The Small European Postal Administration Cooperation (SEPAC; also "...Cooperations"; also Small European Postal Administrations Cooperation) is an association of 13 European postal authorities: Åland, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guernsey, Iceland, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, and Vatican City. Luxembourg was not originally a member of SEPAC but it joined at the end of 2006. San Marino decided to leave and is no longer a member, as of March 2020. SEPAC is smaller than PostEurop. [1][2][3][4]
The first joint issue of SEPAC postage stamps occurred on October 1, 2007, and the next in 2009;[4] the sixth one was in September 2015.[5] San Marino and Vatican City do not participate in these issues.
The following criteria are requisites for membership:
The Secretary of SEPAC is Andrée Valentine, Jersey Post's Head of Philatelic Services.
Year | Participating countries | Topic |
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2007 | 11 | Scenery I |
2009 | 12 | Scenery II |
2011 | 12 | Scenery III |
2013 | 12 | Animals |
2014 | 12 | Flowers |
2015 | 12 | Culture |
2016 | 12 | Seasons |
2017 | 12 | Local handcrafts |
2018 | 12 | Spectacular views |
2019 | 11 | Old residential houses |
2020 | 11 | Art from the state collection |
2021 | 10 | Historical maps |
2022 | Local beverages | |
2023 | 9 | Traditional markets |