The competition stamp: Antigues rutes postals. Andorra-La Seu d’Urgell
Postage value: €1.45
Date of issue: 14/05/2020
Format: 28,8 x 40,9 mm
Name of the printer: Real Casa de la Moneda
Issued by: Correos y Telégrafos S.A.
Postal routes have been essential for bringing governments and societies closer together throughout history. Former trade routes marked by posts and resting places enabled couriers and messengers to carry post across the obstacles posed by geography.
In Spain, these routes date back to Imperial Roman times when former Tartessus, Phoenician and pre-Roman routes were used to build their network of roads through which the official post or “cursus publicus” would circulate.
The principality of Andorra is in the Eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France.
This issue of the Andorran EUROPA stamp depicts an iconic image of a postman walking along a route on a map, portraying the importance of the routes in the past and how they constitute the basis for the present.
Printed in offset. Print run: 60.000 stamps. Sheets of 25 stamps.
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We invite you to view all the beautiful entries and vote for your favourite stamp on www.posteurop.org/europa2020. The online competition will end on 9 September 2020 and the winning stamps will be announced at the PostEurop Plenary Assembly to be held on October 2020.
More about EUROPA Stamps
Since 1956, EUROPA stamps have been a symbol of Europe’s desire for closer integration and co-operation. These special stamps are issued by the European postal administrations/enterprises and bears the EUROPA logo, a PostEurop registered trademark. Since 1993, PostEurop has been the responsible organisation for issuing EUROPA stamps and each year, philately experts within the Philately working group organise the competition amongst other philately initiatives. See more information on www.posteurop.org/europa
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