New Sepac 2011 stamps

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

New Sepac 2011 stamps

Date of Issue : 15 September 2011

In the month of September new Sepac stamps will be issued .SEPAC stands for Small European Postal Administration Co-operation. This cooperation is primarily concerned with issuing postage stamps but also includes sales and marketing.

Since 1996 a number of Small European Postal Administrations have cooperated in a group called SEPAC.Today this group includes Aland, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guernsey, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco and San Marino. All the members of the group have small home markets and face the same challenges, making it natural to cooperate.Twice, in 2007 and 2009, the SEPAC members have issued postage stamps according to a common theme.

Membership Criteria

The criteria for membership of the SEPAC group of Post Offices/Postal Administrations are:

• The Post Office/Postal Administration must be located within Europe

• The Post Office/Postal Administration must be independent

• The Post Office/Postal Administration must have a small home market with more
than 50% of its Philatelic customers living outside its own country.

Joint Stamp Issues

Every second year, the SEPAC group issues a Folder containing one stamp from each of the membership Postal administrations. Stamps have been issued by SEPAC countries in following years So far. The common theme of these issues is Scenery “ Beautiful Corners of Europe”

Jersey