European Stamp Prices & News

On March 4, Swiss Post is releasing a handful of new stamps. The stamps commemorate events this year in Switzerland, Europe, and internationally, as well as pay tribute to notables from in country and abroad. Here is the list, with descriptions and pictures (click to enlarge).

CHF = Swiss franc (1 franc = 100 Rappen)

 
Euro 2008
CHF 1.00
To commemorate the UEFA Euro 2008 football (soccer) championship, which will be held jointly in Austria and Switzerland in June 2008. This is only the second time in history that the tournament will be in two different countries; the first was 2000, in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Shop for other European football (soccer) stamps here.

 
Active football
CHF 1.00
A tribute to football (soccer).

 
100th Anniversary of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
CHF 1.00 (Maximum card: CHF 1.50)
To honor the 100th anniversary of the founding of Europe’s IIHF, which is based in Zurich, and of which Switzerland has been a part since its inception.
Shop for European ice hockey stamps here.

 
International Year of the Potato
CHF .85
Commemorates the United Nations’ declaration of 2008 as the Int’l Year of the Potato, which aims to spread awareness about one of the world’s most ubiquitous staple foods.

 
Horse Foundation
CHF .85
To honor the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Horse Foundation, located in the Swiss canton of Jura. The issue is actually a sheet of three stamps, each with a value of CHF .85. Each stamp focuses on a different section of a single scene:
1. Horses graze in front of a setting sun.
2. A rutted track winds through a field where horses are gathered.
3. Horses relax in front of Maison Rouge, the newest of the Foundation’s three homes.
Each stamp features the name of the foundation in a different language: German (Stiftung Für Das Pferd), French (Fondation Pour Le Cheval), and Italian (Fondazione Per Il Cavallo). The Horse Foundation aims to give older horses a place to relax in dignity and peaceful splendor during their final years.

 
Little Polar Bear Booklet (10 stamps x 0.85)
CHF 8.50 (Maximum card: CHF 1.35)
This stamp depicts Hans de Beer’s popular animated character Lars, “the Little Polar Bear”.
Shop for Little Polar Bear merchandise here.

 
Music
CHF 0.85 (violin)
CHF 1.00 (accordion)
CHF 1.30 (guitar)
CHF 1.80 (saxophone)
Honoring four different styles of music (the instruments represent classical, folk, rock, and jazz, respectively).

 
300th Anniversary of Albrecht von Haller’s Birth
CHF 0.85
Honoring the 18th century naturalist, poet and groundbreaking anatomist born in Berne, Switzerland. The stamp’s efficient, clever design subtly and effectively pays tribute to these three attributes of one of Switzerland’s most famous sons.

 
Shop for all Switzerland stamps here.

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