The “Art in the periphery” special stamp is the ambassador for Swiss Post’s current commitment to art. The artist Monica Ursina Jäger chose “Meadow” as the theme, as that is where you can find the art that is at the heart of this new commitment.
The stamp print’s special feature is the colour used: it’s the first stamp ever printed with chlorophyll pigments – in other words, the substance responsible for the green colour of plants. This means the stamp is completely natural and “living”.
As part of Swiss Post’s commitment to art, partnerships with “Art in the periphery” events will come under the spotlight in 2022.
But for this special stamp, the artist Monica Ursina Jäger didn’t choose a specific place but instead focused on the theme of meadows. “The design perfectly illustrates the overlap between the natural habitat and cultural achievement,” explains the artist. Meadows are usually created thanks to people and only continue to exist with their help. Art projects have also often been created on meadows in peripheral regions, continuing the dialogue between natural processes and cultural achievement.
The print’s special feature is the colour used: it’s the first stamp ever printed with chlorophyll pigments – in other words the substance responsible for the green colour of plants. This means the stamp is completely natural and ‘living’. The green will change over time depending on the effect of light.
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My Canton - Our Switzerland
Another new sheet of noteworthy stamps is the one show above: My Canton - Our Switzerland.
Cultural and political diversity is one of our country’s strengths. At the same, shared values and traditions unite us as “one Switzerland”. We are now celebrating this unified diversity with a unique sheet of stamps entitled “My Canton − our Switzerland”.
Designers from each of the 26 cantons have created a stamp for the project, complete with a 27th stamp depicting the House of the Cantons. This building hosts the Conference of the Cantonal Governments and other intercantonal organizations. Together, these individual projects form a sheet of stamps that depicts both the diversity of Switzerland and the uniqueness of each canton − a concept that has never before been used in the history of Swiss stamps.
Swiss Post and the Conference of the Cantonal Governments bring the public and the cantons together − in their day-to-day work, and now also with the “My canton − our Switzerland” sheet of stamps.
