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.

Georgia 2021

Georgia

Date of Issue: 22nd September 2021

two stamps (2x 2.10 GEL) & one souvenir-sheet (2x 2.10 GEL)

both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Gibraltar - Sepac 2021

Gibraltar - Sepac

Date of Issue: 8st Septembre 2021

one stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of 5 stamps (only this stamp bears the Sepac logo)

Sepac 2021

Europe - Sepac

Sepac 2021
"Historical maps"

17.02.2021 Jersey - 1 stamp (0.70 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
25.03.2021 Åland - 1 stamp (4.- €)
26.04.2021 Faroe Is. - 1 souvenir-sheet (27.- DKK)
28.05.2021 Malta - 1 stamp (0.50 €) out of a set of 4 stamps
07.06.2021 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.50 CHF)
08.06.2021 Greenland - 1 stamp (19.- DKK)
19.07.2021 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.50 €)
01.09.2021 Guernsey - 1 stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
08.09.2021 Gibraltar - 1 stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of 5 stamps
14.09.2021 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (1.05 €)

no issue Isle of Man
no issue Vatican

Sepac folder 2021

Europe - Sepac

"Old maps 12", this special folder contains the 10 Sepac stamps issued in 2021.

This folder will be on sale by any of the Sepac countries philatelic offices !

Luxembourg - Sepac 2021

Luxembourg - Sepac

Date of Issue: 14th September 2021

one stamp (1.05 €)

 this stamp is issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Special 2021 Europa folder issued by 6 countries

Europe


6 countries - Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - the Netherlands and Switzerland - issued a common "Multilaterale" folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the six countries (10 stamps in total).

This folder can be ordered by any of the 6 postal administrations.

It is the sixth issue of this kind after :  2013 (theme - "The postman van") ; 2016 (theme - "Ecology in Europe - Think Green" ; 2017 (theme - Castles) ; 2018 (theme - Bridges) ; 2019 (theme - National birds) and 2020 (theme - Ancient postal routes)

Guernsey - Sepac 2021

Guernsey - Sepac

Date of Issue: 1st September 2021

one stamp (1.- 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

Cyprus (Turkish post) 2021

Cyprus (Turkish post)

Date of Issue: 15th July 2021

two stamps (6.- & 6.50 TRY) and one souvenir-sheet (6.- & 6.50 TRY)

 

 

 

both stamps are also issued in mini-sheets of 8 stamps

 

NOTE : the stamps issued by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus aren't recognized on an international level, not by the UPU nor by PostEurop.

Azerbaijan 2021

Azerbaijan

Date of Issue: 24th June 2021

two stamps (0.50 & 0.60 AZN) & one souvenir-sheet (2.- AZN)

 

 

both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 8 stamps

 

both stamps are issued in a booklet of 8 stamps (4 of each) - the stamps aren't perforated on one side

Greenland - Sepac 2021

Greenland - Sepac

Date of Issue: 8th June 2021

one stamp (19.- DKK)

This stamps is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

Greenland 2021

Greenland

Date of Issue: 8th June 2021

two stamps (17.- & 19.- DKK)

 

 

both stamps are also issued in a booklet of 12 self-adhesive stamps (6x each stamp)

 

 

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

 

 

Ukraine 2021

Ukraine

Date of Issue: 9th June 2021

two stamps (2x Z value = ~26.60 UAH or 1.- USD)

 

 

both stamps are issued in a mini sheet of 6 stamps

 

 

those stamps are also issued in a booklet of 1 souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Z value = 108.30 UAH) - NOTE the stamps from the booklet are bigger than the stamps issued in mini-sheets