Behind the Stamp

Europa Stamps, found all across Europe, are extremely fun to collect. They feature a different theme each year, and each country comes up with a creative stamp to add to the set. For example, in 2018, the year's theme was "Bridges". This week, and yet another one very difficult to research, Armenia. Armenia's submission shows the Tsakkar Natural Bridge near Lake Sevan, the largest lake in the country, and in the town of Tsakkar. I couldn't find any other things that were in English, and therefore my very limited research ends here. This is a very short article, the next one will be out soon. The stamp is worth 350 Armenian Dram. To left: FDC courtesy of Armenia Post.

Europa Stamps, found all across Europe, are extremely fun to collect. They feature a different theme each year, and each country comes up with a creative stamp to add to the set. For example, in 2018, the year's theme was "Bridges". This week, we have a real fun one to research, Andorra. Andorra's submission was kinda a weird one. If you know anything about their geography, you'll know that they're sandwiched in the Pyrenees and in between France and Spain. That makes government operations weird, also meaning that they release two stamps for every Europa competition, one for French and one for Spanish post. Here, I'll talk about both. Time for a mega-article. Andorra (French 🇫🇷): This stamp features the Pont de la Tosca in Las Escaldes, a town right next to Andorra La Vella, the capital. The bridge crosses the Riu Madriu right next to the lifeline of the country, the Valira d'Orient. It is worth €1.20 and was released on May 5, 2018. Andorra (S...

Europa Stamps, found all across Europe, are extremely fun to collect. They feature a different theme each year, and each country comes up with a creative stamp to add to the set. For example, in 2018, the year's theme was "Bridges". This week, we have the second country/region alphabetically, which is Albania. Albania's entry was very hard to research, as all the pictures were far too blurry and half of the time consisted of me attempting to find these bridges on Google Maps. Anyways, the stamps depict the Gorica Bridge in Berat, and some bridge in Skhoder in the north of Albania. They are worth 200 and 250 Albanian Leks respectively. They were designed by Spiro Vlahu and released on October 25, 2018.

Europa Stamps, found all across Europe, are extremely fun to collect. They feature a different theme each year, and each country comes up with a creative stamp to add to the set. For example, in 2018, the year's theme was "Bridges". This is the start of a series that goes from A-Z for Europa stamps. Each post will feature one country. This week, we have the first country/region alphabetically, which is Åland. Åland's entry for the Europa 2018 stamps features the Bomarsund Bridge, one of only 2 arch bridges in Åland, which connects the municipalities of Bomarsund with Prästö. The stamp was designed by Sandra Henriksson and was released on May 9, 2018 in Mariehamn, the largest city in Åland. Shown: Single stamp (right), FDC (under)