Best Europa stamps 2002-2020

Europe

2002 : Malta

2003 : Monaco (stamp 1/2)

2004 : Greenland

2005 : Iceland (stamp 1/2)

2006 : Ukraine (stamp 2/2)

2007 : Armenia

2008 : Hungary (stamp 1/2)

2009 : Hungary (stamp 2/2)

2010 : Hungary (stamp 2/2)

2011 : Turkey (stamp 1/2)

2012 : Hungary (stamp 1/2)

2013 : Turkey (stamp 2/2)

2014 : Serbia (stamp 2/2)

2015 : Turkey (stamp 2/2)

2016 : common design - no contest

2017 : Turkey (stamp 2/2)

2018 : Turkey (stamp 2/2)
 
2019 : Armenia

2020 : Turkey

Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh 2011

Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh

Date of Issue: 16th May 2012

two stamps (350 & 650.- AMD)

those stamps are published in mini-sheets of 9 stamps + 1 label

those stamps are published in a mini-sheet of 8 stamps (4 of each) + 2 labels

NOTE : the stamps issued by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic 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.

Armenia 2011

Armenia

Date of Issue: 14th December 2011

two stamps (2x 350.- AMD)


Both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Ukraine 2011

Ukraine

Date of Issue: 20th December 2011

two stamps (2.20 & 4.30 UAH)


both stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 12 stamps (6 of each)

NOTE - Ukrposhta announced a first Europa issue for April/May 2011 but was then cancelled. Hereunder the design of the cancelled issue:

© Alexander and Sergei Kharuk

the designers of that canceled issue are Alexander and Sergei Kharuk. They already designed in the past, the 2008 Europa issue and the 50 years Europa CEPT stamps issue in 2006.

Europa stamps 2011

Europe

Europa 2011"Forests"

09.05.2011 Åland - 1 stamp (0.85 €)
30.07.2011 Albania - 1 stamp (200.- ALL)and 1 souvenir-sheet (250.- ALL)
09.05.2011 Andorra (French post) - 1 stamp (0.58 €)
04.04.2011 Andorra (Spanish post) - 1 stamp (0.65 €)
14.12.2011 Armenia - 2 stamps (2x 350.- AMD)
16.05.2012 Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh - 2 stamps (350 & 650.- AMD)
08.09.2011 Austria - 1 souvenir-sheet (1.70 €)
08.04.2011 Azerbaijan - 2 stamps (0.20 & 0.60 AZN) & 1 souvenir-sheet (1.- AZN)
09.05.2011 Azores - 1 stamp (0.68 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.68 €)

14.04.2011 Belarus - 2 stamps (2000.- & 2500.- BYR)
19.09.2011 Belgium - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x EU value 3)
09.05.2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 stamps (2x 2.50 BAM) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 2.50 BAM)
05.04.2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) - 2 stamps (2x 3.- BAM)
06.04.2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) - 2 stamps (1.- & 2.- BAM)
28.04.2011 Bulgaria - 2 stamps (0.65 & 1.50 BGN) & 1 souvenir-sheet (0.65 & 1.50 BGN)
05.05.2011 Croatia - 2 stamps (2x 7.10 HRH)
04.05.2011 Cyprus - 2 stamps (0.51 & 0.68 €)
16.05.2011 Cyprus (Turkish post) - 2 stamps (2x 1.50 TRY) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 1.50 TRY)
04.05.2011 Czech rep. - 1 stamp (20.- CZK)

04.05.2011 Denmark - 2 stamps (8.- & 11.- DKK)

28.04.2011 Estonia - 2 stamps(2x 0.58 €)
26.04.2011 Faroe Is. - 2 stamps (10.- & 12.- DKK)
06.05.2011 Finland - 2 stamps (2x 2nd class value)
09.05.2011 France - 1 stamp (0.75 €)

05.05.2011 Germany - 1 stamp (0.55 €)
04.04.2011 Gibraltar - 4 stamps (0.10, 0.42, 0.44 & 1.50 GBP)
22.03.2011 Great-Britain - 1 stamp within a souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps
17.05.2011 Greece - 2 stamps (0.75 & 3.25 €)
17.01.2011 Greenland - 2 stamps (9.- & 10.- DKK)
04.05.2011 Guernsey - 2 stamps (0.45 & 0.52 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet (0.45, 0.52, 2.- GBP)

09.05.2011 Hungary - 1 souvenir-sheet (4x 200.- HUF)

17.03.2011 Iceland - 2 stamps (165.- & 220.- ISK)
05.05.2011 Ireland - 2 stamps (0.55 & 0.82 €)
28.09.2011 Isle of Man - 1 stamp (0.68 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
09.05.2011 Italy - 2 stamps (0.60 & 0.75 €)

08.02.2011 Jersey - 2 stamps (0.45 & 0.55 GBP) out of a set of 4 stamps

21.04.2011 Kazakhstan - 1 stamp (250.- KZT)
09.05.2011 Kosovo - 2 stamps (1.- & 2.- €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2.- €)

08.04.2011 Latvia - 2 stamps (0.55 & 1.20 LVL)
06.06.2011 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.40 CHF)
23.04.2011 Lithuania - 2 stamps (2x 2.45 LTL) 
17.05.2011 Luxembourg - 2 stamps (0.60 & 0.85 €)

05.05.2011 Macedonia - 2 stamps (50.- & 100.- MKD) & 1 souvenir-sheet (100.- MKD)
09.05.2011 Madeira - 1 stamp (0.68 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.68 €)
09.05.2011 Malta - 2 stamps (0.37 & 1.19 €) 
07.05.2011 Moldova - 2 stamps (4.20 & 5.40 MDL)
03.05.2011 Monaco - 2 stamps (0.58 & 0.75 €)
21.04.2011 Montenegro - 2 stamps (2x 0.90 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.90 €)

10.06.2011 Norway - 2 stamps (12.- & 14.- NOK)
05.05.2011 Poland - 1 stamp (3.- PLN)
09.05.2011 Portugal - 1 stamp (0.68 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.68 €)

27.04.2011 Romania - 2 stamps (2.40 & 9.10 RON)
05.05.2011 Russia - 1 stamp (15.- RUB)

05.04.2011 San Marino - 2 stamps (0.60 & 0.65 €)
05.05.2011 Serbia - 2 stamps (33.- & 66.- RSD)
06.05.2011 Slovakia - 1 stamp (0.90 €)
27.05.2011 Slovenia - 2 stamps (0.49 & 0.92 €)
04.04.2011 Spain - 1 stamp (0.65 €)
24.03.2011 Sweden - 2 stamps (2x 12.- SEK)
05.05.2011 Switzerland - 1 stamp (1.- CHF)
09.05.2011 Turkey - 2 stamps (0.90 & 1.30 TRY)
20.12.2011 Ukraine - 2 stamps (2.20 & 4.30 UAH)

21.06.2011 Vatican - 2 stamps (0.60 & 0.75 €)


no issue this year from: the Netherlands ; Georgia

PostEurop's annual review

Europe

PostEurop's Philately Working Group published their annual review in the latest issue PostEuropNews.

Istanbul, from a New Strategy to Deliverable

Last year, we were in Istanbul, to hold our Philatelic Forum. After reviewing the EUROPA stamp competition results survey, we took many decisions impacting the future of EUROPA stamps. It was time to adopt a new strategy beginning with the legal framework. There was a need to officially clarify the situation with regards to the use of the EUROPA logo and need to adhere and respect logo guidelines before issuing EUROPA stamps. This new logo was launched and registered internationally.

logo used with the permission of PostEurop

Starting from January 2012, this logo will be the only authorized trademark, bringing us an important step further in the right direction. As mentioned earlier, 2011 was a transition year for our philatelists. Needless to say, we had been very busy all year round with the EUROPA 2011 theme: Forests, which was aligned and realized in full collaboration with the United Nations Program, International Year of Forests. Our First Jury prize Other important aspect discussed in Istanbul was on increasing the votes and growing the coverage of the competition whilst rebuilding the link we had with Philatelists. Therefore, we introduced two innovations: a Jury Prize and a collection album. The Jury Prize was managed by David E. Failor.


Our first Jury was composed of independent designers or philatelists experts. We had Cyprus Post (Cyprus) emerge as winner of the very first Jury Prize. An announcement was made at the Brussels Town Hall amongst hundreds of passionate philatelists… And the winner goes to... The Jury prize was also a teaser for the main competition: the most beautiful EUROPA stamp of the year. The classic online competition ran well this year, as we received more than 5,500 votes (compared to 1,305 last year) with PTT Turkish Post (Turkey) emerging as a clear winner despite tough competition. The second and third place went to Magyar Posta (Hungary) and CTT Correios (Portugal). For Hungary, it was their 5th time in a row at winning a prize. During the Plenary Assembly Dinner, Mr. Jan Sertons, who was part of the Jury handed out the Jury prize to Mr. Andreas Gregoriou, the CEO of the Cyprus Post (Cyprus). Mr. Jean-Paul Forceville, our Chairman, handed out the Gold EUROPA stamp prize proudly to Mr. Osman Tural, CEO of PTT Turkist Post (Turkey). Behold, another surprise The biggest surprise was kept for the morning after. On every desk, of every delegate was the beautiful and rare EUROPA Collector Album (below).


This limited edition album was designed and produced by PostEurop headquarters. The richness of it comes from all the stamps we received from our members. 41 operators participated in the project and there were in total 69 real EUROPA stamps in the album. This Collector Album will be used in future as the official list of EUROPA published stamps. Only stamps that strictly fulfilled the official guidelines will be included in these albums. Building on this, the 2012 EUROPA theme will be “Visit…” and the album can be used as a tourism promotional tool in which each Europa stamp presents a “window” to discover more about our members’ country. Another innovative element will be the use of new technologies such as Quick Response (QR) codes and augmented reality (AR) to make EUROPA Stamps more interactive by enabling viewers to further discover more things behind the stamps and virtually travel across Europe. PostEurop believes that this edition will be even stronger than the 2011 edition. As it will touch your country, it will be important to have the most attractive, recent and accurate information possible as well as the best support possible. And on that, PostEurop really counts on you!

Best Europa stamp 2011 - Public prize

Turkey

Turkey is the winner of this year's Best Europa stamp contest organised by PostEurop. The winner of the last three editions, Hungary finished second and Portugal third.

[UPDATE] number of votes:

1. TURKEY 1288
2. HUNGARY 791
3. PORTUGAL 385

this 0.90 TRY stamp is part of a two stamps set designed by Bülent Ates.

Turkey receiving the Public prize during PostEurop's plenary assembly in Istanbul



The Best Europa stamp design competition is a yearly event that takes place during the Plenary Assembly of PostEurop. The first competition took place in 2002. All official Europa stamp issues can enter the competition.

The result of this competition was announced during this year's Plenary Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey on the 12th October.

The stamp has been selected via the internet ! All people could vote through PostEurop's website ! This year's Best Europa Stamp competition reached a new record high of 5,576 number of public votes registered from all over the world, a sharp increase of 300% from last year's total number of votes due to the growing public interest and popularity.

A jury of 7 members (stamp designers, philatelic design directors) awarded earlier this year, the first Best Europa stamp - Jury prize to Cyprus ! This award don't replace the Best Europa stamp prize selected by the internet voting but is a second prize starting from this year.

Postcrossing.com wrote about the contest on their blog, asking their members which stamp the voted for.

Here you can find the full list of winning stamps since the first contest in 2002 when Malta won.

Best Europa stamp 2011 - Jury prize

Cyprus


This Saturday was awarded the 1st Best Europa stamp - Jury prize ! This prize won't replace the Best Europa stamp awarded after an online voting but will be a more neutral and artistic prize.

A jury of seven members of the postal, philatelic, stamp design world elected the best 2011 Europa stamp (here some pictures of the jury in action !)


The first stamp to win this new award is the 0.68 € stamp issued by Cyprus and designed by Stelios Karamallakis


From a graphic point of view, this stamp can be read on different levels. The first impression is it's "greenness", the brightness of it's colours and the fact that it directly refers to this year's them and give a great positive impact on a letter. The second level is the forest depicted on the stamp, the deepness the graphic effect gives. Trees are coming out of the edge of the design giving a growing effect. You can also consider the name of the country in three languages being roots. The third level are the details you get by having a closer look to the stamp. You can see many different animals living in this forest and especially the Cyprus mouflon which is a typical animal from that country. The animals and the trees are designed as a shadow play and remains on pop-up effects of children books which give an extra 3D design to this stamp.

Official statement on Cyprus post website (in greek)

Cyprus receiving the Jury prize during PostEurop's plenary assembly in Istanbul

100 years UPAEP

Europe

I wrote in an earlier message about the little cousin of the Europa stamps collection, the America stamps !

PostEurop being in charge of coordinating the Europa stamps, for the America stamps it's the UPAEP (Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal) - PUASP (Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal) en english.

The UPAEP is celebrating their 100 years anniversary this year and it has been commemorated by many stamp issues from the UPAEP member countries.


Besides those anniversary issues, America stamps will also be issued later this year on the common them "Mail boxes".

Sepac folder 2011

Europe - Sepac

"Beautiful corners of Europe 3", this special folder contains the 12 Sepac stamps to be issued this year.


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

It's the 3rd and last folder of the first Sepac serie on the theme "Scenery".

Albania 2011

Albania

Date of Issue: 30th July 2011

one stamp (200.- ALL) and one souvenir-sheet (250.- ALL)


the stamp is issued in one mini-sheet of 9 stamps

Jersey - Sepac 2011

Jersey - Sepac

Date of Issue: 28th September 2011

one stamp (0.49 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

Sepac stamps 2011

Europe - Sepac

Sepac 2011
"scenery III"

18.09.2011 Åland - 1 stamp (0.85 €)
16.09.2011 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (10.50 DKK)
15.09.2011 Gibraltar - 1 stamp (0.42 GBP) out of a set of six stamps
28.09.2011 Greenland - 1 stamp (8.- DKK)
28.09.2011 Guernsey - 1 stamp (0.52 GBP) out of a set of six stamps
15.09.2011 Iceland - 1 stamp (50g. to Europe value) part of a se-tenant set
28.09.2011 Isle of Man - 1 stamp (0.58 GBP) out of a set of six stamps
28.09.2011 Jersey - 1 stamp (0.49 GBP) out of a set of six stamps
28.09.2011 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.40 CHF)
27.09.2011 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (0.85 €)
09.03.2011 Malta - 1 stamps (0.37 €)
28.09.2011 Monaco - 1 stamp (0.75 €)


no issue of San Marino this year

Guernsey - Sepac 2011

Guernsey - Sepac

Date of Issue: 28th September 2011

one stamp (0.52 GBP) out of a set of six stamps (only this stamp is bearing the official Sepac logo).

Luxembourg - Sepac 2011

Luxembourg - Sepac

Date of Issue: 27th September 2011

one stamp (0.85 €)



this stamp is issued in a mini sheet of 10 stamps

Liechtenstein - Sepac 2011

Liechtenstein - Sepac

Date of Issue: 28 September 2011

one stamp (1.40 CHF)


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

Austria 2011

Austria

Date of Issue: 8th September 2011

one souvenir-sheet (1.70 €)



NOTE: In the form of a small letter, the block contains spruce seeds from the Austrian region of Tyrol !

Greenland - Sepac 2011

Greenland - Sepac

Date of Issue: 28th September 2011

one stamp (8.- DKK)