Europa 2026 Stamp Issues: Dates, Countries and Formats for the 70th Anniversary

The 2026 Europa stamp program pairs a shared anniversary theme with a wide range of national issues. The year marks 70 years of Europa stamps, dating from 1956 to 2026, and the common design is described as “United in...” The published schedule spans March through September, listing single stamps, multi-stamp sets and souvenir sheets, with face values in each issuing area’s currency.

For collectors, the schedule’s main appeal is its variety of formats and release dates. Some postal administrations list a single stamp, while others add a souvenir sheet or issue several stamps together. The entries also show that a common Europa theme doesn’t mean identical products: each country or postal service has its own stated format and face value. Dates and details below follow the published list; collectors can use the linked country pages to check for updates before arranging a want list.

March and April releases

• 2 March: Liechtenstein — 1 stamp, 1.90 CHF.
• 3 March: San Marino — 1 stamp, 3.30 €.
• 30 March: Gibraltar — 1 stamp, 1.96 GBP, and a souvenir sheet of 2 stamps, valued at 1.96 and 3.16 GBP.
• 1 April: Guernsey — 1 stamp and a souvenir sheet of 1 stamp, each 1.54 GBP.
• 3 April: Moldova — 1 stamp, 12.- MDL.
• 5 April: Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) — 1 stamp and a souvenir sheet of 1 stamp, each 4.- BAM.
• 9 April: Romania — 1 stamp, 16.- RON.
• 10 April: Armenia — 1 stamp, 400.- AMD; Hungary — a souvenir sheet of 4 stamps, each 1020.- HUF; Lithuania — 1 stamp, 2.05 €.
• 13 April: Belgium — a souvenir sheet of 2 stamps, each Europe 3rd class value.
• 15 April: Azerbaijan — 1 stamp, 1.- AZN.
• 22 April: Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) — 1 stamp and 1 souvenir sheet, each 3.60 BAM.
• 24 April: Austria — 1 stamp, 1.25 €.
• 27 April: Kazakhstan — 1 stamp, 1'800.- KZT; Poland — 1 stamp, 10.- PLN.
• 30 April: Bulgaria — 1 stamp, 0.80 €, and a souvenir sheet of 2 stamps, valued at 0.80 and 1.65 €.

May brings the busiest stretch

The schedule becomes especially dense from 5 to 11 May, when many listed issues arrive within a week. This concentration may suit collectors who organize a Europa collection by date or country: keeping the issue format and stated value beside each entry helps distinguish single stamps from sheets and sets as new material is added.

• 5 May: Luxembourg — 2 stamps, 1.20 and 1.70 €; North Macedonia — 1 stamp, 184.- MKD; Slovakia — 1 stamp, 3.20 €; Andorra (Spanish post) — 1 stamp, 2.- €; Spain — 1 stamp, Tarifa B value.
• 6 May: Czech rep. — 1 stamp, E value; Finland — 1 stamp, National value.
• 7 May: Germany — 1 stamp, 0.95 €; Latvia — 1 stamp, 3.- €; Monaco — 1 stamp, 2.25 €; Serbia — 2 stamps, 67.- and 160.- RSD; Sweden — 1 stamp, 44.- SEK; Switzerland — 2 stamps, each 1.20 CHF.
• 8 May: Åland — 2 stamps, each Europa value; Croatia — 2 stamps, each B value; Georgia — 1 stamp, 5.- GEL; Greece — 1 stamp, 3.- €; Greenland — 1 stamp, 25.- DKK; Jersey — 1 stamp, 2.35 GBP, and a souvenir sheet of 2 stamps, each 2.35 GBP; Montenegro — 2 stamps, each 1.- €, and a souvenir sheet, 2.- €; the Netherlands — 1 stamp, 1 international value; Slovenia — 2 stamps, C and D value; Vatican — 1 stamp, 1.35 €.
• 9 May: Azores — 1 stamp, 1.30 €, and a souvenir sheet, 3.75 €; Estonia — 1 stamp, 3.90 €; France — 1 stamp, 2.25 €; Italy — 1 stamp, B zona 1 value; Kosovo — 2 stamps, 1.- and 2.- €, and a souvenir sheet, 2.- €; Madeira — 1 stamp, 1.30 €, and a souvenir sheet, 3.75 €; Malta — 1 stamp, 2.- €; Portugal — 1 stamp, 1.30 €, and a souvenir sheet, 3.75 €; Turkey — 1 stamp, 45.- TRY.
• 11 May: Andorra (French post) — 1 stamp, 4.85 €; Cyprus — 1 stamp, 0.64 €.
• 14 May: Cyprus (Turkish post) — 2 stamps, 50.- and 64.- TRY, and 1 souvenir sheet with values of 50.- and 64.- TRY.
• 22 May: Isle of Man — 5 stamps, valued at 2x 1.96, 2.33, 2.63 and 3.62 GBP.
• 26 May: Faroe Is. — 1 stamp, 37.- DKK.

Later dates and unconfirmed entries

• 25 June: Bosnia and Herzegovina — 2 stamps, each 4.- BAM, and 1 souvenir sheet listing 2x 4.- BAM.
• 10 July: Ukraine — 2 stamps, A and W value.
• 10 September: Ireland — 1 stamp, E value. The schedule marks this entry as new.
• Date unconfirmed: Albania is listed with a 2026 issue, but no day or month is given.

The schedule records no Europa issue for Belarus or Russia, noting their PostEurop membership as suspended. It also lists no issue for Denmark and Iceland, which have stopped issuing stamps, and no issue for Great Britain or Norway.

For a collection built around the anniversary, the most practical next step is to track each issue by its listed date, issuing service, format and face value, then revisit linked pages as details develop. The schedule is broad, but Albania’s date remains open and future updates may refine individual entries.

Europa stamps mark their 70th anniversary in 2026, celebrating the series’ 1956–2026 span. Updates concerning the 2026 issues are welcome.