The first Europa issue dates back to 15 September 1956. The postal administrations of the founding six members of the ECSC issued stamps with a common design: a tower made up of the letters of the word "EUROPA" and surrounded by construction scaffolding.  Read more..

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In 2005 and 2006, many European postal administrations (Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Gibraltar, Greenland, Estonia, Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Romania, Turkey, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Isle of Man, Ukraine or Austria) but also non European postal administrations (Sri Lanka, Laos, Uruguay, Fiji, Samoa, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Peru, Solomon Islands, Belize, Bhutan, Saint Helena, Mongolia, Nicaragua or Suriname) issued stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of the issue of the first EUROPA stamps in 1956. This says a lot about the popularity of this EUROPA theme among collectors all over the world!. Read more..