Slovenia postage stamps year 2014 Europa CEPT folk musical instruments

Slovenia postage stamps 2014 Europa CEPT folk musical instruments

📮 Overview of the 2014 Slovenia Europa CEPT Stamps

• Issue Year: 2014
• Series: EUROPA CEPT — a long‑running cooperative series of European postal administrations coordinated by PostEurop, with annual themes.
• Theme for 2014: Folk or traditional musical instruments (part of the Europa stamps’ annual theme).

🎼 Design & Motifs

The Slovenia 2014 Europa CEPT issue celebrates traditional Slovenian folk musical instruments. According to the official Post of Slovenia bulletin:

• The stamps depict two traditional instruments:
  • Haloška žvegla — a type of wooden folk flute from the Haloze region.
  • Klepetalo — a type of noisemaker / rattle traditional in Slovenian folk music.
• These motifs were chosen to reflect Slovenian musical heritage and the broader European focus on folk musical instruments for CEPT that year.

📦 Stamp Format and Catalog Details

• Number of stamps: 2 designs in the set.
• They were issued in small sheets (malih polah) of 8 each and also available as individual stamps.
• Catalogue numbers:
  • Slovenika (Slovenian catalogue): 1018–1019 for the Europa CEPT set.
  • Michel: 1063/1064 for the two stamps.

📍 Usage & Collecting

• These stamps were issued for postal use but are also collected by philatelists interested in Europa CEPT thematic issues and musical heritage themes.
• You can find them in mint (nežigosano) or used (žigosani) condition.

🧾 Context on Europa CEPT Issues

• The EUROPA CEPT stamps are annual cooperative issues by European postal administrations promoting themes of common cultural or historical significance. Each year a theme (in 2014: Musical/Folk Instruments) guides the designs issued by participating countries.