'Astronomy' was chosen by PostEurop to be the theme for the Europa 2009 stamp issue following a request from the International Astronomical Union's Commission for History of Astronomy which, in 2009, will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first telescopic observatory.
Below is a checklist of the Europa 2009 stamps and souvenir sheets.
Aland
Date of issue: 08.05.2009
French Andorra
Date of issue: 04.05.2009
Spanish Andorra
Date of issue: 23.04.2009
Armenia
Date of issue: 11.05.2009
Austria
Date of issue: 05.06.2009
Azerbaijan
Date of issue: 13.04.2009
Belarus
Date of issue: 15.04.2009
Belgium
Date of issue: 06.04.2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post)
Date of issue: 05.04.2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post)
Date of issue: 23.04.2009
Bulgaria
Date of issue: 28.04.2009
Croatia
Date of issue: 09.05.2009
Cyprus
Date of issue: 04.05.2009
Cyprus (Turkish post)
Date of issue: 05.05.2009
Czech Republic
Date of issue: 06.05.2009
Denmark
Date of issue: 25.03.2009
Estonia
Date of issue: 05.05.2009
Faroe Islands
Date of issue: 25.05.2009
Finland
Date of issue: 06.05.2009
France
Date of issue: 04.05.2009
Germany
Date of issue: 07.05.2009
Gibraltar
Date of issue: 01.06.2009
Greece
Date of issue: 11.05.2009
Greenland
Date of issue: 19.01.2009
Guernsey
Date of issue: 28.05.2009
Hungary (Best EUROPA stamp 2009)
Date of issue: 08.05.2009
Iceland
Date of issue: 07.05.2009
Ireland
Date of issue: 15.05.2009
Isle of Man
Date of issue: 12.04.2009
Italy
Date of issue: 07.05.2009
Jersey
Date of issue: 10.02.2009
Kazakhstan
Date of issue: 03.04.2009
Kosovo
Date of issue: 09.05.2009
Latvia
Date of issue: 02.04.2009
Liechtenstein
Date of issue: 02.03.2009
Lithuania
Date of issue: 25.04.2009
Luxembourg
Date of issue: 12.05.2009
Macedonia
Date of issue: 06.05.2009
Malta
Date of issue: 09.05.2009
Moldova
Date of issue: 07.05.2009
Monaco
Date of issue: 04.05.2009
Montenegro
Date of issue: 01.01.2009
Netherlands
Date of issue: 07.04.2009
Norway
Date of issue: 12.06.2009
Poland
Date of issue: 05.05.2009
Portugal
Date of issue: 08.05.2009
Romania
Date of issue: 06.05.2009
Russian Federation
Date of issue: 05.05.2009
San Marino
Date of issue: 08.05.2009
Serbia
Date of issue: 05.05.2008
Slovakia
Date of issue: 28.05.2009
Slovenia
Date of issue: 29.05.2009
Spain
Date of issue: 23.04.2009
Sweden
Date of issue: 29.01.2009
Switzerland
Date of issue: 08.05.2009
Turkey
Date of issue: 16.06.2009
Ukraine
Date of issue: 17.04.2009
United Kingdom
Date of issue: 08.10.2009
Vatican
Date of issue: 20.05.2009
