Europa stamps Printers

Europe

Did you ever ask yourself where your stamps were printed ?

We all saw in the under edge of each stamps the issue year or the name of the artist who designed the stamp but sometimes also the name of the printing house : Courvoisier - La Loupe - Joh. Enschedé - Matzoukis - the House of Questa - Printex - etc.

But do you know in which country they are ?

Some postal authorities have their own printing house : Belgium, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, etc. But most of the others must print their stamps with the help of privat printers and they are not always located in the same country !

For example the 2009 Europa stamps of Greenland, Guernsey and Norway are printed by Joh. Esnschedé in the Netherlands and the ones of Switzrland and Liechtenstein by the State printer of Austria. Azerbaijan stamps are printed in France by Cartor so did Portugal and Jersey.

But some Europa stamps aren't even printed in Europe ! So the Faroe Islands and the Isle of Man decided to let their Europa stamps being printed in Canada by the Lowe Martin Group and Slovenia have their Europa stamps being printed in ... Bahrain ! We are in the middle of globalization and liberalized markets !

Romania - [România]

Romania - [România]

Capital: Bucharest
Languages: Romanian
Population: 21,504,442
Currency: Leu - RON
Internet code: .ro
Status: Unitary semi-presidential republic

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


Poşta Română



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

Europa stamps: since 1991->

Official site: http://www.romfilatelia.ro
info: office@romfilatelia.ro

"As many other former communist countries, Romania issued their first Europa stamps in 1991. Since then they issue two stamps each year and many souvenir sheets."

Liechtenstein - Sepac 2009

Liechtenstein - Sepac

Date of Issue: 16 September 2009

one stamp (1.30 CHF)



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

The stamp shows the well-known “Chapel of St. Mamerta, Triesen”, which is preserved as an ancient monument. The Chapel of St. Mamertus, which stands on a plateau above the village of Triesen and is named after St. Mamertus, the patron saint against earthquakes, conflagrations and landslides, dates in its original form from the 9th or early 10th century and is thus Liechtenstein’s oldest chapel. The distinctive tower is however of more recent origin. It is thought to have been erected only in the 15th century. The building fragments within the 90cm thick curtain wall suggest moreover that the original building may also have served as a dwelling. Possible occupants could have been the legendary “Noblemen of Trisun” (13th/14th century), who were in the service of the Counts of Montfort-Feldkirch and from whom the name of the village and the coat-of-arms also derive. The Chapel is also one of the most frequently pictured symbols of the Oberland (alongside Vaduz Castle and Gutenberg Castle). Like the SEPAC 2007 stamp this stamp is based on a photograph by Marco Nescher.

Gibraltar - Sepac 2009

Gibraltar - Sepac

Date of Issue: 2nd November 2009

one stamp (0.44 GBP) out of a set of five stamps (only this stamp is bearing the official Sepac logo) and one souvenir-sheet

Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh 2009

Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh

Date of Issue: 14th September 2009

three stamps (120.-, 350.- & 650.- AMD)


those stamps are published in mini-sheets of 10 stamps


NOTE : the stamps issued by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic aren't recognized on an international level, not by the UPU nor by PostEurop.

Those stamps are listed in the most stamps catalogue (Gibbons, Yvert & Tellier, Michel) and most Europa stamps collectors collect those stamps anyway, I decided to publish them on my blog, from now on, even if they aren't official stamp issues.

Armenia 2009

Armenia

Date of Issue: 1st July 2009

one stamp (350.- AMD)


This stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

Faroe Islands - Sepac 2009

Faroe Islands - Sepac

Date of Issue: 16th September 2009

one stamp (10.- DKK)