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EUROPA competition changes

by | May 4, 2022

PostEurop announced a few changes regarding this year’s EUROPA competition and the 2023 & 2024 themes. 

In an extraordinary meeting of PostEurop members on April 25, 2022, it was decided that Belarus & Russia will be allowed to issue postal stamps for the 2022 Stories & Myths theme, however, neither country’s stamps will be considered for the Most Beautiful EUROPA portion of the competition. 

The 2023 theme has been changed to PEACE – the highest value of humanity in support of Ukraine. The previously announced theme Underwater Fauna & Flora will be moved to 2024. National Archaeological Discoveries will be moved to 2025. 

Further, a virtual meeting is slated for June 1, 2022  that will consider whether any members of PostEurop can and will be expelled. 

I’ll post future updates as they roll in. 

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