New Europa 2011 stamp from Ukraine..

 

 

Date of Issue : 20 December 2011

Ukraine Post issued a set of two stamps for EUROPA 2011 yesterday. This seems to be this year’s last Europa 2011 issue as most of the countries have already issued stamps for 2011 Europa Theme ‘ Forests ‘. The complete list with stamps issues of all Europa stamps can be viewed at specialized blog  http://europa-stamps.blogspot.com/

 

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A specialized website on Indian Postal History

Mr Rajesh Pamnani of Hydrabad has created a new website on Indian Postal History. It is a very informative website for the collectors of Postal History. It has different sections on Indian Postal History, Indian Postal Markings, Postage Stamps,India (Used Abroad) and gallery of Indian Registration Labels, Bazar Card of India, Speed Post and other  items.  A separate section has been given for research articles. It is a complete website for collectors of Indian Postal History. It can be viewed at  : http://pamnani.info/rp_index.html 

 Rajesh Pamnani is a serious collector of Indian Postal History. He has started a website:  www.pamnani.info detailing a few of his collecting interests. It is kept as an open source for collaborative research.

He is  a member of the following stamp collecting societies :
1. India Study Circle for Philately (UK)
2. Philatelic Congress of India (Life Member)
3. Hyderabad Philatelic & Hobby Society (Life Member)
4. Postal Study Label Group (USA)

His current topic which needs collaborative research is Indian Registration Labels (1909-Date) Mr Rajesh Pamnani may be contacted at following address :

Rajesh Pamnani  E-mail : rajesh_pamnani@hotmail.com

Postal address:

Rajesh Pamnani, 239/240 Vaman Naik Lane
6-3-1199 Kundanbagh) Umanagar Begumpet
Hyderabad 500 016
Ph 040-23402682 mobile :098490-13175

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Best Europa 2011 stamp..

 

Winner of EUROPA 2011 Stamp Competition

Turkish PTT declared winner of the EUROPA 2011 Competition

PostEurop  announced Turkish PTT (Turkey), Magyar Posta (Hungary) and CTT Correios (Portugal) as the top three winners of the 2011 EUROPA Stamp Competition at the plenary dinner in Istanbul hosted by Turkish PTT on 12th October.

first-runner up

The results of this year’s Europa Stamp competition  declared on 12th October ,  heralded a new record high of 5,576 number of public votes registered from all over the world. Turkish PTT, postal operator for Turkey was declared the Gold award winner of this competition. The winning stamp from Turkish PTT was designed by Bülent Ates capturing the forest in the autumn.

 

Second runner up

EUROPA stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations/enterprises, under the aegis of PostEurop, in which 'Europe' is the central theme. In this 19th consecutive year and around the theme "Forest" to coincide with the UN campaign, “International Year of the Forest” over fifty creative entries were received from all-over Europe.
The close first-runner of the EUROPA Stamp competition was Magyar Posta, postal operator from Hungary and finally, the second-runner up of the EUROPA Stamp competition went to CTT Corrieos, postal operator for Portugal.
“Each year we see the expectations grow around EUROPA stamps from every perspective with growing interest and popularity. Indeed the stamps are more than just work of art, it personifies the country and brought together it gives us a collage of the Europe and the European Postal industry. Therefore, PostEurop has taken a bold step and issued the first ever EUROPA Stamp collection album” declares commented Botond Szebeny, PostEurop Secretary General.
Markku Penttinen, Chairman of the PostEurop Stamps and Philately working group from Itella adds, “We continue to be proud of the work done so far and the EUROPA Stamp collection album marks another great achievement for our experts. It is beautiful, memorable and immortalized."

Source : Post Europ

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Cyprus Post wins EUROPA 2011 Jury Prize Competition

 

 

 

 

Above stamp issued by Cyprus Post for EUROPA 2011   was adjudged the best stamp of this year by a panel of jury . Cyprus Post wins the Jury Prize competition held in Brussels on 24th September 2011. This year’s Europa theme is Forests.Cyprus Post issued a set of two stamps this year on EUROPA 2011 theme. The other stamp of this set is shown below.

Cyprus Post winner of the EUROPA 2011 Jury Prize Competition

Cyprus Post EUROPA Stamp entry was named the winner of PostEurop‘s first ever EUROPA Jury Prize Competition which was held at the prestigious Brussels Town Hall, where an expert jury met and voted through closed ballot.

On 24 September in Brussels, PostEurop held its first ever EUROPA Jury Competition at the famous Brussels Town Hall. Seven experts were invited to join the jury and judge the EUROPA Stamps based on their expert opinion. 56 entries were displayed before the jury and after much deliberation, the jurors casted their closed ballots followed by a round of voting and discussion. Having reached a consensus, Mr. David E. Failor, Chief of the United Nations Postal Administration, proudly announced Cyprus Post as the winner of the 2011 Europa stamp Jury Prize to be the EUROPA Stamp.

The Jury Composed of:

David E. Failor, United States
Marc Taraskoff, Designer, Belgium
Dr Guy Coutant, Philatelist expert, Belgium
Jan Sertons, PostNL, The Netherlands
Jurgen Haepers, www.europa-stamps.blogspot.com,
Switzerland Olaf Neumann, Designer, Germany
Stefan Klein, Designer, Germany

"There were so many beautiful entries and judging was difficult due to the high quality of entries. We finally reached a consensus on the Cyprus Post Europa Stamp. The design in particular was very strong: modern, visually powerful but the interesting part was the integration of the white in the green of the stamp which created a light effect and contrast across the stamp. This stamp was in our opinion best illustrates our interpretation of what a forest should represent for the people and the young generation" said Mr. Failor.

The Jury Prize competition is held separate from the public online competition which took place earlier this year. This means that there are two separate prizes for Europa stamps: one coming from the results of the public online competition and other from this expert Jury competition.

The prize for the Jury Prize competition will be handed out during the PostEurop Plenary Assembly in Istanbul on the 12th October, prior to announcement of the winners of the public online competition.

EUROPA Stamps

EUROPA stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations/enterprises and bears the official EUROPA logo, a PostEurop registered trademark under the aegis of PostEurop in which Europe is the central theme.

EUROPA stamps underlines cooperation in the posts domain, taking into account promotion of philately. They also build awareness of the common roots, culture and history of Europe and its common goals.

As such, EUROPA stamp issues are among the most collected and most popular stamps in the world.

Since the first issue in 1956, EUROPA stamps have been a tangible symbol of Europe’s desire for closer integration and cooperation. In 1993, PostEurop became responsible for issuing EUROPA stamps. 

- Post Europe 

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New Stamp on EUROPA 2011 -Year of Forests

 

Date of Issue: 30th July 2011

Albania Post issued a stamp and MS on EOROPA 2011 ( Forests) theme on 30 July 2011. The year 2011 is  being celebrated  as  The International Year of Forests around the world with the issue of new stamps on ‘Forest’ theme.

 

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2011 EUROPA Stamps

- The United Nations has declared 2011 as International Year of Forests. During the year all 48 members of PostEurop will be issuing Europa stamps which illustrate the biological, ecological and climatic benefits of forests.
"The Europa issue (also known as Europa - CEPT until 1992) is an annual joint issue of stamps with a common design or theme by postal administrations member of the European Communities (1956-1959), the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT from 1960 to 1992), then the PostEurop Association since 1993."
The first Europa stamps were issued in 1956 . This year the new Europa logo featuring a grapic depiction of a mail recepticle will be incorporated into the designs.PostEurop is the association which represents the interest of 48 European public postal operators. Committed to supporting and developing a sustainable and competitive European postal communication market accessible to all customers and ensuring a modern and affordable universal service, PostEurop promotes cooperation and innovation bringing added value to the European postal industry.
For more on PostEurop and the 2011 Europa stamps, click here.

Vote for Best EUROPA Stamp 2011 – Forests

 

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The 2011 EUROPA Stamps Competition is now open!
It is a tradition for PostEurop to launch the competition on Europe’s Day every year.
Europa stamps emphasize cooperation within the postal area, particularly as regards the promotion of philately, and contribute to raise public awareness about Europe’s common roots, culture and history as well as its common objectives.

It is true that together, we are stronger. We therefore aligned our theme for 2011, Forests, with the International Year of Forests, to collaborate with the United Nations programme on the subject.PostEurop is proud to present the 2011 Europa stamps and to declare the competition officially open!
It is now up to you to elect the most beautiful Europa stamp 2011...

Have fun and may the most beautiful stamp win!

Select the best EUROPA Stamp

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New Europa 2011 Stamps..

 

 

Austria

Date of Issue : 8 September 2011

Here are some stamps to be issued by Austria, Belgium and Isle of Man in the months of September on Europa 2011 theme “ Year of Forest ” . Complete list of stamps featuring all Europa 2011 stamps can be viewed at : Europa Stamps .

Belgium

Date of Issue : 19 September 2011

Isle of Man

 

Date of Issue  : 28 September 2011

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