EUROPA NEWS JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2010 395-1 · 2010. 9. 15. · EUROPA NEWS JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2010 395-4 NEW ISSUES (concluded FRANCE - A single stamp commemo- rating the EUROMED Postal

EUROPA NEWS JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2010 395-1

EUROPA NEWSAPS - BULLETIN OF THE EUROPA STUDY UNIT - ATA

JANUARY - FEBRUARY - 2010 NUMBER 395

EUROPA STAMPS EUROPA STAMPSWHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

WHAT HAPPENED - I was putting thisissue together for release at the end of De-cember. However, I got sick and was in thehospital until Thursday, January 21st. Thatthrew off the whole schedule for this issue.In addition, the best I can do right now is anissue of only 20 pages. I thought it better toget this issue out as fast as possible ratherthan keep it until 8 more pages were filled.Please understand.

DUES - There are still some members whohave not yet renewed for 2010. If you areone of these members, please send you duesright away to Don Smith.

LIBRARY ORDERS - In the last issue, Itried to make the ordering of library itemseasier. This involved a separate listing allthe study unit’s products that we offer forsale. A number of you placed orders, and foryou we are most grateful. If any remainingmembers want to order library items, pleasesend your list and payment to tact Don Smithsoon as possible.

DARK BOOKLET COVER - I have toapologize for the black “blob” that appearedin the last issue. The cover is dark red incolor and it simply would not print in any-thing other than black. In any event, thecover is from a German “Europa” booklet.

AUCTION #116 - Once again, unit AuctionManager Don Smith has put together a won-derful auction of 250 lots. All of these lots

are “Europa” related. Now is the time tobid as many auction lots will go for lowprices. These auctions are the best way wehave to sell member and unit-owned Eu-ropa material. This benefits the memberwho submitted the material and it alsobenefits the unit when unit-owned (mostlyfrom donations) material is sold. So,please take the time to look at the list ofauction lots and place bids for material youwould like to own. Several of the lots inthis auction are illustrated at the bottom ofthis page. The date for bid closing hasbeen extended to March 15, 2010.

ELECTIONS - Don Smith, ExecutiveSecretary reports that the slate of candi-dates listed on the ballot has been returnedto office. One new-comer to your officersand directors is Tonny van Loij who takesover the job of director from Mr. HankKlos. Hank has been a long-serving mem-ber of the officers and directors and I wantto thank him for his years of service to theunit. Additionally, I have re-appointed Mr.Chuck Hall as the unit’s web master andMr. Alex Wiakala as assistant and backupwebmaster.

ITEM PAGE

New Issues 2-3

Europa Briefs 4-9

Final Accounting - Auc-tion #115

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Final Accounting - Mini-Auction #7

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Article by Stephen Luster- Conclusion of the “FlagDesign” Service Stampsof the Council of Europe

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Forward Calendar 13

New Issues 14

Postmarks 14

Illustrated Lots - Auction#116

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Lots - Auction #116 17-18

Auction Rules & BidSheet

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Unit Information 20

Two lots from auction #116 which starts on page 15.


NEW ISSUES

JERSEY - From a set of four stamps onthe theme of children’s books, Jersey hasapplied the PostEurop logo to two of thestamps. The entire set is shown here.

According to a Jersey press release, thetwo Europa stamps depict the books“How the Elephant got its trunk” byRudyard Kipling (42p) and, “The MadHatter’s tea party” by Lewis Carroll(45p).

Issue date: February 9, 2010. Print-ing: Four-color offset lithography, byCartor Security Printing, France, insheets of 10 stamps (2 across and 5down). Size: 40.00mm x 30.00mm.Other items: Official first day coverand a presentation pack painted by Mi-chael Pollard and a set of CTO stamps.

FINLAND - No other info available.

SLOVENIA - No other info available.

BELGIUM - No other info available.

ISLE OF MAN - No other info avail-able.

DENMARK - No other info available.

EUROPA 2009CHILDREN’S BOOKS


NEW ISSUES

EUROPA 2009CHILDREN’S BOOKS

GREENLAND - No other info avail-able.

JERSEY - Two stamps on the Europatheme. The 42p stamp illustrates thestory of “How the Elephant got itsTrunk” by Rudyard Kipling. The 45pstamps depicts the story of “The MadHatters Tea Party” by Lewis Carroll.

SWEDEN - No other information avail-able.

SERBIA - This is a first day coverfranked with a new stamp. It was issuedby Serbia on the occasion of that coun-try’s assumption of the Chairmanship ofthe Council of Europe It is a post thatwill be held for 6 months before transfer-ring to another country. No other infor-mation available.

SERBIAN CHAIRMAN OFTHE COUNCIL OF EUROPE


NEW ISSUES (concluded

FRANCE - A single stamp commemo-rating the EUROMED Postal Confer-ence.

Issue date: November 7, 2009. De-sign: Claude Jumelet. Printing: Poly-chrome, engraved, by the French StatePrinting Works, in sheets of 48 stamps.Size: 35.00 mm x 26.00mm. Quan-tity: 3,000,000. Other items: Nonegiven but the usual variety of Frenchphilatelic items are to be expected.

ALBANIA - Sheet of 9 stamps. Nofurther information available.

FRANCE - A souvenir sheet of 14stamps. Each stamp is in a differentcolor and the sheet is titled “The Colorsof Marianne.”

Issue date: November 6, 2009. De-sign: Valérie Besser after an engravingby Yves Beaujard. Printing: Engravedand printed in three colors (3 stamps)and in héliogravure the other 10 stamps,by the French State Printing Works, insheets of 13 stamps and one vignette thathas no postal validity. This is the upperleft-hand “stamp” in the block of 4 at thebottom right of the sheet. I not that theother 3 stamps in the “block” are notdenominated. Size: 15.00 mm x32.00mm (vertical). Value: 10,28€.Quantity: 750,000. Other items:None given but the usual variety ofFrench philatelic items are to be ex-pected.

FRANCE - A souvenir sheet of 4stamps and other artwork, depictingscenes of Lisbon.

Issue date: November 5, 2009. De-sign: Noëlle Le Guillouzic. The fourstamps depict the Monestare of Heiro-nymites,” “The Tower of Belem,” “The Upper Barrio,” and “DiscoveryMonument.” Printing: Heliograph, asengraved by Valérie Bess. printed inpolychrome, by the French State PrintingWorks, in sheets of 4 stamps. Size:143.00mm x 135.00mm (sheet) with 3stamps being 40 x 30 and one stampbeing 30 x 40mm. Value: 2.24€.Quantity: 1,800,000. Other items: Aset of first day covers and the usual vari-ety of French philatelic items to be ex-pected.

EUROMED CONFERENCE MARIANNE & EUROPE LISBON - CAPITALOF EUROPE

60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THECOUNCIL OF EUROPE


EUROPA BRIEFS

EUROPA 1984, GREEK BOOKLET -Below is the cover and the strip of 41984 Greek Europa stamps that were inthe booklet.

EUROPA 1967, COVER WITHFRENCH FRANKING - This cover isfranked with the complete set ofFrance’s 1967 Europa set. The addi-tional French franking of 0.05 francsmakes a total of 0.95 francs. This is ana i r m a i l c o v e r s e n t f r o mFrance to Canada. I do not know if thisrate is correct for an airmail cover in1967. Can anyone help?

EUROPA 1988, CYPRUS SPECI-MENS - These Cyprus Europa stampsare all overprinted diagonally with theword “specimen.”

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEFIRST EUROPA STAMPS - For thisanniversary, Mongolia issued a set of 6souvenir sheets. All of the sheets areperforated and each contains two stamps.In the figure below, there is an overlapof the sheets in each group of two.

EUROPA 1956, ITALIAN FDC -While surfing through EBay, I saw thisitem. It is a first day cover franked withboth values of Italy’s 1956 Europa set.There was some interest in this covereven though the bidding was not due toclose for a while. Note also that the ca-chet depicts a map of Europe highlight-ing the 6 European Coal & Steel Com-munity countries.

EUROPA 1986, GREAT BRITAINGUTTER PAIRS - Figure 6 in the nextcolumn is a set of 4 Europa stamps is-sued in 1986 by . Great Britain. Of noteis the fact that all four stamps are in ver-tical gutter pairs. Because they are gut-ter pairs, they far less common the indi-vidual stamps themselves, even whenthey are in vertical pairs. Accordingly,the stamps as gutter pairs command agood premium over the regular stamps.

YOU AND EUROPA, SERBIA - In2009 Serbia issued a single stamp on thetheme of “You and Europe.” Does any-one know what the “You and Europe”theme is? Does it have to do anythingwith the Yugoslavian “Joy of Europe”issues of the past?

EUROPA STAMP BLOG, POLLWINNERS - The Europa stamp blog isa wonderful site for obtaining all thelatest (and historical) information aboutEuropa stamps. Recently, the blog con-ducted a 3-part survey to see what 2009Europa stamps its readers thought best.See the next page for the poll results.For more information about the blog, got o h t t p : / / w w w . e u r o p a -stamps.blogspot.com/.

Figure 1. Europa 1984 Greek booklet with stamps.

Figure 2. Europa 1967 French franking on foreigndestination airmail cover.

Figure 3. Europa 1988 Cyprus specimens.

Figure 4. Set of 6 souvenir sheets from Mongoliafor the 50th anniversary of Europa stamps.

Figure 5. Europa 1956 Italian first day cover.

Figure 6. Vertical gutter pairs of Great Britain’s1986 Europa stamps.

Figure 7. 2009 “You and Europe” stamp issued bySerbia.


EUROPA BRIEFS (continued)

The stamp that got the most votes in part1 was the one from Liechtenstein.

From part 2 it was Cyprus.

From part 3 it was the Ukraine. Now theblog will have a final poll to determinethe best of the best.LIGHTHOUSE SUPPLEMENTS -

The data in the table at figure 9 belowand in the next column, comes from arecently-received Lighthouse brochure.

EUROPA 1966, TURKISH VARIE-TIES - Turkey issued a set of twostamps in 1966 using the common de-sign for that year. See figure 10.

Seen recently on EBay are the following“varieties” of the stamps in the Turkishset. The EBay seller was asking manyhundreds of dollars for these items. Thisfirst item is the 50 Kurus stamp wit thedark blue and black missing.

This next item is the 130 Kurus stampwith the dark purple and black colorsmissing.

This item is also the 130 Kurus stamp.All of the colors are present but thestamp was printed in light and dark or-ange rather that in the light and darkpurple.

And finally, here is that same variety in ablock of four and also in a vertical gutterpair. Are these items worth hundreds ofdollars? Can anyone let us know if theyare authentic.

Figure 8. Winners in the Europa stamp blog con-test for best Europa 2009 stamp.

European Sympathy Issues

2006 2007 2008

$19.90 $35.95 $33.95

Regular Edition

Hingeless Edition

2006 2007 2008

$32.90 $68.95 $64.94

Figure 9. Recent prices for Lighthouse Europasupplements.

European Joint Issues (CEPT)

Regular Edition

2006 2007 2008

$57.90 $66.95 $62.95

Hingeless Edition

2006 2007 2008

$97.90 $114.95 $106.95

Figure 10. Turkey’s 1966 Europa set in the issuedcolors of blue and purple.

Figure 10. Varieties onboth values of Turkey’s1966 Europa stamps.



ATA ANNOUNCES PERSONNELCHANGES - The American TopicalAssociation (ATA) has announced thatwell-known philatelic journalist WayneYoungblood is the new editor of its jour-nal Topical Time. Also a new position ofAdvertising Manager has been createdfor Topical Time. Robert (Bob) Sazama,Ph.D., recently assumed the position.

INTERESTING COVERS - I am al-ways on the lookout for covers frankedwith Europa stamps. I am a firm be-liever that Europa stamps are issued for apurpose - e.g., to carry the mail. Theyare not issued to line postal administra-tion pockets at the expense of stampcollectors. Below are a few examples ofcovers I enjoyed seeing.

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF EUROPASTAMPS - Figure 14 shows two imper-forate souvenir sheets commemoratingthe 50th anniversary of Europa stamps.The top sheet is from Cuba and the bot-tom sheet is from Mozambique.

EUROPA THEATER - I know that theitem at figure 15 on the next page hasnothing to do per se, with EuropeanUnity. However, I thought that youmight enjoy seeing it. It looks like anadvertisement for a play titled “Lorenzodi Medici” playing at London’s EuropaTheater.

EUROPA 1981, HUNGARY PROOFS- These two items are from Hungary.They are both proofs (in Hungarian theword “MINTA” means proof). Onesheet is perforated and the other is im-perforate. The sheets show a map ofEurope. I saw these proofs on EBaywith an opening bid of $75.

EUROPA 1963, ITALY SHEETCORNERS - The partial sheets belowand in the next column, are the upper leftsheet corners of both values of Italy’s1963 Europa stamps. The translation ofthe Italian indicates that it is a sheet of60 stamps with a value (for a completesheet) of 1,800 Lire (for the 30 Lirestamp) or 4,200 Lire (for the 70 Lirestamps).

Figure 11. Interesting covers franked with Europastamps.

Figure 12. Hungarian proof sheets.

Figure 13. Partial sheets of Italy’s 1963 Europastamps, showing the text in their upper left-handcorners.

Figure 14. Cuban and Mozambique imperforatesheets commemorating the 50th anniversary ofEuropa stamps.



EUROPA 1961, COMMODORESHIPPING COMPANY - The Commo-dore Shipping Company took mail toand from various small British Islandsnot serviced by the Royal Mail. Thecompany issued a set of carriage labelsthat could be affixed to stamps sentwithin the specific Island (in this caseSark). However, mail addressed to themainland of Great Britain or beyondrequired Royal Mail postage to the af-fixed.

NATO 1952, PORTUGAL ONCOVER- It is unusual to see eithervalue of Portugal’s set on a commercialcover. This is an example on the high-value stamp used to frank a commercialpiece of mail to Italy (Turin).

ITALIAN GUTTER PAIRS, EU-ROPA 1960, 1962 & 1963, EUROPAEXAMPLES OF ITALIAN - An EBayseller had these three Italian gutter pairs for sale. Iwas amazed at the opening bids of almost $30 forthe 1962 & 1963 pairs but very surprised at theopening bid of almost $80 for the 1960 pair.

EUROPA 2009, KOSOVO VARIETY- This souvenir sheet of one stampshows a variety. A light blue line hori-zontally across the top.

EUROPA 1984, NETHERLANDSVARIETY - The Netherlands issued aset of 2 stamps for Europa 1984. Thestamps come in two perforation varia-tions. These are 13 1/4 x 12 3/4 & 133/4 x 12 3/4. Since scanners producedifferent sizes, both varieties are norshown here.

EUROPA 1961, SAN MARINOSHEET - Collectors know that this sheetis one of the “keys” of Europa collect-ing. Its value in the Michael Catalogueis €500. I was surprized to see the sheetoffered on Ebay in M-NH codition withan opening bid of only $50.

EUROPA 1963, LIECHTENSTEINSHEETS - We all know that the valuesfor lots of Europa stamps have decreasedin recent years. While the 1960 sheet of20 stamps remains fairly strong, theprice of most other Liechtenstein sheetsof 20 stamps are selling for greatlyreduced prices. This exampe from 1963and others of the 1960 were seen onEbay with opening bids of around $1.50

Figure 15. Ad for a play being performed at theEuropa Theater.

Figure 16. 3/- Commodore Shipping Companycarriage label in green with blue Europa 1961overprint.

Figure 17. Commercial use of Portugal’s highvalue on its 1952 set commemorating the 3rd anni-versary of NATO, on cover to Italy.

Figure 18. Three Italian Europa gutter pairs sellingfor good prices.

F i g u r e 1 9 .Var i e ty onKosovo 2009Europa souvenir

Figure 20. Europa 1984 Netherlands set has twodifferent perforation sizes.

Figure 21. Europa 1991 San Marino sheet of 6stamps offered at reasonable opening bid on EBay.

Figure 22.Prices forLiechten-s t e i nE u r o p asheets areg r e a t l ydepressed.


EUROPA BRIEFS (concluded)

EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSO-CIATION, 10TH ANNIVERSARY -Someone put together this souvenir ofthe 10th anniversary of the EuropeanFree Trade Association (EFTA - EWG).It contains canceled stamps from theNetherlands, Germany, Luxembourg,Belgium, France and Italy.

STAMP SHOW, EUROPASTAMP1962 - A special cancel was used onDecember 13, 1962 to commemorate theLondon Stamp Show titled “Eurostamp1962 London.” A special cancel, incor-porated the Europa 1962 common de-sign, was used to mark the occasion.

EUROPA 1956, ITALAIN COVER -This is a nice example of a single use ofa Europa stamp to pay a correct rate. Inthis case, we have a registered letter sentfrom the Garibaldi Street post office inTurin, to another address within the city.The “registered” receiving mark wasalso applied to the back of the cover.

EUROPA 1988, ITALIAN CO0VER -This registered cover is franked with six-800 Lire stamps making the rate. I can-not make out either the place of sending- somewhere in Italy, or the place towhich it is addressed. In any event, agood use of Europa stamps.

EUROPA 1963, NETHERLANDSCOVER - This cover is franked withboth vales of the Netherlands’ 1963 Eu-ropa set. The cover was sent to Austriaand does not bear a first day of issuecancel date.

EUROPA 2007, ALAND GUTTERPAIRS - Figure 27 shows a used hori-zontal gutter pair of Aland’s 2007 Eu-ropa stamp. It is not common to findEuropa gutter pairs, harder fromAland...and in used condition.

SHIP, CRUISE SHIP EUROPA - Thisitem is a piece of unused postal station-ery from St. Christopher, Nevis & An-guilla. The 30¢ indicia depicts the Ger-man Cruise Ship Europa.

Figure 23. Multi -franked souvenir of the 10thanniversary of the European Free Trade Associa-tion.

Figure 24. Cover and enlarged special “Europa”cancel used at a 1962 London stamp show.

Figure 25. Italian Europa 1956 stamp paying thecorrect rate for a registered cover within the Turincity limits.

Figure 25. Italian Europa 1956 stamp paying thecorrect rate for a registered cover within the Turincity limits.

Figure 26. Netherlands 1963 Europa set on coverto Austria.

Figure 27. Horizontal used gutter pair from Aland.

Figure 28. Unused postal stationery depicting theCruise Ship Europa.


FINAL ACCOUNTING - AUCTION #115

FINAL ACCOUNTING - MINI-AUCTION #7

Re Mini-Auction #7. Again the mini-auction was not well received. Three bidders only with only12 lots sold:

52 - 5.0557 - 2.6062 - .4065 - .4067 - .4069 - .5070 - .3572 - 3.2575 - 2.1076 - 4.5089 - 2.0590 - 1.25

Don Smith writes...

“These mini-auctions are from the material donated to the Unit. With such little responseshould I continue them? I have a lot of other material from members that I could put intoa "mini" but have been using them to try to dispose of donated material because everything soldgoes to the unit. Your thoughts?”


ARTICLE - THE SERVICE STAMPS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE (continued)

I covered in the initial installment of theCouncil of Europe service stamps, thosethat were issued through 1958. Thosestamps served the Council of Europeuntil 1963. At that time France had con-verted from old Francs (25Fr, 50Fr, etc.),to new Francs (0.20Fr, 0.25Fr, etc.). TheFrench conversion necessitated a changein the values of stamps for the Councilof Europe. So, on January 3, 1963, threenew stamps were issued. These stampsfollowed the same general design as the“flag” stamps previously issued. Thisset of three was denominated at 0.20Fr,0.25Fr & 0.50Fr as seen below.

The D’Urso Europa Catalogue lists thetechnical details for these stamps andrecords several varieties worthy of note.The stamps were designed and engravedby J. Decaris. They were printed on un-watermarked paper, perforates 13 x 13.The stamps were recess printed by theAtelier de Fabrication de Timbres-Poste,Paris, in sheets of 50 stamps.

As for varieties...all of the stamps comenormally on plain paper, but are knowon phosphor coated paper as well. All ofthe stamps are know imperforate, as de-luxe proofs and as collective deluxeproofs. All of the stamps are known onfirst day covers as well as maximumcards.

Now the plot thickens a bit. D’Urso liststhree different types of first day cancels.It seems that any of the cancels could beapplied to any of the stamps. A collectortrying to get all of the first day cancelson all of the stamps would be hardpressed to complete that part of a collec-tion. Taken from the D’Urso catalogueare the three types of first day cancels(listed as Type I, Type II and Type IIIfrom top to bottom. The arrows are in-tended to point out the subtle differencesin the cancel types.

Starting in 1965 through 1971, Franceissued a longer set of Council of Europeservice stamps. The technical detailsare the same as the 1963 set. There isone major change of note. The stars inthe flag are now in yellow rather than inwhite.

The D’Urso Catalogue lists several va-rieties that can be found on these stamps.Please turn the page.

From top to bottom: D’Urso types I, II, and III ofthe 1963 Council of Europe first day cancels.


ARTICLE - THE SERVICE STAMPS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE (concluded)

The listed varieties included: The 0.25,0.30 & 0.60Fr stamps come on regularand phosphor paper and on the 0.25 Fvalue, the letter “Q” has no tail. Theusual French philatelic items such asproofs, first day covers and maximumcards also exist for these stamps. Thecommon cancel, shown below was usedfor first day covers.

However, at least three other cancelsare known. These two are a machinecancel and a hand-stamp cancel below.

D’Urso indicates that this cancel, plusone other not illustrated were also usedto apply first day cancels to covers forthe 0.40 and 0.70Fr service stamps is-sued in 1969. To me, this information isnot correct. If the stamps were issued onMarch 22, 1969, that should be the dateof a first day cancel. As you can see,this cancel is dated April 25 (or 28),1969. I think it was for an event thatused the latest Council of Europe servicestamps...but not on the day of their issue.Can anyone help with additional data?

So from 1965 through 1971, an addi-tional 6 service stamps were issued forthe Council of Europe.

In 1975-1976 An additional four servicestamps were issued. While quite similarin design to earlier “flag” stamps, theinscription has been changed. In theprevious set, the inscription reads“Republique Francaise.” On these fourstamps, the inscription reads “France” inlarger letters.

With this set, the “flag” type stampsended. From then on, Council of Europeservice stamps were printed with a vari-ety of designs. As with other Frenchstamps, the usual array of philatelicitems are to be expected. Seen below isa set of four proofs that I saw for sale onthe Internet.

Finally, I’m going to end this article onthe service stamps of the Council ofEurope, with a small showing of covers.Each of them was available for sale onthe Internet. Enjoy!


FORWARD CALENDAR

COUNTRY DATE INFORMATION

Italy 25-AUG-09 Meeting on Friendship among Peoples

Luxembourg 16-SEP-09 SEPAC

Macedonia 09-MAY-09 Macedonia in the European Union

Malta 16-SEP-09 SEPAC

Romania 16-SEP-09 Romania a European Treasure

France 2010 Common release with Belgium

France 2010 150th anniversary of the re-attachment of Nice and Savoy to France

France 2010 Budapest, Hungary - a Capital of Europe

France 2010 Europa stamps - according to the French press release, the subject is t beforests. However, that is the PostEurop theme for 2011. I believe thatthe release is in error and that the French release will actually be on thesubject of Children’s Stories.

Luxembourg 16-Mar-10 25th anniversary of the Shengen Treaty

Luxembourg 7-Jul-10 Europa stamps on the theme of Children’s Books

Belgium 3-Oct-2009 Euraphila/China

POSTMARKS


COUNTRY SCOTT# DATE OF ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Andorra (Spanish) 349 6-Apr-09 Council of Europe 60th AnniversaryAndorra (Spanish) 350 23-Apr-09 Europa 2009Azerbaijan 899 4-May-09 NATO 15th AnniversaryAzerbaijan 900 5-May-09 Council of Europe 60th AnniversaryAzerbaijan 901 5-May-09 European Court of Human Rights 50th AnniversaryBelgium 2363a-e 11-May-09 2010 European Philatelic ChampionshipsBelgium 2371c 8-Jun-09 Concorde jetFrance 3551-61 08 Marianne of EuropeGeorgia 439-40 5-Dec-09 Europa 2009Germany 2548 3-Sep-09 Opening border between Austria and Hungary, 20th

Anniversary, joint issue with Austria and HungaryGibraltar 1182 10-Feb-09 Our Lady of Europe (joint with Vatican City)Gibraltar 1198-1201 1-Jun-09 Europa 2009Great Britain 2643 2-Mar-09 Concorde jetGreece 2389 30-Mar-09 Euro 10th AnniversaryGreece 2392 11-May-09 Europa 2009 (se-tenant pair)Greenland 537-8 19-Jan-09 Europa 2009

539-40 19-Jan-09 Europa 2009, self-adhesiveGuernsey 1040-1 28-May-09 Europa 2009Ireland 1840 15-May-09 CEPT 50th AnniversaryIreland 1841-2 15-May-09 Europa 2009Ireland 1843 21-May-09 European Dog ShowJersey 1358-9 10-Feb-09 Europa 2009Kazakhstan 593-4 3-Apr-09 Europa 2009Latvia 732-3 2-Apr-09 Europa 2009Latvia 735-7 6-Jun-09 European Basketball ChampionshipsLithuania 892-3 25-Apr-09 Europa 2009Lithuania 897e 4-Jul-09 Entry into European Union, 2004 (part of s/s of 6)Malta 1364 30-Apr-09 Euro 10th AnniversaryMalta 1365-6 9-May-09 Europa 2009Malta 1367-71 1-Jun-09 Games of the Small European StatesMoldova 620 15-Apr-09 Council of Europe 60th AnniversaryMoldova 621-2 7-May-09 Europa 2009

With many thanks to Don Smith for compiling the list

NEW ISSUES FROM DECEMBER 2009 - JANUARY 2010 SCOTT STAMP MONTHLY


AUCTION #116—ILLUSTRATED LOTS


AUCTION #116—ILLUSTRATED LOTS


AUCTION #116 - LOTS


AUCTION #116 - LOTS


AUCTION #116 - ILLUSTRATED LOTS, AUCTION RULES & BID SHEET

LOT BID LOT BID LOT BID LOT BID LOT BID LOT BID LOT BID

NAME: _______________________________________________ADDRESS: _________________________________________________________________________________________________

LIMIT MY PURCHASES TO: $__________________________SEND INSURED IF 0VER: $__________________________

I AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE AUCTION

SIGNATURE: ________________________________________

MAIL BIDS TO:

Mr. Donald W. SmithP.O. Box 576

Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15907

(Bids close on March 15, 2010)

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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. Values listed in the catalogue changes from “estimated value” to “catalogue value; Letter “E” means “estimated”and is used when a catalogue value cannot be obtained;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 t heir 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.

AUCTION RULES (Changes & additions in Italics)


THE EUROPA STUDY UNIT IS AN ASSOCIATION OFPHILATELISTS DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF PHILA-TELIC MATERIALS COVERING THE IDEA OF A UNITEDEUROPE... EUROPE UNITED IN A POLITICAL,ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL SENSE.

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: PRESIDENT: COL (Ret)Stephen Luster, 19365 Cypress Ridge Terrace, #507, Lansdowne,Virginia 20176. (e-mail [email protected]); EXECUTIVESECRETARY: Mr. Don Smith, P.O. Box 576, Johnstown, PA15907; TREASURER: Mr. Dana Roper, 7266 Prices Cove Place,Gainesville, VA 20155; VICE PRESIDENT: Ms. CarolineScannell, NY; SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Mr. Bob Locke,MD; SECRETARY: Mr. Alan Cohen, DC; DIRECTORS: TheOfficers, Mr. Tonn van Loij, CO and Mr. Dan Shilcrat, AZ.AUCTION MANAGER: Mr. Donald W. Smith, P.O. Box 576,Johnstown, PA 15907.

ANNUAL DUES: (Including 6 issues of the EUROPA NEWS):U.S. $10.00, Canada $11.00, Overseas (airmail) $16.00. Dues arepayable as of January 1st each year. Dues will be prorated formembers joining in the middle of a year. Payments must be madein U.S. Dollars; cash, or a bank draft, or a money order (madepayable to the Europa Study Unit). We also have a PayPal accountto which any payments can be transferred - any of these methods isacceptable.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS, ADDRESS CHANGES, ORDUES PAYMENTS: Send to the Executive Secretary, Mr. DonSmith, whose address appears above.

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