EUROPAEUROPA NEWS MAY NEWS – JUNE 2003 355-1 APS - BULLETIN OF THE EUROPA STUDY UNIT - ATA MAY – JUNE 2003 NUMBER 355 EUROPA STAMPS EUROPA STAMPS ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT—Once again Unit WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE? Europa News and other Unit information members can thank Don Smith for producing would appear. Having only limited responses the 2002 annual supplement to the Europa ITEM PAGE from members, but positive ones, I have told handbook, sent as an insert with this issue. Don Mr. Cuneydi to proceed to the next step. He spends a lot of time doing the necessary re- New Issues 2-5 e-mailed me that he thought that the Unit site search that goes into this annual supplement Europa Briefs 6-26 should have the following capabilities. 1) and as we all know, each year the listing of Eu- public/private bulletin board (private we can Beginners Column—Using 27 ropa issues gets longer and longer. On behalf Europa Related Stamps drive through member # (will need help for of all the Unit members, I want to thank Don forum categories. 2) Member registry if for once again producing such a great annual New Postmarks 28 member chooses, name, address, phone, e- supplement. On the same subject, we are look- Forward Calendar 28 mail 3) Post pdf files for previous issues (will ing for a Unit member who can take over the be easier and higher quality. 4) Special area New Members 28 production of the annual supplement, so, if for color pictures of material in the newslet- you are interested, please contact Don directly. New Issues List for March and 29 ter 5) Europa events calendar 6) New issue His address is on the last page of this issue. April 2003 update. 7) List of all Europa issues online Final Accounting, Auction #96 29 with pics (will take time...). Check out Mr. AUCTION #97—Don Smith the Unit Auction Cuneydi’s initial work at the following web Auction Results, Auction #96 30 Manager has once again produced an auction of site address: 250 lots of Europa and Europa related material. Auction #97, Illustrated Lots 31-32, http:///www.europanews. emperors.net/ As we all know, the Unit auctions are the best 35 place to see and acquire Europa material at rea- Auction #97, Lots 33-35 UNIT MEETINGS—There will be Unit sonable prices. Please look over the auction meetings at 1 pm on Saturday, June 7th in Auction Rules and Bid Form 35 lots and bid early to ensure success. conjunction with NAPEX in Washington and Unit Info 36 again on Saturday, June 28th in conjunction UNIT WEB SITE—Some time ago member with the NTSS in Denver. Plan to attend. 2002 Annual Supplement Insert Cuneyt Cuneydi wondered if the Unit would See you there! like to have a web site on which issues of the One lot in auction #97 is composed of a set of five pieces of French postal stationery, each with indicia of France’s Euro commemorative stamp. One of the items of postal stationery from a set of 5 pieces, listed in auction #97 as lot #77. Another of the items of postal stationery from a set of 5 pieces, listed in auction #97 as lot #77. Two pieces of postal stationery from a set of 5 pieces offered in the auction contained in this issue as lot #77. EUROPA NEWS MAY – JUNE 2003 355-2 NEW ISSUES CULTURAL CAPITAL anyEvent, ev they are provided here for the re- # 0.28€ - Woman’s head rising out of the cord as surely some of our members will water, a 1968 poster by Armando Testa. OF EUROPE want to add them to their annual year set Europa collections. AUSTRIA—An annual award made to European cities who try to bring together KOSOVO— the different peoples of the European Un- ion by improving cultural cooperation and # 8—Inside of head from the back. promoting cultural aspects of life beside the economic and political unification of # ? - Human eye. Europe. Graz, Austria was the first bridge-head in the West for artists in the East and is today an intersection with mul- ticultural traditions and a good mind for innovation in the fields of science and economics. Of particular note is the reor- ganization of public space in the city. There will be an island in the Mur River # 0.77€ - “Jane Avril” a dancer of the with an amphitheater, café, and children’s time from an 1893 poster by Toulouse playground and a swimming (floating) # Day of Issue: Designer: Printing: Lautrec. platform for arts and communication. A Format: Quantity: Other Items: No big city hall, a children’s museum and information available. Sheet of 12 stamps places for the arts and literature will soon with three in the “8” denomination and 9 be finished. For those reasons, Graz, Aus- in the other denomination. tria has been selected as a 2003 European Cultural Capital. ABKHAZIA— # 0.58€ - Island in the Mur River. # 1.00—Flower? # 2.00—Statue of a woman? # Day of Issue: March 18, 2003. Designer: Franco Filanci. Printing: Multicolored, offset, by Cartor Security # Day of Issue: March 14, 2003. Printing, in sheets of 20 stamps. Format: Designer: Vito Acconci. Artwork: 28.5 x 40mm, perforated 13 x 13. Robert Punkenhofer. Printing: Multicol- Quantity: 170,000 stamps of each ored, photogravure, by the Staatsdrukerei value. Other Items: None given. GmbH, in sheets of 50 stamps. Format: 38.5 x 29.6mm. Quantity: 880,000. BULGARIA— Other Items: None given. # Day of Issue: Designer: Printing: # 0.36€ - Boy surrounded by birds. Format: Quantity: Other Items: No EUROPA 2003 information available. Sheet of 15 stamps with 5 being of the 1.00 denomination and Starting in the next column are some more 10 being of the 2.00 denomination. Europa 2003 new issues on the theme of “Poster Art.” Unfortunately, the first two SAN MARINO—Produced two Europa items are from Kosovo and Abkhazia. I stamps for 2003, the designs of which do not believe that either of those two reproduce poster art by two famous artists, entities are members of the UPU or Armando Testa (1917-1992) and Tou- PostEurope. Accordingly, their issues louse Lautrec (1864-1901). while “official” within their own territo- ries, are not official Europa stamps. In continued on page 3... EUROPA NEWS MAY – JUNE 2003 355-3 NEW ISSUES (continued) continued from page 2... EUROPA 2003 # 0.80 - Group of people. AZERBAIJAN— Two different values have been seen so it is assumed that each # 0.65€ - Farm animals arranged to look was printed in a sheet of 12 stamps with like a pair of human feet. 10 stamps of one value and two of the other, as seen below. Also a booklet pane of 4 stamps, se-tenant, of 2 values of each stamp. # Day of Issue: Designer: Printing: Format: Quantity: Other Items: No information provided except that the stamps were issued in a sheet of 20 # Day of Issue: Designer: Printing: stamps in se-tenant format , also in a Format: Quantity: Other Items: No booklet pane of 5 stamps, and that a dif- other information received except that ferent poster design was used as a cachet the stamps were issued in in a souvenir on a first day cancelled piece of postal sheet of 8 stamps, shown here, in se- stationery, see below. tenant and tet-beche format; in individ- ual sheets of 10 stamps, one of each value shown here with a different sel- vedge than the souvenir sheet; and, in a booklet pane of 8 stamps with perfora- tions on three sides., not shown here. UKRAINE— Stamps in sheet and # Day of Issue: Designer: Printing: booklet formats with a poster art theme Format: Quantity: Other Items: No for Europa 2003. No additional informa- further information available at this time. tion available at this CYPRUS— # 20p—Poster art. # 30p—Poster art. GEORGIA— # 0.40 - Group of people. # Day of Issue: May 8, 2003. De- signer: Vassilou Sakis. Printing: Mul- ticolored, litho-offset, on unwatermarked paper, in sheets of 20 stamps, by the Alex Matsoukas Graphic Arts Company. Format: 27 x 40mm. Quantity: 1,500,000 (20p) and 250,000 (30p). Other Items: Official first day cover (12,000), booklet (23,000) continued on page 4... EUROPA NEWS MAY – JUNE 2003 355-4 NEW ISSUES (continued) continued from page 3... EUROPA 2003 # Day of Issue: May 7, 2003. De- GIBRALTAR — signer: Tapani Aartomaa. Printing: Multicolored, offset 6/0, on Sopal 110 g # 30p—Poster art, Drama Festival 2003. CYPRUS (continued) - paper, by the Joh. Enschedé Security # 40p—Poster art, Spring Festival 2003. Printers of the Netherlands. Format: 23.2 x 33mm, perforated 13¼ x 13¾. Quantity: 500,000 each stamp. Other Items: None given. # 42p—Poster art, Art Festival 2003. # 54p—Poster art, Dance Festival 2003. GREECE — # €0.65—Poster art. # Day of Issue: March 3, 2003. De- signer: Stephen Perera. Printing: Four -color, litho-offset, in sheets of 10 stamps, by De La Rue. Format: 30 x 40mm (stamp) and 125 x 230mm (sheet). Quantity: Not given. Other Items: Official first day cover and a FINLAND— presentation pack. # €2.85 —Poster art. # €0.65—Poster art. A mother, from the “someone is waiting for your letter” se- ries of the 1960s by Lasse Hietala. # Day of Issue: May 9, 2003. De- # €0.65—Poster art. A heart, from the signer: J. Moralis. Printing: Multicol- “someone is waiting for your letter” se- ored, offset. Format: 30 x 38mm. ries of the 1960s by Lasse Hietala. Quantity: Not given. Other Items: Official first day cover, Set Album (?) and a sheetlet.