Finland 2020

Finland

Date of Issue: 6th May 2020

one stamp (international value = 1.70 €) - NOTE this stamp is self-adhesive

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

Best Europa stamp 2019 - Public prize

Armenia

Armeia is the winner of the 2019 Best Europa stamp contest organised by PostEurop. Turkey finished second and Finland is third.

1. ARMENIA
2. TURKEY
3. FINLAND

It's the second time Armenia wins the best Europa stamp contest. The first win was in 2007, it was also the first year the contest became an online voting open to everybody !

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 last week in Jersey.

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

Here is the announcement on Armenia's postal administration website.

A jury of 6 members (stamp designers, philatelic design directors, stamp collectors) awarded earlier this year, the Best Europa stamp - Jury prize to Slovenia !


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

Italy 2019

Italy

Date of Issue: 4th October 2019

two stamps (B & B50g value = 1.10 & 2.60 €) - NOTE both stamps are self-adhesive

Azerbaijan 2019

Azerbaijan

Date of Issue: 27th September 2019

two stamps (0.50 & 0.60 AZN) & one souvenir-sheet (1.50 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.

Sepac folder 2019

Europe - Sepac

"Historic homes of Europe 10", this special folder contains the 11 Sepac stamps issued in 2019.

This folder will be on sale by any of the Sepac countries philatelic offices !

Isle of Man - Sepac 2019

Isle of Man - Sepac

Date of Issue: 1st July 2019

one stamp (1.10 GPB) out of a set of 6 stamps (only this stamp bears the Sepac logo)

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 9 stamps

Best Europa stamp 2019 - Jury prize

Slovenia

The 2019 Best Europa stamp - Jury prize was awarded last Saturday in Brussels’ town hall.

This was the 8th edition of this neutral and artistic prize.

Six 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 Slovenia with a stamp part of a 2 stamps set - it's the first time that Slovenia wins the Jury prize !

2nd – Liechtenstein (stamp under)
3rd - Finland (stamp under)

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

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

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