Belgium 2025

Belgium

Date of Issue: 7th April 2025

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

the two stamps in detail :

 

 

Europa stamps 2025

Europe

Europa 2025 

"National Archaeological Discoveries"

 

02.04.2025 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) - 2 stamps
07.04.2025 Belgium - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value) NEW
20.04.2025 Norway - 2 stamps (2x Europe 20 g value)
25.04.2025 Lithuania - 2 stamps
30.04.2025 Slovakia - 1 stamp (2.10 €)
??.04.2025 Moldova - 2 stamp
??.04.2025 Poland

 

06.05.2025 Luxembourg - 2 stamps
07.05.2025 Czech Rep. - 1 stamp (2x national value)
07.05.2025 Finland - 2 stamps (E value)
09.05.2025 Åland - 1 stamp (Europa value)

09.05.2025 the Netherlands

09.05.2025 Slovenia - 2 stamps

 

??.??.2025 Greece
??.??.2025 Latvia - 1 stamp

no issue from Belarus 

Any information regarding the 2025 Europa stamps issues are welcome! Post a comment or send me a message! ;)

Åland - Sepac 2025

Åland - Sepac

Date of Issue: 9th May 2025

one stamp (4.20 €)

Sepac 2025

Europe - Sepac

Sepac 2025
"Architecture"

 

09.05.2025 Åland - 1 stamp (4.20 €)

Faroe Is.
Gibraltar
Greenland
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Vatican

Finland 2025

Finland

Date of Issue: 7th May 2025

two stamps (2x national value = 2x 2.50 €) - NOTE those stamps are self-adhesive

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

Two ancient artifacts: a bronze bird pendant discovered in Mikkeli and a golden Ave Maria ring from Pyhtää.

Åland 2025

Åland

Date of Issue: 9th May 2025

one stamp (Europa value = 3.50 €)

"Jettböle clay idol" found in 1906 - The find was the first of such humanoid clay figurines from the Stone Age in Scandinavia. The first Stone Age settlement on Åland was discovered in 1905 in Jettböle, Jomala, and is one of Finland's most significant finds of Scandinavian Pitted Ware culture. Aland museum

 

Kazakhstan 2024

Kazakhstan

Date of Issue: 31st October 2024

one souvenir-sheet of 2 stamp (2x 1'000.- KZT)

1. Didymosphenia geminata - Wikipedia article

2. Beluga (sturgeon) (Huso huso) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

Europa stamps 2024

Europe

Europa 2024 

"Underwater fauna & flora"

 

08.01.2024 Jersey - 2 stamps (0.98 & 2.15 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (0.98 & 2.15 GBP)

 

07.03.2024 Isle of Man - 1 stamp (1.28 GBP)

19.03.2024 San Marino - 2 stamps (1.30 & 2.70 €)

 

02.04.2024 Belgium - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x 3rd class Europe value)
05.04.2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) - 2 stamps (2x 3.50 BAM)

19.04.2024 Moldova - 2 stamps (5.- & 12.- MDL) 

24.04.2024 Romania - 2 stamps (4.- & 25.- RON)

25.04.2024 Gibraltar - 2 stamps (1.96 & 3.16 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet (1.96 & 3.16 GBP) 

25.04.2024 Poland - 1 stamp (4.90 PLN)

25.04.2024 Sweden - 1 souvenir-sheet of 3 stamps (3x 36.- SEK)

26.04.2024 Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh - 2 stamps (2x 500.- AMD)

26.04.2024 Latvia - 2 stamps (1.88 & 1.91 €)
26.04.2024 Lithuania - 2 stamps (2x 1.70 €)
26.04.2024 Slovakia - 1 stamp (2.10 €)

02.05.2024 Cyprus - 2 stamps (0.34 & 0.64 €)

02.05.2024 Germany - 1 stamp (0.85 €)

02.05.2024 Switzerland - 2 stamps (2x 1.20 CHF)
04.05.2024 Austria - 1 stamp (1.20 €)
06.05.2024 Cyprus (Turkish post) - 2 stamps (2x 17.- TRY)
07.05.2024 Czech rep. - 1 stamp (E value)
07.05.2024 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.96 €)

08.05.2024 Åland - 1 stamp (Europa value)
08.05.2024 Finland - 2 stamps (2x national value) 

08.05.2024 Serbia - 2 stamps (48.- & 120.- RSD)

09.05.2024 Andorra (Spanish post) - 1 stamp (1.70 €)

09.05.2024 Azores - 1 stamp (1.20 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.- €)

09.05.2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 stamps (2x 3.20 BAM) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 3.20 BAM)

09.05.2024 Croatia- 2 stamps (2x 2.20 €)

09.05.2024 Estonia - 2 stamps (2x 2.60 €)

09.05.2024 Italy - 2 stamps (2x B zona 1 value)

09.05.2024 Kosovo - 2 stamps (1.- & 2.10 €) - 1 souvenir-sheet (2.- €)

09.05.2024 Madeira - 1 stamp (1.20 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.- €)

09.05.2024 Malta - 2 stamps (1.50 & 2.- €)

09.05.2024 Montenegro - 1 stamp (2.- €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2.- €)

09.05.2024 North Macedonia - 1 stamp (181.- MDK) & 1 souvenir-sheet (184.- MKD)

09.05.2024 Portugal - 1 stamp (1.20 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.- €)

09.05.2024 Spain - 1 stamp (B value)

09.05.2024 Turkey - 1 stamp (20.- TRY)

10.05.2024 France - 1 stamp (1.96 €) 

11.05.2024 Andorra (French post) - 1 stamp (1.96 €)

13.05.2024 Azerbaijan - 2 stamps (0.50 & 0.60 AZN) & 1 souvenir-sheet (1.50 AZN)
13.05.2024 the Netherlands - 1 stamp (Internationaal value)
14.05.2024 Guernsey - 2 stamps (1.20 & 1.36 GBP)
14.05.2024 Luxembourg - 2 stamps (L50g & E50g value) 

15.05.2024 Greece - 2 stamps (2.- & 3.- €)

17.05.2024 Bulgaria -  2 stamps (1.35 & 2.70 BGN) & 1 souvenir sheet (1.35 & 2.70 BGN)

21.05.2024 Vatican - 2 stamps (1.25 & 1.30 €)

23.05.2024 Denmark - 1 souvenir-sheet of 3 stamps (3x 50.- DKK)

24.05.2024 Greenland - 2 stamps (22.- & 25.- DKK)

27.05.2024 Faroe Is. - 2 stamps (23.- & 33.- DKK)

31.05.2024 Norway - 1 stamp (Europe 20 g value)
31.05.2024 Slovenia - 2 stamps (C & D value)

01.06.2024 Georgia - 2 stamps (2x 7.- GEL)

03.06.2024 Liechtenstein - 2 stamps (2x 1.90 CHF)
06.06.2024 Ireland - 2 stamps (1.40 & 2.20 €)

12.06.2024 Armenia - 1 souvenir-sheet of 1 stamp (500.- AMD)

17.06.2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) - 2 stamps (1.95 & 3.30) & 1 souvenir-sheet (1.95 & 3.30)

20.06.2024 Hungary - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 1055.- HUF)

25.06.2024 Ukraine - 2 stamps (2x A value)

31.10.2024 Kazakhstan - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x 1000.- KZT)

??.??.2024 Albania

no issue from Belarus 

no issue from Great-Britain
no issue from Russia

Any information regarding the 2024 Europa stamps issues are welcome! Post a comment or send me a message! ;)

Best Sepac stamp 2024

Europe

Time again to select the Best Sepac stamp !

As you can read on the official Sepac website : "By casting your vote, you’ll automatically be entered into our prize draw to win exclusive stamp collections from SEPAC members.

Exciting Prizes Await:

• 1st Prize: A complete year collection from every SEPAC member that issued a SEPAC stamp in 2024, PLUS the official 2024 SEPAC stamp folder!
• 2nd Prize: Seven year collections of your choice, PLUS the 2024 SEPAC folder!
• 3rd Prize: Three year collections of your choice, PLUS the 2024 SEPAC folder!"

You can cast your vote by email : send a mail to info@sepacstamps.eu with the country you're voting for in the subject line. No need to register to vote this way.

Or you can vote online. You must then register by clicking the "Login" button at the top right of the Sepac website. Log in, and select your favourite stamp from the list.

 VOTE HERE

 Voting closes on 31st January 2025.

 In the past, the Isle of Man won in 2017, Guernsey won once in 2016, Greenland won once in 2013, Monaco won once in 2018 so did Malta in 2022 and the Faroe Islands won this contest 3 times : in 2007-09, in 2011 and in 2015 so did Åland in 2014 ; in 2019 and in 2023.

Best Europa stamp 2024

France

The 2024 Best Europa stamp has been announced by PostEurop in this press release.

France is the winner of the 2024 Best Europa stamp contest organized by PostEurop. Monaco finished second and Azerbaijan (stamp from the souvenir-sheet) is third.

1. FRANCE
2. MONACO
3. AZERBAIJAN

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.

France wins the overall contest and won also the postal operators voting :

Public voting :

1. Turkey
2. Armenia
3. Azerbaijan

Jury voting :

1. Jersey
2. Monaco
3. Cyprus

Postal operators voting :

1. France
2. Azerbaijan
3. Italy

Consolidated result of all three panels - top 10 :

1. France
2. Monaco
3. Azerbaijan
4. Cyprus
5. Armenia
= Poland
7. Jersey
= Turkey
9. Portugal
10. Georgia

Note that Belarus and Russia were excluded of this contest due to their aggression of Ukraine.

PostEurop informs us also that the Dutch Underwater Federation (Nederlandse Onderwatersport Bond) awarded a special diploma to the 2024 Europa stamp from the Czech Rep., selecting it as their favourite.
Regarding the stamp, the NOB said: ”This stamp represents the variety of all the flora and fauna there is in the waters. The similarity between all the creatures visible on the stamp and the ones that exist in the Dutch waters, is big. Besides that, the stamp itself is full of detail of all the different plants, fish, reptiles and invertebrates shown on the stamp.”

Malta - Sepac 2024

Malta - Sepac

Date of Issue: 16th September 2024

one stamp (1.91 €) 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

 

Sepac 2024

Europe - Sepac

Sepac 2024
"Main tourist attraction"

 

24.04.2024 Jersey - 1 stamp (2.95 GBP) - out of a set of 5 stamps

08.05.2024 Åland - 1 stamp (Europa value)
24.05.2024 Greenland - 1 stamp (25.- DKK)
27.05.2024 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (33.- DKK)

03.06.2024 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.90 CHF)
20.06.2024 Monaco - 1 stamps (1.96 €)
25.06.2024 Gibraltar  - 1 stamp (1.- GBP) - out of a set of 6 stamps

25.07.2024 Guernsey - 1 stamp (2.71 GBP) - out of a set of 4 stamps this issue has been withdrawn

10.09.2024 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (E50g value)
16.09.2024 Malta - 1 stamp (1.91 €) - out of a set of 4 stamps

no issue of the Isle of Man
no issue of the Vatican

Best Sepac stamp 2023

Europe

We have a winner in the best Sepac stamp 2023 contest !

Åland wins for the 3rd time this contest.

1st Åland 570 votes
2nd Greenland 374 votes
3rd Malta 144 votes

 

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 so did Malta in 2022 and the Faroe Islands won this contest 3 times : in 2007-09, in 2011 and in 2015.

Luxembourg - Sepac 2024

Luxembourg - Sepac

Date of Issue: 10th September 2023

one stamp (E50g value = 1.40 €)

 this stamp is issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Special 2024 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 (9 stamps in total).

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

It is the 9th 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) ; 2020 (theme - Ancient postal routes) ; 2021 (theme - Endangered national wildlife) ; 2022 (theme - Stories & Myths) and 2023 "Peace - the highest value of humanity"

Sepac folder 2024

Europe - Sepac

"Main tourist attractions 15", this special folder contains the 9 Sepac stamps issued in 2024.

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

Ukraine 2024

Ukraine

Date of Issue: 25th June 2024

two stamps (2x A value = 2x 1.- USD)

both stamps are issued in a mini sheet of 8 stamps (4 of each)

those stamps are also issued in a booklet of 1 souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x A value) - NOTE - the stamps from the booklet are bigger than the stamps issued in mini-sheets
NOTE 2 - this booklet (3'000 ex) is only reserved to whom subscribed to a premium subscription for all 2024 Ukrainian issues !

1. East Atlantic peacock wrasse (Symphodus tinca) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

2. Warty crab (Eriphia verrucosa) - Wikipedia article

Hungary 2024

Hungary

Date of Issue: 20th June 2024

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

1. Beluga (Huso huso) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

2. European carp (Cyprinus carpio) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

Guernsey - Sepac 2024

Guernsey - Sepac

Date of Issue: 25th July 2024

NOTE : this issue has been withdrawn "due to unforeseen circumstances" - I suppose the reason of this withdrawal is the absence of the currency symbol on the stamps (p. for pence and £ for pound).

one stamp (2.71 GBP) out of a set of 4 stamps (only this stamp is bearing the official Sepac logo).  

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

Gibraltar - Sepac 2024

Gibraltar - Sepac

Date of Issue: 25th June 2024

one stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps (only this stamp bears the Sepac logo)

this stamp is issued in a miniature-sheet with the five other stamps of this set

Liechteinstein - Sepac 2024

Liechtenstein - Sepac

Date of Issue: 3rd June 2024

one stamp (1.90 CHF)

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