European football championship (2012)

350 HUF

ITEM NO: 2012110060012-

On the left side of the stamp, based on a design by the graphic artist Attila Elekes, are pictogram-like depictions of typical moves in football, and on the right side there is a football decorated with the national colours of the organising countries with a map of Europe in the background. The 14th European Football Championship is being jointly organised by Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. Four cities from each of the two countries will host the matches with the opening match held in Warsaw and the final to be held in Kiev. Ten countries applied for the right to organise the matches which the approval committee of UEFA narrowed down to three on 8 November 2005: Italy, Croatia-Hungary, and Poland-Ukraine. The winners were announced in Cardiff on 18 April 2007. The EC emblem has petals in the national colours of the two organising countries and a football in bloom. Its slogan Creating History Together refers to the common history of Poland and Ukraine. The official ball was given the name Tango 12, a modern redesign of the original Tango ball which was typical in the 1980s. The colours from the national flags of the organising countries can be found on the ball.

Type First Day Cover
Short description Following tradition Magyar Posta is to welcome the European Football Championship by issuing a stamp.
Printing Office Állami Nyomda
Issue year 2012
Issue time 2012. június 8.
Theme sport,event
Designer Attila Elekes
Stamped/Uncanceled cancelled