Albania 2020

Albania

Date of Issue: 22nd February 2021 [!]

one stamp (150.- ALL) and one souvenir-sheet (250.- ALL)

the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 9 stamps and large sheets of 28 stamps

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

Europa stamps 2020

Europe

Europa 2020 

"Ancient postal routes"

15.01.2020 Russia - 1 stamp (53.- RUB)

02.03.2020 Liechtenstein - 2 stamps (2x 1.50 CHF)
24.03.2020 San Marino - 2 stamps (1.10 & 1.15 €)

01.04.2020 Guernsey - 2 stamps (0.68 & 0.85 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps & 1 souvenir-sheet of 6 stamps
05.04.2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) - 2 stamps (2x 3.- BAM)
07.04.2020 Jersey - 2 stamps (0.84 & 1.05 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps & 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps
09.04.2020 Romania - 2 stamps (1.90 & 20.50 RON)
17.04.2020 Norway - 1 souvenir-sheet of 1 stamp (Europa 20g. value = 26.- NOK)
22.04.2020 Czech rep. - 1 stamp (E value = 39.- CZK)
22.04.2020 Isle of Man - 1 stamp (EU value = 0.94 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
27.04.2020 Faroe Is. - 2 stamps (17.- & 20.- DKK)
29.04.2020 Poland - 1 stamp (5.- PLN)
30.04.2020 Slovakia - 1 stamp (1.20 €)
30.04.2020 Sweden - 1 souvenir-sheet of 3 stamps (3x 22.- SEK)

04.05.2020 Cyprus - 2 stamps (0.34 & 0.64 €)
04.05.2020 Hungary - 1 souvenir-sheet (4x 650.- HUF)
05.05.2020 Belarus - 2 stamps (H & P value = 1.74 & 1.92 BYN)
05.05.2020 Serbia - 2 stamps (74.- & 108.- RSD)
06.05.2020 Finland - 1 stamp (International value = 1.70 €)
06.05.2020 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.40 €)
07.05.2020 Germany - 1 souvenir-sheet of 1 stamp (0.80 €)
07.05.2020 Iceland - 2 stamps (50g til Evrópu & 50g utan Evrópu values = 250.- & 315.- ISK)
07.05.2020 Switzerland - 2 stamps (2x 1.- CHF)
08.05.2020 Åland - 1 stamp (Världen value = 2.- €)
08.05.2020 Austria - 1 stamp (1.- €)
08.05.2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 stamps (2x 2.50 BAM)
08.05.2020 Croatia - 2 stamps (2x 8.60 HRK)
08.05.2020 Gibraltar - 2 stamps (1.66 & 2.86 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps
08.05.2020 Greece - 2 stamps (2.- & 4.50 €)
08.05.2020 Latvia - 2 stamps (1.35 & 1.42 €)
08.05.2020 North Macedonia - 1 stamps (144.- MKD) & 1 souvenir-sheet (144.- MKD)
09.05.2020 Malta - 2 stamps (0.59 & 2.- €)
09.05.2020 Montenegro - 1 stamp (0.95 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (0.95 €)
09.05.2020 Turkey - 1 stamp (5.50 TRY)
11.05.2020 Denmark - 1 souvenir-sheet of 3 stamps (10.- & 2x 30.- DKK)
11.05.2020 France - 1 stamp (1.40 €)
11.05.2020 the Netherlands - 2 stamps (2x Internationaal value = 2x 1.50 €)
12.05.2020 Andorra (French post) - 1 stamp (1.40 €) 
14.05.2020 Andorra (Spanish post) - 1 stamp (1.45 €)
14.05.2020 Estonia - 2 stamps
14.05.2020 Spain - 1 stamp (Tarifa B = 1.45 €)
25.05.2020 Artsakh (Armenian post) - 2 stamps (2x 400.- AMD)
25.05.2020 Azores - 1 stamp (0.86 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.86 €)
25.05.2020 Madeira - 1 stamp (0.86 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.86 €)
25.05.2020 Portugal - 1 stamp (0.86 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.86 €) 

09.06.2020 Luxembourg - 2 stamps (0.80 & 1.05 €)
10.06.2020 Kosovo - 2 stamps (1.- & 2.- €) and 1 souvenir-sheet (2.- €)

12.06.2020 Lithuania - 2 stamps (2x 0.75 €)
15.06.2020 Belgium - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x Europe value = 2x 4.20 €)

23.06.2020 Vatican - 2 stamps (1.10 & 1.15 €)
25.06.2020 Ukraine - 1 stamp (Z value = ~26.60 UAH or 1.- USD)
29.06.2020 Bulgaria - 2 stamps - 2 stamps (1.10 & 2.30 BGN) and 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (1.10 & 2.30 BGN)

29.06.2020 Italy - 2 stamps (B & Bzona1 values = 1.10 & 1.15 €)

03.07.2020 Armenia - 1 stamp (350.- AMD)
13.07.2020 Slovenia - 2 stamps (C & D value = 1.17 & 1.31 €) 
16.07.2020 Ireland - 2 stamps (N & W value = 1.- & 1.70 €)
28.07.2020 Azerbaijan - 2 stamps (0.50 & 0.60 AZN) & one souvenir-sheet (1.50 AZN)

17.08.2020 Moldova - 2 stamps (9.50 & 11.- MDL)

03.09.2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) - 2 stamps (1.80 & 2.70 BAM)
10.09.2020 Cyprus (Turkish post) - 2 stamps (1.25 & 12.50 TRY)
14.09.2020 Greenland - 2 stamps (16.- & 18.- DKK)

30.10.2020 Georgia - 1 stamp (2.70 GEL)

 

30.12.2020 Kazakhstan - 1 souvenir-sheet of one stamp (800.- KZT)

22.02.2021 Albania - 1 stamp (150.- ALL) & one souvenir-sheet (250.- ALL) NEW

 

no issue Great-Britain

 

Kazakhstan 2020

Kazakhstan

Date of Issue: 30th December 2020

one souvenir-sheet of 1 stamp (800.- KZT)

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2020 - Grand Final

Denmark

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2020

In cooperation with the "Blog timbré de ma philatélie" the 3rd edition of the Best Europa stamps "The Collector's choice" competition was held during 2 months, 4 qualification rounds and 1 Grand Final in order to vote for your favorite 2020 Europa stamps set !

 

And we have a winner ! :

Denmark

 

 

Denmark wins this 3rd “Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice” contest with 11% of the votes ! Turkey is 2nd and Sweden 3rd ! :

• 1. Denmark
• 2. Turkey
• 3. Sweden
• 4. Croatia
• 5. Ukraine
• 6. Norway
• 7. Belarus
• 8. Serbia
• 9. Belgium
• 10. Russia
• 11. Armenia
• 12. Finland
• 13. Romania
• 14. Artsakh (Armenian post)
• 15. France
• 16. Italy
  

The winner of the 1st edition was Moldova and Ukraine won the 2nd edition last year. 

Announce on the Danish post website !

 

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2020 - Group 4

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2020

Results of GROUP 4:

1. Ukraine 11.3 % of the votes

2. Italy 11 %

3. Belgium 10.64 %

4. Armenia 10.3 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Moldova 8.86 %

6. Georgia 7.8 %

    Ireland 7.8 %

8. Slovenia 7.1 %

9. Bulgaria 6.4 %

10. Vatican 6.1 %

11. Azerbaijan 5 %

12. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) 3.5 %

13. Greenland 2.8 %

14. Cyprus (Turkish post) 1.4 %

Best Europa stamp 2020 - Jury prize

Poland

The 2020 Best Europa stamp - Jury has been announced by PostEurop in this press release.

This was the 9th edition of this neutral and artistic prize.

Eight experts of the philatelic world were invited to join the jury and judge the Europa stamps based on their expert opinion.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's judging was held at a later date and in a new "hybrid" format. The Jury gathered both physically and virtually for the competition. 

 

 This year's winner is Poland - it's the first time that Poland wins the Jury prize !

2nd – Faroe Islands (17.- DKK value)
=    - Switzerland (top stamp)
=    - Ukraine
3rd - Germany (stamp from the block)

This year's Jury was composed as follows (clockwise from the top left) :

• Marjan Osvald, Pošta Slovenije, PostEurop MAC Chair, Slovenia
• Jana Vlachová, PostEurop (not part of the jury)
• Botond Szebeny, PostEurop's Secretary General, Hungary (Chair of the jury)
• Olaf Neumann & Stefan Klein, Stamp designers, Germany
• Emile Espen, Post Luxembourg, PostEurop SPWG Vice-Chair, Luxembourg
• Jürgen Haepers, Blog "Europa-stamps", Switzerland
• Guy Coutant, Royal Belgian Academy of Philately, Belgium
• Eric Contesse, Blog "Timbré du Jura", France

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2020 - Group 3

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2020

Results of GROUP 3:

1. Turkey 15.5 % of the votes

2. Artsakh (Armenian post) 11.9 %

3. Denmark 11.4 %

4. France 9.1 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Estonia 7.8 %

6. Luxembourg 7.3 %

    Montenegro 7.3 %

8. Spain 6.5 %

9. Kosovo 4.6 %

10. Portugal 3.6 %

11. Andorra (Spanish post) 3.2 %

      Andorra (French post) 3.2 %

13. the Netherlands 2.7 %

14. Azores 2.3 %

15. Lithuania 1.8 %

      Madeira 1.8 %

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2020 - Group 2

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2020

Results of GROUP 2:

1. Belarus 16.9 % of the votes

2. Serbia 11 %

3. Croatia 10.1 %

4. Finland 9.3 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Germany 7.2 %

6. Greece 6.7 %

    Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.7 %

8. Switzerland 5.1 %

9. North Macedonia  4.6 %

10. Monaco 4.2 %

      Latvia 4.2 %

12. Austria 3.8 %

13. Malta 3.4 %

     Åland 3.4 %

15. Gibraltar 2.1 %

16. Iceland 1.3 %

Georgia 2020

Georgia

Date of Issue: 30th October 2020

one stamp (2.70 GEL)

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 8 stamps

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2020 - Group 1

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2020

Results of GROUP 1:

1. Norway 11.9 % of the votes

2. Romania 10.4 %

3. Russia 10.1 %

4. Sweden 7.3 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Cyprus 6.9 %

6. Poland 6.2 %

7. Faroe Is. 5.9 %

8. Liechtenstein 5.9 %

9. Isle of Man 5.4 %

10. Czech rep. 5.4 %

11. Guernsey 5.2 %

12. San Marino 4.7 %

13. Jersey 4.4 %

14. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) 4.2 %

15. Hungary 3.7 %

16. Slovakia 2.4 %

Best Europa stamp 2020 - Public prize

Turkey

Turkey is the winner of the 2020 Best Europa stamp contest organised by PostEurop. Armenia finished second and Azerbaijan is third.

1. TURKEY
2. ARMENIA
3. AZERBAIJAN

It's the 6th time Turkey wins the on line voting and since 2011 they always finished in the top 2 ! They won in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 and finished 2nd in 2012, 2014 and 2019 !

The Best Europa stamp design competition is a yearly event. The first competition took place in 2002. All official Europa stamp issues can enter the competition.

The result of this competition was annonced on the PostEurop's website :

 "A new record number of votes was received, marking a new milestone with over 38 thousand votes reached!"

The stamp has been selected via the internet ! All people could vote through PostEurop's website !

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

Sweden - Norden 2020

Sweden - Norden

Date of Issue: 11th November 2020

1 stamp ("Sverige brev" value = 11.- SEK) out of a set of 5 stamps only this stamp bears the official Norden logo

Norden stamps 2020

Europe - Norden

Norden 2020
 "Mammals"

02.01.2020 Denmark - 5 stamps (5x 10.- DKK)
24.02.2020 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (20.- DKK)
17.04.2020 Norway - 1 stamp (Europa 20g. value = 26.- NOK)
18.05.2020 Greenland - 2 stamps (16.- & 18.- DKK)

03.06.2020 Finland - 2 stamps (2x domestic value = 2x 1.60 €)
05.06.2020 Åland - 1 stamp (1.- €)

29.10.2020 Iceland - 1 stamp (50g til Evrópu value = 250.- ISK)

12.11.2020 Sweden - 1 stamp (Sverige brev value = 11.- SEK) out of a set of 5 stamps NEW

Luxembourg - Sepac 2020

Luxembourg - Sepac

Date of Issue: 15th September 2020

one stamp (0.80 €)

this stamp is issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Greenland 2020

Greenland

Date of Issue: 14th September 2020

two stamps (16.- & 18.- DKK)

both stamps are also issued in a booklet of 12 self-adhesive stamps (6x each stamp)

both stamps are also issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) 2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post)

Date of Issue: 3rd September 2020

two stamps (1.80 & 2.70 BAM)

both stamps are issued in two mini-sheets of 8 stamps + 1 vignette

both stamps are also issued in a booklet of 4 stamps (stamps are different in the booklet)

Sepac folder 2020

Europe - Sepac

"Artwork in the national collection 11", this special folder contains the 11 Sepac stamps issued in 2020.

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

Cyprus (Turkish post) 2020

Cyprus (Turkish post)

Date of Issue: 10th September 2020

two stamps (1.25 & 12.50 YTL)

both stamps are also issued in mini-sheets of 8 stamps

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