Iceland 2016

Iceland

Date of Issue: 28th April 2016

two stamps 50g to Europe (180 ISK) & 50g outside Europe (240 ISK)

both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

both stamps are issued in booklets of 10 self-adhesive stamps

Belgium 2016

Belgium

Date of Issue: 13th June 2016

one stamp (Europe value = 1.10 €)

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 5 stamps

Åland 2016

Åland

Date of Issue: 9th May 2016

two stamps (2x Europa value)

Kazakhstan 2015

Kazakhstan

Date of Issue: 28th Octobre 2015

two stamps (200.- & 300.- KZT)

those stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps (5 of each)

Best Europa stamp 2015 - Public prize

Turkey

Turkey is the winner of the 2015 Best Europa stamp contest organised by PostEurop. Hungary finished second and Finland is third.

1. TURKEY  
2. HUNGARY       
3. FINLAND

this 2.50 TRY stamp is part of a two stamp set.

It's the third time Turkey wins the on line voting and since 2011 they always finished in the top 2 ! They won in 2011 and 2013 and finished 2nd in 2012 and 2014 !

The Best Europa stamp design competition is a yearly event. The first competition took place in 2002. All official Europa stamp issues can enter the competition.

The result of this competition was announced during this PostEurop's Plenary Assembly held this month in Limassol, Cyprus.

The stamp has been selected via the internet ! All people could vote through PostEurop's website ! More than 10'000 votes were registered.

A jury of 9 members (stamp designers, philatelic design directors) awarded earlier this year, the Best Europa stamp - Jury prize to Russia !


Here you can find the full list of winning stamps since the first contest in 2002 when Malta won.

Denmark - Norden 2016

Denmark - Norden

Date of Issue: 4th January 2016

two stamps (2x 8.- DKK) and one souvenir-sheet (2x 8.- DKK)

Denmark 2016

Denmark

Date of issue: 31st March 2016

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x 25.- DKK)

Best Europa stamp 2015 - Jury prize

Russia

The 2015 Best Europa stamp - Jury prize was awarded this week-end in Brussels’ town hall.

This was the fifth 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.

This year's winner is Russia with the following stamp :

2nd – Sweden (under stamp)

3rd - Latvia (1.71 € value)

This year's Jury was composed of (from the left to the right:

• Andrée Trommer, General secretary of the Fédération internationale de philatélie (FIP), Luxembourg
• Olaf Neumann, Designer, Germany
• Stefan Klein, Designer, Germany
• Botond Szebeny, PostEurop's Secretary General, Hungary
• Guy Coutant, Pro Post, Belgium
• Eric Contesse, Philatelist expert, timbredujura.blogspot.com, France
• Arie Piet, Enschedé Printing, the Netherlands
• Antonio Manuel Amaral, PostEurop's coordinator (not part of the jury) • Jürgen Haepers, Philatelist expert, europa-stamps.blogspot.com, Switzerland

Sepac folder 2015

Europe - Sepac

"Colourful cultures of Europe 6", this special folder contains the 12 Sepac stamps to be issued this year.

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

Liechtenstein - Sepac 2015

Liechtenstein - Sepac

Date of Issue: 16th November 2015

one stamp (1.30 CHF) out of a set of 3 stamps

Albania 2015

Albania

Date of Issue: 2nd September 2015

one stamp (130.- 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 (130.- & 250.- ALL) is also issued in a booklet

Sepac stamps 2015

Europe - Sepac

Sepac 2015
"Culture"

19.02.2015 Iceland - 1 stamp (50g Iceland to EU value = 180.- ISK)  
10.04.2015 Isle of Man - 1 stamp (EU value) out of a set of 10 stamps 
10.04.2015 Åland - 1 stamp (3.- €) 
13.05.2015 Greenland - 1 stamp (11.- DKK) 
16.06.2015 Malta - 1 stamp (0.59 €) out of a set of 3 stamps 
17.06.2015 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.20 €) 
27.06.2015 Jersey - 1 stamp (postcard rate) out of a set of 14 stamps 
22.07.2015 Guernsey - 1 stamp (0.62 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps 
07.09.2015 Gibraltar - 2 stamps (G & E value) 
22.09.2015 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (0.70 €) out of a set of 3 stamps
28.09.2015 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (17.- DKK) 
16.11.2015 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.30 CHF) out of a set of 3 stamps

no issue of San Marino
no issue of Vatican

Best Sepac stamp 2015

Europe

The Sepac announced the results of the most beautiful 2015 SEPAC stamp contest

Here are the results of this voting :

1. Faroe Islands 2015 with 36.8% of all votes.
2. Guernsey 2015 with 9.3% of all votes.
3. Iceland 2014 with 8.6% of all votes.

Åland won last year, Greenland won in 2013 and the Faroe Islands won the first two contests, in 2007-09 and 2011.

Gibraltar - Sepac 2015

Gibraltar - Sepac

Date of Issue: 7th September 2015

two stamps (G & E value) out of a set of 6 stamps (only this two stamps bears the Sepac logo)

Faroe Islands - Sepac 2015

Faroe Islands - Sepac

Date of Issue: 28th September 2015

one stamp (17.- DKK)

Luxembourg - Sepac 2015

Luxembourg - Sepac

Date of Issue: 22nd September 2015

one stamp (0.70 €)
out of a set of 3 stamps but only this one bears the official Sepac logo

Ukraine 2015

Ukraine

Date of Issue: 11th August 2015

two stamps (4.80 & 5.40 UAH)

both stamps are issued in mini sheets of 9 stamps

both stamps are issued in booklet of 1 souvenir-sheet of two stamps (4.80 & 5.40 UAH) - NOTE the stamps from the booklet are bigger than the stamps from the sheets