Special 2013 Europa folder issued by 4 countries

Europe

In order to celebrate the 20 years of PostEurop, the postal administrations of Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Switzerland issued a common folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the four countries (4 stamps and 1 souvenir-sheet).

This folder can be ordered by any of the 4 postal administrations.

Albania 2013

Albania

Date of Issue: 4th October 2013

two stamps (80.- and 200.- ALL)

both stamps are issued in a mini sheet of 10 stamps (5 of each)

 

both stamps are also issued in a booklet of two stamps

Best Europa stamp 2013 - Public prize

Turkey

Turkey is the winner of this year's Best Europa stamp contest organised by PostEurop. Last year winner, Hungary finished second and Poland and Switzerland shares the third place.

1. TURKEY  
2. HUNGARY       
3. POLAND & SWITZERLAND

this 2.20 TRY stamp is part of a two stamp set.

It's the second time Turkey wins this on line voting. The first time it was in 2011 and last year Turkey finished 2nd.

The Best Europa stamp design competition is a yearly event. The first competition took place in 2002. All official Europa stamp issues can enter the competition.

The result of this competition was announced during this PostEurop's Plenary Assembly in Brussels, Belgium on the 19th September.

The stamp has been selected via the internet ! All people could vote through PostEurop's website ! A total of 11'000 votes were registered, compared to last year it's an increase of 37% in the number of public votes.

A jury of 9 members (stamp designers, philatelic design directors) awarded earlier this year, the Best Europa stamp - Jury prize to Finland !

The prizes for both the Jury and public voting competitions were handed out during the Belgian Philatelic Grand Prix to be held in the Brussels City Hall on the 21nd September 2013. 

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

New PostEurop's website !

Europe

PostEurop revamped their website !

with the Europa stamps having a good place !

checked it by yourself :

www.posteurop.org

Armenia 2013

Armenia

Date of Issue: 15th August 2013

one stamp (350.- AMD)

This stamp is issued in a mini sheet of 4 stamps

This stamp is issued in a mini sheet of 10 stamps

This stamp is issued in a mini sheet of 9 stamps + 1 vignette

Best Europa stamp 2013 - Jury prize

Finland

The 2013 Best Europa stamp - Jury prize was awarded this week in Brussels at PostEurop headquarters !

This was the third edition of this neutral and artistic prize.

Nine experts of the philatelic world were invited to join the jury and judge the Europa stamps based on their expert opinion.

 This year's winner is Finland with the following stamp :

2nd - the Netherlands  (left stamp)
3rd - Norway & Kazakhstan

The prizes will be awarded on the 21st of September to the top 3 countries in the Town hall of Brussels.

This year's Jury was composed of:

• Vítězslava Francková, Philatelist expert, Czech Republic 
• Jürgen Haepers, Philatelist expert, europa-stamps.blogspot.com, Switzerland 
• Stefan Klein, Designer, Germany 
• Olaf Neumann, Designer, Germany 
• Guy Coutant, Pro Post, Belgium 
• Arie Piet, Enschedé Printing, the Netherlands 
• Pierre Leempoel, Bpost, Belgium 
• Marc Taraskoff, Designer, France 
• Botond Szebeny, PostEurop's Secretary General, Hungary 

PostEurop published on their blog some pictures of the jury during the best Europa stamp selection !

Guernsey - Sepac 2013

Guernsey - Sepac

Date of Issue: 24th September 2013

one stamp (0.63 GBP) out of a set of six stamps (only this stamp is bearing the official Sepac logo).