europa stamps: March 2015

Tuesday, March 31

Latvia 2015

Latvia

Date of Issue: 10th April 2015

two stamps (0.78 & 1.71 €)

both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps tête-bêche

the 0.78 € stamp will be issued in a booklet of 4 stamps tête-bêche. That booklet will be issued especially for the International stamp fair in Essen Germany

Monday, March 30

Slovakia 2015

Slovakia

Date of Issue: 5th May 2015

one stamp (0.90 EUR)

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 8 stamps

this stamp is also issued in a booklet (6 stamps) - NOTE the stamps from the booklet are self-adhesive

Friday, March 27

Best Sepac stamp 2014

Europe

The Sepac announced today the most beautiful 2014 SEPAC stamp

Here are the results of this voting :

Åland 2014 with 34.5% of all votes.
Malta 2014
Iceland 2014

Greenland won in 2013 and the Faroe Islands won the first two contests, in 2007-09 and 2011.

Switzerland 2015

Switzerland

Date of Issue: 7th May 2015

2 stamps (2x 1.- CHF)

both stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 16 stamps se-tenant (8 of each)

Wednesday, March 25

Serbia 2015

Serbia

Date of Issue: 16th April 2015

two stamps (69.- & 100.- RSD)

both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 8 stamps + 1 vignette

Monday, March 23

France 2015

France

Date of Issue: 4th May 2015

one stamp (0.95 €)

Sunday, March 22

Slovenia 2015

Slovenia

Date of Issue: 29th May 2015

two stamps (0.64 & 0.97 €)

both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 8 stamps + 1 vignette

Friday, March 20

Andorra (Spanish post) 2015

Andorra (Spanish post)

Date of Issue: 23rd April 2015

one stamp (0.90 €)

Spain 2015

Spain

Date of Issue: 23rd April 2015

one stamp (0.90 €) - NOTE this stamp is self-adhesive

NOTE this stamp has also a "pine wood" smell !

Tuesday, March 17

Europa stamps 2016 - common design competition

Europe

PostEurop's Stamps and Philately working group decided to celebrate the :

"60th anniversary of Europa Stamps" (1956-2016)

(It's a bit weird as PostEurop didn't celebrate at all the 50th anniversary jubilee in 2006 !!)

Anyway, the "Ecology in Europe - "Think Green" theme will be used for that celebration issue and a common design competition has been organized among PostEurop's members.

A total of 24 designs were submitted. Based on the number of votes received, the design from Cyprus emerged as the winner with 29 points.

The stamp motif is the work of Ms. Doxia Sergidou.

The second place went to Slovenia (26 points)

and in third place to Hungary (20 points).

Here you can download the official PostEurop document regarding this common design competition.

I am a bit disappointed about this decision as I was looking forward to this ecology related theme which could provide very nice designs and innovative techniques related to the theme.

The common issue proved in the past (millennium issue in 2000) to attract a lot of interest from the public. But I think there was no hurry and another theme or another occasion would have been better for such an issue, for example the 100 years of the end of WW I in 2018... ?

What do you think of it ?