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Monday 20 March 2023

2734) The "Dove of Peace" and a "Symbol of Human Bonding": EUROPA - 2023: "Peace - The Highest Value of Humanity" Theme: Gibraltar Post has issued two EUROPA Stamps of the values of £1.96, £3.16 depicting the theme: Date of Stamp issue: 30.03.2023:

2734) The "Dove of Peace" and a "Symbol of Human Bonding": EUROPA - 2023: "Peace - The Highest Value of Humanity" Theme: Gibraltar Post has issued  two EUROPA Stamps of the values of  £1.96, £3.16 depicting the theme: Date of Stamp issue: 30.03.2023:

About Europa 2023 - Stamps:

EUROPA Stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations. 

They bear the official EUROPA logo, a PostEurop registered trademark under the aegis of PostEurop in which Europe is the central theme. 

EUROPA stamp issues are among the most collected and most popular stamps in the world and have been issued for over 60 years.

Every year a new theme is assigned by PostEurop and all participating countries issue stamps with their own interpretation of the theme. The theme for 2023 is "Peace - The Highest value of Humanity"

More about EUROPA Postage Stamps:

EUROPA Postage stamps (also known as Europa - CEPT - European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations - until 1992) are special stamps issued by European Postal Administrations/Enterprises and bears the official EUROPA logo, a PostEurop registered trademark under the aegis of PostEurop in which Europe is the central theme.

EUROPA stamps underline cooperation in the posts domain, aimed at promotion of philately. They also build awareness of the common roots, culture and history of Europe and its common goals.

As such, EUROPA stamp issues are among the most collected and most popular stamps in the world.

Since the first issue in 1956, EUROPA stamps have been a tangible symbol of Europe's desire for closer integration and co-operation.

In 1993, PostEurop became responsible for issuing EUROPA stamps.

When CEPT decided to focus more on telecommunications in 1993, PostEurop took over the management of the Europa issues. The CEPT logo was replaced by a new logo created by PostEurop i.e. the word "EUROPA" leaning towards the right hand side.

Each year, PostEurop's "Stamps & Philately Group" selects the EUROPA stamp theme:

1993 - Contemporary Art

1994 - Great Discoveries

1995 - Peace and Freedom

1996 - Famous women

1997 - Tales and legends

1998 - Festivals and National Celebrations

1999 - Nature Reserves and Parks

2000 - Common Design. Tower of 6 stars

2001 - Water - Treasure of Nature

2002 - The Circus

2003 - Poster Art

2004 - Holidays

2005 - Gastronomy

2006 - Integration through the eyes of Young People

2007 - Scout Centenary

2008 - Writing Letters

2009 - Astronomy

2010 - Children Books

2011 - Forests - International Year of Forests

2012 - Visit …. (for instance "Visit Finland" etc.)

2013 - Van of the Postman - Postal vehicles 

2014 - Musical instruments - National musical instruments

2015 - Old Toys

2016 - Ecology in Europe - "Think Green". Common Design

2017 - Castles

2018 - Bridges

2019 - National Birds

2020 - Ancient Postal Routes

2021 - Endangered National Wildlife

2022 - Stories & Myths. 

2023 - Peace - The Highest value of Humanity

About Europa 2022 - "Peace - The Highest Value of Humanity" Stamps issued by  The Post of Slovenia (Slovene: Pošta Slovenije; PS):

 PostEurop stamp theme for 2023 is "Peace - The Hghest Value of Humanity". 

The EUROPA Stamps issued by Gibraltar Post  feature the theme "Peace - The highest value of Humanity":

About Europa - Peace - The Highest Value of Humanity:

Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. 

In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups.

Throughout history, leaders have used peacemaking and diplomacy to establish a type of behavioral restraint that has resulted in the establishment of regional peace or economic growth through various forms of agreements or peace treaties. 

Such behavioral restraint has often resulted in the reduced conflict, greater economic interactivity, and consequently substantial prosperity.

The Postage Stamps issued by Gibraltar Post:

2023 Europa - Peace - The Highest Value of Humanity - Set:

The two postage stamps of £1.96, £3.16 depicting the symbols of peace - "Human hands bonding together" and the "Dove of Peace".

A First Day Cover (FDC) showing the symbol of human hands held together in peace at left.

At top right are affixed the two EUROPA-2023 stamps issued by Gibraltar Post cancelled with a special cancellation Postmark/Handstamp. The cancellation is dated - "30.03.2023".

A Miniature Sheet (MS) features the two Europa-2023 Stamps and the word - "PEACE" written in several directions. A dotted matrix representing a world map is seen in the background.

A First Day Cover (FDC) affixed with a Cancelled Miniature Sheet (MS) shows the Dove of Peace symbol at left.

The Two Presentation Packs (PPs) - one showcasing the Miniature Sheet and the other showing the tow EUROPA - 2023 stamps.

Two Sheetlets of six stamps each showing the two stamp variants.

Technical details:

Issue Date: 30.03.2023

Designer: Stephen Perera

Illustrator: Stephen Perera, Linda Bos & Runa Egilsdottir

Printer: Bpost Security Printing

Process: Offset Lithography

Colours: 4 Colours (CMYK)

Size: 40.00 mm x 30.00 mm

Values: £1.96, £3.16






Links:

Links to posts on "PEACE - The highest Value of Humanity" Theme - PostEUROP "EUROPA-2023":


Links to posts on "Stories and Myths"" on this Blog, the theme of PostEUROP "EUROPA -2022:





























Links to posts on "Endangered National Wildlife" on this Blog, the theme of PostEUROP "EUROPA -2021:


























Links to posts on "Ancient Postal Routes" on this Blog, the theme of PostEurop "EUROPA-2020":











16) "Ancient Postal Routes - Within and Outside Europe", Iceland: Two Postage Stamps issued by "Islandpostur" (Iceland Post) in the denominations of ISK 3150: Date of Stamps issue: 07.05.2020

17) "Ancient Postal Routes - the Old Road Majstorska Cesta", Croatia: A Se-tenant of two Stamps of the values of 8.60 HRK issued by Croatian Post: Date of stamp issue: 08.05.2020
















 

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