Best Europa stamp 2025

Norway

The 2025 Best Europa stamp has been announced by PostEurop in this press release.

Norway (stamp 1) is the winner of the 2025 Best Europa stamp contest organized by PostEurop. The Netherlands finished second and Greece (3€ value) is third.

1. NORWAY
2. THE NETHERLANDS
3. GREECE

The designer tells about the image: “I have tried to recreate how the objects have been frozen, and how they have gradually emerged. The images are first  processed, then printed out and then frozen in an ice bath. I have then photographed in the studio while the ice melts and the motifs emerge. This is a visual move in addition to reinforcing the theme, namely what appears when the ice melts.”

watch hereunder the story of Norway’s winning stamp

As written earlier on this blog, PostEurop changed the rules for this contest. 3 voting panels (public, jury and operators) are selecting the best Europa stamp. The results of these three panels are compiled and gives an overall winner.

Norway wins the overall contest and won also the jury voting :

Public voting (16'814 votes) :

1. Serbia
2. Turkey
3. Armenia

Jury voting :

1. Norway
2. Cyprus
3. The Netherlands

Postal operators voting :

1. Greece
2. The Netherlands
3. Latvia

Consolidated result of all three panels - top 10 :

1. Norway
2. The Netherlands
3. Greece
4. Faroe Islands
= Serbia
6. Åland
= Armenia
= Cyprus
= France
= Turkey

Note that Belarus and Russia were excluded of this contest due to their aggression of Ukraine.
Great-Britain, Iceland & Albania didn't issue 2025 Europa stamps.

Sepac folder 2025

Europe - Sepac

"Architecture 16", this special folder contains the 10 Sepac stamps issued in 2025.

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

Luxembourg - Sepac 2025

Luxembourg - Sepac

Date of Issue: 19th September 2025

one stamp (1.70 €)

 this stamp is issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Sepac 2025

Europe - Sepac

Sepac 2025
"Architecture"

 

27.03.2025 Jersey - 1 stamps (3.- GBP) out of set of 8 stamps

09.05.2025 Åland - 1 stamp (4.20 €)
26.05.2025 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (35.- DKK)
26.05.2025 Greenland - 1 stamp (28.- DKK)

02.06.2025 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.90 CHF)

09.07.2025 Monaco - 1 stamp (2.78 €)
23.07.2025 Guernsey - 1 stamp (2.08 GBP) out of a set of 4 stamps
29.07.2025 Malta - 1 stamp (1.91 €) out of a set of 3 stamps

16.09.2025 Gibraltar - 1 stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps & 1 souvenir-sheet of 6 stamps.
19.09.2025 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (1.70 €) 

no issue Isle of Man
no issue Vatican

Gibraltar - Sepac 2025

Gibraltar - Sepac

Date of Issue: 16th September 2025

one stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps (only this stamp bears the Sepac logo)

 

this stamp is issued in a miniature-sheet with the five other stamps of this set

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

Kosovo 2025

Kosovo

Date of Issue: 9th May 2025

two stamps 2 stamps (1.- & 2.- €) and one souvenir-sheet (2.- €)

NOTE - those stamps don't bear the official Europa stamps logo neither the word "Europa" - Kosovo isn't a PostEurop member !

the stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 6 stamps (3 of each) - NOTE : the word "Europe" is written in the edge 

NOTE : the stamps issued by Kosovo aren't recognized on an international level, not by the UPU nor by PostEurop. 

Those postage stamps presents one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Kosovo, in the Ulpiana archaeological park.

The postage stamp motifs bear images dedicated to the founding of Iustiniana secunda (the second Justinian), described as an urbs Dardaniae by the emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora (535-545 AD), as well as of the houbara bustard (outis), a migratory bird, on the mosaic floor of the episcopal basilica of Iustiniana secunda (535-545 AD), discovered by A. Hajdari, C.J. Goddard and M. Berisha. 

Ukraine 2025

Ukraine

Date of Issue: 15th August 2025

one stamp (A value = 1.20 USD)

this stamp is issued in a mini sheet of 4 stamps

NOTE 1 - A booklet of 1 souvenir-sheet of 1 stamp (W value) has also been issued

NOTE 2 - this block has been issued at 5'000 ex (2'000 ex as a booklet) and it's only reserved to whom subscribed to a premium subscription for all 2025 Ukrainian issues ! 

The Ukrainian postal issue under the program "Europa", the theme of which in 2025 is "National Archaeological Discoveries", presents unique exhibits of the Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: anthropomorphic Scythian stele (V century BC), which reproduces the image of a Scythian warrior; Scythian sword-akinaq (V-IV centuries BC) and dagger-akinaq. The statue of a Scythian warrior comes from a Scythian mound near the village. Novovasylivka, Mykolaiv region.