Showing posts with label CEPT. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 26

50 years CEPT 1959-2009

Ireland - special issue

Date of Issue: 15th May 2009

50 years ago the CEPT was established. During more than thirty years (1960-1992) they were responsible of the "Europa CEPT" stamps issues, the former name of the present Europa stamps.

Strange enough, only one country is celebrating this anniversary, although 19 countries were founding members so the CEPT fifty years ago.

Here is the Irish stamps commemorating the 50 years of the CEPT bearing the famous CEPT logo which was present on each Europa CEPT stamps !

A must for each Europa stamp hard core fan :o)

one stamp (0.82 €)

Thursday, October 16

50 years Europa CEPT

Europe

Europa 1956-2006
"50 years Europa CEPT"


In 2005 & 2006 several postal administrations issued stamps to commemorate the 50 years of the 1st Europa stamps issue.

Those stamps bared the CEPT logo and a special 50 years logo produced and used only for those commemorative issues.

Many countries, not only in Europe but also all around the World issued stamps for this event.

Here under you'll find the list of the European countries who took part at this issue.

01.10.2005 Albania - 2 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet (200.-, 250.-, 500.- ALL)
28.03.2006 Armenia - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 70.-, 4x 70.- AMD)
03.03.2006 Austria - 1 stamp (1.25 €)
25.10.2005 Azerbaijan - 4 stamps + 4 souvenir-sheets (those stamps exists also unperforated) (4x 3'000.- AZM)

30.11.2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (those stamps exists also unperforated) (4x 3.- BAM)
15.01.2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 2.-, 4x 2.- BAM)
30.08.2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 1.95, 4x 1.95 BAM)
28.05.2005 Bulgaria - 2 stamps (45.- & 80.- BGL)

08.09.2005 Croatia - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (same stamps issued in sheets)) (7.20 & 8.- HRK)
23.02.2006 Cyprus - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 0.30 CYP)
06.01.2006 Cyprus (Turkish post) - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x 1.40 YTL) (those stamps exists also unperforated)

04.01.2006 Estonia - 1 stamp + 1 souvenir-sheet (6.- + 6.50 EEK)

30.09.2005 Gibraltar - 1 stamp (5.- GBP) [!!!]
30.01.2006 Georgia - 4 stamps + 4 souvenir sheets of 1 stamp (those stamps exists also unperforated) (10.-, 20.-, 30.- 40.- + 4x 80.- GEL)
10.01.2006 Greece - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps
16.01.2006 Greenland - 1 stamp (26.50 DKK)

02.02.2006 Iceland - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x 150.- ISK)
02.05.2006 Isle of Man - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (0.42 & 0.83 GBP)

07.01.2006 Latvia - 4 stamps issued in sheets and 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (0.10, 2x 0.15, 0.20 + 0.10, 2x 0.15, 0.20 LVL)

14.11.2005 Macedonia - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (also mini-sheets of 8 stamps) (60.-, 170.-, 250.-, 350.- MKD)
03.01.2006 Malta - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (0.05, 0.13, 0.23, 0.24 MTL)
20.07.2005 Moldova - 2 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (1.50 & 15.- & 1.50 & 15.- MDL)
03.01.2006 Montenegro - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps + 1 unperf block (0.50, 1.-, 2x 2.- + 0.50, 1.-, 2x 2.- + 5.50 €)

22.08.2005 Romania - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet (same stamps issued in sheets) (those stamps exists also unperforated) (4x 4.70 RON)

31.03.2005 Serbia and Montenegro - 2 souvenir-sheets of 4 stamps each (4x 16.50 & 4x 41.50 YUD)
20.05.2005 Slovenia - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 60.- SIT)

15.12.2005 Turkey - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps unperforated (0.60, 0.70, 0.80, 1.- + 0.10, 0.25, 0.60, 0.70 + 0.10, 0.25, 0.60, 0.70 TRL)

05.01.2006 Ukraine - 2 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (1.30, 2.50 + 1.30, 2.50 UAH)

Thursday, August 2

the Europa stamps history - III

Europe

The Europa stamps history

part III - The common themes
(1974-1989)


1974 was an important year for the Europa stamps collection, because since then, a common theme replaced the common design system used since 1956! Only the CEPT logo (or letters) on each stamp indicates that the stamp is a "Europa stamp".

That year, the first theme to be chosen was sculptures (23 countries ; 49 stamps). The next year (1975) the theme was paintings (24 countries ; 50 stamps). It was also the first Europa issue of the Turkish part of Cyprus. Due to the political situation on the island of Cyprus, the stamps issued by the Turkish part of the island aren't recognized on an international level. Even if those stamps bear the Europa logo, they are not official Europa stamps but most of the Europa stamps collectors collect them as they issue Europa stamps on a regular basis since 1975 !


In 1976 the common theme was handicrafts (27 countries ; 58 stamps). Two new postal administrations appeared that year, Guernsey and the Isle of Man which still issue Europa stamps those days ! 1977 (28 countries ; 56 stamps), landscapes. 1978 (30 countries ; 65 stamps), monuments. Jersey took part for the first time that year. In 1979 (31 countries ; 68 stamps) the theme was postal history. The Faroe islands and Gibraltar are taking part since that year. Gibraltar isn't in fact a CEPT member but issue each year 4 stamps on the same topic as the Europa stamps but without the official logo. As they are British colony on European soil those issues were always tolerated.

The theme for 1980 (32 countries ; 67 stamps) was famous people. In 1981 (35 countries ; 69 stamps) the theme was folklore and feasts. For the first time the Azores and Madeira issued Europa stamps under their own name. 1982 (35 countries ; 70 stamps) : historic events. 1983 (35 countries ; 71 stamps) : inventions.


In 1984 (35 countries ; 67 stamps) the CEPT was 25 years old (1959-1984). To celebrate this event it has been decided to use a common design again as it was the case before 1974. The common design was a bridge designed by the French engraver Jacky Larrivière.

1985 (35 countries ; 73 stamps) was the European Music Year and the ideal topic for Europa stamps that year. 1986 (35 countries ; 74 stamps) : nature conservation. 1987 (35 countries ; 74 stamps) : modern architecture. 1988 (35 countries ; 79 stamps) : transportation . 1989 (35 countries : 80 stamps) : children's games.

Till 1981, the number of countries issuing Europa stamps grew up till a record number of 35, especially with the venue of Dependencies and Autonomous country parts. The number of 35 stayed stable until 1990 but the number of stamps grew up till a record number of 80 in 1989!

In November 1989 the Berlin Wall fell putting an end to the Iron curtain division between East and West, between the old and the new Europe. This brought many changes to the face of Europe not only politically but also culturally and also in the Europa stamps collection as we will see in the fourth part of this "Europa stamps history"...


Part I
- The early years (1956-1959)
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Part II - The birth of the CEPT (1960-1973)
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Part IV - The new Europe (1990-1999)
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Part V - The new millennium (2000-)

Thursday, January 25

The Europa stamps history - II

Europe

The Europa stamps history

part II - The birth of the CEPT
(1960-1973)


1960 was the first official Europa CEPT issue and on that occasion 20 countries issued a total of 36 stamps, more than the double of 1959! For 11 countries it was their first Europa stamp issue (Denmark, Finland, Great-Britain, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden). The common design was a Roman mail-coach wheel with 19 spokes designed by the Finnish artist, Pentti Rahikainen. (20 countries; 36 stamps).

That year, Liechtenstein issued their first Europa stamp (not with the common design). That issue, only 322'000 stamps, suffered of speculation and became very fast a must because of it's rarity.


During the next decade, the number of countries changed year by year, some countries stayed faithful other issued Europa stamps from time to time. Some smaller European countries issued their first stamps during that period.

1961 new: Cyprus and San Marino. The common design was a stylised dove made up of 19 individual doves designed by the Dutch artist Theo Kurpershoek. (16 countries; 34 stamps), 1962 new: Monaco. The common design was a stylised tree with 19 leaves designed by the Luxembourgian artist Lex Weyer. (18 countries; 39 stamps), 1963, common design a stylised cross, designed by the Norwegian artist Arne Holm. (19 countries; 36 stamps).

In 1964, for the 5 years of the CEPT, the design was a flower, designed by the French artist Georges Bétemps. (19 countries; 36 stamps).


1965, the design was a tree spring, designed by the Icelandic artist Hördur Karlsson. (19 countries; 36 stamps). The 3 leaves suggested to represent: Posts,Telegraphs & Telephone. 1966 new: Andorra (French post). The design that year was a ship designed by the German artists Gregor and Josef Bender. (19 countries; 37 stamps), In 1967, the common design represented cogwheels designed by the Belgian artist Oscar Bonnevalle. (19 countries; 37 stamps), 1968, the Swiss artist Hans Schwarzenbach designed a key with the CEPT logo in handle. (18 countries; 35 stamps).

In 1969 the CEPT celebrate their 10 years anniversary, it was the occasion for many countries to take part again at the Europa stamp issue, that's why we had 26 countries participating that year and 2 new countries the Vatican and Yugoslavia. (26 countries; 48 stamps). Yugoslavia was the first Communist country to take part ! That year the common design was a temple made of the words Europa and CEPT. The design was made by the Italian artists: Luigi Gasbarra and Georgio Belli.



During the Seventies the CEPT felt that the Europa stamps collectors started to get tired of all those similar designs. In 1970 they decided to allow each country to issue one stamp without the common design, thought this new rule wasn't followed by many countries.

1970 a sun composed of 24 interwoven wires designed by the Irish artist Louis Le Brocquy. (19 countries ; 42 stamps), 1971 new: Malta. The design of a chain was made by the Icelandic artist Helgi Haflidasson (21 countries ; 44 stamps).

1972 new: Andorra (Spanish post). Only 200'000 stamps were issued by the Spanish post of Andorra that year and a huge quantity of them were bought, by Spanish philatelist, in order to speculate. The result of it is that this stamp is now more than 200€ worth! The Finnish artist Paavo Huovinen represented an Aurora borealis as common design. (22 countries ; 46 stamps).




1973. The design that year, a stylised post horn, was made by the Norwegian artist Leif Frimann Anisdahl (24 countries ; 50 stamps). The 3 arrows are said to represent CEPT's primary objectives: posts,telgraphs and telephone services. 1973 was the last year the common design was used ! The next year a common theme will be introduced to make the collection more attractive and more interesting...


Part I
- The early years (1956-1959)
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Part III - The common themes (1974-1989)

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Part IV - The new Europe (1990-1999)
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Part V - The new millennium (2000-)

The Europa stamps history - I

Europe

The Europa stamps history

part I - The early years
(1956-1959)

The idea of making a "join stamp emission" came up in 1952. The uniform motive for this emission had to symbolise the community of interest and objectives.

Six countries, the same six countries how signed the Treaty of Rome on the 25th of March 1957 (Belgium, France, West-Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) were also the first countries to issue Europa stamps.

On the 15th of September 1956 the first Europa stamps issue was born (6 countries ; 13 stamps). The common design was made by the French artist, Daniel Gonzague, it was a tower formed by the 6 letters of the latin word for Europe: Europa.

In 1957, almost on the same day as in 1956, the 16th of September, a second issue was made and Switzerland took part on this issue as Saarland (German territory under the control of the Allies). That year a common design was not made but the general theme was Peace and Welfare. (8 countries ; 17 stamps).



On the 13th September 1958 the third issue selected again a common design, a dove flying above the letter E of Europe, designed by the Dutch artist, André Van der Vossen. Turkey replaced Switzerland that year. (8 countries ; 17 stamps).

During the summer 1959 in Montreux (Switzerland), a conference of 23 European postal administrations took place and the "Conférence des postes et télécommunications (CEPT)" was born. (note: today we still call the Europa stamps also Europa CEPT stamps !)

On the 19th September 1959 it was the 4th issue. Switzerland and Austria were associate to the 6 first countries in that issue. The common design was a key-ring designed by the German artist, Walter Brudi. (8 countries ; 15 stamps).


Part II - The birth of the CEPT (1960-1973)
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Part III - The common themes (1974-1989)
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Part IV - The new Europe (1990-1999)
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Part V - The new millennium (2000-)

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