Michel catalog CEPT 2021 / post-Europe countries 

All joint issues of CEPT respectively PostEurop countries, including forerunner and sympathy/follower issues and official stamps issued for the Council of Europe, as well as NORDEN, RSS, SEPAC, UPAEP, EFTA and CSCE joint issues

Details

• In addition to CEPT issues, this edition also contains issues of several other unions involving European postal administrations: EuroMed Postal, RSS, SEPAC and UPAEP have been catalogued – from the very first stamps to current issues – as new collection areas.
• CSCE issues as well as NORDEN and EFTA joint issues are still featured; the NATO issues, a theme not closely linked to the others, are no longer included.
• You will also find lots of new details regarding Europe issues: postal stationery and several vending machine stamps with the relevant motifs round off the chapter
• A range of self-adhesive versions of the Europe issues from the Azores to Madeira
• More topical than ever: All novelties of Europe issues from 2020 and several of the new chapters have already been fully catalogued.
• About 5700 photos and more than 22,000 price quotations

Target Group:

Stamp collectors specialized in issues of CEPT / Post-Europe countries, experts, dealers, thematic collectors, study groups, teachers

Additional Information:

Edition: 45th
Pages: approx. 560
Format: 150 mm x 225 mm, paperback
Publishing House: Schwaneberger Verlag
Release date: 4 December 2020
ISBN: ISBN: 9783954023233How to enjoy your Mediterranean holidays even in times of Corona: The newly included joint issues of the Mediterranean countries, EuroMed Postal, add Mediterranean flair to this new CEPT catalogue.

MiNo. 5272 from the Spanish series “Mediterranean Houses“, for instance, depicts Finca Raixa, a beautiful example of the neoclassical architecture of Majorca.

Press Release MICHEL Catalog CEPT 2021

The Michel Catalog CEPT was originally meant to be a motif catalogue covering the European Union with a special focus on the CEPT joint issues, which gave the catalogue its name and are also called Europe issues, complemented by a selection of other special stamps issued for EFTA, CSCE and even NATO, which are linked to the theme.

Soon the NORDEN joint issues of the Scandinavian countries were added. By now, however, there are several other associations of postal administrations that also provide joint issues on various themes. These are represented and fully catalogued in this edition for the first time, with the limitation that only those associations have been included that are fully or partly relevant to Europe:

–          EuroMed Postal, the association of postal administrations of the Mediterranean countries. Since 2014 there have been interesting joint issues that focus on a variety of themes, in particular on regional history. Apart from the European Mediterranean states, these include North African countries and the Levant.

–          RSS, the association of postal administrations of the republics of the former Soviet Union. Starting with the issues on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of its foundation in 2011, new stamps that feature a common theme have been issued every year. Russia and Belarus as well as states of the Caucasus and Central Asia are participating.

–          SEPAC, the association of the postal administrations of small European countries. There have been joint issues since 2007, while regulations ensure that the collection area remains limited: Each participant may only issue one stamp per year.

–          UPAEP, the postal union of America, Spain and Portugal: Its joint issues, referred to as America stamps, which have been around since 1989, make this the most comprehensive one of all newly included collection areas. These also focus on a common theme every year.

In addition to these thematic gems you will discover other new details in the familiar chapters, too. Postal stationery and here and there even a few vending machine stamps with the motifs of the Europe issues, as well as self-adhesive versions, some of which were only issued several years after the original wet-glue issues, have been supplemented for many countries. And of course you will find novelties: Regarding the Europe stamps and several of the new chapters, the complete sets of the Year 2020 are already included.

We did take out the few pages featuring NATO motif stamps. That chapter had not been continued for over 30 years since it did not really fit in with the “European Union” theme or that of “joint issues”. If you are still interested in NATO issues, however, we recommend our product “Mein MICHEL“, which allows you to assemble your own individual catalogue of any motif – complete with all novelties since 1989. Just visit our website or call us – we will be happy to furnish any information you need!

We wish all collectors out there an enjoyable time with their hobby and the specialists among you lots of discoveries and new insights when working with this catalogue.

Schwaneberger Publishing House
The Editorial Team

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