Europe
THE OLD WORLD
Our European ancestors transmitted to us a multitude of iconographic material which attests to their technical and artistic virtuosity in matters of representations,
in particular animal. The advent of Christianity and the Middle Ages changed the codes of these representations. Animals are present in many sculptures, frescoes, tapestries and other bestiaries of the time.
Today, the animal remains an important theme of philately and numismatics in Europe.
Europe covers 10,392,855 km², or 7% of the world's land surface. It has about 750 million inhabitants, or 10% of the world population spread over fifty countries.
The European Union is the second largest economic power in the world, its territory is 4.2 million km² for 28 countries with 443 million inhabitants.
SEARCH FOR A COUNTRY :
Abkhazia | Albania | Austria | Belarus | Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Bulgaria | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Czechoslovakia |
Denmark | England | Estonia | Faroe Islands (or Faroes) | Finland | France |
Georgia | Germany | Gibraltar | Greece | Greenland | Guernsey | Hungary | Iceland | Ireland |
Italy | Jersey | Latvia | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Malta | Memel Territory | Moldova | Netherlands | Northern Ireland |
North Macedonia | Norway | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia |
Scotland | Serbia | Slovenia | South Ossetia | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland |
Transnistria | Ukraine | Yugoslavia
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Abkhazia
The Republic of Abkhazia is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
Population ≈ 245,000 inhabitants. Area: 8,653 km².
Jerome Collection
10 Aspars 2024
Mammals
ISSOIRE PHILATÉLIE
25 Aspars 2023
Birds
Jerome Collection
100 Aspars 2024
Mammals
Albania
The Republic of Albania (« Land of the Eagles ») is a country in Southeastern Europe.
Population ≈ 3,1 million inhabitants. Area: 28,748 km².
10 Lekë
Birds
IVAN BOGDANOV
100 Lekë 1996
Birds
Austria
The Republic of Austria is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
Population ≈ 9.2 million inhabitants. Area: 83,871 km².
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
10 Schillings 1950
Mammals
20 Schillings 1967
Unclassifiable
Belarus
The Republic of Belarus is a country in Eastern Europe.
Population ≈ 9.5 million inhabitants. Area: 207,600 km².
50 Kopeks 1992
Mammals
1 Ruble 1992
Mammals
3 Rubles 1992
Mammals
5 Rubles 1992
Mammals
10 Rubles 1992
Mammals
25 Rubles 1992
Mammals
50 Rubles 1992
Mammals
100 Rubles 1992
Mammals Unclassifiable
Belgium
the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe.
Population ≈ 11.5 million inhabitants. Area: 30,688 km².
20 Francs 1964
Unclassifiable
50 Francs 1945
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
100 Francs 1928
Mammals
Pierre SCHNEIDER
5,000 Francs 1982
Arthropods
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina is a state in Southern Europe belonging to the Balkan region. Formerly a territory of Yugoslavia, its sovereignty was proclaimed on October 15, 1991.
Population: ≈ 3,9 million inhabitants. Area: 51,197 km².
10 Dinara 1992
Unclassifiable
Bulgaria
The Republic of Bulgaria is a country in South-eastern Europe.
Population ≈ 7 million inhabitants. Area: 110,944 km².
5 Leva 1951
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
2 Leva 1999
Mammals
Jerome Collection
10 Leva 2020
Mammals
20 Leva 1991
Mammals
20 Leva 2007
Birds Mammals
BREIZHCOLLECTIONS35
500 Leva 1943
Unclassifiable Mammals
500 Leva 1993
Birds
1,000 Leva 1994
Mammals
Croatia
The Republic of Croatia is a country in Central and Southern Europe, independent since 1991 (former territory of Yugoslavia).
Population ≈ 4 million inhabitants. Area: 31,067 km².
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
20 Kuna 2001
Birds
IVAN BOGDANOV
1,000 Kuna 1943
Unclassifiable
Cyprus
The Republic of Cyprus is an island state located in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea.
Population ≈ 1.27 million inhabitants. Area: 9,251 km².
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a country in Central Europe
Population ≈ 10.7 million inhabitants. Area: 78,870 km².
Jerome Collection
1,000 Korun 2008
Birds
Czechoslovakia
Former sovereign state of central Europe between 1918 and 1992. Czechoslovakia united the present states of Czechia and Slovakia.
Population ≈ 15.6 million inhabitants. Area: 127,900 km².
Denmark
The Kingdom of Denmark is a country in Northern Europe.
Population ≈ 5.8 million inhabitants. Area: 2,210,579 km².
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
10 kroner 1964
Birds
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
10 kroner 1972
Birds
20 Kroner 1972
Birds
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
50 kroner 1985
Fish
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
50 kroner 1999
Mammals
100 Kroner 1976
Others
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
200 kroner 1997
Mammals
CGB.fr
1,000 kroner 1992
Mammals
ISSOIRE PHILATÉLIE
1,000 kroner 2012
Mammals
England
England is one of the four constituent nations of the United Kingdom.
Population ≈ 56.3 million inhabitants. Area: 130,395 km².
DELCAMPE.NET
20 Shillings 1955
Mammals
COLONY AND PROTECTORATE OF KENYA
1 Pound 1948
Mammals
PMGNOTES.COM
5 Pounds 1961
Reptiles Mammals
Jerome Collection
10 Pounds 2014
Birds
Estonia
The Republic of Estonia is a country in northern Europe.
Population ≈ 1.23 million inhabitants. Area: 45,339 km².
A.F.E.P.
20 Krooni 1932
Unclassifiable
Jerome Collection
100 Krooni 2007
Birds
Jerome Collection
500 Krooni 2007
Birds
Faroe Islands (or Faeroes)
Autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark since 1948 (constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark with metropolitan Denmark and Greenland).
Population ≈ 52,200 inhabitants. Area: 1,393 km².
CGB.fr
20 Kroner 1986
Mammals
Jerome Collection
50 Kroner 2011
Mammals
Jerome Collection
100 Kroner 2011
Fish
Jerome Collection
200 Kroner 2003
Arthropods
DELCAMPE.NET
500 Kroner 2011
Arthropods
CGB.fr
1,000 Kroner 2011
Birds
Finland
The Republic of Finland is a country in northern Europe ,.
Population ≈ 5.6 million inhabitants. Area: 338,145 km².
Paul MARTY
1 Markka 1963
Mammals
Jerome Collection
20 Markkaa 1993
Birds
Jerome Collection
100 Markkaa 1986
Birds
CGB.fr
1,000 Markkaa 1986
Birds
France
The French Republic is a state located in Western Europe.
Population ≈ 67.8 million inhabitants. Area: 632,734 km².
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
10 Cents 1939
Mammals
FRENCH INDOCHINA
1 Piastre 1954
Mammals
FRENCH INDOCHINA
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
100 Piastres 1947
Mammals
FRENCH INDOCHINA
200 Piastres 1953
Mammals
FRENCH INDOCHINA
ISSOIRE PHILATÉLIE
5 Francs 1922
Mammals
BANK OF WESTERN AFRICA
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
5 Francs 1945
Unclassifiable
GUADELOUPE
Paul MARTY
5 Francs 1967
Mammals Birds
10 Francs 1949
Mammals
Jerome Collection
20 Francs 1929
Birds
FRENCH PACIFIC TERRITORIES
PASCALYDIE.FR
20 Francs 1944
Unclassifiable
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
25 Francs 1939
Mammals
FRENCH WEST AFRICA
CGB.fr
25 Francs 1943
Mammals
BANK OF WESTERN AFRICA
PASCALYDIE.FR
50 Francs 1942
Unclassifiable
PASCALYDIE.FR
50 Francs 1949
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
50 Francs 1952
Mammals
FRENCH SOMALILAND
KAJACQUES numismatique
50 Francs 1963
Birds
Paul MARTY
50 Francs 1993
Mammals
PASCALYDIE.FR
100 Francs 1939
Mammals
100 Francs 1940
Mammals
Stephane BESTEL
100 Francs 1947
Mammals
CGB.fr
500 Francs 1964
Mammals
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
500 Francs 2002
Unclassifiable
FRENCH PACIFIC TERRITORIES
PASCALYDIE.FR
1,000 Francs 1927
Birds
PASCALYDIE.FR
1,000 Francs 1943
Mammals
1,000 Francs 1988
Mammal Birds
TAHITI
Jerome Collection
1,000 Francs 2014
Reptiles Fish Birds
FRENCH PACIFIC TERRITORIES
ALPES COLLECTIONS
5,000 Francs 1969
Mammals
FRENCH TERRITORY OF THE AFARS AND THE ISSAS
Jerome Collection
5,000 Francs 2014
Molluscs Fish
FRENCH PACIFIC TERRITORIES
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
10,000 Francs 1986-89
Unclassifiable
FRENCH PACIFIC TERRITORIES
Georgia
Country located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe.
Population ≈ 4 million inhabitants. Area: 69,700 km².
1 Kuponi 1993
Mammals
2,000 Kuponi 1993
Birds
1 Lari 1995
Mammals
5 Lari 2013
Mammals
5 Lari 2017
Unclassifiable
Jerome Collection
10 Lari 2007
Birds
10 Lari 2019
Birds Unclassifiable
Jerome Collection
20 Lari 2008
Mammals
CGB.fr
50 Lari 2016
Reptiles
Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany is a country in Central Europe.
Population ≈ 83.2 million inhabitants. Area: 357,386 km².
50 Pfennig 1921
Mammals
2 Mark 1921
Mammals
5 Mark 1874
Birds Reptiles
100 Mark 1908
Birds
Paul MARTY
5 Reichsmark 1942
Mammals
CGB.fr
500 Deutsch Mark 1991
Arthropods
Gibraltar
British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar.
Population ≈ 38,500 inhabitants. Area: 6.8 km².
Greece
The Hellenic Republic, known also as Hellas, is a country in Southern Europe.
Population ≈ 10.6 million inhabitants. Area: 131,957 km².
Paul MARTY
50 Drachmas 1964
Mammals
500 Drachmas 1932
Mammals
1,000 Drachmas 1942
Mammals
Laurent IMHOF
1,000 Drachmas 1987
Birds
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
5,000 Drachmas 1932
Birds
5,000 Drachmas 1942
Mammals
5,000 Drachmas 1943
Mammals
100,000 Drachmas 1944
Birds
2 billion Drachmas 1944
Mammals
Greenland
Autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark, overseas territory associated with the European Union.
Population ≈ 57 million inhabitants. Area: 2,166,086 km².
ISSOIRE PHILATÉLIE
10 Kroner 1953-1967
Mammals Unclassifiable
Guernsey
Located in the Channel Islands, Guernsey is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency.
Population: ≈ 67,000 inhabitants. Area: 63.4 km².
1 Pound 1991-2016
Unclassifiable
Hungary
Hungary is a unitary, parliamentary, representative democratic republic in central Europe.
Population ≈ 9.8 million inhabitants. Area: 93,028 km².
10 Pengő 1936
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE>
10 Million MilPengo 1946
Birds
Paul MARTY
50 Forint 1989
Mammals
100 Forint 1984
Mammals
Iceland
The Republic of Iceland is an island country in Northern Europe.
Population ≈ 363,000 inhabitants. Area: 102,775 km².
100 Krona 1961
Mammals
500 Krona 1961
Unclassifiable
Jerome Collection
1,000 Krona 2001
Unclassifiable
Jerome Collection
2,000 Krona 1995
Birds
Jerome Collection
10,000 Krona 2001
Birds Molluscs
Ireland
Also known as the Republic of Ireland, country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
Population ≈ 5.2 million inhabitants. Area: 70,273 km².
Italy
The Italian Republic is a country in Southern Europe.
Population ≈ 60.4 million inhabitants. Area: 301,336 km².
Jerome Collection
500 Lire 1970
Unclassifiable
500 Lire 1974
Mammals
Laurent IMHOF
1,000 Lire 1990
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
5,000 Lire 1973
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
50,000 Lire 1992
Mammals
Jersey
The Bailiwick of Jersey is an island country in Northwestern Europe and a self-governing British Crown Dependency. It is the largest of the Channel Islands.
Population ≈103,900 inhabitants. Area: 118.2 km².
Latvia
The Republic of Latvia is a sovereign state in Northern Europe whose territory extends along the eastern flank of the Baltic Sea.
Population ≈ 1.9 million inhabitants. Area: 64,559 km².
CGB.fr
500 Latu 1929
Mammals
Lithuania
The Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe.
Population ≈ 2.7 million inhabitants. Area: 65,303 km².
1 Talonas 1991
Mammals Reptiles
1 Talonas 1992
Birds
3 Talonas 1991
Birds
5 Talonas 1991
Birds
10 Talonas 1991
Mammals
10 Talonas 1992
Birds
25 Talonas 1991
Mammals
50 Talonas 1991
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
100 Talonas 1991
Mammals
100 Talonas 1992
Mammals
200 Talonas 1993
Mammals
500 Talonas 1992
Mammals
500 Talonas 1993
Mammals
Luxembourg
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe.
Population ≈672,000 inhabitants. Area: 2,586 km².
Malta
The Republic of Malta is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa.
Population ≈ 520,000 inhabitants. Area: 316 km².
Memel Territory
Former region of the Kingdom of Prussia located around the present-day Lithuanian city of Klaipėda. Territory under French administration from 1920 to 1923, annexed by Lithuania in 1923, invaded by Germany from 1939 to 1945, Soviet republic of the USSR from 1945 to 1990 and since annexed to Lithuania.
Population: ≈ 300,000 inhabitants (1990). Area: 4,500 km².
Moldova
The Republic of Moldova is a country in Eastern Europe, landlocked between Romania and Ukraine.
Population: ≈ 3 million inhabitants. Area: 33,851 km2.
5 Lei 2009
Unclassifiable
Netherlands
The Kingdom of the Netherlands (or Holland) is a transcontinental country consisting of a main territory in Northwestern Europe, and six island territories in the Antilles.
Population: ≈ 18 million inhabitants. Area: 41,530 km².
CGB.fr
10 Gulden NNG 1954 - Birds
NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA
50 Gulden 1982
Arthropods
ISSOIRE PHILATÉLIE
100 Gulden 1977
Birds
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is a country which is part of the United Kingdom.
Population ≈ 1.9 million inhabitants. Area: 13,843 km².
PASCALYDIE.FR
5 Pounds 2018
Birds Arthropods
PASCALYDIE.FR
10 Pounds 2018
Mammals Arthropods
PASCALYDIE.FR
20 Pounds 2019
Fish Arthropods
PASCALYDIE.FR
50 Pounds 2021
Mammals Arthropods
North Macedonia
The Republic of North Macedonia is a country in Southern Europe.
Population ≈ 2.1 million inhabitants. Area: 25,713 km².
Norway
The Kingdom of Norway is a country in Northern Europe, West-Northwest of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Population ≈ 5.5 million inhabitants. Area: 385,207 km².
10 Kroner 1966
Birds Unclassifiable
50 Kroner 2003
Arthropods
BREIZHCOLLECTIONS35
200 Kroner 2016
Fish Birds
IVAN BOGDANOV
1,000 Kroner 2019
Birds
Poland
The Republic of Poland is a state of Central Europe.
Population ≈ 38.3 million inhabitants. Area: 312,679 km².
Rafał MACIĄG
10 Zlotych 1948
Birds
20 Zlotych 1994
Birds Mammals
Rafał MACIĄG
20 Zlotych 2009
Mammals
Rafał MACIĄG
20 Zlotych 2015
Unclassifiable
50 Zlotych 1988
Birds
Rafał MACIĄG
10 Zlotych 1947
Unclassifiable
Portugal
The Portuguese Republic is a country in Southern Europe.
Population ≈ 10.2 million inhabitants. Area: 92,358 km².
20 Escudos 1964
Unclassifiable
100 Escudos 1984
Mammals Unclassifiable
500 Escudos 1997
Mammals
1,000 Escudos 1993
Fish
Paul MARTY
1,000 Escudos 1996
Unclassifiable
Romania
Romania is a State of Eastern Europe.
Population ≈ 19.5 million inhabitants. Area: 238,397 km².
Richard BERTHOU
1 Leu 2005
Birds
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
50 Lei 2005
Birds
200 Lei 2003
Fish Birds
500 Lei 1992
Unclassifiable
2,000 Lei 1999
Unclassifiable
10,000 Lei 1994
Reptiles
BREIZHCOLLECTIONS35
5,000,000 Lei 1947
Mammals
Russia
Russia, in long form the Russian Federation is the largest state on the planet,
straddling North Asia (74.7% of its area) and Europe (25.3%) .
Population ≈ 147 million inhabitants. Area: 17,125,191 km².
Yumiko & Garlo
100 Rubles 2004
Mammals
Jerome Collection
100 Rubles 2022
Birds
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
200 Rubles 2017
Birds
Paul MARTY
1,000 Rubles 1919
Birds
Garlo
1,000 Rubles 1997
Mammals Birds
Scotland
Scotland is one of the four Nations of the United Kingdom.
Population ≈ 5.5 million inhabitants. Area: 78,772 km².
A.F.E.P.
1 Pound 1939
Unclassifiable
Laurent IMHOF
1 Pound 1972
Mammals
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
1 Pound 1977
Mammals
A.F.E.P.
5 Pounds 1952
Unclassifiable
A.F.E.P.
5 Pounds 1996
Mammals
PASCALYDIE.FR
5 Pounds 2016
Fish
PASCALYDIE.FR
10 Pounds 2016
Mammals
PASCALYDIE.FR
20 Pounds 2019
Mammals
CGB.fr
20 Pounds 2019
Arthropods
PASCALYDIE.FR
50 Pounds 2020
Birds
PASCALYDIE.FR
50 Pounds 2021
Mammals
Serbia
The Republic of Serbia is a state located between Central and Southern Europe.
Population ≈ 7 million inhabitants. Area: 77,474 km².
100 Dinara 1943
Mammals
100 Dinara 2013
Birds
Slovenia
The Republic of Slovenia is a country in Central Europe (an independent sovereign state since 1991).
Population ≈ 2.2 million inhabitants. Area: 20,273 km².
1 Tolar 1990
Arthropods
South Ossetia
The Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus (self-proclaimed after secession from Georgia in 1992).
Population ≈ 57,000 inhabitants. Area: 3,900 km2.
IVAN BOGDANOV
100 Zarin 2025
Mammals
Spain
The Kingdom of Spain is a country in southern and western Europe.
Population ≈ 47 million inhabitants. Area: 505,911 km².
Paul MARTY
1 Peseta 1937
Mammals
Paul MARTY
100 Pesetas 1925
Mammals
100 Pesetas 1928
Mammals
Sweden
The Kingdom of Sweden is a country in Northern Europe.
Population ≈ 10.3 million inhabitants. Area: 449,965 km².
5 Kronor 1974
Birds
20 Kronor 2011
Mammals Birds
100 Kronor 1996
Arthropods
Switzerland
The Swiss Confederation, is a country of Central Europe. It is composed of 26 cantons.
Population ≈ 8,6 million inhabitants. Area: 41 285 km².
QUINCAMPOIS NUMISMATIQUE
20 Francs 2015
Arthropods
ALPES COLLECTIONS
50 Francs 1987
Unclassifiable Birds
Jerome Collection
100 Francs 1956
Mammals
CGB.fr
1,000 Francs 1987
Arthropods
Transnistria
The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic is a breakaway state that is internationally recognized as part of Moldova.
Population ≈ 505 Thousand inhabitants. Area: 4,163 km².
50 Rubles 1993
Mammals
100 Rubles 1993
Mammals
Jerome Collection
200 Rubles 2012
Mammals
Ukraine
Ukraine is a state in Eastern Europe.
Population ≈ 45 million inhabitants (including Crimea). Area: 603,549 km² (Crimea included).
1 Hryvnia 2011
Birds
50 Hryvnias 2024
Mammals
LES BILLETS DU MONDE
200 Hryvnias 2011
Birds
200 Hryvnias 2019
Birds
Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is a former State in south-eastern Europe.
Population ≈ 23,7 millions d'habitants. Superficie : 255 804 km².
50 Dinars 1931
Mammals
100 Dinars 1986
Mammals
Jerome Collection
1,000 Dinars 1931
Unclassifiable
