Best Europa Stamp 2008

Hungary


this 100.- HUF stamp is in fact part of a pair of stamps issued tête-bêche in a souvenir sheet of four stamps. Only this stamp took part at the contest although Spain and Bosnia and Herzegovina took part at the contest with their full souvenir-sheet...



The Best Europa stamp 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 Brussels on the 27th November.

The stamp has been selected via the internet ! All people could vote through PostEurop's website !

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

On this blog we had also our own Best Europa stamp contest and the issue of Åland won.

Åland 2009

Åland

Date of Issue: 8th May 2009

one stamps (Europa value)

Denmark 2009

Denmark

Date of issue: 25th March 2009

two stamps (5.50 & 8.- DKK)


the 5.50 DKK stamp is also issued in a booklet of 10 stamps

Belgium 2009

Belgium

Date of Issue: 6th April 2009

one souvenir-sheet (Europe 1st class value = 0.90 €)

Iceland 2009

Iceland

Date of Issue: 7th May 2009

two stamps (105.- & 140.- ISK)


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


both stamps are also issued in two booklets of 10 self-adhesive stamps each.

Finland 2009

Finland

Date of Issue: 6th May 2009

two stamps (2x 0.80 €)

both stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps (two of each)

50 years Europa CEPT

Europe

Europa 1956-2006
"50 years Europa CEPT"

In 2005 & 2006 several postal administrations issued stamps to commemorate the 50 years of the 1st Europa stamps issue.

Those stamps bared the CEPT logo and a special 50 years logo produced and used only for those commemorative issues.

Many countries, not only in Europe but also all around the World issued stamps for this event.

Here under you'll find the list of the European countries who took part at this issue.

01.10.2005 Albania - 2 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet (200.-, 250.-, 500.- ALL)
28.03.2006 Armenia - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 70.-, 4x 70.- AMD)
03.03.2006 Austria - 1 stamp (1.25 €)
25.10.2005 Azerbaijan - 4 stamps + 4 souvenir-sheets (those stamps exists also unperforated) (4x 3'000.- AZM)

30.11.2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (those stamps exists also unperforated) (4x 3.- BAM)
15.01.2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 2.-, 4x 2.- BAM)
30.08.2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 1.95, 4x 1.95 BAM)
28.05.2005 Bulgaria - 2 stamps (45.- & 80.- BGL)

08.09.2005 Croatia - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (same stamps issued in sheets)) (7.20 & 8.- HRK)
23.02.2006 Cyprus - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 0.30 CYP)
06.01.2006 Cyprus (Turkish post) - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x 1.40 YTL) (those stamps exists also unperforated)

04.01.2006 Estonia - 1 stamp + 1 souvenir-sheet (6.- + 6.50 EEK)

30.09.2005 Gibraltar - 1 stamp (5.- GBP) [!!!]
30.01.2006 Georgia - 4 stamps + 4 souvenir sheets of 1 stamp (those stamps exists also unperforated) (10.-, 20.-, 30.- 40.- + 4x 80.- GEL)
10.01.2006 Greece - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps
16.01.2006 Greenland - 1 stamp (26.50 DKK)

02.02.2006 Iceland - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x 150.- ISK)
02.05.2006 Isle of Man - 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (0.42 & 0.83 GBP)

07.01.2006 Latvia - 4 stamps issued in sheets and 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (0.10, 2x 0.15, 0.20 + 0.10, 2x 0.15, 0.20 LVL)

14.11.2005 Macedonia - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (also mini-sheets of 8 stamps) (60.-, 170.-, 250.-, 350.- MKD)
03.01.2006 Malta - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (0.05, 0.13, 0.23, 0.24 MTL)
20.07.2005 Moldova - 2 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (1.50 & 15.- & 1.50 & 15.- MDL)
03.01.2006 Montenegro - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps + 1 unperf block (0.50, 1.-, 2x 2.- + 0.50, 1.-, 2x 2.- + 5.50 €)

22.08.2005 Romania - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet (same stamps issued in sheets) (those stamps exists also unperforated) (4x 4.70 RON)

31.03.2005 Serbia and Montenegro - 2 souvenir-sheets of 4 stamps each (4x 16.50 & 4x 41.50 YUD)
20.05.2005 Slovenia - 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps (4x 60.- SIT)

15.12.2005 Turkey - 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps unperforated (0.60, 0.70, 0.80, 1.- + 0.10, 0.25, 0.60, 0.70 + 0.10, 0.25, 0.60, 0.70 TRL)

05.01.2006 Ukraine - 2 stamps + 1 souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (1.30, 2.50 + 1.30, 2.50 UAH)