🎪 EUROPA 2002 – The Circus: Famous Clowns (Gibraltar)

This was Gibraltar’s official EUROPA stamp issue for 2002, themed “The Circus”, with the sub-theme Famous Clowns.

Four clowns were honoured — each with their own stamp:

Joseph Grimaldi (1778–1831)40p

Grock Karl Adrien Wettach (1880–1959)42p

Coco Nicolai Poliakoff OBE (1900–1974)54p

CharlieHubert Jean Charles Cairoli (1910–1980)

These four are universally regarded as the four great pillars of modern clowning — and Gibraltar placed Charlie Cairolion exactly the same footing as Grimaldi, Grock and Coco.