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EUROPA STUDY UNIT

An association of philatelists devoted to the study of philatelic
manifestations of the Europa ideal of political, economic, and social integration of Europe

   An affiliate of the American Philatelic Society and the American Topical Association 


THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE UNIT MEETING AT THE APS STAMPSHOW, RICHMOND VA
!! WE HAD A GREAT TIME !!

The Members Area has now been updated with links to the ESU Reference Materials (Handbooks, Monographs and Souvenirs)!


How to get MEMBER access? Click Here
Newsletter #398 Jul-Aug 2010 now available
    28 pages of news and information:
  • Letters from Members and President's Thoughts
  • New Issues
  • Europa Briefs
  • Results from Recent Auctions
  • Interesting Covers
  • New Issues from the latest Scott Stamp Monthly
  • Forward Calendar
  • Membership News
  • Questions from Members
  • Article: The Council of Europe Air Race
  • Postmarks
  • Forward Calendar
  • Article: EUROPA Forerunner - Dante Alighieri
  • Article: EUROPA Forerunners - Saints Cyril & Methodius
  • Mini-Auction #9 Lots, Rules & Bid Sheet
  • Unit Information









EU The main portal to the European Union website
PostEurop PostEurop (successor to the CEPT)
SEPAC Small European Postal Administrations Corporation
OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
NATO The NATO portal
Joy of Europe Joy of Europe annual children's celebration
Jean Monnet Center An EU teaching initiative

The Glossary section in the members area has many more useful links.




The following dealers have been cited by ESU members as a good resource.
Names preceded by a * are ESU members themselves.

Henry Gitner
* Alain Thibert (eBay id "Poledi")
* Richard Dick (ESU member #10 and still going strong)




Europa Stamps - the definitive webpage
FSU - stamps of the former Soviet Union
Philatelic Translator - comprehensive dictionary of philatelic terms (in multiple langauages)





One Way to Organize a Europa Collection - a suggested approach to grouping Europa and Europa-related material

Europa-related Cinderella Issues - what is a 'cinderella' anyway? What are the Europa ones?

Beginning Exhibitors Brochure - How to organize a stamp exhibit

Welcome to the Europa Study Unit Web Site.

From the ESU Treasurer (and Deputy Webmaster), Dana Roper:
Welcome again to to the ESU website. The ESU meeting in Richmond was a lot of fun, and we got some constructive suggestions for the site.
Executive Secretary Don Smith (on the right, being presented the award in Steve Luster's absence by Dana Roper) was presented with the Presidents Award for his many, many years of outstanding service to the Unit. Don, we can't thank you enough!!

        


Our President and Editor-In-Chief Steve Luster is recovering from cancer treatment. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers as we move forward with the Unit. We hope to announce that he has resumed his duties shortly. He is staying in touch via email and wishes everyone well.
Meantime, keep checking out the Members Area, where we are adding material regularly. It has now been updated with links to the ESU Reference Materials (Handbooks, Monographs and Souvenirs)!

-- D.Roper, 22 August 2010

EUROPA 2010 - Children's Stories

                  


    What is Europa / CEPT?    
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.
What is the Europa Study Unit?
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 (such as advocates of unity, previous attempts at unity, etc.) and current issues that commemorate organizations and events that relate to a unification of Europe.

We are an affiliate of the American Philatelic Society (APS) and the American Topical Association (ATA). You do not need to join those organizations to become a member of the ESU.
How Can I Become Part of This Group?
     
The following services are available to Europa Study Unit members:
  • Bi-monthly newsletter (EUROPA NEWS) filled with new issue information, articles, member Q&A, and much more
  • Three auctions of "Europa" material per year, plus occasional "mini-auctions"
  • Access to the ESU's Europa Handbook, THE reference list for Europa material. Available in hardcopy and CD-ROM.
  • Access to ESU Monographs - in-depth treatises on particular Europa-related topics.
  • Free buy or sell advertisements in the EUROPA NEWS
  • Questions and answer facility, via EUROPA NEWS and this website
  • Estate disposal assistance
  • Annual supplement to the Europa Handbook, listing the past year's common design/theme issues
  • Full access to the Members portion of the web site, with back issues of EUROPA NEWS, Auctions, Checklists, and more.

Past Newsletters

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.


Mar/Apr
2005
(366)
       Sep/Oct
2006
(375)
       Jan/Feb
2008
(383)

Items of Interest

The picture below is what appears on the main portal page of the EU website. It's a rather striking depiction of Europa opening the door to a brighter future.
Next is the new motto of the EU - "United in Diversity".

        




The Webmaster - Chuck Hall: cichall@comcast.net     Deputy Webmaster - Dana Roper: droper555@comcast.net

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