Thursday, June 25

Malta

Malta 

Capital: Valletta
Languages: Maltese, English
Population: 410,290
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .mt
Status: Parliamentary Republic
more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta  

Malta Post

PostEurop member: yes
UPU member: yes
Sepac member: yes
Norden member: no
Europa stamps: since 1971 ->
Official site: https://www.maltaphilately.com/
info: philately@maltapost.com

" Malta has issued their first Europa stamps in 1971 and non-stop since then."

"In 2002, they won the inaugural best Europa stamp contest organized by PostEurop."

"During some years Malta used a wrong Europa logo, as the 2002 Circus stamps."

Wednesday, June 24

Madeira

Madeira

Capital: Funchal
Languages: Portuguese
Population: 245,806
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .pt
Status: Autonomous region of Portugal

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


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."


Macedonia - [Македонија]

Macedonia - [Македонија]

Capital: Skopje
Languages: Macedonian, Albanian
Population: 2,114,550
Currency: Denar - MKD
Internet code: .mk
Status: Parliamentary republic

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


Makedonska Posta



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

Europa stamps: since 1996 ->

Official site: http://www.posta.com.mk/english/filatelija.aspx
info: philately@mp.com.mk

"Macedonia was in 1996 the last of the ex-republics of former Yugoslavia to issue Europa stamps."

"The text of the Macedonian stamps is in Cyrillic."

"In 2005, Macedonia issued a souvenir-sheet to commemorate the 50 years of the Europa stamps depicting four former Europa stamps. One of those stamps shows the 1996 firt Europa stamp of Macedonia with Mother Teresa."


Tuesday, June 23

the Netherlands - [Nederland]

the Netherlands - [Nederland]

Capital: Amsterdam
Languages: Dutch
Population: 16,500,156
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .nl
Status: Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy

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


TNT Post



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

Europa stamps: since 1956-1993, 2002, 2007-2009

Official site: http://collectclub.tntpost.nl
info: collectclub@tntpost.nl

"The Netherlands are one of the 6 founding members of the Europa stamps collection with Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and Germany."

"They took part at the Europa stamps issues until 1993. After that year, the Dutch post said not to be interested anymore in Europa issues. In 2002, they issued two stamps on the them "circus" and we had to wait until 2007 to see them issuing Europa stamps again on a regular basis."

"Twice a Dutch artist made the Europa stamps common design: in 1958 André Van der Vossen and in 1961 Theo Kurpershoek."


Luxembourg - [Lëtzebuerg]

Luxembourg -[Lëtzebuerg]

Capital: Luxembourg
Languages: German, French, Luxembourgish
Population: 493,500
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .lu
Status: Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional grand duchy

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


P&T Luxembourg



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

Europa stamps: since 1956 ->

Official site: http://www.pt.lu/portal/Philatelie
info: contact.timbres@pt.lu

"Luxembourg is one of the 6 first countries who issued the first Europa stamps in 1956. They issued each year Europa stamps since that year!"

"Their first two series of 1956 and 1957 are still some of the most expensive stamps of all the collection."

"In 1962, the common theme was designed by the Luxembourgian artist Lex Weyer. A stylised tree with 19 leaves: 1 leaf for each 1962 member of CEPT."


Monday, June 22

Kosovo - [Kosovë]

Kosovo - [Kosovë]

Capital: Pristina
Languages: Albanian, Serbian
Population: 2,100,000
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: None assigned
Status: Parliamentary republic - Independence has only been partially recognised internationally

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


Posta e Kosovës



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

Europa stamps: since 2006 ->

Official site: http://www.postaekosoves.net
info: info@postaekosoves.net

"Kosovo isn't an international recognized country."

"They first issued stamps under United Nations mission in Kosovo before issuing their own stamps since 2008."

"They aren't official members of the UPU nor PostEurop but issue each year stamps with the same Europa stamps theme and with the word "Europa" on their stamps."

"Many fake Kosovo stamps are available on the internet, the only official ones are shown on Kosovo's post website."


Friday, June 19

Lithuania - [Lietuva]

Lithuania - [Lietuva]

Capital: Vilnius
Languages: Lithuanian
Population: 3,555,179
Currency: Litas - LTL
Internet code: .lt
Status: Semi-presidential republic

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


Lietuvos Paštas



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

Europa stamps: since 1993 ->

Official site: http://www.post.lt/katalogas_en
info: postage.stamps@post.lt

"Lithuania was the first Baltic State to issue an Europa stamp and this
was in 1993, one year before Estonia and Latvia."


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