Isle of Man Post celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first Europa stamp with a two-stamp miniature sheet, featuring 2 stamp on stamps from previous CEPT Europa issues.
Although the Europa series began in 1956 to publicise the unity of the six countries of the then European Coal and Steel Community – Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, France, Germany and Italy – the Isle of Man only took part for the first time in 1976 by which time the Europa theme had been taken over by the Conference of European Posts and Telecommunications, (CEPT) of which the Island is a member. Themes have included ceramic art, landscapes, contemporary art, Europe in space, local dishes and historic personalities for which Isle of Man Post chose the literary career of T.E.Brown.
