3931) National Archeological Discoveries, Portugal: CTT – Correios de Portugal, S.A.. (CTT stands for "Correios, Telecomunicações e Transportes,)" has issued one EUROPA Stamp) featuring the Child of Lapedo (Old Oil Press Shelter, Lapedo Valley, Leiria): Date/Year of Stamp issue: 16.05.2025:
About EUROPA 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 2025 is "National Archeological Discoveries".
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
2024 - Underwater fauna and flora
2025 - National Archaeological discoveries
2026 - Common design: 70th anniversary of EUROPA stamps
2027 - Street art
About EUROPA - National Archaeological Discoveries, Portugal: CTT – Correios de Portugal, S.A.. (CTT stands for "Correios, Telecomunicações e Transportes,)" has issued one EUROPA Stamp) featuring the Child of Lapedo (Old Oil Press Shelter, Lapedo Valley, Leiria):
Ara to the Sun and the Ocean (Alto da Vigia, Sintra):
On a promontory north of Cabo da Roca (the Promonturium magnum for the Romans), close to the mouth of the Colares River, we find an archaeological site where the Muslims built, in the 11th century AD, a small ribat (religious and military complex) on the ruins of a temple in which the Romans worshipped the Sun, the Moon and the unknown Ocean (ignotus oceanus), most likely from the second quarter of the 1st century AD.
The selection of an altar collected there, currently on display at the Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas, in Sintra, to feature in a philatelic issue dedicated to Europe makes perfect sense. We thus represent a sacred place (locus sacer) from the Roman era, later the westernmost border of the European continent.
We also pay tribute to the Portuguese humanists of the 16th century, such as Francisco d’Holanda, who paid special attention to the Temple of the Sun and the Moon, marking the moment of the recovery of Classical Antiquity in Portugal, an object of study in the History of Archaeology.
Child of Lapedo (Old Oil Press Shelter, Lapedo Valley, Leiria):
25 years ago, the team led by archaeologist Jãoo Zilhão excavated, in December 1998, the grave of a child of around four years of age, who lived in the so-called Gravetense, the Upper Paleolithic period.
An international and multidisciplinary team was assembled to study and publish, under his guidance and that of Erik Trinkaus, the skeleton and funerary context, carefully deposited by the group of hunter-gatherers, which most likely included members of his family, in the shelter of the leafy Lapedo Valley.
Using new methods of analysis it has recently been proposed to update the time interval in which the child lived to 27,800 to 28,600 before the present.
This fact reveals what constitutes an important hallmark of Archaeology: the progress of research using continuous collaborations with other scientific disciplines.
This unique tomb is central to understanding the evolution of Modern Man, as well as how the living came to relate to the dead.
In 2021, it was classified as a National Treasure and is deposited in the National Museum of Archaeology.
The Europa Stamps:
The EUROPA Stamp of 1.21 Euro.
A Collectible (C)
A Presentation Pack (PP)
Technical details:
Issue Date: 16.05.2025
Designer: Folk Design
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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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