Yehudi Menahim Trophy 2023 – Most Popular Music Stamp 2022
An instrument of the symphony orchestra combined with the autograph of a fitting work penned by an Austrian composer are the distinctive components of the “Musikland Österreich” stamp series. Since 2020, Viennese graphic artist Ms Kirsten Lubach has designed an annual stamp for this series. She will be awarded the Yehudi Menuhin Trophy 2023 for the stamp depicting a trombone, issued on 16 February 2022, and won the election for the most popular music stamp of 2022 with 8.11% of the votes cast.
This year, 69 stamps from 55 postal administrations were selected as candidates. Collectors from 48 countries participated in the voting via the Internet or at the IBRA 2023 World Stamp Exhibition.
With 7.59% of the votes, the stamp designed by Alejandro Muntz featuring ballet dancer María Noel Riccetto took 2nd place. The stamp was issued in Uruguay on 28.11.2022 as part of the U.P.A.E.P. (Unión Postal Américas, España, Portugal) joint issue devoted to “Art”.
Third place, with 7.08% of the vote, went to the Greek painter and graphic artist Dr Myrsini Vardopoulou for a stamp from the Greek set “100 years of the first urban refugee settlements”, issued 14.9.2022.
