The commemorative stamp of tomorrow

A unique way to highlight personalities, events, institutions and commemorations. Submit your topics for 2028 and beyond as of now!

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POST Luxembourg’s commemorative stamps

Each year, POST Luxembourg issues around thirty stamps on various themes, which are used both for mailing and as genuine collector’s items.

Are you celebrating a well-known figure from your institution or municipality? Are you organising a major event for local life? Is your association marking an anniversary?

Add a unique touch to your event with a commemorative stamp.

2026

150 years of independence of the municipality of Schifflange

  • With almost 12,000 inhabitants, Schifflange combines tradition, industrial history and modern living in a unique way.

2026

100 years of Banque Raiffeisen

  • Founded in 1925 as a credit cooperative, Banque Raiffeisen now offers banking services that combine tradition and modernity.

2026

30 years of the Naturmusée in the Grund

  • Over the years, Luxembourg's National Museum of Natural History (Naturmusée) has become a key institution for the study and education of natural history and the natural sciences.

2026

Commemoration of Nicolas van Werveke

  • Nicolas Paul Antoine van Werveke (1851–1926) was a renowned Luxembourg historian who made significant contributions to numismatics as well as cultural and linguistic research.

2026

50th edition of the Vollekslaf Walfer

  • The Vollekslaf Walfer is one of Luxembourg's best-known running events and attracts both recreational runners and ambitious athletes every year to its 12-kilometre course.

A variety of philatelic topics

There are many occasions for which a commemorative stamp can be issued.

Commemoration of a well-known personality

Honour a well-known figure from your municipality or institution.

Major event

Highlight an event of national significance.

Anniversary of an organisation

Celebrate a local or national organisation, whatever its form: municipalities, associations, cultural institutions, etc.

Subject proposals

Submit your subjects for commemorative stamps by filling in this form!

 

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Answers to your questions

Commemorative stamps are particularly suitable for celebrating the anniversary of a famous person, an association, an institution, a historic building, a work of art or an event of major importance to your municipality or organisation.

To ensure that a subject is taken into account and can be implemented in due time, submissions should ideally be made a year and a half in advance.

You'll find all the rules for issuing stamps here.

Once your proposal has been received, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt. POST Philately will then analyse the admissibility of the subjects submitted. All applications received by post or electronically before 15 January 2027, and whose subjects have been deemed admissible, will be analysed by the Comité Philatélique. POST Philately will then contact you to inform you of the next steps in the process.

Once your topic has been selected, you will be involved in the stamp creation process as the initiator of the project. You will be able to contribute to the project's main creative directions, including the choice of artist, graphic universe and visual identity of the stamp.

No, POST covers all stamp production costs.

Official stamps will be available in the POST Philately e-shop - www.postphilately.lu , at the Philatelic Counter in the Espace POST Luxembourg-Gare (38, place de la Gare, L-1616 Luxembourg), and in all Espaces POST an post offices. POST Philately also offers subscriptions covering all stamps issued during the year and distributes its stamps through WOPA+, a specialised online sales platform.