2019-12-25 Wed

France won the first contest for common-theme stamps issued by postal administrations that belong to the Postal Union of the Mediterranean. The theme for 2019 was the traditional costumes of the Mediterranean.

The Multinational Stamp series of Euromed, began in 2014 when participating postal administrations all issued stamps featuring the same design. Since then, there has been a central theme with each postal administration creating its own stamp designs. The 2019 theme is the costumes of the Mediterranean.

The winning design from France features a traditional woman’s costume from Arles in southern France. Sabine Forget’s design for this €1.30 stamp is based on a drawing by Leo LeLee. Euromed stamps from Lebanon and Croatia placed second and third in the contest, respectively.

The £2,000 stamp issued July 8 by Lebanon shows an emir of the 19th-century wearing a tarboosh, a hat similar to a fez. Croatia also issued its Euromed stamp on July 8. Designed by Dubravka Zglavnik Horvat, this 8.60-kuna stamp shows two children wearing folk costumes of the island of Susak on the northern Adriatic coast.

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