#EUROPA Stamps 2013: Modern Postal Vehicles
Itella Posti Oy is winner of the EUROPA 2013 Jury Prize Competition
Finland Post's EUROPA Stamp entry was named the winner of the 2013 PostEurop EUROPA Jury Prize Competition which was held at the Headquarters of PostEurop, where an expert jury met and voted through closed ballot. PostEurop held its fourth EUROPA Jury Competition at PostEurop’s Headquarters. Eight philately experts were invited to join the 2013 jury and judge the fifty-six EUROPA Stamps based on
EUROPA stamp issue from Ukraine
Ukrposhta issued a set of two stamps within the annual EUROPA international stamp issue dedicated in 2013 to postal vehicles. The stamps depict postal cars that used to transport and nowadays transport mail in Ukraine. Moskvich-400 plied the Ukrainian roads in the 50s. MAZ-5440 is currently being used by the directorate of "Avtotransposhta" on the main routes of Ukraine.
EUROPA – Postal Vehicle stamps from Ireland
An Post issued two stamps as its contribution to the 2013 Europa stamp issue. The theme of the issue was "Postal Vehicles", with the emphasis on vehicles used to deliver mail. The 60c stamp features two postmen, one on a bicycle and the other pushing a post trolley. Irish postal delivery staff set out on their delivery routes each working day on foot, on bicycle or in vans, to deliver mail to 2.1
Europa 2013 – Postal Vehicles stamps from Faroe Islands
Since the theme of this year's Europe issue is current postal vehicles, the two cars depicted on the Faroese stamps are cars that are used by the postal service today. The two cars are: a FIAT DUBLO MAX from 2012 (FO 765) and a Scania R420 from 2007 (FO 766). However, the first car used by the Faroese post was a Suzuki jeep, as found out StampNews. Suzuki's first jeep was called "Suzuki Jimmy". T
Europa 2013 – Postal Vehicles stamps from Bulgaria
The post of Bulgaria launched its versions of Postal Vehicles EUROPA common stamp issue. This year the EUROPA issue celebrates PostEurop's 20th anniversary. Two stamps and a souvenir sheet featuring Bulgarian postal vans were designed by Bulgarian artist Emilian Stankev.
EUROPA 2013 – Serbian Postal Vehicles
Each year work group Post Europ for postage stamps and philately determines for its members a joint topic for the issuing of special issue stamps under the title "EUROPA". Thus for 2013, in order to celebrate 20th anniversary of Post Europ, the topic "Postal vehicles" has been chosen. Although the Postal & Telegraph herald, the official newspaper of the Postal & Telegraph department of the
EUROPA. Postal Van stamp from Spain
Member countries of PostEurop dedicate this year's Europa issue to Postal Vans. The Europa stamp is issued annually by member countries with a common theme which on this occasion focuses on the vehicles used for transportation of mail over time. In Spain postal transport has evolved parallel to the industrial and technological development. For centuries the transportation of correspondence was rea
EUROPA – Postal Transports stamps by Latvia
Latvijas Pasts issued two stamps within EUROPA stamp issue 2013. The theme for EUROPA 2013 stamps is "The postman van". Two Latvian stamps depict the Latvian postal transports of yesteryears and the modern postal vans delivering mails nowadays. The stamps were designed by Ludis Danilans.
EUROPA – Postal Vehicle stamps from Slovenia
Posta Slovenije issued two stamps within the EUROPA International stamp issue dedicated this year to Postal vehicles. The stamps feature Krpan Mail Bicycle and Diligence Mail Coach. The bicycle is developed and assembled in Slovenia. The Krpan bike as used by Posta Slovenije is yellow, and along with its name on the frame, it also bears the traditional sign of Posta Slovenije – the mail horn. It h
EUROPA 2013 – Mail en route stamps from Sweden
The motif for this year's EUROPA stamps is environmentally friendly postal vehicles - the bicycle and the electrical car. Sweden Post aims to be the environmental choice for its customers, and its environmental work is based on the belief that every liter of fuel and kilowatt hour we save also saves the Earth’s resources. So does FindYourStampsValue.com fully share this notion.
