sweden 5.3 %
9. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) 4.9 %
= San Marino 4.9 %
11. Liechtenstein 4.6 %
= Gibraltar 4.6 %
13. Latvia 4 %
14. Lithuania 3.7 %
15. Isle of Man 2.8 %
16. Guernsey 1.2%

Thursday, December 2

Belgium 2022

Belgium

Date of Issue: 13th June 2022

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Legend of St Hubertus : Legend holds that on a Good Friday morning, while the faithful were in church, Hubert was hunting in the forest. As he pursued a magnificent stag or hart, the animal turned and Hubert was astounded to see a crucifix floating between its antlers. He heard a voice saying: "Hubert unless thou turnest to the Lord and leadest a holy life, thou shalt quickly go down into Hell." Hubert dismounted and prostrated himself, and after asking "Lord, what wouldst Thou have me do?" is told, "Go and seek Lambert, and he will instruct you." - source : Wikipedia

Legend of BraboSilvius Brabo was a mythical Roman soldier who was said to have killed a giant, and by this would have created the name Brabant.
Later this story was also used to explain the name Antwerp ('Antwerpen' in Dutch) which, according to the story, is a derivative of 'handwerpen' (meaning hand throwing). Brabo once killed a giant, called Druon Antigoon, who asked money from people who wanted to pass the bridge over the river Scheldt. When they didn't want to or couldn't pay, he cut off their hand and threw it in the river. Because of this, Brabo also removed the hand of the giant, and threw it into the river.
This mythical story is still shown by the statue in front of the Antwerp City Hall. - source : Wikipedia 

Monday, November 29

Kazakhstan 2021


Kazakhstan

Date of Issue: 29th November 2021

one souvenir-sheet of 2 stamp (2x 800.- KZT)



Monday, November 15

Italy 2021

Italy

Date of Issue: 15th November 2021

two stamps (B & B50g values = 1.10 & 2.60 €) - NOTE both stamps are self-adhesive

 

Friday, November 12

Åland - Sepac 2022

Åland - Sepac

Date of Issue: 6th September 2022

one stamp (1.90 €)


Wednesday, November 10

Åland 2022

Åland

Date of Issue: 9th May 2022

one stamp (2.30 €)

The sjörå (in Swedish), (lake ) or the Sjöfru (Mistress of the Lake) was a mythical creature of the lake, or Rå, in Swedish folklore. She is a female, humanoid water spirit. She is a seductive creature, often featured sitting and combing her long, sweeping hair with delight, and often lures and drowns men who are unkind, unfaithful or otherwise disrespectful to her or the lake. Like all other rå (keepers) she protects her domain and awards those kind to her with good fishing luck and saves them from drowning. In wintertime she would sometimes stick her hand up from the waters. If the visitor then gave her a mitten she would thank him for his kindness with gifts or protect him in his time of need. source : Wikipedia

Friday, November 5

Finland 2022

Finland

Date of Issue: 27th April 2022

two stamps (2x international value = 2x 2.05 €) - NOTE those stamps are self-adhesive

 

those stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps (2 stamps of each)

 

Päivätär and Kuutar are luonnotars (feminine personifications of nature) or goddesses of the Sun and the Moon in Finnish mythology. They own the gold of the Moon and the silver of the Sun, spin golden and silver yarns, and weave clothes out of them. In Kalevala, young maidens ask Päivätär and Kuutar to give them some of their golden and silver jewellery and clothes.

Both luonnotars are mentioned in Finnish folk poetry, but there is little information of them. Päivätär and Kuutar are emuus (origin mothers) of bees, wasps and hornets and appear in spells that were sung in order to prevent these insects from stinging. There is also one spell from Finnish Karelia that states that the world tree grew from the golden and silver tears of Kuutar and Päivätär. source : Finnish Folklore Wiki


 

Sunday, October 10

Best Europa stamp 2021

Poland

The 2021 Best Europa stamp has been announced by PostEurop in this press release.

Poland is the winner of the 2021 Best Europa stamp contest organized by PostEurop. Åland finished second and Ukraine (2nd stamp) is third.

  1. POLAND
  2. ALAND
  3. UKRAINE

As written earlier on this blog, PostEurop changed the rules for this contest. 3 voting panels (public, jury and  operators) are selecting the best Europa stamp. The results of these three panels are compiled and gives an overall winner.

Poland wins the overall contest in a deserved way by finishing in the top 3 of the three voting panels :

Public voting :

1. Turkey
2. Armenia
3. Poland 

Jury voting :

1. Germany
2. Poland
= Norway

Postal operators voting :

1. Poland
2. Åland
3. Hungary

Consolidated result of all three panels - top 10 :

1. Poland
2. Åland
3. Ukraine
4. Armenia
= Hungary
= Norway
7. Germany
= Netherlands
= Spain
= Turkey

Wednesday, September 29

Best Europa stamp - new rules and new system !

Europe

New rules from this year for electing the Best Europa stamp ! Coming into force in 2021 !

A single winner will be chosen resulting from a combination of 3 different voting panels, each having the same weight !

1. General public votes on digital images of the stamps via a dedicated PostEurop website, 9 May - 9 September

2. Postal operators votes on digital images of the stamps via a dedicated PostEurop intern website. Each company votes for 3 preferred stamps, except its own stamp.

3. Jury voting on physical stamps. Each jury member votes for his/her 3 preferred stamps.

The 10 best placed stamps in each of the 3 voting panels are allocated the following number of points (Eurovision Song Contest system) :

1st = 12 points ; 2nd = 10 points ; 3rd = 8 points ; 4th = 7 points ; 5th = 6 points ; 6th = 5 points ; 7th = 4th points ; 8th = 3 points ; 9th = 2 points and 10th = 1 point.

The points from the 3 voting panels are added up to obtain the overall winner and the two runners-up.

Note : only the country having send his digital and physical stamp to PostEurop can win the contest !

The Best Europa stamp 2021 will be announced during PostEurop's plenary assembly on the 6th of October 2021.

Georgia 2021

Georgia

Date of Issue: 22nd September 2021

two stamps (2x 2.10 GEL) & one souvenir-sheet (2x 2.10 GEL)


both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps



Friday, August 27

Gibraltar - Sepac 2021

Gibraltar - Sepac

Date of Issue: 8st Septembre 2021

one stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of 5 stamps (only this stamp bears the Sepac logo)



Sepac 2021

Europe - Sepac
Sepac 2021
"Historical maps"



17.02.2021 Jersey - 1 stamp (0.70 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
25.03.2021 Åland - 1 stamp (4.- €)
26.04.2021
Faroe Is. - 1 souvenir-sheet (27.- DKK)
28.05.2021 Malta - 1 stamp (0.50 €) out of a set of 4 stamps
07.06.2021 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.50 CHF)
08.06.2021 Greenland - 1 stamp (19.- DKK)
19.07.2021 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.50 €)
01.09.2021 Guernsey - 1 stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
08.09.2021
Gibraltar - 1 stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of 5 stamps
14.09.2021 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (1.05 €)

no issue Isle of Man
no issue Vatican

Thursday, August 26

Sepac folder 2021

Europe - Sepac

"Old maps 12", this special folder contains the 10 Sepac stamps issued in 2021.

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

Thursday, August 19

Luxembourg - Sepac 2021

Luxembourg - Sepac

Date of Issue: 14th September 2021

one stamp (1.05 €)

 this stamp is issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Friday, July 16

Special 2021 Europa folder issued by 6 countries

Europe


6 countries - Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - the Netherlands and Switzerland - issued a common "Multilaterale" folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the six countries (10 stamps in total).



This folder can be ordered by any of the 6 postal administrations.

It is the sixth issue of this kind after :  2013 (theme - "The postman van") ; 2016 (theme - "Ecology in Europe - Think Green" ; 2017 (theme - Castles) ; 2018 (theme - Bridges) ; 2019 (theme - National birds) and 2020 (theme - Ancient postal routes)



Guernsey - Sepac 2021

Guernsey - Sepac

Date of Issue: 1st September 2021

one stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of six stamps (only this stamp is bearing the official Sepac logo).


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



Sunday, July 11

Cyprus (Turkish post) 2021

Cyprus (Turkish post)

Date of Issue: 15th July 2021

two stamps (6.- & 6.50 TRY) and one souvenir-sheet (6.- & 6.50 TRY)

 

both stamps are also issued in mini-sheets of 8 stamps



NOTE : the stamps issued by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus aren't recognized on an international level, not by the UPU nor by PostEurop.

Azerbaijan 2021

Azerbaijan

Date of Issue: 24th June 2021

two stamps (0.50 & 0.60 AZN) & one souvenir-sheet (2.- AZN)

both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 8 stamps


both stamps are issued in a booklet of 8 stamps (4 of each) - the stamps aren't perforated on one side



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