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.”

Best Europa stamp 2022

Luxembourg

The 2022 Best Europa stamp has been announced by PostEurop in this press release.

Luxembourg (stamp 2/2) is the winner of the 2022 Best Europa stamp contest organized by PostEurop. Finland (stamp 1/2) finished second and Liechtenstein (stamp 2/2) is third.

1. LUXEMBOURG
2. FINLAND
3. LIECHTENSTEIN

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.

Luxembourg wins the overall contest in a deserved way by winning 2 of the 3 voting panels :

Public voting :

1. Finland
2. Georgia
3. Turkey

Jury voting :

1. Luxembourg
2. Liechtenstein
3. Switzerland

Postal operators voting :

1. Luxembourg
2. Finland
3. Åland

Consolidated result of all three panels - top 10 :

1. Luxembourg
2. Finland
3. Liechtenstein
4. Croatia
= Georgia
= Åland
7. Azerbaijan
= Germany
9. Switzerland
= Turkey

Note that Belarus and Russia were excluded of this contest due to their aggression of Ukraine.
Armenia withdrew for "technical" reasons.

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2021 - Grand Final

Austria

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2021

In cooperation with the "Blog timbré de ma philatélie" the 4th edition of the Best Europa stamps "The Collector's choice" competition was held during 5 weeks, 4 qualification rounds and 1 Grand Final in order to vote for your favourite 2021 Europa stamps issue!

 

And we have a winner ! :

Austria

 

Austria wins this 4th “Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice” contest with 34.8% of the votes ! It was a close race and Poland finishes 2nd with 32.6% and the Faroe Islands are 3rd with 29.7% ! :

• 1. Austria
• 2. Poland
• 3. Faroe Islands
  
• 4. Slovenia
• 5. Estonia
• 6. Czech Republic
  
• 7. Madeira
• 8. Croatia
• 9. Azerbaijan
• 10. France
• 11. Norway
• 12. Jersey
• 13. Turkey
• 14. Åland
• 15. Russia
• 16. Belgium
  

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

Announce on the Austrian post philatelic bulletin of March 2022 and on the Austrian post LinkedIn account ! 

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2021 - Group 4

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Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2021

Results of GROUP 4:

1. Slovenia 12 % of the votes

2. France 9.2 %

3. Azerbaijan 8.9 %

4. Belgium 8.3 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Serbia 8 %

6. Ukraine 7.3 %

= Bulgaria 7.3 %

8. Kazakhstan 6.9 %

9. Georgia 6.7 %

= Vatican 6.7 %

11. Italy 5.8 %

12. Moldova 4.9 %

13. Greenland 4 %

= Cyprus (Turkish post) 4 %

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2021 - Group 3

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Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2021

Results of GROUP 3:

1. Austria 16 % of the votes

2. Croatia 9.6 %

3. Turkey 8.9 %

4. Madeira 8.5 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. the Netherlands 8.2 %

6. North Macedonia 6.8 %

7. Montenegro 5.8 %

8. Kosovo 5.4 %

= Luxembourg 5.4 %

10. Spain 4.6 %

11. Portugal 4.3 %

12. Denmark 3.9 %

13. Slovakia 3.6 %

14. Malta 3.2 %

15. Andorra (French post) 2.9 %

= Monaco 2.9 %

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2021 - Group 1

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Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2021

Results of GROUP 1:

1. Poland 16.1 % of the votes

2. Jersey 11.4 %

3. Czech rep. 9.6 %

4. Russia 7.4 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Artsakh (Armenian post) 7.1 %

6. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) 6.8 %

7. Romania 5.6 %

8. Sweden 5.3 %

9. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) 4.9 %

= San Marino 4.9 %

11. Liechtenstein 4.6 %

= Gibraltar 4.6 %

13. Latvia 4 %

14. Lithuania 3.7 %

15. Isle of Man 2.8 %

16. Guernsey 1.2%

Best Europa stamp 2021

Poland

The 2021 Best Europa stamp has been announced by PostEurop in this press release.

Poland is the winner of the 2021 Best Europa stamp contest organized by PostEurop. Åland finished second and Ukraine (2nd stamp) is third.

1. POLAND
2. ALAND
3. UKRAINE

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.

Poland wins the overall contest in a deserved way by finishing in the top 3 of the three voting panels :

Public voting :

1. Turkey
2. Armenia
3. Poland 

Jury voting :

1. Germany
2. Poland
= Norway

Postal operators voting :

1. Poland
2. Åland
3. Hungary

Consolidated result of all three panels - top 10 :

1. Poland
2. Åland
3. Ukraine
4. Armenia
= Hungary
= Norway
7. Germany
= Netherlands
= Spain
= Turkey

Best Europa stamp - new rules and new system !

Europe

New rules from this year for electing the Best Europa stamp ! Coming into force in 2021 !

A single winner will be chosen resulting from a combination of 3 different voting panels, each having the same weight !

1. General public votes on digital images of the stamps via a dedicated PostEurop website, 9 May - 9 September

2. Postal operators votes on digital images of the stamps via a dedicated PostEurop intern website. Each company votes for 3 preferred stamps, except its own stamp.

3. Jury voting on physical stamps. Each jury member votes for his/her 3 preferred stamps.

The 10 best placed stamps in each of the 3 voting panels are allocated the following number of points (Eurovision Song Contest system) :

1st = 12 points ; 2nd = 10 points ; 3rd = 8 points ; 4th = 7 points ; 5th = 6 points ; 6th = 5 points ; 7th = 4th points ; 8th = 3 points ; 9th = 2 points and 10th = 1 point.

The points from the 3 voting panels are added up to obtain the overall winner and the two runners-up.

Note : only the country having send his digital and physical stamp to PostEurop can win the contest !

The Best Europa stamp 2021 will be announced during PostEurop's plenary assembly on the 6th of October 2021.

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

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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

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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

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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 %

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

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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.

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2019 - Grand Final

Europe

In cooperation with the "Blog timbré de ma philatélie" the 2nd 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 2019 Europa stamps set !

In the final we got 1'089 votes and we have a winner ! :

UKRAINE

Ukraine wins this 2nd “Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice” contest with by a large margin ! Jersey is 2nd and Moldova 3rd ! :

• 1. Ukraine
• 2. Jersey
• 3. Moldova
• 4. Slovenia
• 5. Greece
• 6. Andorra (Spanish post)
• 7. Azores
• 8. Finland
• 9. Iceland
• 10. Russia
• 11. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post)
• 12. Spain
• 13. Greenland

The winner of the 1st edition was Moldova !

The Ukranian post - "Ukrposhta" - shared the results on their Facebook page !

And also the Moldovan post - "Poșta Moldovei" - shared the results on their Facebook page !

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2019 - Group 4

Europe

In cooperation with the "Blog timbré de ma philatélie" - it's time for the 2nd edition of the Best Europa stamps "The Collector's choice" competition :

Here are the results of group 4 :

1. Ukraine 71 % of the votes
2. Slovenia 5.4 %
3. Groenland 3.7 %

Those 3 countries qualified for the Big final !

Here is the rest of the ranking for this group :

4. Armenia 3.3 %
5. Sweden 3.2 %
6. Italy 3 %
7. Denmark 2.7 %
8. Cyprus (Turkish post) 1.5 %
9. Azerbaijan 1.3 %
10. Turkey 1.2 %
11. Belgium 1.1 %
12. France 1 %
13. Georgia 0.9 %
14. Andorra (French post) 0.7 %
 
During 4 preselection rounds and one BIG final in December, you will be able to vote for your favorite 2019 Europa stamps sets !

The winner of the 1st edition was Moldova ! Vote now to chose who will be the 2019 winner !

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2019 - Group 3

Europe

In cooperation with the "Blog timbré de ma philatélie" - it's time for the 2nd edition of the Best Europa stamps "The Collector's choice" competition :

Here are the results of group 3 :

1. Greece 11.3 % of the votes
2. Azores 10.2 %
3. Finland 9.8 %

Those 3 countries qualified for the Big final !

Here is the rest of the ranking for this group :

4. Serbia 9.1 %
5. Madeira 8 %
= Portugal 8 %
7. Luxembourg 6.2 %
8. Åland 5.45 %
= Austria 5.45 %
10. Belarus 5.1 %
= Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.1 %
12. Croatia 4.7 %
13. Montenegro 4.4 %
14. Malta 4 %
15. Hungary 1.8 %
16. Kosovo 1.4 %
 
During 4 preselection rounds and one BIG final in December, you will be able to vote for your favorite 2019 Europa stamps sets !

The winner of the 1st edition was Moldova ! Vote now to chose who will be the 2019 winner !

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2019 - Group 2

Europe

In cooperation with the "Blog timbré de ma philatélie" - it's time for the 2nd edition of the Best Europa stamps "The Collector's choice" competition :

Here are the results of group 2 :

1. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) 11.7 % of the votes
2. Andorra (Spanish Post) 9.9 %
3. Spain 9.6 %

Those 3 countries qualified for the Big final !

Here is the rest of the ranking for this group :

4. Poland 9.2 %
5. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb Post) 7.6 %
6. Estonia 7.5 %
7. Germany 6.6 %
8. Czech Republic 6.4 %
9. Latvia 5.1 %
= Monaco 5.1 %
11. North Macedonia 4.8 %
12. Bulgaria 4.5 %
13. Cyprus 3.6 %
14. Switzerland 3 %
15. Slovakia 2.7 %
= Faroe Is. 2.7 %
 
During 4 preselection rounds and one BIG final in December, you will be able to vote for your favorite 2019 Europa stamps sets !

The winner of the 1st edition was Moldova ! Vote now to chose who will be the 2019 winner !

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2019 - Group 1

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In cooperation with the "Blog timbré de ma philatélie" - it's time for the 2nd edition of the :

Here are the results of group 1 :

1. Iceland 9.2 % of the votes
= Russia 9.2 %
3. Jersey 8.97 %
= Moldova 8.97 %

Those 4 countries qualified for the Big final !

Here is the rest of the ranking for this group :

5. Ireland 7.59 %
6. Artsakh (Armenian post) 7.13 %
7. the Netherlands 5.98 %
8. Guernsey 5.74 %
= Norway 5.74 %
10. San Marino 5.29 %
= Gibraltar 5.29%
12. Romania 4.83 %
13. Lithuania 4.36 %
= Isle of Man 4.36 %
15. Liechtenstein 3.9 %
16. Vatican 3.45 %
 
During 4 preselection rounds and one BIG final in December, you will be able to vote for your favorite 2019 Europa stamps sets !

The winner of the 1st edition was Moldova ! Vote now to chose who will be the 2019 winner !