The Europe 2020 Philatelic Competition has started - vote for the Polish stamp
On May 9, 2020, it was Europe Day, in which the prestigious philatelic competition for the most beautiful Europe 2020 stamp also begins. All postal administrations associated in Postureurop can submit a stamp on a given topic, which this year is "former postal routes". Poczta Polska na konkursowym znaczku przedstawiła najważniejsze szlaki komunikacyjne i pocztowe funkcjonujące w XVI w . You can vote for him until September 9 this year.
The author of the stamp Maciej Jędrysik presented a fragment of the schematically included Polish map with the main postal routes marked in the 16th century, along with the images of pedestrian and horse messengers applied on them. In the central part of the stamp there is a run of the Vistula River together with the silhouettes of royal cities located above its banks and the names of the cities: Kraków, Sandomierz, Warsaw, Toruń, Elbląg, and Gdańsk.
The Europa series stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations. They have been released since 1956. Despite the changing issues of emissions, they always contain the official Europe logo - a trademark of the Public Post -Postal Administration Association. Over the years, europe postage stamps have gained great interest among both the postal community and philatelists. The series stamps are to express cooperation between postal operators and promote philately. Topics that appear in the following years show common roots, culture, history and common goals of European nations.
One of the projects promoting Europe's broadcast among philatelists is a competition for the most beautiful Europe stamp, organized by Posteurop since 2002. In turn, since 2007, the winner has been chosen by way of an online competition on the Posteurop website.
Voices of Internet users from all over Europe will decide on the outcome of the competition. We encourage you to vote for the Polish stamp. Wystarczy wejść na stronę https://www.posteurop.org/europa2020 i oddać swój głos na polski znaczek. Głosowanie trwa od 9 maja do 9 września 2020 r.