Europa CEPT 1949/2012 - CEPT Europe and the European Idea 1949-2012 - Large thematic collection, new ** and used in - Michel

Great thematic collection on the European idea, carefully assembled, from the early post-war issues (1949) to 2012. It is contained in 26 volumes: 23 classifiers, mostly Leuchtturm and King, plus a sheet album and two ring binders.

In almost the entire collection every issue appears twice: new without gum (**) on one page and the same used / with First Day cancel on the facing page. The pages are arranged by year, with many captions printed in German and annotations by the previous owner with Michel numbers.

Main content:
- Europe CEPT 1956-1975 (1 volume): complete 1956 series of the six founding countries, new and used. Liechtenstein 1960 Europe 50 Rp, new and used. Series of Portugal, Monaco, Andorra, Cyprus and Malta. Almost continuous series of Swiss Europa 1957-1975 quarter sheets (mostly used, several new). Monaco 1974 miniature sheet.
- Europe CEPT 1976-2012 (8 volumes): all years, new and used. Monaco small sheets of 10 (1975-1991), miniature sheets Portugal/Azores/Madeira, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Faroe, Åland, Greenland, Gibraltar, Vatican, San Marino, Liechtenstein. Many numbered sheets of Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Cyprus. Colombo 1992 miniature sheets, Swedish Europa booklets, entire Swiss Scout sheet 2007.
- European idea 1949-1980 (1 volume): Italy 1949 ERP (Marshall Plan), also with AMG-FTT Trieste surcharge. Saar 1950 Council of Europe with the 200 F airmail. Luxembourg 1951 "Europe Unie" complete. France 1952 Council of Europe. Spain 1961 complete. Benelux, Treaties of Rome, Adenauer 1968 miniature sheet (new and with First Day cancel). Ungarn 1975 numbered non-perforated miniature sheets, Romania "Intereuropa" sheets.
- Sympathy issues ("Mitläufer") 1981-1995 and EU / euro / Council of Europe 1995-2012 (3 volumes): numbered miniature sheets, complete posts.
- Separate thematic volumes:
- Norden 1956-2012, with Faroe, Åland and Greenland
- NATO 1952-2010, with European Council and EFTA service stamps
- CSCE / OSCE 1973-2002
- Europ africa / EU-ACP, with African and overseas issues
- "50 years of Euro stamps" 2006, worldwide omnibus with Pacific and Caribbean states
- twin towns, European banks, philatelic exhibitions
- Booklets: one album for miniature sheets and a binder with Europa booklets (Greece 1984-2006 series, Nordic countries, Caucasus).
- Envelopes: a binder with about 100 covers and postcards, including about 30 Europa first-day covers from the early years (1958-1969; 1966 issue from about 20 countries), whole-post items and aerograms.

Condition and transparency: the stamps appear clean and fresh through the interleaves. The photos show representative pages; the collection is sold as seen, without choice. Available on request is the complete set of page photos (about 690).

Location: Zurich, Switzerland. Total weight about 50-60 kg. Pickup in Zurich preferred. Shipping possible in multiple packages; costs on request.