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Saturday 29 August 2020

1464) Street Art - Smart City: A set of four stamps issued by Swiss Post depicting Street Art conceptualised by four eminent world-renowned artists: Date of Stamp set issue: 01.09.2020:

1464) Street Art - Smart City: A set of four stamps issued by Swiss Post depicting Street Art conceptualised by four eminent world-renowned artists: Date of Stamp set issue: 01.09.2020:

About Street Art - Smart City:

"Smart City" is a term that covers many different facets and aspects.

With four spectacular special stamps, Swiss Post has lent the term some artistic air.

The idea is irresistible - four internationally acclaimed exponents of Street Art three male artists and one female artist - were given free rein to produce their personal interpretations of what the term "Smart City" means to them.

There is no universally applicable definition of precisely what "Smart City" signifies. It is instead a general term referring to a wide range of activities, ideas, innovations and technologies, which all have one thing in common - the holistic, environmentally-friendly and socially-responsible development of urban areas.

The Stamps:



The four individual Stamps issued in the stamp set.

Four Blocks of Stamps (Sets of Four of each Variant).


Four Sheetlets of eight stamps each , as under, have been created which reflect the concept's wide-ranging aspects:





The First Day Cover (FDC) is titled "STREET-ART Smart City" at bottom left.

At top right are affixed the four stamps issued in this Stamp Set. 

The Special Cancellation Handstamp/Postmark bears a representation of Street Art in the centre and at top left. The Cancellation is dated - 01.09.2020".



These four First Day Covers (FDCs) have been cancelled with a Sheetlet of eight stamps each affixed thereon.





Four First Day Covers (FDCs) affixed with a single stamp of each variant cancelled with the Special Cancellation Stamp.


Four First Day Covers (FDCs) affixed with a Block (set of four stamps) of each variant cancelled with the Special Cancellation Stamp.


The First Day Envelope (FDE).

The Technical Details:

Stamp issue date: 01.09.2020

Designer: Bustart

Chromeo - David Kumin, Winterthur, ZH, Daniel Zeltner, Basel, Zaira - Anita Buser, Binningen, BL

Process: Offset

Colours: 4 Colours

Size: 40.0 mm x 43.0 mm








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