europa stamps: April 2024

Saturday, April 27

Croatia 2024

Croatia

Date of Issue: 9th May 2024

two stamps (2x 2.20 €)

both stamps are issued in a sheet of 16 stamps (8 of each)

1. Fan mussel (Pinna nobilis) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

2. Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

Friday, April 26

Latvia 2024

Latvia

Date of Issue: 26th April 2024

two stamps (1.88 & 1.91 €)

both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps tête-bêche

1. Najas flexilis - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

2. River trout (Salmo trutta fario) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

Lithuania 2024

Lithuania

Date of Issue: 26th April 2024

two stamps (2x 1.70 €)

this stamp is issued a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

1. European crayfish (Astacus astacus) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

2. Nymphaea candida - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh 2024

Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh

Date of Issue: 26th April 2024

two stamps (2x 500.- AMD)

those two stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

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

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

Those stamps are listed in most stamps catalogues (Gibbons, Yvert & Tellier, Michel) and most Europa stamps collectors collect those stamps even if they aren't official stamp issues.

Albania 2023

Albania

Date of Issue: 27th April 2024 [!]

two stamps (150.- & 250.- ALL) and one souvenir-sheet (250.- ALL)

both stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 2 stamps (150.- & 200.- ALL) - NOTE the highest value is different from the stamps issued in sheets of 48 stamps

a different souvenir-sheet with 3 stamps (150.-, 200.- & 250.- ALL) is also issued in a booklet

Europa stamps 2023

Europe

Europa 2023

"Peace – the highest value of humanity"

common design issue

30.03.2023 Gibraltar - 2 stamp (1.98 & 3.16 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet (1.98 & 3.16 GBP)

25.04.2023 Poland - 1 stamp (3.90 PLN)

27.04.2023 Sweden - 1 stamp (30.- SEK)

28.04.2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) - 2 stamps (1.95 & 3.30 BAM) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.30 BAM)

28.04.2023 Moldova - 2 stamps (2x 10.- MDL)

03.05.2023 Cyprus (Turkish post) - 2 stamps (4.50 & 15.- TRY)

04.05.2023 Denmark - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (12.- & 36.- DKK)

04.05.2023 Germany - 1 stamp (0.85 €)

05.05.2023 Austria - 1 stamp (1.20 €)

09.05.2023 Åland - 2 stamps (Europa value)

09.05.2023 Andorra (French post) - 1 stamp (1.80 €)

09.05.2023 Andorra (Spanish post) - 1 stamp (1.65 €)

09.05.2023 Azores - 1 stamp (1.05 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.- €)

09.05.2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1 stamp (3.20 BAM)

09.05.2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) - 2 stamps (2x 3.50 BAM) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x 3.50 BAM)

09.05.2023 Croatia - 2 stamps (2x B value)

09.05.2023 Cyprus - 2 stamps (0.34 & 0.64 €)

09.05.2023 Czech rep. - 1 stamp (E value)

09.05.2023 Faroe Islands - 1 stamp (31.- DKK)

09.05.2023 Finland - 1 stamp (national value)

09.05.2023 France - 1 stamp (1.80 €)

09.05.2023 Greece - 2 stamps (A priority international mail 20 gr & A priority domestic mail 20 gr)

09.05.2023 Hungary - 2 stamps (2x 875.- HUF) issued in one souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (2 of each)

09.05.2023 Ireland - 2 stamps (N & W values)

09.05.2023 Italy - 1 stamp (B zona 1 value)

09.05.2023 Jersey - 2 stamps (0.98 & 1.85 GBP)

09.05.2023 Kosovo - 1 stamp (2.- €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2.- €)

09.05.2023 Latvia - 2 stamps (1.63 & 1.82 €)

09.05.2023 Liechtenstein - 2 stamps (2x 1.80 CHF)

09.05.2023 Lithuania - 1 stamp (1.45 €)

09.05.2023 Madeira - 1 stamp (1.05 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.- €)

09.05.2023 Malta - 1 stamp (1.50 €)

09.05.2023 Montenegro - 1 stamp (0.95 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (0.95 €)

09.05.2023 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.80 €)

09.05.2023 the Netherlands - 1 stamp (Internationaal value)

09.05.2023 Norway - 1 stamp (Europe 20g value)

09.05.2023 Portugal - 1 stamp (1.05 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.- €)

09.05.2023 Romania - 2 stamps (7.50 & 11.- RON) & 2 souvenir-sheets (2x 7.50 & 2x 11.- RON)

09.05.2023 Serbia - 2 stamps (48.- & 120.- RSD)

09.05.2023 Slovakia - 1 stamp (2.10 €)

09.05.2023 Switzerland - 2 stamps (0.90 & 1.10 CHF)

09.05.2023 San Marino - 1 stamp (3.05 €)

09.05.2023 Spain - 1 stamp (Tarifa B)

09.05.2023 Turkey - 1 stamp (10.- TRY)

10.05.2023 North-Macedonia - 2 stamps (100.- & 144.- MKD)

16.05.2023 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (1.40 €)

16.05.2023 Vatican - 2 stamps (0.10 & 1.25 €)

24.05.2023 Ukraine - 2 stamps (A & U values)

24.05.2023 Guernsey - 2 stamps (0.87 & 1.21 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
24.05.2023 Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh - 2 stamps (2x 500.- AMD)

25.05.2023 Estonia - 1 stamp (2.60 €)

26.05.2023 Bulgaria - 2 stamps (1.25 & 2.70 BGN) & 1 souvenir-sheet (1.25 & 2.70 BGN)

26.05.2023 Slovenia - 2 stamps (C & D values)

30.05.2023 Greenland - 2 stamps (20.- & 23.- DKK)

01.06.2023 Kazakhstan - 1 stamp (500.- KZT)

12.06.2023 Belgium - 1 stamp (Europa 1st class value)

16.06.2023 Georgia - 1 stamp (4.- GEL)

05.07.2023 Isle of Man - 1 stamp (1.28 GBP)

10.07.2023 Azerbaijan - 2 stamps (2x 0.50 AZN) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x 1.- AZN)

27.04.2024 Albania - 2 stamps(150.- & 200.- ALL) & 1 souvenir-sheet (250.- ALL)

no issue from Armenia
no issue from Belarus

no issue from Russia

Thursday, April 25

Romania 2024

Romania

Date of Issue: 24th April 2024

two stamps (4.- & 25.- RON)

both stamps are issued in 2 types of souvenir-sheets of 4 stamps (2 stamps of each). The position of both stamps and the frame is different in each souvenir-sheet.

both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 5 stamps + 1 vignette

NOTE those stamps are also issued in sheets of 32 stamps with 4 vignettes

A limited souvenir-sheet (281 copies only) with the 2 Europa stamps imperforated has also been in issued in a philatelic folder

1. Zander (Sander lucioperca) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

2. Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

those stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

1. Ichthyosauria - Wikipedia article

2. Plesiosauria - Wikipedia article

Friday, April 19

Europa stamps themes 2025-2027

Europe

And here are the themes for 2025, 2026 & 2027 :

2025 - "National Archaeological Discoveries" (postponed to 2025 from 2024)

2026 - "70th anniversary of EUROPA stamp"

2027 - "Street Art"

Agnieszka Trzaskowska, chair of the PostEurop Stamps & Philately Working Group, gives following information regarding the choice of the themes for 2026 & 2027 :

As the result of the preselection and selection process on 2026 & 2027 EUROPA themes, the PostEurop Stamps & Philately Working Group have chosen “70^th anniversary of EUROPA stamp” and “Street Art” respectively.
Given that 2026 marks the next anniversary of EUROPA issue, PostEurop members will issue a common stamp design motif to be chosen on a basis of a design competition that starts in May 2024.
Then, 2027 “Street Art” EUROPA theme shows a growing role of performing arts for societies that give present crucial questions broad audience and visibility.