Issue Date:  15 March 2000
Catalog Numbers: Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 1-5
Quantity Printed:  8 Million of all values IAW German philatelic news stories at the time.  (Per Kosovo Post, Dec 2008, total printed quantity never released by government to the post office for distribution). 
Sheet formats: Sheets of 40.  The 30pf value is in typical old style French format with scallop design in margin, serially numbered with coin date, perforated through top and bottom sheet margin.  Color bars at upper of left margin and color triangles at right lower margin.  All other values:  Smaller paper format, perforated through all margins, serially numbered in UL side tab (5-digits), printing date in LL side tab (i.e., 19 01 00).  
Historical Comments:  This is the only set of stamps the Kosovo Post has demonetized (made invalid for postage on 31 July 2002) (the only one as of Dec 2009 - at some point it may decide to accept only stamps inscribed "Republic of Kosovo", and get rid of UNMIK -inscribed stamps entirely).  This demonetization occurred because the German currency was retired in favor of the Euro.  Kosovo now uses the Euro unofficially, outside the scope of the  European Bank.   (It also used the German currency unofficially, UNMIK having simply adopted it as legal tender and then circulating coins and banknotes imported from Germany.)  The price is for the set of 5 in the lower row - the values pictured in the upper row are from photos from a German publication from March 2000 showing the design of the 30pf and 50pf stamps with a yellow country name, the 1 DM with no base on the  digit "1" and with Peace inscriptions larger than on the bottom row of stamps.  Whether these items exists in the market as stamps, proofs, etc., is unknown

 


Issue Date:  20 November 2001
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 6-10
Quantity Printed:  Not announced.  Per Kosovo Post, Dec. 2009, total quantities printed and distributed never made available to it.
Sheet formats:  Sheets of 50
Historical Comments:  According to German philatelic publications at the time of issue, the Kosovo Post had considerable difficulty delivering this issue to post offices.  The delay was so long that the 3rd issue had arrived and distribution of it was completed before the dual-currency issue was actually fully distributed.  Kosovo uses the Euro unofficially, outside the scope of the European Central Bank.

Issue Date:  2 May 2002
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 11-15
Quantity Printed:  Not announced.  Per Kosovo Post, Dec. 2009, total quantities printed and distributed never made available to it.
Sheet formats:  Sheets of 50
Historical Comments:  German currency stamps (Nos. 1-5 remained usable until 1 July 2002, even though this issue had been issued two months earlier).  Combination DM-only - Euro franked covers exist and were allowed.

Issue Date:  20 December 2003
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel 16-17
Quantity Printed:  30,000 sets (2,500 sheetlets)
Sheet formats:  Sheetlets of 12 stamps with marginal inscriptions
Historical Comments:  Kosovo, being predominantly Moslem, had a "hard time" using the word "Christmas" in the
text inscriptions in the margins of the sheets of these stamps.  Instead, it used the strained construction of "December's Holiday". 

Issue Date:  29 June 2004
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 18-19
Quantity Printed:  40,000 sets (4,000 sheetlets)
Sheet formats:  Sheetlets of 10 with marginal inscriptions
Historical Comments:

Issue Date:  20 August 2004
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 20-21
Quantity Printed:  30,000 sets (3,000 minisheets).  2,000 official FDCs. (It's unclear if Kosovo Post statistic is for unfranked, cacheted envelopes or with postmarked stamps affixed.)
Sheet formats:  Sheetlets of 10 with marginal inscriptions
Historical Comments:  Note the right hand illustration of a part of a stamp.  This is an image form the Kosovo Post.  The set offered here has the denominations the same size as on the 20c value.   It's unclear if the two printings exist in the open market, with the elements larger than on the left hand image of the 30-eurocent stamp (see the vase , statue, denomination, etc.).   

Issue Date:  28 October 2004
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 22-25
Quantity Printed:  30,000 sets (3,000 sets of sheetlets) 2,000 official FDCs. (It's unclear if Kosovo Post statistic is for unfranked, cacheted envelopes or with postmarked stamps affixed.) 
Sheet formats:  Sheetlets of 10 with marginal inscriptions
Historical Comments:  Note the upper row of illustrations is from the original Kosovo Post new issue announcement.  The lower pictured row of stamps is  the offered set that is priced here.  Whether the upper row of stamps (the 20 & 30 eurocent values) that have larger denominations than the issued versions exist in the market as stamps, and if the upper two right hand stamps (with frames, without the country name and with reversed denominations) exist in the market as proofs or whatever, is unclear. 

Issue Date:  2 November 2004
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 26
Quantity Printed:  40,000 (4,000 sheetlets).  2,000 official FDCs.  (It's unclear if Kosovo Post statistic is for unfranked, cacheted envelopes or with postmarked stamps affixed.)
Sheet formats:  Sheetlets of 10 with  marginal inscription in top margin
Historical Comments:  Kosovo Post officially designates this stamp as its 9th issue, even though it appeared prior to the 8th issue, below.

Issue Date:  14 December 2004
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 27
Quantity Printed:  40,000 stamps (4,000 sheetlets)  2,000 official FDCs.   (It's unclear if Kosovo Post statistic is for unfranked, cacheted envelopes or with postmarked stamps affixed.)
Sheet formats:  Sheetlets of 10 with marginal inscription in top margin
Historical Comments:  Kosovo Post officially designates this stamp as its 8th issue, even though it appeared after the 9th issue, above.

Issue Date:  29 June 2005
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 28-30
Quantity Printed:  50,000 sets (5,000 sets of sheetlets)
Sheet formats:  Sheetlets of 10 
Historical Comments:  Note that the upper row of stamps illustrated is from the Kosovo Post New Issue Bulletin.  The lower row of stamps pictured are those offered for sale.  It is not known if the upper row exists in the market, where the 15 eurocent value has the country name justified to the left margin (rather than centered at the bottom of the stamp), the 20-eurocent value has the country name below the lower poppy flower and the 50-eurocent value has the "€" sign between two flower stems at the top of the design rather than over the left stem at the center.

Issue Date:   20 July 2005
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 31-34
Quantity Printed:  Per Michel:  2,600 sheetlets each of 20c & 30ch; others: 520 sheets of 50 stamps each or 26,000 sets of 4.  Per Kosovo Ministry, Dec 2009: 40,000 sets
Sheet formats:  20c & 30c (Nos. 31-32), sheetlets of 10.  Others, sheets of 50
Historical Comments:  

Issue Date:   15 September 2005
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 35-37
Quantity Printed:  Per Michel: 50,000 of 20c (No. 35) (5,000 sheetlets of 10); others:  4,400 sheetlets of 25 or 110,000 of each stamp.  Per Kosovo Ministry:  50,000 sets.  (Not necessarily a conflict in statistics -there may be only 50,000 sets with extras of the other two denominations.
Sheet formats:  20c: sheetlet of 10 stamps; others: sheetlets of 25 stamps
Historical Comments:  The price is for the set in the lower row, above.  Note the slight differences in the denominations between the set pictured by the Kosovo Post in its new issue stamp bulletin and the set for sale.  It is not known if the set in the top row exists in the open market.

Issue Date:   2 November 2005
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 38-41
Quantity Printed:  2,500 sheetlets of each 20c & 30c; others: 500 sheets of 50 stamps each or 25,000 sets of four stamps.  Per Kosovo Ministry: 50,000 sets.  Reconfirmed Dec 2009.
Sheet formats:  20c & 30c: Sheetlets of 10 stamps; others: Sheets of 50
Historical Comments:  The price is for the set in the lower row, above.  Note the slight differences in the inscriptions below the designs between the two illustrated sets (Printer initials at right in the upper set, and in the center on the lower set.)  The upper image is the set pictured by the Kosovo Post in its new issue stamp bulletin.  It is not known if the set in the top row exists in the open market.

Issue Date:   10 December 2005
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel No. 42
Quantity Printed:  45,000 (4,500 sheetlets of 10)
Sheet formats:   Sheetlet of 10
Historical Comments:  The price is for the lower stamp pictured above.  Note the differences in the denomination between the offered stamp and the upper stamp. The upper stamp is from an illustration in the Kosovo Post new stamp issue bulletin.  It is not known if the upper stamp exists in the open market.

Issue Date:   9 May 2006
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel No. 43-44
Quantity Printed:  60,000 sets (6,000 pairs of sheetlets)
Sheet formats:   Sheetlets of 10
Historical Comments:  This issue was bought in large quantities by Europa stamp speculators in during the "Europa- stamp boom period" in 2006-8.  When the "bubble" burst, large quantities were "dumped" on eBay and other auction sites for a fraction of the original face value.  Thus, this set is the most commonly available UNMIK issue.    Note the difference between the original designs advertised by the Kosovo Post in it's new stamp issue brochures in 2006.  The priced offer here is for the lower row of stamps.  Whether stamps of the designs in the top pair exist in the open market is unclear.
Errors and Varieties:  The set exists in imperforate condition (see Errors and Varieties page on this website), but imperforates first appeared in the market long after the Europa stamp speculation ended.

Issue Date:   23 May 2006
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel No. 45-49
Quantity Printed:  190,000 sets (19,000 sets of sheetlets)
Sheet formats:   Sheetlets of 10
Historical Comments:  Note the difference between the upper illustration and the lower (the lower set is the offered set).  It is not known if the upper set exists in the open market.  The upper illustration is from a new stamp issue bulletin of the Kosovo Post.  This item is for the stamps in the lower row from the printer CPU.
Errors and Varieties:  Two printers were contracted to print stamps issued in 2006 by UNMIK.  Leoprint is a domestic, Kosovo-based printer located at Andrea Gropa Nr. 39, in Pristina.  CPU is a printer in Bosnia.  Note that this set also exists with the Leoprint printer name at the lower right corner of each stamp within the Leoprint printed version of the "Mappa", se-tenant sheetlet of 18 issued in December 2006 - See Issue 22, below.  The stamps with the CPU printer name, once separated from the sheet, are indistinguishable from the stamps the company also printed in the souvenir sheets (below) and in the CPU company printed version of the "Mappa" item (the se-tenant assembly of 2006 issues in one sheetlet - see Issue 22, below).  Leoprint did not produce this set in sheetlets of 10 and it is unclear if it produced any Fauna souvenir sheets. 

              
        This item is for the darker shade variety printed by CPU&Moare.  It's unclear if the souvenir sheet exists in light or dark version printed by Leoprint.

NOTE: Kosovo Ministry of Transport and Communications reports total printing of souvenir sheets 15,000, without differentiating between types.  In Dec. 2009, the ministry confirmed that the light colored version is the scarcer of the two. 

Issue Date:   30 June 2006
Catalog Numbers:  Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos 50-53
Quantity Printed:  40,000 sets (4,000 sets of sheetlets)
Sheet formats:   Vertical Sheetlets of 10 with decorative margins on all sides
Historical Comments: 
Errors and Varieties:.   Mint imperforates and imperforates on official FDC exist.  The offered set is with the CPU&Moare printer name inscribed.  Note that this set also exists with the Leoprint printer name at the lower right corner of each stamp within the Leoprint printed version of the "Mappa", se-tenant sheetlet of 18 - See Issue 22, below.   Leoprint company did not produce any stamps of this set in sheetlets of 10.  

Issue Date:   30 June 2006
Catalog Numbers:  Scott 53a, Yvert & Michel  Block 1 (Michel: with stamps 50-53) No catalog lists the varieties of two printers names in the stamps (to 2010)
Quantity Printed:  7,500 sheets
Sheet formats:  Souvenir sheet of the set of 4.
Historical Comments: 
Errors and Varieties:  This item is for a copy of the souvenir sheet inscribed with the Leoprint company name at the lower right corners of each stamp in this souvenir sheet.  The stamps, once separated from the sheet, are indistinguishable from the stamps in the "Mappa" (Issue 22, below) printed by Leoprint.  It is not clear if an imperforate version of this Leoprint variety exists in the open market as it does in the CPU&Moare printed version.

Issue Date:   30 June 2006
Catalog Numbers:   Scott 53a, Yvert & Michel  Block 1 (Michel: with stamps 50-53) No catalog lists the varieties of two printers names in the stamps (to 2010)
Quantity Printed:  5,000 sheets
Sheet formats:  Souvenir sheet of the set of 4.
Historical Comments: 
Errors and Varieties:  This item is for a copy of the souvenir sheet inscribed with the "CPU&Moare" name at the lower right corners of each stamp in this souvenir sheet.  The stamps, once separated from the sheet, are indistinguishable from the stamps from the sheetlets of 10 (listed above) and the stamps that the company also printed in its version of the "Mappa" item (Issue 22, below).  
Errors & Varieties:  Mint imperforate sets and imperforates on official FDCs exist.

Issue Date:   1 September 2006
Catalog Numbers:   Scott, Yvert & Michel Nos. 54-57
Quantity Printed:  40,000 (4,000 sets of sheetlets).
Sheet formats:  Sheetlets of 10
Historical Comments: 
Errors and Varieties:  This item is a set of the stamps with the "CPU" (CPU&Moare) company name at the lower right corner of each stamp.  Note that this set exists with the Leoprint printer name at the lower right corner of each stamp within the Leoprint printed version of the "Mappa", se-tenant sheetlet of 18 - See Issue 22, below.  The Leoprint company did not print stamps in the sheetlets of 10, but single stamps inscribed with the Leoprint name exist in the Leoprint version of the "Mappa" se-tenant issue of 15 December 2006 (Issue No. 22, below). 

Issue Date:   1 September 2006
Catalog Numbers:   Scott 57a, Yvert & Michel  Block 2 (Michel: with stamps 54-57) No catalog lists the varieties of two printers names in the stamps (to 2010)
Quantity Printed:  7,500
Sheet formats:  Souvenir sheet of the set of 4.
Historical Comments:  
Errors and Varieties:  This item is for a copy of the souvenir sheet inscribed with the Leoprint company name at the lower right corners of each stamp in this souvenir sheet.  The stamps, once separated from the sheet, are indistinguishable from the stamps from the Leoprint version of the "Mappa" se-tenant sheetlet of 18 (Issue 22, below).  Leoprint did not produce any of this set in sheetlets of 10.  

Issue Date:  1 September 2006
Catalog Numbers:   Scott 57a, Yvert & Michel  Block 2 (Michel: with stamps 54-57) No catalog lists the varieties of two printers names in the stamps (to 2010)
Quantity Printed:  5,000
Sheet formats:  Souvenir sheet of the set of 4.
Historical Comments:  
Errors and Varieties:  This item is for a copy of the souvenir sheet inscribed with the "CPU&Moare" name at the lower right corners of each stamp in this souvenir sheet.  The stamps, once separated from the sheet, are indistinguishable from the stamps from the sheetlets of 10 (listed above) and the stamps that the company also printed in its version of the "Mappa" item (the se-tenant assembly of 2006 issues in one sheetlet - Issue 22, below). 

Issue Date:   1  November 2006
Catalog Numbers:   Scott, Yvert and Michel Nos. 59-62
Quantity Printed:  30,000 (3,000 sets of sheetlets)
Sheet formats:  Sheetlets of 10
Historical Comments: 
Errors & Varieties:   The offered set is with the CPU&Moare printer name inscribed.  Note that this set also exists with the Leoprint printer name at the lower right corner of each stamp issued on 15 December 2006, within the Leoprint printed version of the "Mappa", se-tenant sheetlet of 18 - See Issue 22, below.  

Issue Date:   1 November 2006
Catalog Numbers:   Scott 62a, Yvert and Michel Block 3 (Michel: with stamps 59-62)
Quantity Printed:  15,000
Sheet formats:  Souvenir sheet of the set of 4.
Historical Comments: 
Errors and Varieties:  Imperforate copies of this souvenir sheet exist in the market.  They may be solely from printer's waste.   Imperforates are known on official FDCs, however).  An imperforate pair of souvenir sheets with printer's marginal trimming markings exists in the open market.