New Europa 2012 stamps…

 

Date of Issue : 12 January 2012

The theme of the EUROPA 2012 stamps is tourism. The European postal organization, Posteurop, whose members consist of 40+ postal organizations, determines the theme each year. Individual members then decide themselves which motifs they will use on their own stamps. A landscape from Dalarna and a panorama view of Stockholm with the Globe in the foreground are used for this year's Swedish EUROPA stamps.

The choice of motifs matches the results of a survey conducted by the Visit Sweden, a tourist organization that markets Sweden internationally.

The Dalarna province has been a frequent motif on stamps and in the 1970s Sweden Post issued a booklet, In Dalom, that depicted well-known tourist attractions. A panorama view of Stockholm was depicted on a stamp as early as 1924, and in conjunction with its inauguration in 1989 the Globe appeared on a stamp for the first time.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post)

To be issued on  : 5 April 2012

Andorra (Spanish post)

Date of Issue: 4 April 2012

Royal Mail (UK)

Date of Issue : 10 April 2012

This is the only stamp  out of a set of fourteen  stamps to be issued by Royal Mail on  April 10, 2012 that  bears the official Europa Logo.

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