Europa stamps themes 2027-2028

Europe

PostEurop informed me about the 2028 Europa stamps theme.

 ”Trains connecting Europe” 

More information to follow soon.

 

For the record, the topic for 2027 is "Street Art".

France 1974 - Focus

France

20th April 1974 - "Sculpture"
design & engraving : Georges Bétemps
printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-poste et des ValeursFiduciaires (ITVF) - France

The first stamp (0.50 French Francs) shows the bronze statue L'Age d'airain (The Age of Bronze).

 

image source Ibolli

This is the first bronze statue by the famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Made in 1877, it brought him a certain notoriety at the age of 37, attracting state commissions before private commissions multiplied. 

 

It is exhibited in the Rodin Museum and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, but there are many casts of it on display in various museums around the world. 

 

The second stamp (0.90 French francs) shows L'Air (The Air), a work by the French sculptor Aristide Maillol (1861-1944).

image source Ibolli

It is a sculpture in lead. Created in 1938, this sculpture has been installed since 1964 in the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris. It is part of a group of statues by Maillol exhibited in the open air.

image source Wikimedia

 

1974

Europe

Issue n°19 - 1974

"Sculptures"

Number of countries : 23
Debuting countries : none
Returning countries : Sweden
Withdrawing countries : the Netherlands, Norway

Since 1974, a common theme replaces the common design system used since 1956! Only the CEPT logo (or letters) on each stamp indicates that the stamp is a "Europa stamp".

27.04.1974 Andorra (French post)

29.04.1974 Andorra (Spanish post) 

08.05.1974 Austria

04.05.1974 Belgium

29.04.1974 Cyprus

29.04.1974 Finland

22.04.1974 France

10.05.1974 Greece

29.04.1974 Iceland 

29.04.1974 Ireland 

29.04.1974 Italy

21.03.1974 Liechtenstein

29.04.1974 Luxembourg

13.07.1974 Malta

08.05.1974 Monaco

29.04.1974 Portugal

09.05.1974 San Marino 

29.04.1974 Spain 

29.04.1974 Sweden

28.03.1974 Switzerland

29.04.1974 Turkey 

17.04.1974 West-Germany 

29.04.1974 Yugoslavia 

 

Note : The theme for the years 1974-76 was "Work of art" subdivided like this : 

"Sculptures" in '74 ; "Paintings" in '75 and "Handicrafts" in '76.

 

Interesting to note, that the CEPT logo is depicted on the stamps of only 15 countries, the other 8 countries just add the CEPT letters on their stamps. 

 

Most stamps issued on the 29th April.

more here in the Europa stamps History - Part III

Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Brighton (Great-Britain)
Winner: ABBA "Waterloo" (Sweden)

 

my personal favourite that year: Gigliola Cinquetti "Si" (Italy) 

Finland 1974 - Focus

Finland

29th April 1974 - "Sculpture"
design : Pirkko Vahtero
printer: Bank of Finland Security Printing House

Finland has chosen the relief The Goddess of freedom bestows laurel wreath of victory on youth by Wäinö Aaltonen (1894-1966), one of the one of the leading Finnish sculptors, for their single Europa stamp that year.

image source Ibolli

This marble work, created in 1940 to decorate the walls of the ballroom at the University of Helsinki, was badly damaged during a bombing raid in February 1944.

Aaltonen made in 1959 a new version, which he considered more successful than the original. It is still on display in the lobby of the new side of the main building of the University of Helsinki.

image source Finna.fi

Cyprus 1974 - Focus

Cyprus

29th April 1974 - "Sculpture"
design : unknown
printer: unknown

Cyprus Post has selected only one design to appear on its three stamps (10 ; 40 & 150 Cypriot mils).

It is not strictly speaking a sculpture but an ancient coin.

A 4th-century BC Cypriot coin of the Kingdom of Marion depicting the rape of Europe by Zeus transfigured into a bull, the inscription "King Timocharis" in Cypriot syllabary.

What better way to illustrate a Europa stamp than with Europe!

This coin also appeared on the Cypriot 50 cent coin in use until Cyprus adopted the euro in 2008.

Malta - Sepac 2026

Malta - Sepac

Date of Issue: 7th August 2026

one stamp (2.21 €) 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

Sepac 2026

Europe - Sepac

Sepac 2026
"Iconic Landmarks"

06.01.2026 Jersey - 1 stamp (4.- GBP) out of a set of 8 stamps & 1 souvenir-sheet of 8 stamps

18.03.2026 Åland - 1 stamp (4.30 €)

08.05.2026 Greenland - 1 stamp (28.- DKK)
27.05.2026 Guernsey - 1 stamp (1.45 GBP) out of a set of 4 stamps

01.06.2026 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.90 CHF)

10.07.2026 Monaco - 1 stamp (2.25 €)

07.08.2026 Malta - 1 stamp (2.21 €) out of a set of 2 stamps

07.09.2026 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (37.- DKK)
15.09.2026 Luxembourg

??.??.2026 Gibraltar
??.??.2026 Isle of Man
??.??.2026 Vatican 

Belgium 1974 - Focus

Belgium

4th May 1974 - "Sculpture"
design : Jean Malvaux
engraver : Jean de Vos
printer: Zegeldrukkerij van Mechelen - Belgium

The first stamp (5 Belgian francs) shows the work De verwoeste stad (The Destroyed City) by the French naturalized Belarusian artist Ossip Zadkine (1888-1967).

image source Ibolli

This sculpture conceived in 1947 represents a man without a heart. It is a memorial to the destruction of the centre of Rotterdam in 1940 after the Luftwaffe bombing.

The figure holds both hands aloft, with its head thrown back as if crying in grief, and a gaping hole in its chest and abdomen. The absence of a heart is said to symbolize the destruction of the centre of Rotterdam. Zadkine described it as "A cry of horror against the inhuman brutality of this act of tyranny".

 

image source Wikimedia

At the 1958 Brussels World Fair (Expo 58), a smaller bronze version (128 × 57.5 × 56.5 cm) was exhibited and acquired by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

The second stamp (10 Belgian francs) shows the work Solidariteit (Solidarity) by the Flemish artist George Minne (1866-1941).

image source Ibolli

This work of 1934 represents two men supporting each other. The bronze work is located in the centre of a pond in the municipal park of Boom.

Austria 1974 - Focus

Austria

8th May 1974 - "Sculpture"
design : Adalbert Pilch
engraver : Rudolf Toth
printer: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei - Austria

The stamp of Austria shows the statue of King Arthur - König Artur -  from the imperial tomb "Cenotaph" of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in the Court Church - Hofkirche - in Innsbruck.

image source Ibolli

With this group of figures, the church houses the most important funerary monument in the West. The centrepiece is the cenotaph on which the emperor kneels, facing the altar in a prayerful posture. Relief paintings by the Dutch master Alexander Colin depict the colourful and eventful life of the emperor.
 

image source Wikimedia

The cenotaph is surrounded by 28 large bronze statues (200–250 cm) of ancestors, relatives and heroes. Their creation took place between 1502 and 1555, and occupied a number of artists. The statue of and King Arthur was made by Albrecht Dürer in 1513.

image source Wikimedia

Andorra (Spanish post) 1974 - Focus

Andorra (Spanish post)

29th April 1974 - "Sculpture"
design : unknown
printer: Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT) - Spain

Like the French post office, Andorra's Spanish post office has chosen a polychrome wooden virgin from the Romanesque period to illustrate the theme of "Sculpture".

image source Ibolli

This virgin appears on the first stamp (2 pesetas) and represents La Verge d'Ordino (The Virgin of Ordino) which is located in the church of Sant Corneli i Sant Cebrià in Ordino.  This 44-cm virgin is the smallest in the Principality and dates from the late 11th and early 12th centuries.

 image source Wikimedia Commons

The second stamp (8 pesetas) represents the Creu de les set banves [Creu dels set
braços], the seven-branched cross.

 

image source Ibolli

This Gothic cross with seven branches dates from the 16th century. It is located on the road between Prats and Meritxell. There is a legend associated with it, which you can read on the website of the Andorra Tourist Office.

Andorra (French post) 1974 - Focus

  Andorra (French post)

27th April 1974 - "Sculpture"
design & engraving : Albert Decaris
printer: Imprimerie des Timbres-poste et des ValeursFiduciaires (ITVF) - France

Andorra is rich in Romanesque churches. In 1974, the French Post of Andorra selected two "Virgins in Majesty" from this period to illustrate the common theme of "Sculpture".

These reliquary virgins were carried in procession and then placed on altars or embedded in the tympanums of churches.

 

image source Ibolli

The first stamp represents La Vierge de Pal (the Virgin of Pal, or it's exact name the Verge del Remei in Catalan) which is kept in the church of Sant Clement in Pal. This 12th century sculpture was restored in 1988. The virgin is holding an apple - symbolic of power - in her right hand.

  image source Diari d'Andorra

The second stamp shows La Vierge des remèdes de Santa Coloma (the Virgin of the Cures of Santa Coloma) from the 13th century and kept in Andorra's oldest church in Santa Coloma.

image source Ibolli

The child Jesus holds the apple in his left hand and extends his right hand in a gesture of blessing. Mary is carrying a container interpreted by tradition as the "vase of heavenly ointments".

 

 image source Wikimedia Commons

Ukraine 2026

Ukraine

Date of Issue: 10th July 2026

two stamps (A value = 1.20 USD & W value = 1.80 USD)

both stamps are issued in mini sheets of 4 stamps

NOTE 1 - A booklet of 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamp (A & W value) has also been issued

NOTE 2 - this block has been issued at 4'400 ex (1'700 ex as a booklet) and it's only reserved to whom subscribed to a premium subscription for all 2026 Ukrainian issues ! 

Europa 2026

Europe

Europa 2026 
"70th Anniversary of the Europa stamp - 
United in..."

common design issue
-
celebrating Europa stamps 70th anniversary - 1956-2026

 

 

02.03.2026 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.90 CHF) 

03.03.2026 San Marino - 1 stamp (3.30 €) 

30.03.2026 Gibraltar - 1 stamp (1.96 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (1.96 & 3.16 GBP) 

 

01.04.2026 Guernsey - 1 stamp (1.54 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 1 stamp (1.54 GBP) 

03.04.2026 Moldova - 1 stamp (12.- MDL) 

05.04.2026 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) - 1 stamp (4.- BAM) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 1 stamp (4.- BAM)  

09.04.2026 Romania - 1 stamp (16.- RON) 

10.04.2026 Armenia - 1 stamp (400.- AMD)  

10.04.2026 Hungary - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 1020.- HUF) 

10.04.2026 Lithuania - 1 stamp (2.05 €) 

13.04.2026 Belgium - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value) 

15.04.2026 Azerbaijan - 1 stamp (1.- AZN) 

22.04.2026 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) - 1 stamp (3.60 BAM) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.60 BAM) 
24.04.2026 Austria - 1 stamp (1.25 €) 

27.04.2026 Kazakhstan - 1 stamp (1'800.- KZT) 

27.04.2026 Poland - 1 stamp (10.- PLN) 

30.04.2026 Bulgaria - 1 stamp (0.80 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (0.80 & 1.65 €) 

 

05.05.2026 Luxembourg - 2 stamps (1.20 & 1.70 €) 

05.05.2026 North Macedonia - 1 stamp (184.- MKD) 

05.05.2026 Slovakia - 1 stamp (3.20 €) 

05.05.2026 Andorra (Spanish post) - 1 stamp (2.- €) 

05.05.2026 Spain - 1 stamp (Tarifa B value) 

06.05.2026 Czech rep. - 1 stamp (E value) 

06.05.2026 Finland - 1 stamp (National value) 

07.05.2026 Germany - 1 stamp (0.95 €) 

07.05.2026 Latvia - 1 stamp (3.- €) 

07.05.2026 Monaco - 1 stamp (2.25 €) 

07.05.2026 Serbia - 2 stamps (67.- & 160.- RSD) 

07.05.2026 Sweden - 1 stamp (44.- SEK) 

07.05.2026 Switzerland - 2 stamps (2x 1.20 CHF) 

08.05.2026 Åland - 2 stamps (2x Europa value) 

08.05.2026 Croatia - 2 stamps (2x B value) 

08.05.2026 Georgia - 1 stamp (5.- GEL)  

08.05.2026 Greece - 1 stamp (3.- €) 

08.05.2026 Greenland - 1 stamp (25.- DKK) 

08.05.2026 Jersey 1 stamp (2.35 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x. 2.35 GBP) 

08.05.2026 Montenegro - 2 stamps (2x 1.- €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2.- €) 

08.05.2026 the Netherlands - 1 stamp (1 international value) 

08.05.2026 Slovenia - 2 stamps (C & D value) 

08.05.2026 Vatican - 1 stamp (1.35 €) 

09.05.2026 Azores - 1 stamp (1.30 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.75 €) 

09.05.2026 Estonia - 1 stamp (3.90 €) 

09.05.2026 France - 1 stamp (2.25 €) 

09.05.2026 Italy - 1 stamp ((B zona 1 value) 

09.05.2026 Kosovo - 2 stamps (1.- & 2.- €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2.- €) 

09.05.2026 Madeira - 1 stamp (1.30 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.75 €) 

09.05.2026 Malta - 1 stamp (2.- €) 

09.05.2026 Portugal - 1 stamp (1.30 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (3.75 €) 

09.05.2026 Turkey - 1 stamp (45.- TRY) 

11.05.2026 Andorra (French post) - 1 stamp (4.85 €) 

11.05.2026 Cyprus - 1 stamp (0.64 €) 

14.05.2026 Cyprus (Turkish post) - 2 stamps (50.- & 64.- TRY) and 1 souvenir-sheet (50.- & 64.- TRY) 

22.05.2026 Isle of Man - 5 stamps (2x 1.96 ; 2.33 ; 2.63 & 3.62 GBP) 

26.05.2026 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (37.- DKK) 

 

25.06.2026 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 stamps (2x 4.- BAM) and 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 4.- BAM)

 

10.07.2026 Ukraine - 2 stamps (A & W value) NEW

10.09.2026 Ireland - 2 stamps 

  

??.??.2026 Albania

no issue from Belarus (PostEurop membership suspended)

no issue from Denmark (stopped issuing stamps)

no issue from Great-Britain

no issue from Iceland (stopped issuing stamps)

no issue from Norway
no issue from Russia (PostEurop membership suspended)

   

Any news regarding the 2026 Europa stamps is welcome 🙂

 

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2026

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Date of Issue: 25th June 2026

two stamps (2x 4.- BAM) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 4.- BAM)

both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps

NOTE : The tree motive took the second place in PostEurop's common design competition !