Iceland - Norden 2018

Iceland - Norden

Date of Issue: 13th September 2018

one stamp (50g to Europe = 225 ISK)  - NOTE this stamp is self-adhesive

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

Iceland - Sepac 2018

Iceland - Sepac

Date of Issue: 13th September 2018

one stamp (50g to Europe = 225.- ISK) - NOTE this stamp is self-adhesive

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

Iceland 2018

Iceland

Date of Issue: 15th February 2018

two stamps (50g to Europe = 225 ISK & 50g outside Europe = 285 ISK) - NOTE those stamps are self-adhesive

both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

Finland 2018

Finland

Date of Issue: 9th May 2018

two stamps (2x domestic value = 1.50 €) - NOTE both stamps are self-adhesive

both stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps se-tenant (five of each)

NOTE 2017 is written instead of 2018 on the above stamps as those were not the definitive designs

Best sepac stamp 2017

Europe

As the Sepac is announcing the start for the vote of the most beautiful 2018 SEPAC stamp, we can assume when looking at last year's contest webpage, that the Isle of Man won the most beautiful 2017 SEPAC stamp contest !

The Isle of Man wins for the first time this contest.

According to the contest page on the offical Sepac website :

Isle of Man wins with 1156 votes
Iceland is second with 564 votes
Liechtenstein is third with 293 votes

Guernsey won in 2016, Åland won once in 2014, Greenland won once in 2013 and the Faroe Islands won the first two contests, in 2007-09 and in 2011. and in 2015.

Georgia 2017

Georgia

Date of Issue: 5th of October 2017

two stamps (2x 2.50 GEL) and one souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x 2.50 GEL)

Best Europa stamp 2017 - Public prize

Turkey

Turkey is the winner of the 2017 Best Europa stamp contest organised by PostEurop. Poland finished second and Moldova is third.

1. TURKEY
2. POLAND
3. MOLDOVA

this 3.70 TRY stamp is part of a two stamp set.

It's the fourth time Turkey wins the on line voting and since 2011 they always finished in the top 2 ! They won in 2011, 2013 and 2015 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 Bucharest, Romania.

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 Finland !


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