Category: Europa Stamps
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Europa 2023: Gibraltar (30 March)
On 30 March, Gibraltar’s Post Office became the first entity to release their Europa 2023 issue which consisted of two designs each in sheets of 10 and included in a miniature sheet consisting of both stamps. The non-common design stamp and miniature sheet, first day covers, etc. were designed by Stephen Perera. The promotional material explains the background of…
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Europa 2023: Guernsey (24 May)
On 24 May, Guernsey Post released six stamps under the theme of “Peace: The Highest Value of Humanity” and all are inscribed with this slogan. Issued in denominations of 56p, 79p, 87p, £1.21, £1.39, and £1.50, these have been printed using offset lithography in sheets of 10 stamps for each design. Only the middle two…
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Europa 2023: Ukraine (24 May)
Ukraine’s participation in Europa 2023 will be released on 24 May. It will consist of two designs — the common design by Linda Bos and Runa Egilsdottir on the no-value indicator stamp inscribed with the letter A (currently equal to one U.S. dollar) and the design by Maria Suslova which took second place in last year’s PostEurop…
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Europa 2023: Germany (4 May)
On 4 May, Deutsche Post AG of Germany issued a single stamp denominated at 85 euro cents as its entry in the 2023 Europa theme of Peace: The Highest Value of Humanity. It will be released in a sheet of 10 stamps using the common design with the layout credited to Goldstein, Rheinstetten. According to the promotional material, This…
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Europa 2023: France (5 May)
France’s 2023 Europa stamp was initially sold by La Poste at the Strasbourg Foundry Post Office, 1 rue de la fonderie, 67000 Strasbourg, France on Friday, 5 May from 10am to noon and from 14:00 to 16:00 and at Carré d’Encre, 13 bis rue des Mathurins, 75009 Paris on Friday, 5 May and Saturday, 6 May from 10am to…
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Europa 2023: Finland (9 May)
On 12 October 2022, Posti of Finland became the first to announce their Europa 2023 stamp, a single non-denominated self-adhesive issue using the common design. It was printed in sheets of 10 stamps and released on 9 May 2023. Non-denominated, it is sold at the national value, currently €2.10. In May 2023, European postal administrations will publish a stamp…
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Europa 2023: Artsakh (25 May)
The Republic of Artsakh has been issuing its own stamps since 1993. Also known as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, prior to April 2017 its stamps were inscribed “Republic of Mountainous Karabakh”. The breakaway state in the South Caucasus is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan and controls a part of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, including…
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Europa 2023: Faroe Islands (9 May)
Faroe Islands released a single Europa 2023 using the common design on 9 May in both gummed and self-adhesive varieties. On the same date, Posta also issued a single gummed stamp titled “Hymn for Peace” stating that “The soldier with the bassoon, the flowers, and the Dove of Peace could just as well have stepped out of Ed McCurdy’s…
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Europa 2023: Czech Republic (9 May)
Česká pošta added its Europa 2023 stamp to its “Future Issues” online listing on 7 April, a single stamp scheduled for release on 9 May and using the common design. Kamil Knotek is listed as the graphic designer for this issue although it does mention that the winning common motif was designed by Linda Bos…
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Europa 2023: Andorra, French & Spanish (9 May)
On 9 May, LaPoste of France and Correos of Spain — the two administrating postal administrations for Andorra — each issued separate Europa 2023 stamps for the principality. Each stamp utilizes the common design, “The New Peace Symbol”, created by Linda Bos and Runa Egilsdottir albeit in different dimensions and denominations. The French administration stamp measures 40.85…
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Europa 2023: Åland (9 May)
NOTE: This Åland section was originally published on my personal website on 14 November 2022 and has been updated regularly since then. Åland Post announced the full details of its 2023 Stamp Programme including all of the stamp designs in early November 2022. Their Europa stamps were released on Europe Day, 9 May. The first stamp portrays the chosen…
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Europa 2023: Austria (5 May)
Österreichische Post AG of Austria issued a single Europa 2023 stamp on 5 May bearing the denomination of 120 euro cents. Marion Füllerer is credited as an additional designer after Linda Bos & Runa Egilsdottir, responsible for the typography and layout of the issue. Austria Post’s promotional material states, “Peace – the highest value of humanity” is the…
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