Yehudi Menuhin Trophy for 2025

The Motivgruppe Musik, the international Philatelic Music Study Group, has organised the Most Popular Music Stamp of the Year Award since 1980. By awarding the Yehudi Menuhin Trophy to the designer of the year’s most popular music stamp, the Motivgruppe Musik honours one of the stamp designers, representing the many unnamed.

The most popular music stamp of 2024 was the one commemorating ABBA’s 50th anniversary, issued by PostNord in Sweden. It received 7.33% of the votes from stamp collectors around the world. The stamp was designed by Eva Wilsson of Sweden, winner of the 2025 Yehudi Menuhin Trophy.

The Spanish stamp “Cellist of Fene” took second place with 6.41% of the votes. It honours the mural by graffiti artist Sfhir, who won first prize at the Perla Mural Festival in 2023. Third place, with 6.09% of the votes, went to the Norwegian stamp “Bodø – European Capital of Culture 2024”, a work by photographer and designer Kristin Slotterøy.

Details: https://fepanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Menuhin-Trophy-2025.pdf

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