Best EUROPA Stamp 2005
Postal Operator:
Theme: Gastronomy
Description:
What immediately catches the eye of the selected stamp is its plate-shaped form. Combined with the geometrical pattern of the illustrations and the multiple positions of the text, it provides a very dynamic and modern touch.
The EUROPA stamp best design competition is a yearly online event in which the result is announced during the Plenary Assembly. The first competition took place in 2002. All official EUROPA stamp issues can enter the competition. Web viewers and PostEurop members are invited to vote for their favorite stamps.
PostEurop's Stamps and Philately Working Group selects the EUROPA stamp theme for each year. This year the theme is "Children's books".
IMPORTANT: given that 2011 has been declared UN Year of the Forests, the themes for 2011 and 2012 have been changed.
They are now as follows:
- 2011 - Forests
- 2012 - Visit...
Best EUROPA Stamp 2006
Postal Operator: USEP Ukrposhta, Ukraine
Theme: Integration as seen by young people
Description:
This stamp shows the Earth floating in the vast universe that surrounds it. The human figures holding hands symbolize world integration for the common welfare of mankind in the future.
Best EUROPA Stamp 2004
Postal Operator: Post Greenland, Greenland
Theme: Holidays
Description:
Two Greenlandic girls in national costumes greet each other by rubbing their noses, with the Artic Ocean as a backdrop. The text on the stamp reads "Greetings from Greenland".
Best EUROPA Stamp 2003
Postal Operator: La Poste Monaco, Monaco
Theme: Poster Art
Description:
The stamp depicts a young girl sitting on a diving board.
Best EUROPA stamp 2007
Postal Operator: Haypost, Armenia
Theme: 100 years of scoutism
Description: All the hands are doing the scout sign, representing tolerance and solidarity.
Best EUROPA stamp 2008
Postal Operator: Magyar Posta, Hungary
Theme: The Letter
Description: This stamp depicts the theme "The letter" in the background in the form of a mailed letter as well as in the foreground with an actual script letter.
Best EUROPA Stamp 2002
Postal Operator:
Theme: The Circus
Description:
The stamp reproduces a portrait image of a clown from an award winning photograph by Gino Theuma.
Best EUROPA stamp 2009
Postal Operator: Magyar Posta, Hungary
Theme: Astronomy
Description: The stamps potrays Galileo, the space probe named after him launched in 1989 with interplanetary space as background.
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