EUROPA 2021 Postage Stamp Issues


 * Aland
 * Austria
 * Belarus
 * Bosnia & Herzegovina
 * Bulgaria

Åland
EUROPA 2021 - Endangered Wildlife

7 May 2021

Åland Post issued its contribution to the 2021 Europa stamp series on the theme endangered wildlife, a stamp featuring moor frogs, a protected species.

A 2020 inventory found that the moor frog was the least observed amphibian, but it was seen all over mainland Åland.

Austria
EUROPA 2021 - Wolf

8 May 2021

The artwork chosen by Österreichische Post for this year’s 2021 Europa topic is the wolf.

The wolf has been considered extinct in Austria since 1882 as a result of intense persecution, destruction of the natural habitat and insufficient prey. However, starting around 2009, individual animals kept arriving in the country and in 2016, the first wolf family had Austrian-born puppies in Allentsteig/Lower Austria. As of today, roughly 30 wolves live in Austria. They roam in Allentsteig and especially in the forest as well as in the area bordering the Czech Republic.

Belarus
EUROPA. Endangered National Wildlife

4 May 2021

The Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus issued 2 stamps "Endangered National Wildlife" bearing the EUROPA logo.

The species presented on the stamps are included in the Red Book of the Republic of Belarus and include:
 * Aquatic Warbler
 * European Hamster (Competition Stamps)

The species presented on the stamps are included in the Red Book of the Republic of Belarus.

The European Hamster is a large rodent with a beautiful variegated colour. The rodent has been assigned the highest conservation status for wild populations. This is the status of critically endangered species. A few decades ago, the European Hamster was so widespread that it was considered a dangerous pest of agriculture and was subject to destruction. This led to a sharp decline in its numbers.

Bosnia & Herzegovina
EUROPE 2021 - Big Grouse

5 April 2021

Hrvatska Pošta Mostar (Croatian Post Mostar) chose a male and a female Great Black Grouse (Tetrao Urogallus), a species that is considered an endangered species of game. Black Grouse belong to the genus of forest birds from the order of chicken (Galliformes), living in dense mountain forests and feeding on various fruits and berries, leaves, buds, grass, and in winter with the needles of coniferous trees.

Males of the great black grouse have black luxuriant feathers; their wings are reddish-brown with a white spot on the wing joint. They have a bright red crescent above their eyes and a dark green wreath around their goitre. They grow from 65 to 70 cm with an average weight of 7 kg.

Bulgaria
Europa 2021 - Protected Animals

31 May 2021

Bulgarian Post issued its contribution to the 2021 Europa stamp series, a stamp featuring the Marbled Polecat, a vulnerable species.

Populations of Marbled Polecats are declining in many areas of their range, in which they are already uncommon. Habitat destruction, desertification, and the changing of natural habitat to farmland have led to a large reduction in population size. Human reduction of rodent populations as well as road traffic and hunting are also reducing populations of marbled polecats. Additionally, this species can become infected with ticks and fleas, which is an increasing problem.