Europa stamps 2016 - common design competition

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PostEurop's Stamps and Philately working group decided to celebrate the :
 

 "60th anniversary of Europa Stamps" (1956-2016) 

(It's a bit weird as PostEurop didn't celebrate at all the 50th anniversary jubilee in 2006 !!)

Anyway, the "Ecology in Europe - "Think Green" theme will be used for that celebration issue and a common design competition has been organized among PostEurop's members. 

A total of 24 designs were submitted. Based on the number of votes received, the design from Cyprus emerged as the winner with 29 points. 

The stamp motif is the work of Ms. Doxia Sergidou.

The second place went to Slovenia (26 points) 

and in third place to Hungary (20 points).

Here you can download the official PostEurop document regarding this common design competition.

I am a bit disappointed about this decision as I was looking forward to this ecology related theme which could provide very nice designs and innovative techniques related to the theme. 

The common issue proved in the past (millennium issue in 2000) to attract a lot of interest from the public. But I think there was no hurry and another theme or another occasion would have been better for such an issue, for example the 100 years of the end of WW I in 2018... ?

What do you think of it ?

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) 2015

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post)

Date of Issue: 5th April 2015

two stamps se-tenant (2x 3.00 BAM)

Both stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 8 stamps (4 stamps of each) + 2 vignettes

Both stamps are also issued in a mini-sheet of 4 stamps (2 stamps of each)

Azerbaijan 2015

Azerbaijan

Date of Issue: 6th March 2015

two stamps (0.20 & 0.60 AZN) & one souvenir-sheet (1.- AZN)

both stamps are issued mini-sheets of 10 stamps

both stamps are issued in a booklet of 8 stamps (4 of each). The stamps of the booklet are printed "tête-bêche" and are unperforated on one side.

NOTE : those stamps are also issued in a unperforated version

Belarus 2015

Belarus

Date of Issue: 13th April 2015

two stamps se-tenant (H & P value = 10'500.- & 12'000.- BYR) and one souvenir-sheet (H & P value)

both stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 8 se-tenant stamps (4 of each)

Sweden 2015

Sweden

Date of Issue: 26th March 2015

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x 14.- SEK)

the Netherlands 2015

the Netherlands

Date of Issue: 28th April 2015

two stamps (2x International 1 value = 2x 1.15 €)

those stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 6 stamps se-tenant (3 stamps of each)

Germany 2015

Germany

Date of Issue: 7th May 2015

one stamp (0.62 €)

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