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NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 NUMBER 394

EUROPA STAMPS EUROPA STAMPS

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New Issues 2-3

Europa Briefs 4-14

Article - Early issues forthe Council of Europe

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Auction #115 - Results 17

Article - “The “T” in Cir-cle” postage due mark onSwiss Europa stamps

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Member advertisement 19

Interesting items 20

Postmarks 20

Membership news 20

New Issues 21

Forward calendar 21

Europa mini-auction #7 22

Europa mini-auction #7rules & bid sheet

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Europa Study Unit infor-mation

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Unit library items for sale Insert

Library item order form Insert

Dues renewal notice Insert

Annual poll Insert

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

CORRECTIONS - Member Jean-ClaudeLinossi e-mailed me with two corrections tothe September - October 2009 issue of theEuropa News. On page 393-4 I should havereferred to Saint Pierre and Miquelon as aFrench Department NOT a colony. It is a partof France. Jean-Claude also wrote that onpage 393-9 the cover celebrating the CEPT50th anniversary is NOT a German cover, butrather it is an Austrian cover. Many thanks toJean-Claude for these corrections.

Richard Dick pointed out that the first daycover he has for the 2006 Georgia Europastamp is dated June 30, 2006. Can anyoneconfirm the date or let us know if you have adifferent date?

QUESTION? - This question comes from“Paula.” who wrote, “I am reading issue 367figure 34, ed.) which says "Romania PostalStationery. The caption for Figure 34, how-ever says the items are Bulgarian. Please clar-ify?” I have looked at the illustrations andPaula is correct. The two items illustrated areRomanian postal stationery.

WEB SITE - Please visit the Unit’s new website at http://europastudyunit.org/. Whilethere, consider registering your e-mail addressand receiving the Europa News electroni-cally...and in color.

ELECTIONS, DUES RENEWAL, LI-BRARY ORDERS - It’s that time again.Please vote in the Unit elections and getyour ballot back to Don Smith along withyour dues renewal (and a donation if possi-ble), as soon as possible. It costs the Unit inpostage and time if Don has to chase downmembers who do not renew on time. Also,while your at it, take a look at the new for-mat and new monographs. They are allavailable for purchase as either a paper copyor as a CD. Prices for members are veryreasonable.

ANNUAL SURVEY AND POLL - Alsofound as an insert with this issue of the Eu-ropa News is our annual poll. In the poll,you are asked to select your 1st, 2nd and 3rdchoices for the best Europa stamp of 2009.You are also asked a few questions regard-ing the Europa News, leadership of the Unitand the like. Please take the time to reply.

MINI-AUCTION - Once again, DonSmith, the Units Auction Manager has puttogether a wonderful, “Europa Related”auction. I have it on good authority thatthere are bargains to be found in mini-auction #7. Please bid by December 15th,and bid often.

PLEASE SEND IN YOUR DUES RE-NEWAL RIGHT AWAY!

Here are three covers that you might find interesting.

EUROPA NEWS NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 394-2

NEW ISSUES

SAN MARINO - A single stamp tocommemorate a summer festival ofmeetings, culture, music and perform-ances. The meeting;s logo can be seen atthe center of the stamp. It is a bird(peace dove?) flying in the number 30.The vertical line is from the San Marinopress release as the image was on thecenter pages of a folded booklet.

Date of Issue: August 25, 2009. De-signer: Cristian Ceccaroni. Printing:Four color offset, by Joh. EnschedéStamps BV, in sheets of 20 stamps.Quantity: 80,000 examples. SIZE: 30x 40mm, perforated 14 x 13¼. OTHERITEMS: None given.

SAN MARINO - 3 different stamps,sold in pairs so they will appear three-dimensional when viewed through theapparatus, reported in the last issue.

Date of Issue: August 25, 2009. De-signer: Paolo Candelari. Printing:Four color offset, by Cartor SecurityPrinting in 3 different souvenir sheetscontaining one pair of the same design,slightly differing from each other to ob-tain the stereo effect. Quantity: 80,000examples of each sheet. SIZE: 45 x30mm (stamp) and 150 x 33mm(souvenir sheet), perforated 13¾ x 14.OTHER ITEMS: None given.

SAN MARINO - A set of 3 stamps fea-turing three different sports to be com-peted at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.

Date of Issue: June 16, 2009. De-signer: Rosolino Martelli. Printing:Four color offset, by Joh. EnschedéStamps BV, in sheets of 20 stamps.Quantity: 90,000 sets. SIZE: 40 x30mm, perforated 14 x 13¼. OTHERITEMS: None given.

30TH MEETING FORFRIENDSHIP AMONG

PEOPLES

2009 EUROPEAN YEAROF CREATIVITY AND

INNOVATION

MEDITERRANEANGAMES


NEW ISSUES

AUSTRIA - A single stamp depctingBertha von Suttner, author of a booktitled “Lay Down Your Arms”. She wasa peace advocate and highly respected inEurope.

Date of Issue: ?. Designer: AdolfTuma. Printing: Offset, by the Aus-trian Government Printing Office.Quantity: 900,000. SIZE: Not given.OTHER ITEMS: None given. I wanttop acknowledge that the photo of thestamp and the technical information wasfound in the August 31, 2009 issue ofLinn’s Stamp News.

MONACO - A single stamp forSEPAC. No other information available.

MALTA - A single stamp commemorat-ing SEPAC. No other informationgiven.

CYPRUS - A single stamp.

Date of Issue: November 12, 2009.Designer: R. Rogers & C. Bucher.Printing: Litho-offset, on unwater-marked paper by Giesecke & DevrientMatsoukas S.A. Greece, in sheets of 8stamps. Quantity: Not given. SIZE:27 x 40mm. OTHER ITEMS: Nonegiven.

BERTHA VON SUTTNER

SEPAC

EUROPA 2009

SLOVENIA - I cannot remember if thisstamp was illustrated I a previous issueof the Europa News. On the chance thatit wasn’t, here is that country’s 2009Europa stamp on the theme of astron-omy. No other information available.

FRANCE - Proof containing both val-ues of France’s 2009 Europa set. One ofthe philatelic items regularly release bythe Drench Postal Administration.

JERSEY - A single stamp issued in asheet of 10 stamps, commemoratingSEPAC. No other information provided.

SEPAC

SEPAC

50TH ANNIVERSARYOF THE EUROPEANCOURT OF HUMAN

RIGHTS


EUROPA BRIEFS

EUROPA 1964, MONACO PROOF -This is a compound proof of Monaco’s1964 Europa set, in the issued colors. Acompound proof is one containing all thevalues of a set. Also, this is a perforatedproof. An EBay seller was asking for anopening bid of around $700 for this item.

EUROPA 1960, IRELAND GUTTERPAIR - This next item is a horizontalgutter pair of the 6p value of Irelands1960 Europa set. The set alone is wortha hefty price increase over the new issueprice. In a gutter pair, even more.

EUROPA 1972, SPANISH AN-DORRA FDC - For whatever reason(s),the first day cover of Spanish Andorra’s1972 Europa stamp is now selling forbig bucks. If you own one, congratula-tions. If not, and you need to add it toyour collection, be prepared to spend alot for the cover.

PHILATELY, 2010 EUROPEANCHAMPIONSHIP - ANTVERPIA2010 is the name given to that year’snational and European championship ofphilately. I have illustrated here, thelogo being used. The exhibition will behelp from April 9-12, 2010 at the Ant-werp Expo Center.

EUROPA 1963, SIGNED FRENCHFDC - The cover below is franked withboth values of France’s 1963 Europa set.The cancel is a special one, used to com-memorate the Paris Philatelic Exhibitionthat took place on September 14, 1963.Perhaps more interesting is the signatureof Claude (C) Durrens, the engraver ofthe set. The special cancel is listed inthe D’Urso Catalogue as number T-107.It is accorded a rarity factor of 3.

EUROPA 1960, GERMAN BAL-LOON FLIGHT - The cover at figure 6in the next column bears both two“cachets” and a special cancel com-memorating a balloon flight that tookplace between the German cities ofStuttgart and Triberg.

The purpose of the flight and specialcancel was to commemorate a stampexhibition named “Phila. 1961 EuropaKinderhilfe”. The cancel is listed in theD’Urso Catalogue as number T-56 and itis accorded a rarity factor of 3. Thestamp exhibition took place in Tribergfrom 20-22 May, 1961.

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEET-ING OF 1988, FRENCH MAXICARD - Shown below is a maximumcard with a special cancel commemorat-ing what was likely a meeting of Euro-pean Transport Ministers. The cancel isdated April 30, 1988.

Figure 1. Compound proof of Monaco’s 1964Europa set.

Figure 2. Horizontal gutter pair of Ireland’s 1960Europa stamp.

Figure 3. FDC of Spanish Andorra’s 1972 Europastamp.

Figure 4. ANTVERPIA 2010 logo.

Figure 5. Engraver Durrens signed (FDC) ofFrance’s 1963 Europa set.

Figure 6. A balloon-flown cover commemoratinga “Europa” philatelic exhibition. The cover, canceland balloon flight were designed to raise money tohelp children.

Figure 7. French maximum card with transporta-tion theme.


EUROPA BRIEFS (continued)

NATO, COVER FROM JACQUESSCHIFF Jr. - Many stamp collectors arefamiliar with the name Jacques Schiff.He is a stamp dealer and has served thehobby in that capacity for decades. Hereis a cover sent by him, franked with aplate block of 4 NATO stamps, as a pri-vate (pvt) assigned to a Military PoliceUnit with an address of APR 541. At thetime, that APO was located in Austria.

NATO, U.S. AIRMAIL COVER - It isalways nice to have a cover that isfranked with the correct rate of postage.In the United States, it is even more de-sirable when the cover itself was in-tended for airmail use. This cover wassent in 1952 when the internal U.S. air-mail rate was 6¢.

ITALIAN EUROPA STAMP WITHCOLOR MIS-REGISTRATION -Figure 10 in the next column has threethings wrong with it. Can you identifythem? First, the yellow-brown color isset off so far to the top of the stamp thatit actually goes into the selvedge. Sec-ond, the C.E.P.T. logo and the word“EUROPA” should be at the top of thestamp. In this example, the offset hascaused the logo and the word “Europa”to appear at the bottom. The upwardmis-registration has also caused the logoand word to be printed in the uppwerselvedge. Finally, the word “Italia” andthe 800 Lira value are faintly seen, inblue, at the bottom of the stamp.

SAINT BENEDICT - This is a maxi-mum card franked with both values ofSpain’s Europa set commemoratingSaint Benedict (the Patron Saint ofEurope).

TRUMAN DOCTRINE, TURKISHCOVER - On the first day cover at fig-ure 12 in the next column, you will see aspecial cachet. The cover is frankedwith a set of Turkish stamps and it bear-ing a special cancel, commemorating the10th anniversary of the Truman Doctrinealong with 10 years of Turkish-American friendship.

MARSHALL PLAN, U.S. MAXICARD - Below is a maximum cardfranked with a U.S. stamp depictingGeorge Marshall. The stamp was issuedon June 4, 1997 to commemorate the50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan.A map of Europe is the central pictureon the card.

EUROPA 1959, INTERESTINGGERMAN COVER - The cover at fig-ure 14 contains 4 examples of the 10pfvalue of Germany’s 1959 Europa set.The cover was sent (likely by surfacemail), from Frankfurt, Germany to anaddress in Brooklyn, New York.

Figure 8. Stamp dealer Jacques Schiff mailedletter franked with NATO stamps.

Figure 9. Correctly rated, NATO-franked U.S.

Figure 10. Italian Europa stamp with three thingswrong with it.

Figure 11. Saint Benedict maximum card fromSpain.

Figure 12. FDC celebrating the Truman Doctrineand 10 years of Turkish-American friendship.

Figure 13. first day of issue of the U.S. Marshallstamp on a maximum card.

Figure 14. German Europa stamps, in multiple,used to frank an international cover.



MARSHALL PLAN TRAIN CAN-CELS - What follows is a series of can-cels that were applied on the last car ofthe Marshall Plan Train as it worked itsway through Germany on two separatevoyages. Also to be seen is a cancelfrom Frankfurt which was applied by thepost office on the occasion of the Mar-shall Plan Train’s stop in that city.

Figure 16. Leverkussen-Küppersteg was the 26thstop on the first voyage through Germany. Thetrain arrived in that city on 30th and departed onthe 31st of October 1950. D’Urso lists this cancelas number G10/26 with an assigned rarity factor of6/7.

Figure 15. Stuttgart was the city from which thetrain departed on the first voyage. It left that cityon September 11, 1950. D’Urso lists this cancel asnumber G10/1 with a rarity factor of 6/7.

Figure 17. Hagen was the 32nd stop on the firstGerman voyage. The train arrived there on No-vember 13 and departed on November 14, 1950.D’Urso lists this cancel as number G10/32 with ararity factor of 6/7.

Figure 18. Lörach was the 9th stop on the secondGerman voyage. The train arrived there on March12 and departed on March 15, 1951. D’Urso liststhis cancel as number G10/58 with a rarity factorof 6/7.

Figure 19. Stuttgart-Bad Canmstatt was the last(22nd stop on the second German voyage. Thetrain arrived there on April 16 and stayed thereuntil April 18, 1951. The date on this cancelmakes it the last day of the second German voyage.D’Urso lists this cancel as number G10/70 with ararity factor of 6/7.

Figure 20. Frankfurt was a stop on a separateGerman voyage. The train arrived there on June 7and departed there on June 11, 1951. This cancelwas in use from May 15 through June 11, 1951.D’Urso lists this cancel as number G14 with ararity factor of 9.



NATO, PORTUGAL IMPERF - Thisnext item is an imperforate horizontalstrip of three of the 1.00 value of Portu-gal’s 1952 commemoration of NATO’s3rd anniversary. This item was seen onEBay where its seller was asking for anopening bid of about $700.

NATO, 40TH ANNIVERSARY - Fig-ure 22 is a piece of printed-to-private-order postal stationery from Germany.The cachet celebrates NATO’s 40th an-niversary.

COUNCIL OF EUROPE, HUMANRIGHTS CONVENTION - The coverbelow, and the enlarged cancel in thenext column commemorate the 10th an-niversary (1953-1963) anniversary of theCouncil of Europe’s Convention on Hu-man Rights. The D’Urso Catalogue liststhe cancel as number J-6 with a rarityfactor of 4. The catalogue also lists thiscancel with 12 check numbers (1-12).The number on this cancel is 11.

STAMP SHOW, ESPANIA 84 - Hereis an item of postal stationery from theIsle of Man. It was sold at the Espana 84stamp show. Not only is it of interestbecause it’s indicia is that of a Europastamp, but also for it’s cachet. The ca-chet commemorates the 25th anniversaryof the C.E.P.T.

EUROPA CANTAT, FTRENCHPOSTAL STATIONERY - Here aretwo items of French postal stationerywith Europa stamp indicia, that werereleased to commemorate Europa Cantat9, the European Song Championships.The “fest” was held in Strasbourg, Sep-tember 17-28, 1985.

DIRECT ELECTIONS TO THEEUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - Figure26 is an item of French postal stationery.It was issued to commemorate the first(1979) direct elections to the EuropeanParliament. Those elections were heldon June 10, 1979

Figure 21. Imperforate Portuguese NATO stampsfrom 1952.

Figure 22. German postal stationery commemorat-ing the 40th anniversary of NATO.

Figure 23. Cover and cancel commemorating theC of E’s Human Rights Convention.

Figure 24. Isle of Man postal stationery with twoEuropa themes.

Figure 25. Top: Mint example of the postal sta-tionery with cachet in black. Bottom: Canceledexample of the postal stationery with the cachet inblue.

Figure 26. French postal stationery for 1979 directelections to the European Parliament.



COUNCIL OF EUROPE, 25TH AN-NIVERSARY - This is an airmail cardor envelope that was sent to an addresseethat is illegible. The item bears a specialcancel commemorating the 25th anniver-sary of the Council of Europe. It alsobears an etiquette (Zurück) which indi-cates that it was returned to sender.

NATO MUSIC FESTIVAL - This cardbears a special cancel commemoratingthe 1993 NATO Music Festival. Thatfestival was held in Kaiserslautern, Ger-many on May 29, 1993.

SPORT, EUROPEAN AEROBATICCHAMPIONSHIPS - This Austriancard from Punitz-Bergenland, bears threestrikes of a special cancel commemorat-ing the 1981 European Aerobatic Cham-pionships.

EUROPEAN RAILROAD TIMETA-BLE CONFERENCE - In 1948, Polandhosted a meeting of European transportpeople. The subject of the conferencewas to try and align European railroadtimetables to make it easier for people tochange trains conveniently without longperiod of time between them. On theoccasion of the conference, Poland is-sued a commemorative stamp.

EUROPEAMECHANIZATION FAIR- N POSTAL The Italian card belowbears a special cancel applied on theoccasion of Rome hosting Europe’s firstpostal mechanization fair. A similarcancel (likely used for advertising pur-poses) was used in about 160 citiesthroughout Italy. This example is fromthe city of Alassio (Savona). A muchsmaller city than is usually found withthe fair cancel. The cancel is listed inthe D’Urso Catalogue as number P-12/14 with a rarity factor of 4.

EUROPA RELATED EURO COINS -San Marino released several Euro de-nominated coins that some of you willfind interesting.

Figure 27. Airmail item with special cancel thatwas returned to its sender.

Figure 28. Special cancel commemorating the1993 NATO Music Festival.

Figure 29. Special cancel commemorating the1981 European Aerobatic Championships.

Figure 30. Polish stamp commemorating the 1948railroad timetable conference.

Figure 31. Special cancel used in Italy to com-memorate the first European Postal MechanizationFair.

Figure 32. 400th anniversary of the compilation ofJohannes Kepler’s Astronomia Nova Treaty.

Figure 33. 10th anniversary of the introduction ofthe European Monetary Union and the Euro.

Figure 34. European Year of Creativity and Inno-vation.



EUROPA 1960, IRELAND FDCs - Ihave watched of late, the way that Ire-land’s 1960 Europa stamps have in-creased in value. This example was seenon EBay where its seller was askingabout $70 as an opening bid.

EUROPA 2008, BOSNIA & HERZE-GOVINA GUTTER PAIRS - The setof 2008 Europa stamps from Bosnia &Herzegovina comes in gutter pairs. Hereare examples of both values.

MONACO, EUROPA SHEETS - Seenrecently on EBay were many souvenirsheets of 10 stamps, issued annually byMonaco for many years. Below is oneexample. Opening bids were very lowas some of these sheets command a goodpremium.

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, DI-RECT ELECTIONS, FRENCHMAXI CARDS - The first direct elec-tions to the European Parliament wereon June 10, 1979. France issued a singlestamp to commemorate the occasion.The stamp also appears on a privatemaximum card. The card not only bearsthe stamp, but also in the design can beseen a map of Europe and the flags ofthe European Parliament member states.A special cancel also commemoratingthe election ties the stamp to the card.

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, DI-RECT ELECTIONS, FRENCHMAXI CARDS - The second directelections to the European Parliamenttook place five years later, in 1984.France issued a single stamp to com-memorate the occasion. The stamp alsoappears on a private maximum card.The card not only bears the stamp, butalso in the design can be seen the flagsof the European Parliament memberstates. A special cancel also commemo-rating the election ties the stamp to thecard.

RUSSIAN VISIT TO GERMANY–The Souvenir sheet of 8 stamps at figure40 was issued by Russia. It commemo-rates a visit by then President Gorbachovto Germany. Each stamp has a peacedove on it. More importantly, the word“Europa” appears on each stamp.

BENELUX 25TH ANNIVERSARY -The Netherlands issued the stamp on thisfirst day cover, to commemorate the 25thanniversary of BENELUX.

SHIP EUROPA - This cover and on thenext page commemorate the Germanship Europa. This one bears a specialcachet commemorating a 24-day cruiseto Australia and Indonesia. The date ishard to see, but it appears to be 1983.The addressee’s information is obscuredby a piece of paper.

Figure 35. 1960 First Day Cover franked withboth Values of Ireland’s set.

Figure 36. Horizontal gutter pairs of Bosnia &Herzegovina’s 2008 Europa set.

Figure 37. One example of many offered for sale,of a Monaco Europa sheet of 10 stamps

Figure 38. French maximum card commemoratingthe first direct elections to the European Parlia-ment.

Figure 39. French maximum card commemoratingthe second direct elections to the European Parlia-ment.

Figure 40. Russian souvenir sheet with the word“Europa” on each stamp.

Figure 41. BENELUX 25th anniversary stamp ona first day cover from the Netherlands.



This next cover has a special cachetcommemorating 100 years of cruising byships named Europa. Again, the dates ofcommemoration are hard to read butappear to be 1850-1950. The addresseeinformation on this cover is also ob-scured.

NATO, THE U. S. ATAMP OF 1952 -Many of you know that I collect the U.S. NATO stamp of 1952, Scott #1008. Ihave in my collection, many of the pre-production items, varieties and the like.I also have numerous first day coverslisted in the Mellone Catalogue andmany that are not listed. For years, onehole has remained in my collection. It isthe one that was hand-painted by a ladyin Rhinebeck, New York named DorothyKnapp. There are no records that indi-cate how many covers she prepared.Best estimates put the production ofhand-painted covers at around 8 for theissues she commemorated. I have goneyears without seeing a Knapp cover formy stamp. A first day cover dealernamed Doug Weiss, called my in lateSeptember with an interesting discovery.He had purchased a collection of firstday covers and among them were a num-ber of covers for different issues that hadbeen hand-painted by Dorothy Knapp.One of the covers he purchased was theFirst day cover of the U.S. 3¢ NATOstamp of 1952. The dealer told me thatthe covers were unique in that they werenot the regular covers we have come toexpect by Ms. Knapp. While the coverswere hand-painted by her, they are on #5size envelopes. First day covers of thatsize are often attributed to another firstday cover dealer named Adam Burt. Infact, the smaller covers hand-painted byMs. Knapp appear to be new to the mar-ket. In other words, no one knew they

existed. Figure 43 is a scan of the“Adam Burt-sized” envelope with thecachet hand-painted by Dorothy Knapp.

Here is what I have been told about thiscover. It seems that the addressee, Mr.W. E. Jarrett had a standing order withMr. Adam, Burt for serviced first daycovers. Mr. Jarrett then commissionedDorothy Knapp to produce hand-paintedcachets on those covers. I decided topurchase this cover even though it took avery large “chunk” out of my stampbudget. After all, it is a cover frankedwith the stamp I collect on with a beau-tiful hand-painted Dorothy Knapp cover.Then a week later, Doug Weiss called.He had purchased another first day covercollection. Much to his (and my) sur-prise, that collection contained the“regular” Dorothy Knapp hand-paintedcover. I purchased that cover as well. A

scan of it is at figure 44. This cachet islisted in the Mellone Catalogue as num-ber 1008-15. It is the rarest of all of the

cachets listed in Mellone for the U. S. 3¢NATO stamp of 1952. In fact, theKnapp hand-painted cachets are usuallythe rarest of all the cachets regardless ofwhich stamp is on the first day cover. Icannot tell you how happy I am to addthese two covers to my collection.“Caching-Caching.”

Figure 42. Covers commemorating various cruisesand longevity of Hapag-Lloyd– named “Europa.”

Figure 43. First day cover, “Adam Burt– sized” hand-painted by Dorothy Knapp.

Figure 44. “Regular” first day cover, hand-painted by Dorothy Knapp.



EUROPA 2008, GIBRALTARPROOF - Copyright 2009 by Linn’sStamp News, Sidney, OH USA 45365.Reprinted by permission from an article byRick Miller that was published on age 24 inthe October 12, 2009, issue of Linn’s StampNews, Sidney, OH. www.linns.com )

Mr. Miller wrote that “Art and archivesfrom the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau willbe offered through a mail bid sale con-ducted by Universal Philatelic Auctionsin England. The sale, which closes Oct.·27 at 5 p.m. (Greenwich Mean Time),comprises 702 lots of original artists'drawings and proofs spanning the last 15years of stamp production, includingartwork by famous stamp designers suchas Jennifer Toombs. The estimated totalvalue of the lots on offer is $850,000.Much of the material is of topical inter-est including such areas as royalty, war-ships of World War II, flora and fauna,Europa and sports. Among the itemsoffered is a John F. Kennedy val-uechange imperforate proof miniaturesheet of 10 mounted on card. The proof,prepared for the 2008 Europa LetterWriting series, is denominated 42pence, but it was issued as a 44p stamp(Scott 1144). Universal says that therewere two miniature proof sheets in thearchive. One is being sold intact and theother was broken down into five identi-cal pairs. According to Universal, "Thisis possibly the rarest Kennedy item inexistence." Universal estimates the in-tact sheet at £950 (approximately$1,553) and each of the five pairs at£200 (approximately $327). Auction lotscan be viewed and bids may be submit-ted bye-mail from the web site atwww.upastampauctions.co.uk. A printedcatalog is available free upon requestfrom the web site, or by writing to Uni-versal Philatelic Auctions, 4 The OldCoalyard, West End, Northleach, Glos.GL54 3HE, United Kingdom; by calling011-44-145186111 or by fax to 011-44-1 4 5 1 - 8 6 1 2 9 7 . • ”

See the next column for an illustration ofthe Kennedy letter-writing proof.

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This international philatelic exhibitionwill take place from April 9 to April 12,2010 in Antwerp, Belgium. The exhibi-tion celebrates the 120th anniversary ofthe foundation of the Royal Belgian Fed-eration of Philatelic Associations, theoldest in the world. With over 17.000 m²in 4 halls, Antverpia 2010 will hostamong others the international FEPAand national Belgian exhibition of allclasses, the international stamp exhibi-tion "birds" (Birdpex) and competitivephilately exhibitions with 2.000 frames.Furthermore, more than 50 postal ad-ministrations, over 100 stamp dealersand the Taipei Representative Office ofthe EU and Belgium are looking forwardto attending. This exhibition takes placeunder the FEPA patronage and is fullyrecognized by the FIP. At our websiteyou will find all relevant informationregarding the Exhibition and how to getthere. Go to Antverpia2010.com. Someof the pages on this website are still un-der construction, please check backregularly to discover new features andExpo updates! We look forward to wel-come you as one of the tens of thousandanticipated to attend the exhibition.

BRIAND, ARISTIDE - Briand sharedthe Nobel Peace Prize with Gustav Stre-semann in the 1920s. This is a maxi-mum card with a French stamp honoringBriand. The stamp, cancel and pictureare all in concordance.

Figure 45. Proof sheet of 10 stamps from thearchives of Gibraltar’s Philatelic Bureau.

Figure 46. Picture of the entrance to the exhibitionhall. Picture and text downloaded from the

Figure 47. Postcard depicting the Lancer rocket onits launch pad.

Figure 48. French maximum card commemoratingAristide Briand, a forerunner Eurocrat.

ANTVERPIA 2010 -



MONACO, EUROPA PROOFS - Seenrecently on EBay were a number ofproofs of Europa stamps, issued byMonaco. Below are a few examples ofperforated and imperforate proofs.Some of them were listed with an open-ing bid of about $75. This is a heftyincrease over their original price whenthey were available from the MonacoPostal Administration.

EUROPA 1956, GERMAN PLATENUMBERS - In this next figure are 4examples of bottom left corner stamps ofthe 40 pf value of Germany’s 1956 Eu-ropa set. What makes these stamps in-teresting is that they all bear plate num-bers in the bottom selvedge. The num-bers are 1 through 4. This implies that 4plates were used to print the stamps.

FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITIONOF 1908 - This postcard bears a specialcancel used at the Franco-British exhibi-tion of 1908. It is dated on July 24th ofthat year. This cancel is listed in theD’Urso Europa catalogue as number V1awith a rarity factor of 10.

SAINT BENEDICT, ON FRENCHMAXI CARD - The Europa stamp onthis French maximum card commemo-rates Saint Benedict, the Patron Saint ofEurope. The picture, cancel and stampare all in concordance.

RENE CASSIN, EUROCRAT ONFRENCH MAXI CARD - The Europastamps on this French maximum cardcommemorate Rene Cassin who wasinstrumental in creating the EuropeanCharter of Human Rights. The picture,cancel and stamp are all in concordance.

Figure 49. 1995, 1996 and 1997 Monaco proofs ofEuropa stamps.

Figure 50. Plate numbers on 1956 German Europastamps.

Figure 51. Special cancelfrom the Franco-BritishExhibition of 1908 on apostcard addressed to Paris,France.

Figure 52. French maximum card commemoratingSaint Benedict, the Patron Saint of Europe.

Figure 53. French maximum card commemoratingRene Cassin for his work on European HumanRights.


EUROPA 1965, ISLE OF SOAY-ISLE OF SKYE - The set of stampsbelow is from the Isle of Soay/Isle ofSkye. They are not stamps in the truesense of the word. Why? Because theycannot be used for postage anywhereelse, except on the island. That makesthese “stamps” carriage labels. In anyevent, the labels featuring different kindsof birds, was overprinted “Europa 1965.Each label has a brown interior sur-rounded by the mail colors as follows:1d orange, 3d green, 6d yellow, 1/pink,1/6 light blue and 2/6 aquamarine.

SPACE, LANCER ROCKET - Theitem at figure 55 in the next column isthe picture side of a postcard showingthe European Space Agency’s LancerRocket. The rocket is on a launch pad atKourou, the French launch sire for ESArockets.

CAESAR, AUGUSTUS, ITALIANAIRMAIL - I ran across the stamp atfigure 56 while I was “surfing” on EBay.The seller was asking for an opening bidof close to $100 for this M-NH copy.

COUNCIL OF EUROPE, 10TH AN-NIVERSARY - The service cover be-low is franked with the 25F Council ofEurope stamp. That was the correct ratefor a letter posted to an address inFrance. The stamp bears a special can-cel commemorating the 10th anniversaryof the Council of Europe.

Figure 54. Set of six carriage labels overprintedfor Europa 1965.

CHARLEMAGNE, ILE BARBE LA-BELS - These labels were produced toadvertise the Ile Barbe restaurant ionFrance. They depict Charlemagne. Ihave shown some of then in the EuropaNews before. However, the new addi-tion is to come across three of the labelsthat are overprinted for “airmail” ser-vice.

EUROPA 1978, ANDORRA - I sawthis Andorra stamp on EBay. The sellerwas asking for an opening bid close to$22. Not too bad for a Europa stamp.

Figure 55. European Space Agency’s LancerRocket on the launch pad.

Figure 56. 5+1 Lire Italian airmail stamp withpicture of Augustus Caesar.

Figure 57. Council of Europe service cover with10th anniversary cancel.

Figure 58. Ile Barbe restaurant advertising labelsdepicting Charlemagne.

Figure 59. Europa 1978 stamp from French An-dorra increased nicely in value.



EUROPA 1956, FRENCH COVER -Many of you know how much I like cov-ers franked with Europa stamps. To me,there is nothing better than a good 1956cover. The cover below works for me.It is franked with three 15F stamps andone 30F stamp, making the correct rateof 75 F to send a registered letter fromFrance to the United States. The coverbears two etiquettes. One indicates thatthe letter was “passed free” through cus-toms. The second one indicates that 10¢should be collected as postage due.There is a U.S. 10¢ postage due in theupper left corner of the cover. It ismanuscript canceled. I assume that thepostage due was applied because theregistered letter had to be forwarded to adifferent address. Enjoy!

EUROPA 1994, GERMAN BOOK-LET - This item is the cover of a Ger-man booklet. It was issued in 1994 andit contained 10-100 pf Europa stamps.The original price of the booklet was10DM.

EUROPA 1969, SWISS COVER - Thecover in the next column is franked withboth values of Switzerland’s 1969 Eu-ropa stamps. They pay the correct rateof 80c for a letter going from Switzer-land to England.

EUROPA 1968, SWISS STAMP ONPAGE - The item at figure 63 was de-scribed by its EBay seller as “Europapublicity definitives used on pages.” Idon’t know what that means but to methey are merely Swiss stamps (lots ofused 1968 Europas), affixed to a pagewith stamp hinges.

EUROPA 1956, NETHERLANDSFIRST FLIGHT - The cover in the nextcolumn is franked with the 10¢ value ofthe Netherlands 1956 Europa set. Whatmakes the cover especially interesting isthat it was posted in Amsterdam but wasplaced aboard an East German first flightfrom Berlin to Moscow. Normally, theEast Germans were quite sensitive to theuse of Europa stamps or cancels thatthey felt were propaganda.

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEC.E.P.T. - This next item is a block offour as a souvenir sheet. It is from Peruand it commemorates the 50th anniver-sary of the C.E.P.T. That is technicallyincorrect as the C.E.P.T. did not start“issuing” Europa stamps under its aus-pices until 1960. From 1956 to 1959,Europa stamps were issued under theauspices of the European Coal & SteelCommunity.

EUROPA 1967, FRENCH MAXICARD - Figure 66 is a maximum cardfranked with France’s 1967 Europa setof two stamps. Depicted is the Legendof the Goddess Europa and the Bull (theGod Zeus). The card has three points ofconcordance in the the stamp, cancel andpicture are all related.

Figure 60. Interesting French registered cover with1956 Europa stamps used for franking.

Figure 61. German booklet containing 10 1994Europa stamps.

Figure 62. Swiss cover to England with Europa1969 franking.

Figure 63. Used Swiss Europa stamps hinged on apage.

Figure 64. Printed matter rate on first flight coverfrom Berlin to Moscow.

Figure 65. Peru souvenir sheet for the 50th anni-versary of the C.E.P.T. on a first day cover.

Figure 66. Europa and the Bull depicted on aFrench maximum card.



EARLY ISSUES FOR THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEBY

Stephen Luster

On May 5, 1949 in St James's Palace,London, the Foreign Ministers of Bel-gium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy,Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway,Sweden and the United Kingdom signedthe Treaty establishing the Council ofEurope.

The Council of Europe is the continent'soldest “modern” political organization,as it was founded in 1949. The Councilof Europe is distinct from the 25-nationEuropean Union, but no country has everjoined the Union without first belongingto the Council of Europe. It is headquar-tered in Strasbourg, France.

The Council was set up to defend humanrights, parliamentary democracy and therule of law, develop continent-wideagreements to standardize member coun-tries' social and legal practices, and pro-mote awareness of a European identitybased on shared values and cuttingacross different cultures.

From May 5, 1949 until 1958, officialmail from the Council of Europe wasfranked with French stamps. Frenchpostal rates also applied. Then, on Janu-ary 14, 1958, France overprinted a stamp“Conseil De L’Europe (Council ofEurope).

The stamp overprinted in France wasScott #854, carmine rose and lake, de-picting the Rouen Cathedral. A scan ofthis stamp is shown below. 122,000,000of these stamps were printed.

Here are examples of the stamp that wasoverprinted on January 14, 1958. Notethat they bear the thin and thick over-prints.

From the 122,000,000 stamps printed ofScott #854, only 1,040,000 were over-printed for official use by the Council ofEurope. The Michel Catalogue assigns#1 to this official stamp. D’Urso assigns#801 to the stamp and Scott assigns thenumber 101.

The D’Urso Europa Catalogue lists sev-eral varieties of the stamp. First, thestamp comes on plain and phosphores-cent paper (801A); as a deluxe proof(801B); with a thicker over print (801C);with the overprint misplaced (801D andas a first day cover. It is to be noted thatthe “real” first day cover for this stampshould have a type IV machine cancel,and should be on an official envelopefrom the Council of Europe. The typeIV machine cancel was only used onJanuary 14, 1958. Below are scans ofthe type IV cancel, and the corner of aCouncil of Europe official envelope. Thescans were taken from the D’Urso Cata-logue.

In October 1958, the “first” officialstamps printed for the Council of Europewere issued. These stamps were issuedon three different dates, October 10 (8Fr), October 11 (20 Fr) and October 13

(35 Fr). Two other stamps, consideredby some people as a part of this set, con-sisted of two other values. They werenecessitated by changes in French postalrates. Those stamps were denominatedat 25 Fr (issued on May 29, 1959) and50 Fr Issued on May 29, 1959. Cata-logues do not recognize any varieties ofthese 5 stamps.

The 8 Fr stamp paid the printed matterrate; the 20 Fr stamp paid for a first classletter within France; and, the 35 Fr ratewas for first class letters outside ofFrance (e.g., Europe). When the rateschanges the 25 and 50 Fr stamps paid theinland and Europe rates for first classletters.

Continued on page 14...


Let’s look closer at the council ofEurope “flag stamps.” They were de-signed and engraved by J. Decanis onwatermarked paper, perforated 13 x 13.All of the stamps were recess printed b7the Atelier de Fabrication de timbrePoste, Paris, in sheets of 50 stamps.

Each of the stamps comes in slightlydifferent colors. The F is listed as vio-let, blue and orange. The 25 F stamp islisted as Ochre, blue and yellow. The 35F stamp is listed as rose and dark blue.The 25 F stam,p

Of note is the fact that the 12 stars in theflags on the stamps are all white. In ac-tuality, the stamps are all yellow.

The D’Urso Catalogue lists severalphilatelic items and varieties for thesestamps. The 8, 20 and 35 F stam,ps areprinted on regular paper but they werealso printed on phosphor coated paper.The 8, 20 and 35F stamps also come inimperforate condition. There are alsodeluxe proofs ad collective deluxe proofsfor these stamps, a perforated deluxesheetlet, artists proofs. Color plateproofs are known for the 35 Fstamp.Varieties exist on the 20 F stampwhich could have a colorless numeral“2” in the value. The 35 F could also beprinted in pale blue.

There are many first day covers for thesestamps. For example FDCs exist foreach of the stamps singly. The coversalso exist with all three stamps on them.They also exist in combination with theearlier overprinted “Council of Europe”stamp. Finally, due to abuses by the pub-lic when the overprinted stamp was is-sued, the post tightened up the rules forservicing first day covers. Collectorswere allowed to receive a first day can-cel by the hand-back (over the counter)but only on stamps affixed to a smallfragment of paper. In other words, onlya single stamp from the set, on a smallfragment of paper, would be machinecanceled on the first day of issue

The small pieces of paper were called“Papilion” which translates as the wordbutterfly. Some enterprising people hadthe “butterflies” made on each of thefirst day of issue as seen above. Otherstook the three “butterflies and furtherenhanced them by affixing then to sou-venir covers or a card, as seen below.

As these stamps were printed by theFrench State Printing Works, the usualtypes of philatelic material can be ex-pected. For example, in both perforatedand imperforate condition as seen previ-ously and in the next column.

Here is the set in imperforate conditionwith each stamp coming from a lowersheet margin copy.

Here are the next two values comprisingthe set, als0 im imperforate condition.These stamps both come from the rightsheet margin copy and both display thefiligree design in the selvedge.

Several varieties of the 50 Fr stamp arenoted in D’Urso. First the letters “E”and “I” have been damaged. Second, theflag staff has been sharpened. Whatfollows are illustrations scanned fromthe D’Urso Catalogue.

To be continued...

EARLY ISSUES FOR THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEBY

Stephen Luster


LOT BID LOT BID LOT BID LOT BID LOT BID

2 2.00 41 3.10 100 2.95 147 12.00 191 1.25

3 6.00 42 3.35 101 2.75 148 30.00 193 1.65

5 2.15 44 2.20 103 1.30 149 2.00 197 1.25

8 .85 45 1.95 104 1.30 150 1.80 198 3.40

10 1.10 46 2.10 106 2.00 155 13.00 202 1.50

11 1.10 47 .95 107 2.00 157 1.55 203 .65

13 1.10 48 2.35 110 1.90 159 4.00 204 1.40

14 1.35 51 2.00 111 1.65 160 3.50 205 24.00

15 1.10 53 4.00 112 1.00 161 2.50 208 .80

17 .85 54 3.25 113 9.00 162 4.00 216 .85

18 8.50 55 2.70 114 2.25 163 3.00 217 3.85

20 1.00 56 3.25 115 3.65 165 3.50 219 1.35

21 5.25 58 2.10 116 5.55 167 1.75 222 2.10

22 .90 60 1.40 117 3.80 169 1.75 223 3.00

23 1.50 61 1.90 121 1.75 172 4.45 228 2.10

26 1.80 63 1.90 123 1.35 179 1.00 232 3.00

27 1.15 65 1.85 124 .80 180 2.10 236 20.75

29 2.15 67 1.25 125 .65 181 1.20 237 1.60

30 9.50 86 2.55 128 1.10 182 1.35 238 4.00

31 3.25 89 1.75 129 2.60 183 1.85 240 .90

32 4.50 90 1.50 131 2.75 184 1.75 241 .90

33 10.75 91 1.50 132 4.20 185 1.75 245 4.65

34 8.50 93 2.00 133 3.60 186 1.60 246 .65

35 3.25 96 4.25 134 5.70 187 1.75 247 4.30

36 2.55 97 1.75 137 1.10 188 1.75 248 9.10

39 3.10 98 3.25 140 6.50 189 1.65 249 5.00

40 99 2.10 141 4.00 190 1.60 250 .40

AUCTION #115 RESULTS

Number of Consigners - 6Number of bidders - 16

Good bargains to be had!


In 1955 Switzerland issued a rare set of18 stamps of the “Landscape” series.Each stamp was overprinted with theletter “T” in a circle. The overprintedstam,ps are listed in the Zumstein Cata-logue as numbers 2012 to 2035. This setis now very scarce. After a few yearsthe “T in Circle” handstamp was re-introduced. It was used on the“building” series and other stamps in-cluding Europa stamps. The first Europastamps noted with this cancel were the1959 “chain link” stamps, 30c and 50c,issued in 1959, Scott #374/375.

The next issue that can be found with thehand-stamp was issued in 1960. It is the“circle of 19 spokes, Scott #400/401.

There then followed many other Swississues with the “T in Circle” hand-stamp.These were issued in 1961 (19 dovesflying as one), Scott #410/411.

In 1962 it was the 19 leaves on the tree,Scott #416/417.

In 1963 it was the intertwined linesaround the letters “CEPT.” Scott #429.

In 1964 it was the “Daisy” with a petalfor each CEPT member country., Scott#438/439.

In 1965 it was the CEPT on a branch,Scott #469.

In 1966 it was the sailboat, Scott#477/478.

In 1967 it was the cogwheel, Scott#477/478.

In 1968 it was the key, Scott #488.

These stamps are sought after by bothSwiss and Europa collectors. The Zum-stein Catalogue lists the stamps withhigh prices.

I n d i a .What follows is a scanned extract from aSchuyler Rumsey 2006 Auction. Therealization is not known, but the estimateof $3,000 - $5,000 for the complete land-scape set gives you an idea.

Dr. Asok would welcome more com-ments on these stamps from EuropaStudy Unit members. He can be reachedat 7/2, 12th Cross, 8th Main Road,Malleswaram, Bangalore, 560003, India.

This article by Dr. Asok points out sev-eral things to me. First, there is no limitto the many ways that Unit memberscollect “Europa.” This article is a won-derful illustration. Second, it is not thatdifficult to put together an article for theEuropa News. With a little effort, youcan see your article printed in a subse-quent issue. Why not give it a try?

The “T in Circle” Postage Due Marks on Swiss Europa StampsBy

Dr. K. S. Asok


MEMBER ADVERTISEMENT

Member Dr. K. S. Asok writes that he has for sale, Paraguay Scott #623-627 in blocks of 4 as shown below and Scott #628-629 theairmail stamps, not shown. The stamps are mint, never-hinged with original ribbed gum. Offers are welcome as are bids over $20.Dr. Asok can be reached at [email protected]. He can also be reached at his mailing address of 7/2, 12th Cross, 8th MainRoad, Malleswaram, Bangalore, 560003, India.

Dr. Asok also has blocks of 4 of the 1 1/3, 1 3/4, 2 1/4 and 2 1/2 values of the Yemen Arab Republic stamps also shown here. Dr.Asok indicates that the Y.A.R. stamps were issued to commemorate the opening in 1970 of the new U.P.U. Building in Bern, Swit-zerland. The individual stamps bear Europa designs from 1056, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1963. The stamps are CTOcanceled on February 29, 1979. Bids are welcome.

Finally, Dr. Asok also has these Carriage Labels for which he would also like to receive bids. Herm Island: 1d, 11d 1/6, perforatedand imperforate. 1d, 11d 1/6, 1964 overprinted on the 1963 issue. 8d, 11d 1/6, overprinted 1966. 1 1/2, 3d, 6d, 1/6, 4d and 8d im-perforated and overprinted 18 September 1961. 1 1/2d 3d and 4d perforated and overprinted 18 September 1961. 8d 11d and 1/6overprinted 1967. From the Isle of Jethou, Dr. Asok has these carriage labels for bid: 1961 birds 3d, 6d and 1/ Europa 1961 over-printed. 6d block of 4 Puffin imperforate. 1962 Europa 3d and 1 1/9. 1963 Europa 3d and 1 1/9 Razor Bill. 1964 3d and 1 1/9Razor Bill.


IINTERESTING ITEMS

POSTMARKS

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

#2274 GROTHAUS, Craig L., Mountain Home, AR 72653#2275 VERSCHOOR, Arie, Steenokkerzeel, Belgium

I ran across these two items recently and I thought that they might be of interest to you.

The first item is from the Calf of Man/Isle of Man. It is strip of five “Churchill” stamps, overprinted for Europa 1967. What makesthe item interesting has to do with the perforation type and the stamp’s color. Rather than regular perforations and a blue color,these stamps are roulette perforated and are in a light blue color.

This second item is also from the Calf of Man/Isle of Man. It is a horizontal strip of two stamps. The left stamp is in red and theright stamp is in blue. What makes these stamps interesting is that while the right stamp is overprinted for Europa 1973, the leftstamp does not have an overprint.


NEW ISSUES FROM OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2009 SCOTT STAMP MONTHLY

COUNTRY SCOTT# DATE OF ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Albania 2851a-b 16-Jun-08 European Cup Soccer Champs., se-tenant pair2852 “ As above, souvenir sheet

Albania 2867-8 15-Jul-08 Europa 2008 (2868 a souvenir sheet)Andorra (French) 653 2-May-09 Europa 2009Austria 2211 5-Jun-09 Europa 2009Azerbaijan 896-8 13-Apr-09 Europa 2009 (898 a souvenir sheet)Belarus 692-3 15-Apr-09 Europa 2009Belgium 2203, 2211 09 Denomination shown on European Union flagBelgium 2350 19-Jan-09 Euro 10th anniversaryBelgium 2356 6-Apr-09 Europa 2009 (souvenir sheet)Benin C572, C602 09 Ovpt. on Dahomey C58 (Europafrique 1967)Bosnia-Herz. 626 16-Jun-08 Agreement with European UnionBosnia (Serb) 353 25-Mar-09 European Court of Human RightsBosnia (Serb) 354 25-Mar-09 Council of Europe buildingBulgaria 4482 30-Jul-08 Diplomatic relations with EEC, 20 th anniversaryBulgaria 4493 23-Jun-09 European Philatelic ExhibitionBulgaria 4498a-b 3-Feb-09 Ecology, joint with Serbia

4499 “ As above, imperforate souvenir sheetCroatia 730a-b 9-May-09 Europa 2009 (se-tenant pair)Cyprus 1107-8 12-Mar-09 Euro 10th anniversaryCyprus 1110-1 9-May-09 Europa 2009Cyprus 1112-4 1-Jun-09 18th Games of Small States of EuropeCzech Republic 3407 25-Nov-08 Presidency of the European UnionEstonia 617 5-May-09 Europa 2009Faroe Islands 511-2 25-May-09 Europa 2009Finland 1336a-b 6-May-09 Europa 2009 (se-tenant pair)France 3612-16 28-Feb-09 Marianne of EuropeFrance 3658a-b 3-May-09 Europa 2009 (in souvenir sheet)France O-17 16-May-09 Council of Europe, officialFrance O-18 16-May-09 European Court of Human Rights, officialItaly 2916 27-Mar-09 Map of EuropeLithuania 891 11-Apr-09 Vilnius - European Capital of CultureMonaco 2546-7 4-May-09 Europa 2009Vatican City 1411-2 20-May-09 Europa 2009

COUNTRY DATE OF ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Jersey Feb-9-2010 Europa stamps, but only 2 stamps in the set of 4 will feature the Europa logo.

Åland Sep-16,2009 SEPAC.

Austria Sep-12-2009 120th anniversary of the writing of “Lay down Your Arms” by Bertha von Suttner.

Great Britain Oct-8-2009 Europa (astronomy) Martin Ryle, radio surveyor of the universe (1 stamp with the Europalogo from a much larger set.

Liechtenstein Sep-16-2009 SEPAC.

Bosnia - CroatAdministration

Sep-1-2009 1 stamp for the 20th Mediterranean Film Festival

Faroe Islands Sep-16-2009 1 stamp for SEPAC

FORWARD CAlENDAR


CZECHOSLOVAKIA CATALOG VALUE1 ** 311-14, Map of Czechoslovakia 5.152 ** 318-21, Benes .853 * 318-21, Benes, thins .854 * 355-56, Assembly at Kromerta .405 ** 357-59, 1848 Insurrection .656 ** 363-66, 364a, Gottwald 3.157 ** 372, Gottwald .208 ** 373, Gottwald, gum disturbance .609 * 487-89, Czech-Soviet Friendship 1.50

10 o 576-78, Gottwald & Peoples’ Assembly 1.4011 * 688-9, Liberation (short set) 1.8512 ** 770-75, Rail transportation (missing 771) 27.7513 o 770-75, Rail transportation 8.5514 o 773, Rail transportation 6.7515 o 839-43, European Sports (missing 30h) 1.3516 o 841, European Sports Championships .2017 ** 1229-32, includes George of Podebrad 2.5018 ** 1417, Warsaw Pact .4019 ** 2076a, European Security & Cooperation 2.5020 ** 2312-13, 2315 (short set) Warsaw Pact .4021 ** 2558-59, 2561 (short set), Warsaw Pact .4022 ** 2567, European Security & Cooperation 2.2523 ** 2777, Havel .3024 ** 2791, Free elections .5025 ** 2794, Helsinki Conference 1.1026 o 2808, Conf. of Civic Associations .3027 ** 2941, European Union .9528 ** 2948, Havel .4529 * B132, Masaryk 2.00

DAHOMEY30 o 237-38, 1967 Europafrique .6531 o 238, Europafrique .4532 o C38, Europafrique .8033 ** C58, Adenauer 1.5034 * C38, Adenauer 1.5035 ** C38, Adenauer, imperforate ?36 ** C74-76, Europafrique 2.65

DENMARK37 o 65-66, 70, 72, 97, 210, 239, Christian IX 4.3538 ** 307, Frederik IX .8539 ** 361-62, 1956 Northern Countries (Swans) 3.0040 * 361-62, 1956 Northern Countries (Swans) 3.0041 o 361-62, Northern Countries (Swans) .8542 ** 378, European Meeting of WHO .5543 o 378, European Meeting of WHO .2044 ** 380, S.A.S. .7045 o 380, S.A.S. .5046 ** 407, Birdline .3047 ** 454-55, 1969 Northern Countries (Ships) 2.05

48 ** 479-80, Refugees .6049 o 479-80, Refugees .4050 ** 522-23, Northern Countries (Nordic House) 2.0051 ** 570-72, European Architectural Heritage Year 1.9052 ** 570, Eur. Archit. Herit. Yr., complete booklet

?53 ** 597-98, 1977 Northern Countries (Lilies) 2.0054 o 597-98, 1977 Northern Countries (Lilies) 1.7055 ** 670-71, 1980 Northern Countries 1.6056 o 670-71, as last 1.4557 ** 670, Nordic, complete booklet of 10 ?58 ** 687, European Urban Renaissance Year .6559 ** 735-36, Nordic Countries 2.4060 ** 753, European Parliamentary Elections 1.2561 ** 819-20, Nordic Countries 2.5062 ** 822, European PTT Congress 1.1063 o 822, European PTT Congress .2564 ** 829, Refugees 1.1065 ** 831, European Economic & Develop. 1.7566 * 831, European Economic & Develop. 1.7567 o 831, European Economic & Develop. 1.7568 ** 868-69, Nordic Countries 3.0069 ** 870, European Parliamentary Elections 1.2570 o 870, European Parliamentary Elections 1.2571 o 939, Nordic .3072 ** 981, Nordic, complete booklet of 10 ?73 o B24, Aid to Hungary .65

EGYPT74 * 217-19, Montreaux Conference of 1937 3.30

ESTONIA75 ** 231-34a, Mare Balticum, complete booklet 6.00

FAROE ISLANDS76 ** 250-251a, Nordic, cplt booklet 3 sets 10.5077 ** 280-81, Nordic 3.00

FIJI78 ** 374-75, European Economic Commission 1.320

FINLAND79 ** 239-40, Helsinki: European Cultire City 7.0080 ** 343-44, Nordic Swans 12.7581 * 343-44, Nordic Swams 12.7582 o 343-44, Nordic Swans 2.3583 ** 439, NORDIA 7.0084 ** 444, EFTA 1.0085 * 529, European Conf. on Security & Coop. .8586 ** 571, NORDIA 1975 3.7587 ** 578, European Security & Cooperation .9088 o 578, European Security & Cooperation .3089 ** 881, European Conf. Security & Coop. 7.7590 o 881, as last with publicity cancel

EUROPA MINI AUCTION #7 - LOTS - ALL EUROPA RELATED

The following lots are all Europa-related stamps, donated to the Unit by Stephen Luster. Catalog values arefrom the 2009-2010 Scott’s Catalog. The usual ESU auction ruled apply. Bids may be made on any sheet of paper or

on the official ESU Bid Sheet. Send to: Don Smith, PO box 576, Johnstown, PA 15907-0576 to reach himno later than October 15, 2009.


EUROPA MINI-AUCTION #7 - RULES & BID SHEET

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(Bids close on December 15, 2009)

1. Only Europa Study Unit members may bid in the auction.2. Abbreviations: * = Mint, ** = Mint-Never Hinged, o = Used, blk = Block, FDC = First Day Cover, S/S = Souvenir Sheet, CTO = Cancelled to Order, MB =Minimum Bid, CU = Cacheted-Unaddressed, CA = Cacheted-Addressed, UU = Uncacheted-Unaddressed, UA = Uncacheted-Addressed, C/E = Council of Europe,cplt = Complete, Est Ret = Estimated Retail.3. Numbers are from Scott Catalogues except where noted. Cancels are from the 1971 D’Urso Catalogue or its 1974 supplement.4. The Europa Study Unit does not guarantee the genuineness of any material in the auction.5. Lots will be sold to the highest bidder at a slight advance over the second highest bid. Bidders can bid freely and limit their total purchases to any amount theyindicate on the bid sheet. No “Buy” bids will be accepted.6. Payment from successful bidders must be made within 7 days of receipt of notice. Postal expenses are paid by the purchaser. Lots will be sent to a successfulbidder when their total amount equals or exceed $25 only after payment is received.

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CORRESPONDENTS:Peter Alderliesten, Netherlands; M. Heaton, Great Britain;Friedrich Karl Oetker and Wolfgang Lange of Germany; AlbertMerkx & Max Molenaar, Netherlands; Arne Rasmussen, Denmark,Oege Weijs and Uwe Kensing, Luxembourg, André Legay, Franceand Jean-Louis Emmenegger, Switzerland.

CONTRIBUTIONS:Contributions of news, commentary, articles, covers, postmarks,and other philatelic information dealing with the subject of unitedEurope, are always welcome. Materials sent for reproduction willbe handled carefully and returned, but at the submitter's risk. TheEditor reserves the right to edit all copy. Contributors will beacknowledged.

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The EUROPA NEWS offers the following services to its members:Three auctions of "Europa" material per year. Write to the AuctionManager, Mr. Donald W. Smith for information on submitting lots.His address appears in the right-hand column. Free buy or selladvertisements in the EUROPA NEWS. Questions and answercolumn. Estate disposal assistance. Annual supplement to theEuropa Handbook listing the past year's common design/themeissues.

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(A ) 63-page Color Monograph - The 1956 Europa Stamps (post paid): Europa Study Unit Members: Paper: $15 & CDpdf):$10; Non-Members: Paper: $20 & CD (pdf): $15; Mailed Overseas: Paper: $25 & CD (pdf): $20

(B) 43-page Color Monograph - The 1957 Europa Stamps (post paid): Europa Study Unit Members: Pa per: $15 & CD (pdf):$10; Non-Members: Paper: $20 & CD (pdf): $15; Mailed Overseas: Paper: $25 & CD (pdf): $20

(C) 68 -page Color Monograph - The 1958 Europa Stamps (post paid): Europa Study Unit Members: Paper: $15 & CD (pdf):$10; Non-Members: Paper: $20 & CD (pdf): $15; Mailed Overseas: Paper: $25 &CD (pdf): $20

(D) 60 -page Color Monograph - The 1959 Europa Stamps (post paid): Europa Study Unit Members: Paper: $15 & CD (pdf):$10; Non-Members: Paper: $20 & CD (pdf): $15; Mailed Overseas: Paper: $25 & CD (pdf): $20

(E) 228-page Color Book - The Philately of 20th Century Post-War European Reconstruction (post paid): Europa Study UnitMembers: Paper: $25 & CD (pdf): $15; Non-Members: Paper: $35 & CD (pdf): $20; Mailed Overseas: Paper: $45 & CD (pdf):$25

(F) Original Europa Handbook (Paper): A comprehensive listing of all early stamps in the Europa topic and the annual commondesign/theme stamps (C.E.P.T.) through 2005. Organized by subject. Includes forerunners. A must for Europa collectors: PRICE:$10.00

(G) Updated Europa Handbook in CD Format A comprehensive listing of all early stamps in the Europa topic and the annualcommon design/theme stamps (C.E.P.T.) through 2000. Organized by subject. Includes forerunners. A must for Europa collectors:PRICE: $10.00

(H) Updated Europa Handbook (Paper): A comprehensive listing of all early stamps in the Europa topic and the annual commondesign/theme stamps (C.E.P.T.) through 2005. We also have the NATO/Knoxville s/s. Also for the Handbooks, the paper version ofthe updated HB (third on the list) is current to 2005 as I add the updates from the EN... organized by subject. It includes forerunners.A must for Europa collectors: PRICE: $15.00

Europa Monograph Series: These paper monographs are reprints of significant articles that first appeared in the EUROPANEWS , with extensions and updates. They can be very useful guides for developing themes within the Europa topic. Oftenprofusely illustrated.

No. 1 The Citizens of Europe: by Stephen Luster. 2nd edition, 1988. An historical approach to the Europa topic. Illustrationsfrom Luster's gold medal exhibit. 27 pages. PRICE: $5.00

No. 2 The CEPT: Its History and Philatelic Recognition: by Emile Bayle & William Norby. 2nd edition, 1988. updatedthrough 1987. Concerns the CEPT as an institution, its history, organization, and meetings. Basic to understanding the annualEuropa common design/theme series. 14 pages. PRICE: $4.00

No . 3 OECD, EFTA, AND European Economic Integration: by William Norby. 3rd edition, 1988. The organization, history,and functions of those bodies and their roles in the economic integration of Europe. Has a philatelic catalog of the stamps andpostmarks through 1987. 18 pages. PRICE: $4.00

No. 4 The Europe of Cities and Villages: by Emile Bayle. The role of cities and villages and related organizations in promotingEuropean unity, plus a comprehensive listing of stamps, postmarks, and awards, illustrating these activities. 42 pages. PRICE:$7.00

No. 5 American Aid and the Marshall Plan in the Reconstruction of Europe: by William Norby. 1st edition summer 1988. Amajor review and analysis of this critical period with new information. amply illustrated. 40 pages. PRICE: $8.00

SS1 Knoxpex Souvenir Sheet: Unit souvenir sheet for EUROPEX at Knoxpex. Price $1.25 ea or 5 for $5.00.

SS2 Washington 2006 Souvenir Sheet: Unit souvenir sheet for EUROPEX at Washington 2006. Price $1.25 ea or 5 for $5.00.

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EUROPA STUDY UNITAn association of philatelists

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BALLOTAll officers and directors including Tonny van Loij are runningas a slate of candidates. Vote for the slate yes or no, byplacinga check next to your choice.

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EUROPA NEWS NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 394-28OPINION POLL - (POSTEUROP) STAMPS

2009 EUROPA

THEME: ASTRONOMY

Which of the 2009 EUROPA common theme stamps do you rate the best? Cast your ballot for your favorite set ofstamps. In making your choices, consider design, subject matter, artistic merit, execution, and adherence to the theme"Astronomy.” Decide on your top three choices and indicate them by circling the country name and placing a number inthe box; use a “1” for first place, a "2" for second place, and a "3" for third place. Write-in the name of a country you are

voting for that is not preprinted on the list.

Your observations on the individual sets, theme and the year as a whole:___________________________________________________________ ____ _

How are we running the Unit?

How can we make the Unit or the Europa News better?

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THE RESULTS OF THE POLL AND SUMMARIES OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED WILL APPEAR IN ASUBSEQUENT ISSUE OF THE EUROPA NEWS. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO FILL OUT THE POLL AND ANSWERTHE QUESTIONS. ALSO, SEND IN YOUR DUES RENEWAL NOW!!!!!

WHICHCOUNTRY HAD

THE BESTEUROPA STAMPS

IN 2009?

ÅLAND GERMANY MONACO

ALBANIA GIBRALRAR NETHERLANDS

ANDORRA (FR) GREAT BRITAIN NORWAY

ANDORRA (SP) GREECE POLAND

AUSTRIA GUERNSEY PORTUGAL

AZORES HUNGARY SAN MARINO

BELGIUM ICELAND SPAIN

BULGARIA IRELAND SLOVAKIA

CROATIA ISLE OF MAN SLOVENIA

CYPRUS ITALY SWEDEN

CZECH REP. JERSEY SWITZERLAND

DENMARK LIECHTENSTEIN TURKEY

FAROE ISL. LUXEMBOURG TURKISH CYPRUS

FINLAND MADEIRA VATICAN CITY

FRANCE MALTA Other __________

OTHER __________ OTHER __________ Other __________




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