Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2018 - semi-final 1/4

Europe

After a break of 8 years - and this time in cooperation with the "Blog timbré de ma philatélie" - the contest for the best Europa stamps is back on this blog !

“Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice”

During 4 preselection rounds, you’ll be able to select your favorite 2018 Europa stamps sets !

The top 10 will compete in a big final to elect the best Europa stamps set 2018 !!

Here are the results of this first semi-final (out of 4) :

• 1. Moldova 28.75%
• - Norway 28.75%
• 3. Liechtenstein 21.43%
• 4. Lithuania 20.24%
• 5. Russia 19.05%
• - Romania 19.05%
• 7. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) 17.86%
• 8. Latvia 11.90%
• 9. Greenland 10.71%
• - Iceland 10.71%
• - San Marino 10.71%
• - the Netherlands 10.71%
• 13. Andorra (Spanish post) 10.71%
• 14. Nagorno Karabakh (Armenian post) 8.33%
• 15. Jersey 7.14%
• 16. Gibraltar 3.57%

Armenia 2018

Armenia

Date of Issue: 2nd October 2018

one stamp (350.- AMD)

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

Best Europa stamp 2018 - Public prize

Turkey

Turkey is the winner of the 2018 Best Europa stamp contest organised by PostEurop. Poland finished second and Georgia is third.

1. TURKEY
2. POLAND
3. GEORGIA

this 4.- TRY stamp is part of a two stamps set.

It's the fifth time Turkey wins the on line voting and since 2011 they always finished in the top 2 ! They won in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 and finished 2nd in 2012 and 2014 !

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 held this month in Tbilisi, Georgia.

The stamp has been selected via the internet ! All people could vote through PostEurop's website !

A jury of 7 members (stamp designers, philatelic design directors, stamp collectors) awarded earlier this year, the Best Europa stamp - Jury prize to Belgium !


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

Best Europa stamp 2018 - Jury prize

Belgium

The 2018 Best Europa stamp - Jury prize was awarded last Saturday in Brussels’ town hall.

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

Seven 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 Belgium with a stamp part of the following souvenir-sheet (the stamp on the right) - it's the second time that Belgium wins the Jury prize, they did already in 2014 :

2nd (tied) – Hungary (stamp above left) & Finland (stamp under)

3rd - Croatia (stamp under)

This year's Jury was composed this year as follow (from the left to the right) :

• Agnieszka Trzaskowska, Chair of PostEurop Stamp & Philately Steering Group, Poland
• Olaf Neumann, Stamp designer, Germany
• Stefan Klein, Stamp designer, Germany
• Botond Szebeny, PostEurop's Secretary General, Hungary (co-chair)
• Andrée Trommer, General secretary of the Fédération internationale de philatélie (FIP), Luxembourg
• Guy Coutant, Pro Post, Belgium (co-chair)
• Antonio Manuel Amaral, PostEurop's coordinator (not part of the jury)
• Arie Piet, Director Stamp Printing National Bank Belgium, the Netherlands (not on the picture)

The winner of the public prize will be announced during PostEurop's plenary assembly in Tbilisi, Georgia, in October.

Gibraltar - Sepac 2018

Gibraltar - Sepac

Date of Issue: 31st July 2018

one stamp (0.80 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps (only this stamp bears the Sepac logo)

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 6 stamps

this stamp and the other five stamps of this full set are issued in a common souvenir-sheet of 6 stamps

Sepac stamps 2018

Europe - Sepac

Sepac 2018
"Spectacular views"

14.02.2018 Jersey - 1 stamp (0.73 GBP) out of a set of 8 stamps 
10.04.2018 Isle of Man - 1 stamp (EU value) out of a set of 10 stamps
23.04.2018 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (20.- DKK)
09.05.2018 Åland - 1 stamp (Världen value)
15.05.2018 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (0.95 €)
25.05.2018 Greenland - 1 stamp (16.- DKK)
04.06.2018 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.50 CHF) out of a set of 4 stamps
07.06.2018 Monaco - 1 stamp (0.95 €)
27.07.2018 Malta - 1 stamp (0.59 €) out of a set of 4 stamps
31.07.2018 Gibraltar - 1 stamp (0.80 GBP) ouf of a set of 6 stamps
01.08.2018 Guernsey - 1 stamp (0.76 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
13.09.2018 Iceland - 1 stamp (50g to Europe = 225 ISK) 

No issue of Vatican

Kazakhstan 2018

Kazakhstan

Date of Issue: 30th July 2018

one stamp (800.- KZT)

This stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 3 stamps + 1 vignette