Cyprus stamp wins Europa Prize

Cyprus Post EUROPA Stamp entry was named the winner of PostEurop’s first ever EUROPA Jury Prize Competition, which was held at the Brussels Town Hall.
PostEurop held its first ever EUROPA Jury Competition where seven experts were invited to join the jury and judge the EUROPA Stamps based on their expert opinion. A total of 56 entries were displayed before the jury and after much deliberation, the jurors cast their closed ballots followed by a round of voting and discussion. Having reached a consensus, David E. Failor, Chief of the United Nations Postal Administration, announced Cyprus Post as the winner of the 2011 Europa stamp Jury Prize to be the EUROPA Stamp.
Failor said there and judging was difficult due to the high quality of entries. “We finally reached a consensus on the Cyprus Post Europa Stamp. The design in particular was very strong: modern, visually powerful but the interesting part was the integration of the white in the green of the stamp which created a light effect and contrast across the stamp”.
This stamp, he added, “in our opinion best illustrates our interpretation of what a forest should represent for the people and the young generation”.
The stamp was designed by Stelios Karamallakis and costs 0.68 euros.
The prize for the Jury Prize competition will be handed out during the PostEurop Plenary Assembly in Constantinople on the 12th October, prior to announcement of the winners of the public online competition.

Source: Cyprus Weekly

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