Jersey 2021

Jersey

Date of Issue: 11th March 2021

two stamps (0.54 & 1.05 GBP) out of a set of six stamps (only those two stamps are bearing the official Europa logo) and one souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (0.54 & 1.05 GBP)

 

Both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Gibraltar 2021

Gibraltar

Date of Issue: 5th February 2021

two stamps (1.96 & 3.16 GBP) and one souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (1.96 & 3.16 GBP)

those stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 6 stamps

NOTE - On the 14th of September, Gibraltar issued a set of 6 post & go stamps depicting the the 2nd Europa stamps design and bearing the Europa logo - price 7.95 GBP

Liechtenstein 2021

Liechtenstein

Date of Issue: 1st March 2021

two stamps (2x 1.50 CHF)

both stamps are issued in a souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (2 of each)

Jersey - Sepac 2021

Jersey - Sepac

Date of Issue: 17th February 2021

one stamp (0.70 GBP) out of a set of six stamps (only this stamp is bearing the official Sepac logo).

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

Kazakhstan 2020

Kazakhstan

Date of Issue: 30th December 2020

one souvenir-sheet of 1 stamp (800.- KZT)

Russia 2021

Russia

Date of Issue: 20th January 2021

one stamp (52.- RUB)

This stamp is issued in a sheet of 12 stamps

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

Europe

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 %

Europa stamp catalogue

Europe

Michel Katalog : this German catalogue is the n° 1 reference among Europa stamps collectors.

This 45th edition contains: 680 pages, more than 5700 colors images, 22'000 values.

It includes all the European thematic stamps, Norden, Council of Europe, RSS, etc. But now also Sepac and America-UPAEP.

Price 74.- €

info on Michel catalogue website

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

Belgium 2021

Belgium

Date of Issue: 14th June 2021

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value)

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2020 - Group 3

Europe

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 %

Sweden 2021

Sweden

Date of Issue: 14th January 2021 - NOTE this stamp is self-adhesive

one stamp (24.- SEK) 

 

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2020 - Group 2

Europe

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 %

Georgia 2020

Georgia

Date of Issue: 30th October 2020

one stamp (2.70 GEL)

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 8 stamps

Finland 2021

Finland

Date of Issue: 28th April 2021

three stamps (3x domestic value) - NOTE those stamps are self-adhesive

those stamps are issued in a booklet of 15 stamps (5 stamps of each)

In 2011 the Europa issue of Great-Britain, combined for the first time the Europa stamps logo and the WWF logo on the same stamp.

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This Finnish Europa issue is part of a serie of "Endangered species" launched in 2016 and continued in 2018.

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

Europe

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 %

Åland 2021

Åland

Date of Issue: 7th May 2021

one stamp (1x Europa value)

Åland - Sepac 2021

Åland

Date of Issue: 25th March 2021

one stamp (4.-)