The Malta Europa €0.37 stamp will participate in the Best Europa Stamp Contest.
This is an annual online event where creative entries from across Europe compete for the best design.
This competition is open until August 9 at www.posteurop.org/europa2011.
The winning stamp will be announced at the PostEurop Plenary Assembly to be held between October 12 and13 in Turkey.
Following this UN initiative to promote awareness of the importance of forests through the declaration of an International Year, PostEurop has chosen Forests as its theme for the 2011 EUROPA Stamp.
To represent this theme, MaltaPost issued a set of two stamps each individually designed by 14-year-old artists - Nicole Sciberras and Brenda Camenzuli.
The stamps depict the artists' personal interpretation of "Forests" in the context of the Maltese Islands.
These designs are the result of a Stamp Design Competition organised by MaltaPost in November.
The stamp set Europa 2011 – Forests is available from all Post Offices in Malta and Gozo and from the Mobile Post Office.