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Albaniathe stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 9 stamps
Rozafa Castle in Shkodra is one of the most important in Albania and is alsothe main tourist attraction in the city of Shkodra.
According to the painful legend, the construction of the castle was cursed by the gods, which every night demolishing every day construction. To allow the durability of the castle walls, they demanded the sacrifice of a woman and it was unfairly decided that the victim was Rozafa, the youngest bride of the house.
Europe
Belgium
Date of Issue: 2nd April 2024
one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)
1. Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article
2. European eel (Anguilla anguilla) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article
Åland
Date of Issue: 8th May 2024
one stamp (Europa value = 2.40 €)
Zostera marina - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article
Finland
Date of Issue: 8th May 2024
two stamps (2x national value = 2.30 €) - NOTE those stamps are self-adhesive
those stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamp (5 of each)
1. Zostera marina - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article
2. Macroplea pubipennis - Wikipedia article
Europe
We have a winner in the best Sepac stamp 2022 contest !
Malta wins for 1st time this contest.
1st Malta with 415 votes
2nd Åland
3rd Guernsey
The Isle of Man won in 2017, Guernsey won once in 2016, Åland won twice in 2014 and in 2019, Greenland won once in 2013, Monaco won once in 2018 and the Faroe Islands won this contest 3 times : in 2007-09, in 2011 and in 2015.
Europe - Sepac
"Traditional markets 14", this special folder contains the 9 Sepac stamps issued in 2023.
This folder will be on sale by any of the Sepac countries philatelic offices !
Luxembourg - Sepac
Europe - Sepac
21.03.2023 Jersey - 1 stamp (0.98 GPB) - out of a set of 6 stamps
30.05.2023 Greenland - 1 stamp (23.- DKK)
05.06.2023 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.80 CHF)
03.07.2023 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.80 €)
19.07.2023 Guernsey - 1 stamp (2.42 GBP) - out of a set of 4 stamps
27.07.2023 Åland - 1 stamp (lokalpost value)
08.08.2023 Malta - 1 stamp (1.50 €) - out of a set of 2 stamps
11.08.2023 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (31.- DKK)
12.09.2023 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (1.40 €)
no issue Gibraltar
no issue Isle of Man
no issue Vatican
Faroe Islands - Sepac
Date of Issue: 11th August 2023
one stamp (31.- DKK)
Malta - Sepac
Date of Issue: 8th August 2023
one stamp (1.50 €) out of a set of two stamps (only this stamp is bearing the official Sepac logo).
this stamp is issued in a mini sheet of 10 stamps
Azerbaijantwo stamps (2x 0.50 AZN) & one souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x 1.- AZN)
both stamps are issued a mini-sheet of 8 stamps (4 of each)
Europe
Guernsey - Sepac
Date of Issue: 19th July 2023
one stamp (2.42 GBP) out of a set of four stamps (only this stamp is bearing the official Sepac logo).
this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps
Isle of Man
NOTE : this stamp bears the PostEurop's 30th anniversary logo
NOTE-2 : this stamp is part of a larger set celebrating the 50 years of the Isle of Man postal administration. Most of the other stamps from this set features older Europa stamps (stamp on stamps) issued by the Isle of Man also this year's Europa stamp on the 6th stamp !
Stamp 1 – Europa CEPT stamp from 1976
Stamp 2 – Europa CEPT stamp fro 1980 & 1987
Stamp 3 – Europa stamp from 1995 theme "Peace and Freedom" which shares similar sentiment to this year’s theme.
Stamp 4 – Europa stamp from 2004
Stamp 5 – no Europa stamp displayed
Stamp 6 – Europa stamp from 2023
Kazakhstan
this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 6 stamps
