Best Europa stamp 2007

Armenia


Best Europa Stamp 2007


The Europa stamp best design competition is a yearly event that takes place during the Plenary Assembly of PostEurop. The first competition took place in 2002. All official Europa stamp issues can enter the competition.

The result of this competition was announced during the Plenary Assembly in Vienna the 13th September.

For the first time it was possible to elected the Best Europa stamp via the internet ! Only scouts or former scouts were able to cast their vote.

update: I read on the internet that many Armenians asked via different forums to vote for the Armenian stamp. The Armenian diaspora is very big especially in France. I don't have the detail of the voting but maybe it helped !?

link here

The Armenian postal authority "Haypost" received this congratulations letter from the printer of the stamp, the Dutch compagny Joh. Enschedé

Bosnia and Herzegovina - [Bosna i Hercegovina]

Bosnia and Herzegovina - [Bosna i Hercegovina]

Capital: Sarajevo
Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Population: 3,935,000
Currency: Convertible mark - BAM
Internet code: .ba
Status: Parliamentary democracy

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina


BH Pošta



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1995 ->

Official site: http://www.bhp.ba/
info: philately@bhp.ba

"1995 the year of the Peace and Freedom theme was also the year of the first Bosnian Europa stamp... what a symbol for a country who suffered so much of the war."

"Bosnia was not the last republic of former Yugoslavia to issue a Europa stamp, Macedonia followed one year after it."

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Hrvatske pošta Mostar



PostEurop member: no
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 2005 ->

Official site: http://www.post.ba/
info: philately@tel.net.ba

"In 2005 was the first official Europa stamp issue of the Croat post of Bosnia."

"The Croat post of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the first of the 3 Bosnian postal administrations to issue Europa stamps in 1993. But this issue isn't official as they weren't an UPU member at that time."

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Srpske Poste



PostEurop member: no
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 2005 ->

Official site: http://www.filatelija.rs.ba/
info: filatelija@postesrpske.com

"In 2005 was the first official Europa stamp issue of the Serb post of Bosnia."

"The Serb post of Bosnia and Herzegovina issued in 1997 Europa stamps already. But this issue isn't official as they weren't an UPU member at that time."

Bulgaria - [България]

Bulgaria - [България]

Capital: Sofia
Languages: Bulgarian
Population: 7,322,858
Currency: Lev - BGN
Internet code: .bg
Status: Parliamentary democracy

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria


BG Post



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1956 ->

Official site: http://www.bgpost.bg
info: bul_philately@bgpost.bg

"Bulgaria was one of the five first former communist countries to produce Europa stamps in 1991."

Belgium - [België - Belgique - Belgien]

Belgium - [België - Belgique - Belgien]

Capital: Brussels
Languages: Dutch, French, German
Population: 10,511,382
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .be
Status: Federal constitutional monarchy

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium


De Post - La Poste



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1956 ->

Official site: http://philately.post.be
info: philately@philately.post.be

"Belgium is one of the first 6 countries (with Italy, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France and Germany) who started to produce Europa Stamps in 1956."

"In 1967, the common design represented cogwheels designed by the Belgian artist Oscar Bonnevalle."

Belarus - [Беларусь]

Belarus - [Беларусь]

Capital: Minsk
Languages: Belarusian, Russian
Population: 9,724,723
Currency: Rouble - BYR
Internet code: .by
Status: Republic

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus


Belpochta



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1998 ->

Official site: http://www.belpost.by/
info: marka@belpost.by

"In 1994, Belarus produced an unofficial Europa stamp issue (2 stamps and 1 souvenir-sheet). The were bearing the old CEPT logo and depicted the theme of the year 1993 !"

Azores - [Açores]

Azores - [Açores]

Capital: Ponta Delgada
Languages: Portuguese
Population: 243,018
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .pt
Status: Autonomous region of Portugal

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azores


CTT - Correios



PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1981 ->

Official site: http://www.ctt.pt/
info: mercadointfil@ctt.pt

"Their Europa stamps issuing programme is closely linked with the one of Portugal."

"As Portugal they issue each year a souvenir sheet."

Azerbaijan - [Azərbaycan]

Azerbaijan - [Azərbaycan]

Capital: Baku
Languages: Azerbaijani
Population: 8,587,000
Currency: Manat - AZN
Internet code: .az
Status: Republic

more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan


Azarpoçt but stamps managed by Azermarka company


PostEurop member: no
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: no
Norden member: no

Europa stamps: since 1998 ->

Official site: http://azermarka.az/
info: info@azermarka.az

"Azerbaijan issues Europa stamps since 1998 only. One year after neighbour Armenia and the same year as neighbour Georgia."