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New EUROPA Theme Announced

The EUROPA 2019 theme is…
PostEurop would like to announce that in 2019 the most beautiful EUROPA stamp competition will be based on the theme: “National Birds”.
During the last Stamps & Philately Steering Committee Meeting that took place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, our Members had the chance to review the votes received for the 2019 theme of the EUROPA stamp competition.
Among  the many different themes that were submitted, “National Birds” was the theme that obtained the highest number of votes from our Members for 2019.  The 2018 EUROPA theme, “Bridges”.  The Theme for the
current year 2017 is “Castles”.

A first for the 2017 competition is the launch of their first ever EUROPA Stamps Instagram Competition, from 1 August to 9 September 2017. Having in mind the theme for 2017 of “Castles” we would like to invite you all to participate in this special competition. See the entries here

Anita Häggblom Chair of PostEurop’s Stamps & Philately WG said: “It is with great pleasure that I welcome National Birds as the EUROPA 2019 theme. In a time marked by climate change, the World is facing many ecological challenges when it comes to protecting and preserving wildlife, for a sustainable future. Birds are not only amazing creatures that grazes the sky, they also play an important role in monitoring our planet’s ecosystem.  Therefore, I am very happy to see that EUROPA will have such a fascinating theme, which will also help to promote the European Ornithology which reflects the magnificent biodiversity that we have throughout Europe.”
An announcement on the EUROPA 2020 theme, will be made during the autumn period.  So stay tuned for more EUROPA stamps news, and don’t forget to vote for your favorite “castle”:  For more information about the current  POSTEUROP  competiton please go to  this address for more info and to enter the 2017 competition.
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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For more information, please contact:
Cynthia Wee-Neumann
Communications Manager
T: +2 2 773 11 92
E: cynthia.wee@posteurop.org
POSTEUROP is the association which represents European public postal operators. It is committed to supporting and developing a sustainable European postal communication market accessible to all customers and ensuring a modern and affordable universal service. Our Members represent 2 million employees across Europe and deliver to 800 million customers daily through over 175,000 counters.
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