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EUROPA NEWSEUROPA SEPTEMBER NEWS - OCTOBER 2005 369-1 APS - BULLETIN OF THE EUROPA STUDY UNIT - ATA SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2005 NUMBER 369 EUROPA STAMPS WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE? EUROPA STAMPS UNIT ELECTIONS - In the next issue, you ITEM PAGE HANDBOOK SUPPLEMENT, 2004 – will find an insert containing the annual sur- New Issues 2 Included with this issue is the 2004 list of vey of the 2004 Europa issues and other Unit Europa new issues (the handbook supple- related matters. Included in those other items Europa Briefs 3-12 ment). Many thanks have to go to Bob will be a ballot so that you can vote for the Beginners Column - Auctions 13 Locke for producing it and to Don Smith for Unit officers and directors for a 2-year term of Beginners Column - Labels 13 proofing it. office. I have appointed Don Smith to serve as the slating board and he will put together a Member Advertisement 14 EUROPEX AT WASHINGTON 2006 - I list of nominees. Of importance is the upcom- Prices Realized - Auction #103 15 met with several philatelic friends, both ing vacancy of the Second Vice-President’s Feature Article - The Second 16 Europa collectors, on a recent visit to Stras- position. After many years of serving in a London Memorandum bourg, France. They informed me that they variety of Unit jobs, Les Heinzel will step Color Printing the Europa News 16 were both planning to attend Washington aside. We need someone to fill his soon-to-be 2006 and that they were trying to arrange vacated job. If you are interested in being New Issues List 17 travel plans so that other Europa collectors nominated, please contact Don Smith whose APS Sales Division 17 could also join their group. It seems to me contact numbers appear elsewhere in this is- Membership Information 17 that if there will be overseas Europa collec- sue. tors in attendance, that the Unit should do Forward Calendar 18 something to help get them and us together - WHY ISN’T THE EUROPA NEWS New Postmarks 18 perhaps a luncheon? Let me have your PRINTED IN COLOR? I often hear that Auction #104, Illustrated Lots 19, 20, 23 thoughts and the day(s) most convenient for question asked. It simply has to do with the you. added expense involved. The most recent Auction #104, Lots 21-23 answer can be found in greater detail on page Auction Rules and Bid Form 23 AUCTION 104 - Once again, Unit Auction 16 of this issue. Unit Info 24 Manager Don Smith has put together a su- perb auction. At 250 lots, there is no place UNIT MEETING AT THE NTSS - A Unit 2004 Handbook Supplement Insert lese in the world where you can see so much meeting was held in conjunction with the 2005 Europa material at auction at the same time. NTSS exhibition in Milwaukee. In addition to places around the country. So, In addition, our auctions usually result in me, Caroline Scannel, Sigfried Toenjes and when there is one scheduled for the movement of lots of Europa material at bob Foote attended. It is always good to see your area, please attend really goods prices. So, why not bid members as these meetings are held at various early...and often? The two entries received thus far in the souvenir sheet contest for the Unit’s “EUROPEX” at Washington 2006. EUROPA NEWS SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2005 369-2 NEW ISSUES MOLDOVA - Booklet. BULGARIA - ARMENIA - From Don Smith comes GREECEEUROPA - Booklet. 2005 FRANCE - this information about the 2004 Armenia IRELAND - Europa set. Issue date was March 16, MOLDOVA - Booklet. # 0.53€ - Chef serving a table with lots 2005. Denominations were 70dr and of food. 350dr. The 70dr stamp depicts a tourist on a flower and the 350dr stamp depicts a footprint in the sand. The designer was Stepan Azerian and the stamps were issued in a quantity of 100,000 sets. MACEDONIA - GREECE - Booklet. # Day of Issue: May 8, 2005. Designer: Christian Broutin. Printing: Multicolored, heliogravure, layout by Grafy’, by the French State Printing Works, in sheets of 48 stamps. Format: FRANCE25 x 36mm. - Quantity: Not given. Other Items: An official first day cover. No other information available at this time. You can expect the usual IRELAND - philatelic items to be sold by La Poste. ISLE OF MAN - This year’s Europa stamp combines a salute to Rotary Inter- national. The 42p stamp from a set of 6 stamps features “Junior Master chef” a GEORGIA - Rotary program primarily in England. # 42p - 3 pictures of chefs at work. With the 2005 Europa stamps depicted in this issue, we have shown virtually all # Day of Issue: June 15, 2005. of the Europa material thus-far issued. Designer: Agency Design Service. Never before have we been able to see Printing: Multicolored, offset, by BDT almost all of the designs as they were International, Dublin, in sheets of 10 issued. Advances in electronic distribu- stamps with selvedge containing Europa tion and a wider circle of friends have emblem. Format: Not given. contributed to our ability to depict the Quantity: Not given. Other Items: stamps in near-real time. None given. continued on page 3... EUROPA NEWS SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2005 369-3 EUROPA BRIEFS ROMANIA-IN-EXILE - The private ADENAUER - This former Chancellor sheet at figure 1 was produced in 1966 to of Germany is one of the original raise money for a group known as the “Eurocrats” for having the vision to Romanian “Government-in-Exile.” The bring Germany back into the “European” central design features the designs of umbrella following WWII. He was hon- many different real Europa stamps. The ored by many countries including at fig- English inscription reads “Free Europe- ure 3, Gabon who released the imperfo- ans do not forget your brothers from rate sheet in 1967. Eastern Europe co-existing with commu- nism while sacrificing ….a deadly threat against your freedom.” Figure 5. Color proof strips of official Council of Europe stamps. COUNCIL OF EUROPE, PRESI- DENCY - The stamp at figure 6 depicts the President of Moldova. It was issued to commemorate Moldova’s assumption of the rotating presidency of the Council of Europe. Figure 3. 1967 Gabon sheet commemorating Kon- rad Adenaur, former Chancellor og Germany. EUROPA 1979 - I know that it is hard Figure 1. Sheet privately produced in 1966 by the to see in black-and-white (a good reason Romanian “Government-in-Exile. to go to the Unit’s web site at http:// www.europanews.emperors.net, but fig- COUNCIL OF EUROPE - The cover ure 4 shows imperforate color proofs of at figure 2 bears three strikes of a rare Cyprus’s 1979 set of 3 Europa stamps. Council of Europe cancel. The date is 2- The set of 3 was offered on Ebay with an 9-1949 - September 2, 1949 which was opening bid of $99. They could be pur- chased outright for $150. during the first session of the Consultive Figure 6. Moldova’s assumption of the Council of Assembly of the Council of Europe. The Europe presidency. key dates for early Council of Europe cancels are August 8, 1949, the day the D’URSO EUROPA CATALOGUE - post office was opened; August 10, Figure 7 is a 1962 edition of the D’Urso 1949, the opening day of the first meet- Specialized Europa Catalogue. While an ing; and, August 11 to September 9, early version of the catalogue, it has 1949, the first session of the Consultive many of the early listings that are of in- Assembly. The cancel is listed in the terest to collectors of the European unity D’Urso Catalogue as number CE1 with a theme. The catalogue was offered on rarity factor of 10. Ebay with an opening bid of €15. It sold for €23.02. Figure 4. All 3 values of Cyprus’s 1979 Europa stamps as imperforate color proofs. COUNCIL OF EUROPE, COLOR PROOFS - The vertical strips of 4 color proofs of Council of Europe stamps, at figure 5 in the next column, were of- fered on Ebay. Council of Europe and imperforate color proofs often generate a lot of interest on Ebay. Figure 2. 1949 Council of Europe cancel. Figure 7. 1962 D’Urso Europa Catalogue offered on Ebay. continued on page 4... EUROPA NEWS SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2005 369-4 continued from page 3... EUROPA BRIEFS (continued) EUROPA 1992 - Who is Jonathan Ed- wards and why did he sign the cover at figure 8? Great Britain’s 1992 Europa stamps are at the left of the cover. The cancel is for the Olympic Games. The cachet, depicting Columbus in the new world, is inscribed “EUROPA ‘92.” Figure 12. EFTA stamps from Portugal, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden as purchased by Mr. Emmenegger. Figure 10. 1956 set of Luxembourg’s Europa Reading from the Europa Study Unit stamps. handbook we learn that “...EFTA was formed November 20, 1959 by Austria, From the 1960s onward, a group of peo- Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, ple produced many different sets of Switzerland and the United Kingdom. items that looked like stamps. The Finland was an associate member. The Figure 8. 1992 GB Europa signed cover. group, operating out of Spain, was first EFTA issues call attention to the known as the “Romanian Government- completion of a free trade zone among TREATY OF PARIS - The cover on in-Exile.” The supposed purpose of the the seven members plus Finland, as of the front page was sent by Wolfgang items, which often had designs similar to December 31, 1966. There were 8 sepa- Lange, our correspondent and friend Europa stamp designs, was to raise rate issues of EFTA stamps in 1967, as from Bargteheide, Germany.