europa stamps

Friday, June 25

1989

Europe

Issue n° 34 - 1989

"Children's games"

Number of countries : 35
Debuting countries : none
Returning countries : none
Withdrawing countries : none

Note : Only two countries (Gibraltar, Iceland) used the four CEPT letters instead of the official logo. Most stamps issued in late April or in May.

source of the image : http://www.ibolli.it/indexes/cept/index.php

more here in the Europa stamps History - Part III

Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Lausanne (Switzerland)
Winner: Riva "Rock Me" (Yugoslavia)

my personal favorite that year: Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson "Það sem enginn sér" (Iceland)

Thursday, June 24

1988

Europe

Issue n° 33 - 1988

"Transportation and communications"

Number of countries : 35
Debuting countries : none
Returning countries : none
Withdrawing countries : none

Note : Only two countries (Gibraltar, Iceland) used the four CEPT letters instead of the official logo. Most stamps issued in late April or in May.

source of the image : http://www.ibolli.it/indexes/cept/index.php

more here in the Europa stamps History - Part III

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Dublin (Ireland)
Winner: Céline Dion "Ne partez pas sans moi" (Switzerland)

my personal favorite that year: Scott Fitzgerald "Go" (United Kingdom)

Thursday, June 3

Cyprus (Turkish post) 2010

Cyprus (Turkish post)

Date of Issue: 28th May 2010

two stamps (2x 0.80 YTL)

This set is only sold as a 4 stamps block set (2 sets), not just the paire !

Those two stamps are also issued in a booklet of 4 stamps (two of each)

NOTE : the stamps issued by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus aren't recognized on an international level, not by the UPU nor by PostEurop.

But as 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.