France 2024

France

Date of Issue: 10th May 2024

one stamp (1.96 €)

This stamp is issued in a sheet of 15 stamps

Switzerland 2024

Switzerland

Date of Issue: 2nd May 2024

2 stamps (2x 1.20 CHF)

both stamps are issued in a sheet of 16 se-tenant stamps (8 of each)

1. Lake Thun - Coregonus alpinus / Characeae / Anodonta

2. Doubs river - Rhone streber (Zingel asper) / European freshwater crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) / Common water moss (Fontinalis antipyretica)

Germany 2024

Germany

Date of Issue: 2nd May 2024

one stamp (0.85 €)

This stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps - stamps are tête-bêche

 

San Marino 2024

San Marino

Date of Issue: 19th March 2024

two stamps (1.30 & 2.70 €)

Those stamps are issued in sheets of 12 stamps

1.1 Common stonewort (Chara vulgaris) - Wikipedia article

1.2 Scarodytes ruffoi - Wikipedia article

2. Italian crested newt (Triturus carnifex) - Wikipedia article

Slovakia 2024

Slovakia

Date of Issue: 26th April 2024

one stamp (2.10 EUR)

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

this stamp is also issued in a booklet (6 stamps) - NOTE the stamps from the booklet are self-adhesive

 

Alpine bullhead (Cottus poecilopus) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

Monaco 2024

Monaco

Date of Issue: 7th May 2024

one stamp (1.96 €) - NOTE a version without Europa logo has been printed (40'000 ex) ! Later a new version with logo has been printed.

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

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

Sweden 2024

Sweden

Date of Issue: 25th April 2024

one souvenir-sheet of three stamps (3x 36.- SEK) - NOTE only the stamp on the left is bearing the Europa logo

1. Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

2. Chara tomentosa - Wikipedia article

3. Common jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) - Wikipedia article

Isle of Man 2024

Isle of Man

Date of Issue: 7th March 2024

one stamp (1.28 GBP) out of a set of six [!] stamps (only this stamp is bearing the official Europa logo)

 

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

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

PostEurop 30 years

Europe

In 2023, PostEurop celebrated its 30th anniversary.

To mark the occasion, they produced an anniversary logo that was used by several postal administrations to produce a stamp issue.

These include Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, the Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Serbia.

The Isle of Man added this logo on their 2023 Europa stamp issue and Poland & Romania have both issued a postal stationary.

I may be forgetting some ...

Jersey 2024

Jersey

Date of Issue: 8th January 2024

two stamps (0.98 & 2.15 GBP) and one souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (0.98 & 2.15 GBP)

 

 

Both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

 

 

1. Bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) - Wikipedia article

2. Flat periwinkle (Littorina obtusata) - Wikipedia article

Albania 2022

Albania

Date of Issue: 1st December 2023 [!]

one stamp (150.- ALL) and one souvenir-sheet (250.- ALL)

 

the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 9 stamps

 a different souvenir-sheet with two stamps (150- & 250.- ALL) is also issued in a booklet

Rozafa Castle in Shkodra is one of the most important in Albania and is also

the main tourist attraction in the city of Shkodra.

According to the painful legend, the construction of the castle was cursed by the gods, which every night demolishing every day construction. To allow the durability of the castle walls, they demanded the sacrifice of a woman and it was unfairly decided that the victim was Rozafa, the youngest bride of the house.

Europa stamps 2022

Europe

Europa 2022 

"Stories & Myths"

20.01.2022 Russia - 1 stamp (55.- RUB) 

25.02.2022 Gibraltar - 2 stamps (1.96 & 3.16 GBP) & 1 souvenir-sheet (1.96 & 3.16 GBP)

 

07.03.2022 Liechtenstein - 2 stamps (2x 1.80 CHF)

16.03.2022 Jersey - 2 stamps (0.88 & 1.25 GBP) (out of a set of 6 stamps) & 1 souvenir-sheet (0.88 & 1.25 GBP)

 

05.04.2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) - 2 stamps (2x 3.- BAM) & 2 souvenir-sheets (2x 3.- BAM)

05.04.2022 San Marino - 2 stamps (1.10 & 1.15 €)

06.04.2022 Czech rep. - 1 stamp (E value)

08.04.2022 Latvia - 2 stamps (1.77 & 1.98 €)

08.04.2022 Romania - 2 stamps (10.- & 16.- RON) & 2 souvenir-sheets (2x 10.- & 2x 16.- RON)

18.04.2022 Artsakh - 2 stamps (2x 500.- AMD)

21.04.2022 Poland - 1 stamp (4.50 PLN)

22.04.2022 Norway - 2 stamps (2x 28.- NOK) issued in a booklet

27.04.2022 Finland - 2 stamps (2x International value)

28.04.2022 Sweden - 1 stamp (26.- SEK)

29.04.2022 Lithuania - 2 stamps (2x 0.95 €)

29.04.2022 Moldova - 2 stamps (9.50 & 11.- MDL)

 

02.05.2022 Hungary - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 715.- HUF)

02.05.2022 Slovakia - 1 stamp (1.50 €)

05.05.2022 Estonia - 2 stamps (2x 1.90 €)

05.05.2022 Germany - 1 stamp (0.85 €)

05.05.2022 Switzerland - 2 stamps (2x 1.10 CHF)

06.05.2022 Belarus - 2 stamps (2x P value)

06.05.2022 Cyprus - 2 stamps (0.34 & 0.64 €)

06.05.2022 Serbia- 1 souvenir-sheet (85.- RSD)

07.05.2022 Austria - 1 stamp (1.- €)

09.05.2022 Åland - 1 stamp (2.30 €) 

09.05.2022 Azores - 1 stamp (0.95 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.95 €)

09.05.2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 stamps (2x 2.50 BAM) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 2.50 BAM)

09.05.2022 Croatia - 2 stamps (2x B value) 

09.05.2022 Cyprus (Turkish post) - 2 stamps (6.- & 10.75 TRY)

09.05.2022 France - 1 stamp (1.65 €) 

09.05.2022 Kosovo - 2 stamps (1.- & 2.-) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2.- €)

09.05.2022 Madeira - 1 stamp (0.95 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.95 €)

09.05.2022 Malta - 2 stamps (0.59 & 2.- €) 

09.05.2022 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.65 €)

09.05.2022 the Netherlands - 2 stamps (2x International value)

09.05.2022 Portugal - 1 stamp (0.95 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.95 €)

09.05.2022 Spain - 1 stamp (B value)

09.05.2022 Turkey - 2 stamps (2x 5.- TRY)

10.05.2022 North-Macedonia - 2 stamps (2x 144.- MKD) & 1 souvenir-sheet (72.- MKD)

11.05.2022 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) - 2 stamps (1.95 & 2.70 BAM) 

12.05.2022 Greece - 2 stamps (2.- & 4.50 €)

14.05.2022 Andorra (French post) - 1 stamp (1.65 €)

16.05.2022 Andorra (Spanish post) - 1 stamp (1.65 €)

 16.05.2022 Faroe Is. - 2 stamps (19.- & 29.- DKK)

16.05.2022 Vatican - 2 stamps (0.10 & 0.30 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (1.15 €)

17.05.2022 Luxembourg - 2 stamps (L50g & E50g values)

19.05.2022 Denmark - 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 12.- & 1x 36.- DKK)

21.05.2022 Guernsey - 2 stamps (0.79 & 1.10 GBP) (out of a set of 6 stamps) & 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (0.79 & 1.10 GBP) 

27.05.2022 Armenia - 1 stamps (350.- AMD)

27.05.2022 Slovenia - 2 stamps (1.33 & 1.46 €)

 

09.06.2022 Georgia - 2 stamps (2x 4.20 GEL) & 2 souvenir-sheets (2x 4.20 GEL)

13.06.2022 Belgium - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value) 

16.06.2022 Azerbaijan - 2 stamps (0.50 & 0.60 AZN) & 1 souvenir-sheet (1.- AZN)

24.06.2022 Montenegro - 1 stamp (0.95 €) & 1 souvenir-sheet (1x 0.95 €)

31.08.2022 Greenland - 2 stamps (18.- & 20.- DKK)

08.09.2022 Ireland - 2 stamps (N & W values)

12.09.2022 Isle of Man - 1 stamp (1.04 GBP) out of a set of 9 stamps

28.09.2022 Kazakhstan - 2 stamps (2x 2000.- KZT)

 

25.10.2022 Italy - 2 stamps (B 50gr & B zona 3 value)

22.11.2022 Ukraine - 2 stamps (2x A value)

 

07.12.2022 Bulgaria - 2 stamps (1.25 & 2.70 (BGN) + 1 souvenir-sheet (1.25 & 2.70 (BGN)

 

01.12.2023 Albania - 1 stamp (150.- ALL) + 1 souvenir-sheet (250.- ALL) NEW

Belgium 2024

Belgium

Date of Issue: 2nd April 2024

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

1. Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

2. European eel (Anguilla anguilla) - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

Åland - Sepac 2024

Åland - Sepac

Date of Issue: 8th May 2024

one stamp (Europa value)

Åland 2024

Åland

Date of Issue: 8th May 2024

one stamp (Europa value = 2.40 €)

Zostera marina - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

Finland 2024

Finland

Date of Issue: 8th May 2024

two stamps (2x national value = 2.30 €) - NOTE those stamps are self-adhesive

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamp (5 of each)

 

1. Zostera marina - IUCN Red list - Wikipedia article

2. Macroplea pubipennis - Wikipedia article

Best Sepac stamp 2022

Europe

We have a winner in the best Sepac stamp 2022 contest !

Malta wins for 1st time this contest.

1st Malta with 415 votes
2nd Åland
3rd Guernsey

The Isle of Man won in 2017, Guernsey won once in 2016, Åland won twice in 2014 and in 2019, Greenland won once in 2013, Monaco won once in 2018 and the Faroe Islands won this contest 3 times : in 2007-09, in 2011 and in 2015.