Welcome to the Europa Study Unit Web Site.
Dear Europa Study Unit member,
I write to you with pleasure. Our new web site is up and running.
Lots of thanks have to go to our Webmaster Chuck Hall. Also to Alex
Cwiekalo and Dana Roper for their assistance in making all of this
come true.
We have tried to keep a web site up and running before...without much
success. Now however, I believe that the Unit has the right people
in the right place... and the motivation to make it all happen and to
keep it current. Over the next few weeks and months you will see a
number of things added to the site to make it more user friendly, to
add more content and to make existing content more user friendly.
As always, we can use content for both the Europa News and the web
site. So, if you are inclined, why don't you write something for
either one? Also, we would like to hear from you regarding content
that you would like to see added to the web site. Just drop any one
of us an e-mail and we will mull over any ideas to see if they might
be worthwhile additions to the site.
I want to thank you for your support and continued membership. I
hope that you will like the new site.
Steve Luster, President
eunity@aol.com
New Issues
What is Europa / CEPT?
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EUROPA stamps are special
stamps issued by European postal administrations / enterprises under
the aegis of PostEurop which have Europe as their central theme.
EUROPA stamps should underline cooperation in the domain of posts,
particularly as regards the promotion of philately. They also
contribute to making the public aware 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.
From the Post Europ web site.
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What is the Europa Study Unit?
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An association of philatelists
devoted to the study of philatelic manifestations of the Europa ideal
of political, economic, and social integration of Europe. The Europa
collector may limit themselves to just the annual 'themed' issues for
Europa, but an expanded collection will also include forerunners, and
current issues that commemorate organizations and events that relate
to a unification of Europe.
An affiliate of the American Philatelic Society (APS) and the
American Topical Association (ATA).
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How Can I Become Part of This Group?
 
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Today's Europa Study Unit
offers a bi-monthy newsletter,
several auctions a year open to members only, checklists to help
quide your collecting, and many other benefits.
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Ramblin's from the Webmaster . .
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We Finally Made
It ! ! ! A time to celebrate. This is the first release of the NEW
NEW NEW web site for the Europa Study Unit. Our primary purpose, is
to give you, the member, the best and most information possible about
the topic of collecting Europa and Europa related material.
It will be up to you to help steer the directon of the web site. All
of your comments, suggestions, criticisms will be taken seriously and
addressed as we can. There is a comment box on the Members page for
your input, or you can just click on the Webmaster button at the
bottom of each page to send your comments on. I will work diligently
with the officers and others of this Unit to give you whatever you
want/need to help you in the enjoyment of your collecting.
Some comments on the 2009 Europa issues. I think these are the most
beautiful issues yet. You can see some postal administrations went
to great lengths to create some great issues. If someone wanted a
single year to collect, this might be the most attractive display
ever. It would be costly though. With all of the miniature sheets,
souvenir sheets, booklets, pairs, blocks, etc., it is going to make
a large dent in the pocket book. I'm thinking about it, but please
don't tell my wife, eh?
As you peruse the site you will see that we are giving you the
opportunity to receive the Europa News by e-mail. It can sometimes
be a bit big - up to 19 Mbytes, so if you are on a dial-up, might not
be the best choice. However, for all of those that select the option
to get it by e-mail, it reduces the cost of the club to mail it and
to print it. Your choice though - Oh, and by the way - if you get
it by E-mail, you get it in FULL LIVING COLOR!!! Yeah, they look
great. As an option we are adding the Europa News to the web site -
in the members area - so you can also print your own copy if you like,
or just view it in full color.
I will use this area of the page to bring any changes to the web site
to your attention, or if time worthy news occurs that we deem
important to get out to everyone.
Until next time - Happy Europa Collecting!
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Past Newsletters
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One of the greatest benefits of membership is receiving 6 Newsletters each year. These are must haves for the beginning, intermediate, and serious Europa collectors. Each issue (see samples below) is full of illustrated new Europa Annual issues, plus illustrations and news on related Europa issues. With membership and the newsletter you get access to our auctions, checklists, updated Europa Handbook, important articles on Europa, associated forerunners, and much much more.
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