Portugal

Portugal

Capital: Lisbon
Languages: Portuguese
Population: 10,676,910
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .pt
Status: Parliamentary republic

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal


CTT - Correios



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1960->

Official site: http://www.ctt.pt/
info: mercadointfil@ctt.pt

"Portugal issue Europa stamps since 1960. From 1961, 1962 and 1963, they didn't follow the common design, having their own."

"Since 1977 they also issue a souvenir sheet with every issue."

"The autonomous island of Madeira and the archipelago of the Azores issue also Europa stamps since 1981. Their issuing programme is closely linked with the one of Portugal."

Poland - [Polska]

Poland - [Polska]

Capital: Warsaw
Languages: Polish
Population: 38,130,302
Currency: Złoty - PLN
Internet code: .pl
Status: Parliamentary republic

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland


Poczta Polska



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1991->

Official site: http://www.poczta-polska.pl/znaczki/en/index.php
info: pcf@centrala.poczta-polska.pl

"As many other former communist countries, Poland issued their first Europa stamps in 1991. Since then they issue one or two stamps each year."

Norway - [Norge - Noreg]

Norway - [Norge - Noreg]

Capital: Oslo
Languages: Norwegian
Population: 4,812,200
Currency: Norwegian krone - NOK
Internet code: .no
Status: Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway


Posten Norge



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: yes

Europa stamps: since 1960, 1962-1967, 1969, 1973-1992, 2002->

Official site: http://www.posten.no
info: kundeservice@posten.no

"Norway as their other Scandinavian neighbors, Denmark and Sweden, issued their first Europa stamp in 1960."

"During 10 years, from 1993 until 2002, Norway didn't issue any Europa stamps anymore."

"Twice a Norwegian artist made the Europa stamps common design. Arne Holm in 1963 et ten years later in 1973, Leif Frimann Anisdahl made the last common design before the thematic issues."

Monaco

Monaco

Capital: Monaco-Ville
Languages: French
Population: 32,965
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .mc
Status: Constitutional monarchy and Principality

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco


La Poste - Monaco



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: yes
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1962 ->

Official site: http://www.oetp-monaco.com
info: oetp@gouv.mc

"Monaco issued their first Europa stamps in 1962 as a 4 stamps serie but they did not depict the common design."

"Since 1964 Monaco issued Europa stamps with the common design."

"In 2003 Monaco won the Best Europa stamp competition organized by PostEurop

Moldova

Moldova

Capital: Chişinău
Languages: Moldovan (Romanian)
Population: 4,128,047
Currency: Moldovan leu - MDL
Internet code: .md
Status: Parliamentary republic

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova


Posta Moldovei



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1993 ->

Official site: http://www.posta.md
info: timbres@posta.md

"Moldova was one of the first 2 ex-republics of former USSR, with Lithuania, to issue Europa stamps in 1993."

"As Malta, they issued a wrong Europa logo during some years."

Malta

Malta 

Capital: Valletta
Languages: Maltese, English
Population: 410,290
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .mt
Status: Parliamentary Republic
more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta  

Malta Post

PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: yes
Norden member: no
Europa stamps: since 1971 ->
Official site: https://www.maltaphilately.com/
info: philately@maltapost.com

" Malta has issued their first Europa stamps in 1971 and non-stop since then."

"In 2002, they won the inaugural best Europa stamp contest organized by PostEurop."

"During some years Malta used a wrong Europa logo, as the 2002 Circus stamps."

Madeira

Madeira

Capital: Funchal
Languages: Portuguese
Population: 245,806
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .pt
Status: Autonomous region of Portugal

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira


CTT - Correios



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1981 ->

Official site: http://www.ctt.pt/
info: mercadointfil@ctt.pt

"Their Europa stamps issuing programme is closely linked with the one of Portugal."

"As Portugal they issue each year a souvenir sheet."