Finland 2021

Finland

Date of Issue: 28th April 2021

three stamps (3x domestic value) - NOTE those stamps are self-adhesive

those stamps are issued in a booklet of 15 stamps (5 stamps of each)

In 2011 the Europa issue of Great-Britain, combined for the first time the Europa stamps logo and the WWF logo on the same stamp.

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This Finnish Europa issue is part of a serie of "Endangered species" launched in 2016 and continued in 2018.

Best Europa stamps – the collector’s choice 2020 - Group 1

Europe

Best EUROPA Stamps - The Collector's Choice 2020

Results of GROUP 1:

1. Norway 11.9 % of the votes

2. Romania 10.4 %

3. Russia 10.1 %

4. Sweden 7.3 %

Those top 4 countries go to the Big Final.

5. Cyprus 6.9 %

6. Poland 6.2 %

7. Faroe Is. 5.9 %

8. Liechtenstein 5.9 %

9. Isle of Man 5.4 %

10. Czech rep. 5.4 %

11. Guernsey 5.2 %

12. San Marino 4.7 %

13. Jersey 4.4 %

14. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) 4.2 %

15. Hungary 3.7 %

16. Slovakia 2.4 %

Åland 2021

Åland

Date of Issue: 7th May 2021

one stamp (1x Europa value)

Åland - Sepac 2021

Åland

Date of Issue: 25th March 2021

one stamp (4.-)

Best Europa stamp 2020 - Public prize

Turkey

Turkey is the winner of the 2020 Best Europa stamp contest organised by PostEurop. Armenia finished second and Azerbaijan is third.

1. TURKEY
2. ARMENIA
3. AZERBAIJAN

It's the 6th 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, 2014 and 2019 !

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 annonced on the PostEurop's website :

 "A new record number of votes was received, marking a new milestone with over 38 thousand votes reached!"

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

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

Sweden - Norden 2020

Sweden - Norden

Date of Issue: 11th November 2020

1 stamp ("Sverige brev" value = 11.- SEK) out of a set of 5 stamps only this stamp bears the official Norden logo

Norden stamps 2020

Europe - Norden

Norden 2020
 "Mammals"

02.01.2020 Denmark - 5 stamps (5x 10.- DKK)
24.02.2020 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (20.- DKK)
17.04.2020 Norway - 1 stamp (Europa 20g. value = 26.- NOK)
18.05.2020 Greenland - 2 stamps (16.- & 18.- DKK)

03.06.2020 Finland - 2 stamps (2x domestic value = 2x 1.60 €)
05.06.2020 Åland - 1 stamp (1.- €)

29.10.2020 Iceland - 1 stamp (50g til Evrópu value = 250.- ISK)

12.11.2020 Sweden - 1 stamp (Sverige brev value = 11.- SEK) out of a set of 5 stamps NEW