#EUROPA Stamps 2014: National musical instruments
Belgian stamp got the first prize in EUROPA Jury Competition
FindYourStampsValue.com got to know that PostEurop in addition to the public competition also held its fifth consecutive EUROPA Jury Competition at PostEurop’s Headquarters earlier this year. The jury composed of nine philatelic experts scrutinized all the displayed entries based on the theme “musical instruments”. Prizes were given to the winners of the 2014 PostEurop EUROPA Jury prize competitio
The winners of 2014 EUROPA Stamp Competition were determined
FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to inform that PostEurop announced PE Post of Serbia (Serbia-Gold), Turkish PTT (Turkey-Silver) and Hellenic Post (Greece-Bronze) as the top three winners of the 2014 EUROPA Stamp Online Competition at the PostEurop Plenary Assembly in San Marino last week. In this 23rd consecutive year, 53 entries were submitted based on the theme "Musical instruments" to promote t
EUROPA 2014: National Musical Instruments – Three Drones Bagpipes stamp from Slovakia
This year the international EUROPA stamp issue is dedicated to national musical instruments. Thereupon, Slovak post Pofis issued a stamp featuring the three drones bagpipes. Bagpipes are a folk musical instrument of a very ancient Near Eastern origin. They were known by the Ancient Greeks, Romans and Nordic nationalities. The Slavs in the Pannonian basin knew them in the 8th century and there is e
Collectors from around the world can already vote for the most beautiful EUROPA stamp of 2014
The EUROPA stamp best design competition is a yearly online event. 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 stamp. EUROPA stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations bearing the official EUROPA logo. EUROPA stamps underlines cooperation and p
EUROPE 2014 – Serbian Musical Instruments
Musical instrument is an important element of the musical tradition of a nation. Musical instruments take numerous forms, and by their origin they can be indigenous or adopted from another culture, but can also become national because of its use. According to classification of musical instruments of Germam ethnomusicologists Curt Sachs and Erich M. Hornbostel, which takes as the criterion any mate
