Belgium
Date of Issue: 7th April 2025
one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)
the two stamps in detail :
Belgium
Date of Issue: 7th April 2025
one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)
the two stamps in detail :
09.05.2025 Åland - 1 stamp (4.20 €)
Faroe Is.
Gibraltar
Greenland
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Vatican
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
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
1. Didymosphenia geminata - Wikipedia article
2. Beluga (sturgeon) (Huso huso) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia articleAgnieszka 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 “70th 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.
And here are the themes for 2023 & 2025 :
Following the decision of the Extraordinary PostEurop Board of Directors meeting held on 25 April 2022, the 2023 EUROPA Stamp theme will be “PEACE – the highest value of humanity” as proposed by Ukrposhta in order “to show solidarity with Ukraine and to promote the universal value for all humanity – peace”.
The 2023 EUROPA Stamps theme “PEACE – the highest value of humanity” will be based on a common design motif to be selected via a design competition.