Germany: Flag of Europa

Last Friday I got four postcards from Germany.

One of them shows the Flag of Europa. The Flag of Europa is an official symbol of the Council of Europa and the European Union. It consists of a circle of twelve five-pointed stars, symbolising completeness and perfection, on a blue field. The flag was first adopted by the Council of Europa in 1955. Since 1985 it is also used by the European Communities, which later became the European Union. Back in 2015 for the 30th anniversary of the flag as symbol of the European Communities I was desperately looking for a card of it, but had no luck. So now I am especially happy to have one in time for the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union. This card was designed by the Papersisters and uses many blue stamps from European countries.

For sure the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union was commemorated with a stamp, which I used on this card with its First Day Special Postmark. It was issued on 2nd July, one day after the presidency started, and shows the official logo. I also used two more Europa-themed stamps. The lower one was issued on 2nd January 2007 for Germany's last Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Surprisingly the stars on the stamp are actually embossed. The last stamp celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty (issued 13-11-2003). If you look closely you can find this stamp also on the front side.