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The '''Small European Postal Administration Cooperation''' (SEPAC; also "...'''Cooperations'''"; also '''Small European Postal Administrations Cooperation''') is an association of 13 European postal authorities: [[Åland]], the [[Faroe Islands]], [[Gibraltar]], [[Greenland]], [[Guernsey]], [[Iceland]], the [[Isle of Man]], [[Jersey]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Malta]], [[Monaco]], and [[Vatican City]]. Luxembourg was not originally a member of SEPAC but it joined at the end of 2006. [[San Marino]]  decided to leave and is no longer a member, as of March 2020. SEPAC is smaller than [[PostEurop]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sepacstamps.eu/|title=SEPAC Stamps {{!}} Small European Postal Administration Cooperations|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-07}}</ref><ref name= Malta>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=46593| 
work=The Malta Independent |
author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| 
title=SEPAC - New Venture, New Logo, New Thematic Stamp Collection| 
archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221211339/http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=46593 |
archivedate=2007-02-21|
accessdate=2016-03-13|   
quote=During the recent SEPAC meeting held in Brussels ... Luxembourg joined the group at the end of the meeting.
}}</ref><ref name=Brussels>{{cite web| url=http://www.sepacstamps.eu/conferences/| work=SEPAC: Small European Postal Administration Cooperations | title= Conferences | quote=2006: Brussels / 2007: Essen| accessdate=2016-03-13 }}</ref><ref name = Joint-2009 />

The first joint issue of SEPAC [[postage stamps]] occurred on October 1, 2007, and the next in 2009;<ref name = Joint-2009>{{cite web| 
url=http://www.sepacstamps.eu/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23&Itemid=42|  work=SEPAC: Small European Postal Administration Cooperations |title=2009 | 
archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720172252/http://www.sepacstamps.eu/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23&Itemid=42| 
archivedate=2011-07-20 }}</ref> the sixth one was in September 2015.<ref name = Joint-2015>{{cite web| URL=http://www.sepacstamps.eu/joint-stamp-issues/ | work=SEPAC: Small European Postal Administration Cooperations |title=Joint Stamp Issues | quote=In September 2015, twelve members of SEPAC will be launching their sixth ‘joint stamp issue’ with one stamp from each postal administration bearing the official SEPAC logo. The common theme of the stamps this year is ‘culture’.| accessdate=2016-03-13 }}</ref> San Marino and Vatican City do not participate in these issues.

The following criteria are requisites for membership:
* The postal administration must be located in Europe. 
* The postal administration must be independent. 
* The postal administration must have a small market with more than 50% of its philatelic customers living outside the country.

The Secretary of SEPAC is Andrée Valentine, [[Jersey Post]]'s Head of [[Philately|Philatelic]] Services.

== Member organisations ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
! [[Country]]
! [[Postal organisation]]
|-
| {{ALA|#}} || [[Posten Åland]]
|-
| {{FRO|#}} || [[Postverk Føroya]]
|-
| {{GIB|#}} || [[Royal Gibraltar Post Office]]
|-
| {{GRL|#}} || [[Post Greenland]]
|-
| {{GGY|#}} || [[Guernsey Post]]
|-
| {{ISL|#}} || [[Íslandspóstur]]
|-
| {{IMN|#}} || [[Isle of Man Post]]
|-
| {{JEY|#}} || [[Jersey Post]]
|-
| {{LIE|#}} || [[Liechtensteinische Post]]
|-
| {{LUX|#}} || [[Post Luxembourg]]
|-
| {{MLT|#}} || [[Malta Post]]
|-
| {{MCO|#}} || [[La Poste de Monaco]]
|-
| {{VAT|#}} || [[Poste Vaticane]]
|}

==Common theme issues of SEPAC==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Participating countries
! Topic
|-
| 2007 || 11 || Scenery I
|-
| 2009 || 12 || Scenery II
|-
| 2011 || 12 || Scenery III
|-
| 2013 || 12 || Animals 
|-
| 2014 || 12 || Flowers 
|-
| 2015 || 12 || Culture
|-
| 2016 || 12 || Seasons 
|-
|2017
|12
|Local handcrafts
|-
|2018
|12
|Spectacular views
|-
|2019
|11
|Old residential houses
|-
|2020
|11
|Art from the state collection
|-
|2021
|10
|Historical maps
|-
|2022
|9
|Local beverages
|-
|2023
|9
|Traditional markets
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.sepacstamps.eu/ Official Website]   
* [http://www.stampnews.com/stamps/stamps_2009/stamp_1253214311_3110.html SEPAC 2009 stamps - Beautiful Corners of Europe]

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