Great Britain 2009

Great Britain

Date of Issue: 8th October 2009

one stamp (1st class value GBP) out of a set of ten (!) stamps issued in a se-tenant block (only this stamp is bearing the official Europa logo)

Sir Martin Ryle - In 1959 the Radio Astronomy Group at the University of Cambridge led by Professor Martin Ryle published the Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources (3C) which led to the discovery of the first quasi-stellar object (quasar). It was a landmark map of stellar sources and Ryle’s work led to confirmation of the Big Bang Theory. Ryle was knighted in 1966 and awarded the Nobel Prize for his work in 1974.

Montenegro - [Crna Gora]

Montenegro - [Crna Gora]

Capital: Podgorica
Languages: Montenegrin
Population: 678,177
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .me
Status: Parliamentary republic

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


Pošta Crne Gore



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

Europa stamps: since 2005->

Official site: http://www.postacg.me
info: info@postacg.me

"Last former Yugoslav republic to get independent in 2006, they already issued their first Europa stamps in 2005."

"Montenegro issues are most of the time composed of a set with a souvenir sheet and sometimes a booklet."

"The first issue of 2005 is very rare and reached value records."

Portugal

Portugal

Capital: Lisbon
Languages: Portuguese
Population: 10,676,910
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .pt
Status: Parliamentary republic

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


CTT - Correios



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

Europa stamps: since 1960->

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

"Portugal issue Europa stamps since 1960. From 1961, 1962 and 1963, they didn't follow the common design, having their own."

"Since 1977 they also issue a souvenir sheet with every issue."

"The autonomous island of Madeira and the archipelago of the Azores issue also Europa stamps since 1981. Their issuing programme is closely linked with the one of Portugal."

Poland - [Polska]

Poland - [Polska]

Capital: Warsaw
Languages: Polish
Population: 38,130,302
Currency: Złoty - PLN
Internet code: .pl
Status: Parliamentary republic

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


Poczta Polska



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

Europa stamps: since 1991->

Official site: http://www.poczta-polska.pl/znaczki/en/index.php
info: pcf@centrala.poczta-polska.pl

"As many other former communist countries, Poland issued their first Europa stamps in 1991. Since then they issue one or two stamps each year."

Norway - [Norge - Noreg]

Norway - [Norge - Noreg]

Capital: Oslo
Languages: Norwegian
Population: 4,812,200
Currency: Norwegian krone - NOK
Internet code: .no
Status: Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy

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


Posten Norge



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

Europa stamps: since 1960, 1962-1967, 1969, 1973-1992, 2002->

Official site: http://www.posten.no
info: kundeservice@posten.no

"Norway as their other Scandinavian neighbors, Denmark and Sweden, issued their first Europa stamp in 1960."

"During 10 years, from 1993 until 2002, Norway didn't issue any Europa stamps anymore."

"Twice a Norwegian artist made the Europa stamps common design. Arne Holm in 1963 et ten years later in 1973, Leif Frimann Anisdahl made the last common design before the thematic issues."

Monaco

Monaco

Capital: Monaco-Ville
Languages: French
Population: 32,965
Currency: Euro - EUR
Internet code: .mc
Status: Constitutional monarchy and Principality

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


La Poste - Monaco



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

Europa stamps: since 1962 ->

Official site: http://www.oetp-monaco.com
info: oetp@gouv.mc

"Monaco issued their first Europa stamps in 1962 as a 4 stamps serie but they did not depict the common design."

"Since 1964 Monaco issued Europa stamps with the common design."

"In 2003 Monaco won the Best Europa stamp competition organized by PostEurop

Moldova

Moldova

Capital: Chişinău
Languages: Moldovan (Romanian)
Population: 4,128,047
Currency: Moldovan leu - MDL
Internet code: .md
Status: Parliamentary republic

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


Posta Moldovei



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

Europa stamps: since 1993 ->

Official site: http://www.posta.md
info: timbres@posta.md

"Moldova was one of the first 2 ex-republics of former USSR, with Lithuania, to issue Europa stamps in 1993."

"As Malta, they issued a wrong Europa logo during some years."