The Europa postage stamp (also known as Europa - CEPT until 1992) is an annual joint issue of stamps with a common design or theme by postal administrations of member countries of the European Communities (1956-1959), the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) from 1960 to 1992, and the PostEurop Association since 1993. Europe is the central theme. EUROPA stamps underlines cooperation in the posts domain, taking into account promotion of philately. They also build awareness of the common roots, culture and history of Europe and its common goals. As such, EUROPA stamp issues are among the most collected and most popular stamps in the world.  Read more..

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On 29 December 1993, the Post of Moldova issued its first ever EUROPA stamps (L 0.03 and L 1.50), devoted this year to the theme of Modern Art. Together with Lithuania, Moldova was one of the first two former republics of the USSR to issue EUROPA stamps, the year of the creation of PostEurop, the association of European public postal operators (Moldova became a PostEurop's member only in 1996). On 29 December 2018, the Post of Moldova issued a special postmark (design: Lilian Iaţco) dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the issue of these first EUROPA stamps.. Read more..