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NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2012 #412 40 Years of the European Youth Centre The European Youth Centre is an FRANCE The European Youth Centre Buda- educational establishment of the 1v pest (EYCB) was established in Council of Europe. The European Issue date 1995 in a building originally de- 3 Oct 2012 Youth Centres (plural) are two signed as the house of the young structures hosting part of the Official stamp communists, later converted into Council of Europe. The two struc- for the Coun- an international hotel. The prem- cil of Europe tures are run by the Directorate of ises are currently owned by the Youth and Sport. Hungarian government. The build- The European Youth Centres are ing is located in the Buda side of residential educational, training the city, relatively close to the cas- tle and a few hundred metres from and meeting centers. The European Youth Centre Strasbourg (EYCS) the river Danube. The EYCB under- The building of the European Youth went major refurbishing of its ex- was established in 1972 for the im- Centre Strasbourg (shown oppo- plementation of the Council of ternal structure during summer site) is located in the European dis- 2005. Europe youth policy. The building trict of Strasbourg, a few hundred of the European Youth Centre in metres from the European Court of Strasbourg is also house of the se- Human Rights and the European cretariat of the Directorate of Parliament. The building is officially Youth and Sport, including the considered part of the protected European Youth Foundation and architectonical heritage of the the Solidarity Fund for Youth Mo- world. bility. WHAT'S IN THIS ISSUE Nordic Contemporary Art—a Double Paraphrase ARTICLES Central European Initiative 10 The idea for these two FAROES The 13 kr. stamp is entitled “Mr. Estonia Postal Cards 14-15 stamps comes from Niels Halm, Walker on the Faroe Island”, and The Luster Monographs - 1956 6-9 director of the Nordic House in Tór- was created by the Swedish artist, SHAPE 50th Anniversary 11 shavn (capital of the Faroes). Nor- Jan Hafström. The comic figure DEPARTMENTS mally, only stamps by Faroese art- faces a typical Faroese landscape, Editor's Page...…..……………..… 13 ists are released in the Faroe Is- which in fact is a section of Miscellaneous Box…..…… 12 lands. This time, however, the two “Favorite Campingspot”, a 2008 New Issues: EUROPA 2012……….. 4 new stamps feature a Swede’s painting by Faroese colleague Ed- New Issues: General………….. 1-3, paraphrase of a Faroese artist’s ward Fuglø. 15-16 work and vice versa, making this a The 21kr stamp features Mr.Fuglø’s New Issues: with Scott #s….. 5 groundbreaking joint Nordic pro- Composition titled “Egg Proces- FEATURES ject. Issue date 25 Sept. 2012. sion”. The large egg is carried by a INDEX to EUROPA NEWS 2012 Insert monk in a cowl, who leads a pro- Updated By-Laws for cession of three other monks in approval and/or comment Insert cowls. The stamp motif is also a paraphrase of a work by his Swed- It’s Dues time. ish colleague Jan Hafström. Send in your renewal now and More information may be found beat the holiday rush. on the Faroes website. See the Insert. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2012 412-2 New Issues All dates 2012 unless otherwise noted ARMENIA 1v Issue date 7 Sept VATICAN CITY souvenir sheet The miniature sheet reproduces a 20th anniversary of the participation ITALY souvenir sheet painting by Giulio Romano in the of the Republic of Armenia in the Issue date 13 Sept Sala di Costantino of the Vatican OSCE 1700th Anniversary of the Battle of Museums. The work is better Ponte Milvio (Milvian Bridge) known as “The battle against Max- Joint issue entius at the Milvian Bridge”. Pope Leo X commissioned it in 1517 to Raphael who, busy with many other tasks, only began to work on it shortly before he died. Giulio Romano, a student of his school, finished the work. The stamp depicts the Hofburg —from the Vatican Post Conference Center in Vienna, which is the central office for politi- TURKISH CYPRUS 2v cal debates and meetings of the Issue date 1 June Euro 2012 soccer championship OSCE, as well as the flags of the Just before the famous Battle of Republic of Armenia and the OSCE. the Milvian Bridge in 312, the em- ESTONIA 1v Issue date 10 Aug peror Constantine witnessed a sign Publicity issue for the Euro in the sky, a cross with next to it written “In this sign, you shall con- quer”. The vision appeared before his final fight with the rival em- peror Maxentius. The vision left a deep impression on Constantine; he had the shields of his soldiers marked with the Christian monogram XP, represent- On 1 January 2011 the euro was ing the two letters chi (X) and rho taken into use in Estonia and the (P) of the Greek alphabet, the first postage stamp issued to mark the two letters of the event was the first Estonian euro- Greek word Chris- only stamp with the face value of tos (χριστός), €1. The present stamp has the m e a n i n g same design but is of different “anointed”, an epi- color. —from the Estonia Post website thet attributed to Jesus. CYPRUS 1v+ss Issue date 8 Aug Cyprus’ presidency of the Council The next day he confronted the of the European Union enemy army and defeated it. This marked the beginning of a new chapter in the Roman Empire and the victory of Christian faith over paganism. A year later, he issued the Edict of Milan (also known as the Edict of Constantine), which ended three centuries of oppres- sion, persecution and martyrdom Single stamp of same design has of Christians. value of € 0,51. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2012 412-3 New Issues All dates 2012 unless otherwise noted MONTENEGRO 1v ROMANIA 1v UKRAINE souvenir sheet Issue date 29 June Issue date 4 October Issue date 25 June Beginning of negotiations to gain 20th anniversary of German- Ukraine welcomes the Euro 2012 accession to the EU Romanian Friendship Treaty soccer championship MONTENEGRO 1v Issue date 27 July After the signing of this Treaty, Ger- European Handball Championship many became the first commercial image of the flower luminesces under partner (both for export and import) UV-light and the third investor in Romania. The illustration above includes the cen- Mea culpa dept.: The stamp shown tral label from the complete sheet of 8. below, also issued for Euro 2012, was incorrectly identified in the last EN. POLAND 1v Issue date 6 Sep Bilateral Philatelic Exhibition Poland -Germany "KARGOWA 2012” The image on the Ukrainian website SAN MARINO souvenir sheet was small and fuzzy, and the shape Issue date 16 Oct Joint Issue led me to believe that I was looking 20th Anniversary of diplomatic rela- at a booklet cover. This slightly tions between San Marino and Croatia. cropped image is from a new issue dealer’s website, and it is obviously a stamp. TURKEY 4v Issue date 15 Feb Istanbul: 2012 European Capital of Sport The two stamps chronicle the his- (Istanbul also tory of the two republics. According had the honor to legend Marino, a stone cutter of being Euro- from Arbe island, was the founder pean Capital of the Republic of San Marino and of Culture in he is represented on the back- 2010) ground of the souvenir-sheet. Note: as of this writing, Croatia has not shown this in its new-issue list. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2012 412-4 New Issues Europa 2012: Visit …. A few items not covered in previ- GIBRALTAR 2v from a set of 6 Our friend at the Europa ous issues, and a straggler. Issue date 15 June 2012 blogspot offers his assessment of As this issue of EN goes to the the chances of seeing a last- printer, three countries have yet to minute offering: participate in this year’s theme. Armenia: 85% ARMENIA on the Haypost web- Georgia: 20% site a souvenir-sheet with 1 stamp Nagorno Karabach: no guess is scheduled for 2Q 2012. (not a typo). Next year’s theme: GEORGIA indicated that two sou- 2v printed se-tenant in sheetlets of 10. ALBANIA The Postman Van venir sheets would be issued, as it Issue date 21 Sept 2012 A tribute to the became a PostEurop member in 20th anniversary 2012. At this late date, it is unclear of PostEurop whether an issue will materialize. NAGORNO KARABACH—no word as yet UKRAINE 2v se-tenant Issue date 13 June 2012 Issued in sheetlets of 5 sets with 2 labels, and a booklet pair MONTENEGRO 2v+souvenir sheet of 2 Issue date 17 Oct 2012 Note from the ESU HB Editor: The “working copy” of the Europa 2012 handbook update is available on the “Members Only Pages.” It is ~75% complete and I will continue to post updates there until the final version is pro- vided (target is the Jan-Feb 2013 Europa News, depending on stragglers). –Alex ([email protected]) NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2012 412-5 NEW ISSUES WITH SCOTT CATALOG NUMBERS - Don Smith * = position in proposed new HB outline (ref. EN# 404-12) From Linn’s September & October Special Editions COUNTRY SCOTT # DATE OF ISSUE DESCRIPTION * Aland 327 21-Mar-12 Norden 2012 (souvenir sheet) 1b Aland 330 9-May-12 Europa 2012 1a Andorra (French) 702 5-May-12 Europa 2012 1a Austria 2387-8 6-Jun-12 Maps of Europe — Bulgaria 4594-6 4-Apr-12 Europa 2012 (4596 a souvenir sheet) 1a Bulgaria 4601 7-May-12 Membership in the Council of Europe 2a Croatia 841 8-Jun-12 European Soccer Championships 3c Cyprus (Turkish) 725 8-May-12 Europa 2012 (se-tenant pair) 1a Cyprus (Turkish) 727-8 29-Jun-12 European Soccer Championships 3c Denmark 1585-6 21-Mar-12 Europa 2012 (1585 a souvenir sheet) 1a Denmark 1587-9 21-Mar-12 Norden 2012 (1587 a souvenir sheet) 1b Estonia 703-4 3-May-12 Europa 2012 1a Faroe Islands 572 4-Jan-12 Queen Margrethe (joint issue w/Denmark, Greenland) 3b Faroe Islands 581 21-Mar-12 Norden