2013Joy of Europe - First Day Cover

Every year since 1969, the children's meetings named by Joy of Europe gather together Eoropean children aged between 7 and 15, promoting frindship through various activities as a symbol of united children's world, but also representing a constant exchange of different culture backgrounds. Every October (from 1st to 6th Oct.) the authentic children's creativity demonstrated in close contact with citizens of Belgrade, open up to better interpersonal understanding and better understanding of children's world on the whole.

For 40 years now Children's Cultural Centre Belgrade organises the children art competition Joy of Europe, and the works of the most talented children from Europe and the world find their place on the special issue stamps and envelopes of the first day of the Post of Serbia.

In order to draw the attention of our children to the postal stamp as one of the state symbols, and to make them closer to the manner of its realisation and educational nature that is, among other things, characteristic for the noble hobby of philately, the Post of Serbia and Politika's Zabavnik have organised an artistic competition only for school childrenof the Republic of Serbia (from the 1st to 8th grade of the primary school).Thus it happend that also the most Beautiful works of children from this competition were put on the stamp, vignette and the special-issue envelope of the first day of this year issue Joy of Europe.The drawing of Rita Kavai( 9 years,2nd grade of Primary School J.J.Zmaj, Subotica) has won the 1st prize on this Competition and was reproduced on the stamp of 22,00 RSD nominal value. On the vignette of stamp pane of 22,00 RSD the second prize drawing of Noel Sarić (7 years, 1st grade of Primary School Sečenji Ištvan, Subotica- Kelebija). The drawing of Mihailo Nikolić (12 years, 5th grade Primary School Čegar, Niš) who won the third prize, is placed on the special-issue Envelope of the first day.

At this competition, the drawing of Maja Trifunović (6 years, Art worhshop Dlan, Obrenovac) Has won the third prize and it has become a motif on the stamp of 46,00 RSD nominal value. The vignette motif of this pane is the drawing of Ivan Vladimirov ( 5 years old, Arts School ARTEYA, Targovište, Bulgaria).

On the special issue envelope of the first day there are also the fallowing drawings: the prize for collection – Nadine Louisa ( 4 years, ANANDA Visual Arts School, Bandung, Indonesia) and third prize for collection 5-6 years – Elena Edelinski ( 6 year, Studio MANO, Children Art Studio MSUV, Novi Sad).

The first day's special envelope also contains drawings: commendation for the collection - Nadine Luiza (4 years, "ANANDA School of Visual Arts, Bandung, Indonesia) and 3 awards for the collection 5-6 years - Elena Edelinski (6 years, "Studio MANO", Children's Art Studio MSUV, Novi Sad)