Guernsey 2019

Guernsey

Date of Issue: 1st April 2019

two stamps (0.65 & 0.80 GBP) out of a set of six stamps, only those two bear the Europa logo

both stamps are also issued in a souvenir-sheet of 6 stamps (4.47 GBP) (only 2 stamps are bearing the Europa logo)

both stamps are also issued in a souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (0.62 & 0.76 GBP)

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

NOTE - This set is taking part at "The Europa Stamps Bird Project 2019" which allows you to scan the stamps in order to hear the bird's song

the Netherlands 2019

the Netherlands

Date of Issue: 23rd April 2019

two stamps (2x International 1 value = 2x 1.45 €)

those stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 6 stamps se-tenant (3 stamps of each)

NOTE - This set is taking part at "The Europa Stamps Bird Project 2019" which allows you to scan the stamps in order to hear the bird's song

Ireland 2019

Ireland

Date of Issue: 11th April 2019

two stamps (N & W values = 1.- & 1.70 €)

both stamps are also issued in a souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (N & W values = 1.- & 1.70 €)

both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 8 stamps

NOTE - both stamps are also issued in 2022 in self-adhesive booklets. The N value with 4 other former Irish stamps issues bearing also a "N = National" and the W value with 4 other former Irish stamps + 5 Priority labels for "International postage". The stamps from the booklets are slightly different from the ones issued in 2019.

NOTE - This set is taking part at "The Europa Stamps Bird Project 2019" which allows you to scan the stamps in order to hear the bird's song

Gibraltar 2019

Gibraltar

Date of Issue: 5th February 2019

two stamps (2x 1.66 GBP) and one souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x. 1.66 GBP)

those stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 8 stamps

NOTE - This set is taking part at "The Europa Stamps Bird Project 2019" which allows you to scan the stamps in order to hear the bird's song

Best Sepac stamp 2018

Europe

Yesterday was the last day to vote for the best Sepac stamp !

Monaco wins for the first time this contest.

According to the contest page on the offical Sepac website :

Monaco wins with 533 votes
Liechtenstein is second with 460votes
Isle of Man is third with 421votes

The Isle of Man won in 2017, Guernsey won once in 2016, Åland won once in 2014, Greenland won once in 2013 and the Faroe Islands won the first two contests, in 2007-09 and in 2011 and in 2015.

The Office des emissions de timbres-poste (OETP) of Monaco promoted the result of this contest on their Facebook page :

San Marino 2019

San Marino

Date of Issue: 26th February 2019

two stamps (1.10 & 1.15 €)

Both stamps are issued in sheets of 12 stamps

Russia 2019

Russia

Date of Issue: 22nd January 2019

one stamp (45.- RUB)

This stamp is issued in a sheet of 12 stamps

NOTE - this stamp uses the augmented reality technology. When you hover your smartphone over the stamp using the "mARka" applicationn, the image “comes to life” and the Siberian Crane soars over the water landscape. The picture is accompanied by a brief information about the Siberian Crane and the sound of his singing.

Faroe Islands - Sepac 2019

Faroe Islands - Sepac

Date of Issue: 25th February 2019

one stamp (19.- DKK)

Faroe Islands 2019

Faroe Islands

Date of Issue: 29th April 2019

two stamps (19.- & 26.- DKK)

the 19.- DKK value is also issued in a booklet of 6 stamps - NOTE the stamps from the booklet are self-adhesive

NOTE - This set is taking part at "The Europa Stamps Bird Project 2019" which allows you to scan the stamps in order to hear the bird's song

Isle of Man 2019

Isle of Man

Date of Issue: 12th February 2019

one stamp (EU value (0.83 GBP)) out of a set of ten stamps (only this stamp is bearing the official Europa logo)

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps and in a sheet of 40 stamps (4 sets of 10 stamps)

NOTE - This set is taking part at "The Europa Stamps Bird Project 2019" which allows you to scan the stamps in order to hear the bird's song

The Europa Stamps Bird Project 2019

Europe

This year some postal administrations will add an Augmented reality (AR) experience to their Europa stamps !

The idea is not new, we already had such AR issues in 2014 when the common theme was "Musical instruments - national musical instruments" : for example Finland or Guernsey.

PostEurop launched "The Europa Stamps Bird Project 2019" proposing to the interested postal administrations to add this AR option to their 2019 Europa stamps issue.

"The idea behind “The Europa Bird Stamps Project 2019” is to connect sound files to the 2019 Europa stamps. This is a truly smart and fun addition to otherwise traditional stamp issues.

Download the free CEE-App, scan the stamps and listen to the birds sing! This will most certainly add to your stamp viewing experience!

A select number of European countries participate in this optional project, so maybe not every bird depicted on the Europa stamps will start singing when scanned with the CEE-App."

PostEurop has put a short video online showing how the CEE-App works on a Dutch 2019 Europa stamp. You can also have a glimps of other 2019 Europa stamps issue in this very short video.

1. Download the CEE-App using Google Play Store for Android devices or App Store for Apple devices.
2. Scan the stamps and listen to the birds sing.

Here is the list of the 2019 Europa issues you can scan in order to listen to the bird sounds :

Azores
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post)
Croatia
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Guernsey
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Jersey
Luxemburg
Madeira
the Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland


Russia use their own app.

Denmark 2019

Denmark

Date of issue: 16th May 2019

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x 30.- DKK)

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2018 - FINAL

Europe

After a break of 8 years - and this time in cooperation with the "Blog timbré de ma philatélie" - the contest for the best Europa stamps is back on this blog !

“Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice”

During 4 preselection rounds and one BIG final you have voted for your favorite 2018 Europa stamps sets !

And we have a winner ! :

MOLDOVA

Moldova wins this 1st “Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice” contest with 38% of the votes ! Ukraine is 2nd and Belgium 3rd ! :

• 1. Moldova 38%
• 2. Ukraine 25%
• 3. Belgium 19%
• 4. Serbia 17%
• 5. Spain 12%
• - Sweden 12%
• 7. Finland 11%
• - Switzerland 11%
• 9. Norway 10%
• 10. Greece 8%

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