Europa emission

The emission Europa (also named Europa - CEPT until 1992) is a joint emission annual of postage stamps on the same illustration or the same topic by the postal administrations members of the European Communities (1956-1959), of the European Conférence of the administrations of the posts and telecommunications (CEPT, of 1960 to 1992), then of association PostEurop since 1993.

History

The September 15th 1956 is emitted the first emission of what will become the Europa emissions. The postal administrations of the six Member States of ECSC put stamps on sale taking again the same illustration: a formed tower of the letters of word “EUROPA”, in construction since surrounded by a scaffolding.

In 1959, these emissions become common to the countries taking part in the European Conférence of the administrations of the stations and telecommunications, whose initials “CEPT” are reproduced on the stamps of the common emissions as from 1960.

The illustration is common of 1956 to 1973. However, in 1963, Spain emits a stamp on Notre-Dame of Europe and Portugal a representative a bird-puzzle holding the word Europa in its nozzle, instead of the topic on the co-operation (four intersected wire). In 1971, France decides that the 2nd stamp of its emissions will be different from the common topic and will represent an artistic element of an European country: in 1971, it was the Basilique of Salute of Venice.

In 1974, the figures common symbolic systems are replaced by the free evocation of a common topic, to start with the Sculpture.

The success of the Europa emissions near the collectors encouraged many postal administrations of small countries or territories depending on the European countries (Channel Islands, for example) to join the transmitting countries in the years 1970. The number of participants is stabilized to 35 in the years 1980. Turkey takes part without stopping since 1960, and the communist Yugoslavia as from 1969.

The fall of the communist bloc leads new transmitting countries as from 1990 to reach 57 countries at the end of the years 1990.

Emissions of propaganda

In the countries of Eastern Europe under the communist yoke , the common emissions in Western Europe inspired to the dissidents anticommunists labels of Propagande to express their fight against the the USSR.

Romania libra

Before even the European common emissions, the movement Romania released (free Romania) encouraged, since its Spanish exile, its members to stick labels on their mail beside the stamps of the official post offices of their home country. In May 1954, nine labels drawn in all with 2.070.000 specimens represent characters of the Rumanian history, as well as animals and local flowers; the bottom consists of a chart of Romania including the Moldavie then included in the USSR. In December 1955, the same chart shows the fight of the Rumanian David against the Soviet Goliath.

Starting from the common emissions of 1956, Romania will libra diverts the illustrations of these emissions to alert Western Europeans of the Soviet danger: Europa turn badly in point, European dove threatened by the Soviet snake, coils European being used to crush a marked stone of the sickle and hammer, flight of doves monitored by a communist falcon and European tree threatened by an axe.

The movement also creates original drawings which preserve the same message: the USSR (symbolized by hammer and sickle) threat Europe and its freedoms.

Other countries

In 1960 and 1961, the Croatian Comité of release takes again the drawing of the rosette and the flight of doves, and the blazon adds to it to red and white checkerwork of Croatia.

In 1960, the Organization of the Sloveniens anticommunists emits since the FRG a block-layer showing four symbols of plain Europe threatened by the Soviet snake, inspired a label of Romania will libra .

Emissions of the 50e birthday

If, in 2006, the Member States of PostEurop chose for topic the Intégration seen by the children, and not a topic related to the 50e birthday of the Europa emissions, several countries envisaged to emit stamps or stamps on stamps taking again the common illustrated first of the years 1950-1970, and generally the logo of CEPT, disappeared in 1993.

Since 2005, several archipelagoes of the the Antilles and Oceania, non-member of PostEurop, emitted stamps for this birthday. In Europe, the Serbia-Montenegro emitted in 2005 two block-layers of eight different stamps.

List topics

Drawings of the emission

Topics of the emissions

See too

joint Emission

Sources

Catalog Dallay:

the Catalog of quotations of the stamps of France announces the name of the draftsmen of the stamps which are used as common illustration,
Catalog of quotations of the stamps of Andorra, Monaco, southern Lands, Europa . The part on the Europa emissions announces the emissions of dissidence.

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