Most popular music stamp 2023
Motivgruppe Musik, the international philatelic music study group, has announced the winners of its competition to find the most popular music stamp of 2023.
In first place and winner of the Yehudi Menuhin Trophy 2024 was a design by the Italian State Printing Office reproducing an advertising poster created for the 100th anniversary of the Arena di Verona Opera Festival. The Fondazione Arena di Verona designed the poster based on a photo that was inspired by posters for the first festivals, which were created by the painter Plinio Codognato (1878–1940). The stamp, released on 16 June 2023, received 7.28% of the votes.
A stamp commemorating the 100th birthday of opera singer Maria Callas came in second place with 7.10% of the votes. The stamp, issued by the Greek Post Office on 12 October, was based on a photograph taken at La Scala in Milan in 1955.
A Ukrainian stamp dealing with current world events took third place with 5.42% of the votes. The stamp illustrates the mourning Kobzar, which was issued by the Ukrainian Post on 29 August 2023.
This year, 66 stamps from 56 postal administrations were part of the competition. More than 750 collectors from 42 countries took part in the online vote.
Voting for the most popular music stamp has been carried out by music stamp collectors all over the world since 1980. Motivgruppe Musik awards the Yehudi Menuhin Trophy to the designer of the most popular music stamp. The trophy is awarded in
