This year, non-security forces won the competition for the best postage stamp of the year for the first time in 4 years
In Belarus, the best postage stamp of 2025 was determined through public voting, the "Belpost" press service announced . This competition is traditional and is held annually.
Three winners this year. Photo: Belpost.by
In 2025, over 50 different stamps participated in the competition, which was held this year from December 17 to 28. 3788 people cast their votes on the "Belpost" website.
First place was taken by the stamp "Belarusian Radio 100 years". 1555 people considered it the best. The design of this stamp was created by Alena Miadzvedz.
In second place is the stamp "Trolleybus 43300D. BKM Holding, 2019" with a photograph by Mikhail Maliutin. The designer here is Yauhenia Biadonik, and the stamp received 1414 votes.
Third place goes to the stamp "Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!", created by designer Maryna Krezo. Only 189 people voted for it, but that was enough to get into the prizes.
This year's competition results broke a certain trend of previous years. Prior to this, stamps related to security forces won the "Belpost" competition three years in a row. Last year it was a stamp dedicated to the anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. In 2023, first place went to the stamp "Rescuer", dedicated to employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and in 2022 — to the stamp "Service Dogs of the Border Service of Belarus".
However, the 2022 competition was not without a scandal with a political overtone. Back then, when the competition was first announced at the end of 2022, one of the contenders for victory was a stamp from the liquidated organization "Ahova ptushak Batskaushchyny" (Bird Protection of the Motherland) with an image of a white tit, but it was immediately removed from the competition as soon as it started to pull ahead.
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