1471) "PET Recycling", Liechtenstein: An embroidered Stamp of 6.30 Euros made from recycled polyester thread processed from 3,100 PET bottles: Date of Stamp issue: 07.09.2020:

1471) "PET Recycling", Liechtenstein: An embroidered Stamp of 6.30 Euros made from recycled polyester thread processed from 3,100 PET bottles: Date of Stamp issue: 07.09.2020:

About PET Recycling:

With the "Globe", a stamp embroidered from recycled PET thread, "Liechtensteinische Post" ("Philately Liechtenstein") has drawn attention to the topic of Environmental Protection and especially to the recovery of recyclable materials from waste.

The Embroidered Stamp of 6.30 Euros shows an embroidered globe in the centre and three green leaves symbolising an eco-friendly environment. The Stamp is titled - "FURSTENTUM. LICHTENSTEIN", along the outer periphery indicating the place/country of its origin

The stamp was produced by embroidery manufactures Hammerle & Vogel in Lustenau, Austria.

For this purpose, 3,100 PET bottles with a volume of 600 ml each were processed to make cleaned flakes before producing a new high-quality polyester yarn from them. Seventy-five metres of thread were produced for each stamp.

With an issue of 40,000 stamps, this means that three million metres of recycled polyester thread was used. This length is sufficient to surround the external border of the Principality of Liechtenstein forty times over.

A comparison of the amount of work involved is equally impressive - While the embroidery machine with over one million revolutions produced the issue in the shortest possible time, a single hand embroiderer would take about 25 years to produce all the stamps.

The new, five centimetre self-adhesive stamp in the shape of a Globe is not only intended as a collector's item or for franking a postal item, it can also decorate one's own clothes or other accessories to show the wearer's personal commitment to environmental protection and sustainability.

 The First Day Cover (FDC) is titled "PET RECYCLING" and bears an embroidered stamp at top right.

The special cancellation Handstamp/Postmark bears three leaves symbolising an eco-friendly environment and is of Ersttag, Vaduz (Liechtenstein) and the cancellation is dated - "07.09.2020".

 The First Day Envelope (FDE)

 A Maxi Card (or Maximum Card), which has all three - picture, stamp and cancellation on one side only.

 It shows a turtle swimming in a polluted ocean, with PET bottles lying on the ocean bed, with plastic entangled in its fins.

Technical Details:

Stamp issue date: 07.09.2020

Designer: Peter Vogel, Lustenau

Printer: Hammerle & Vogel GmbH & Co KG, Lustenau

Process: Embroidery in blue and green

Stamp Size: 55.0 mm x 50.0 mm

No. of Copies: 40,000 stamps

Some interesting post Links from Liechtenstein and Switzerland:

Liechtenstein:

1) 300 Years of Liechtenstein: Five Commemorative Coins issued in 04/2019, celebrating the milestone - 5 and 10 Franc Silver variants and 10, 25 and 100 Franc Gold variants: Coins issued by Coin Invest Trust

2) "Social Diversity": Liechtenstein - Switzerland: A Joint Stamp Issue of two stamps by Liechteinische Post and Swiss Post of CHF 1.00 and CHF 0.85: Stamp issue Date: 14.11.2019

3) Dragonflies II, Liechtenstein: A set of four stamps issued depicting White Featherleg (CHF 0.85), Red Veined Darter (CHF 1.30), Scarlet Darter (CHF 1.80) and Spotted darter Dragonfly (CHF 2.00): Stamp Set issue date: 02.03.2020 

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Some other interesting posts on Coins and Banknotes from Switzerland on this Blog:

1) Alpine Edelweiss: "Flora Alpina" Series: The first coin in the Series issued in January 2016

2) Alpine Gentian: "Flora Alpine" Series: The Second Coin in the Series issued in January 2017 

3) Alpine Carline Thistle: "Flora Alpine" Series: The Third and Final coin in the Series issued in January 2018 

4) A 10 Franc Banknote honouring Charles Edourd Jaenneret popularly known as Le Corbusier who designed the Modern Indian city of Chandigarh 

5) 10 Franc Banknote issued by the Swiss National Bank wins the prestigious IBNS Award 2017

6) St. Bernard "Barry" (1800-1812): A commemorative 50 Francs Gold Coin issued by the Swiss Federal Mint on 14.09.2017

7) The Legend of William Tell depicted on a Gold 50 Francs Swiss Coin issued on 26.04.2018

8) "La Suisse": Swiss Steamships Coin Series: A 20 Francs Silver Coin issued on 26.04.2018:

9) Swiss Army Knife - 100th Anniversary of Karl Elsener's passing away (inventor of the original Swiss Army knife): A Silver 20 Franc Coin from the Swiss Federal Mint, commemorates the globally popular Swiss Army Knife: Coin issue date: 10.09.2018

10) 200 Franc Banknote: issued by the Swiss National Bank, Switzerland on 22.08.2018: Fourth of the six Banknotes in the Ninth Banknote Series being released by the Bank in a phased manner

11) 50 Franc Banknote issued by the Swiss National Bank, Switzerland, winner of the prestigious 2016 "International Banknote Society Award (IBNS)

12) Federal Shooting Festival, Switzerland celebrated with the release of Silver 50 Franc and Gold 500 Franc "Talers" or Medals that are valid during the duration of the Festival (issue year - 2019)

13) 100 years of the Swiss National Circus - "Knie" celebrated with the issue os 20 Swiss francs coin from the Swiss Mint stable (2019): Issue date: 24.01.2019

14) The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT): A Silver 20 Swiss Francs Coin issued by the Swiss Mint at their facility in Bern in 2016, commemorating the opening of the largest railway and deepest traffic tunnel in the world

15) "Crocodile" Locomotives, Switzerland: Centenary Celebration: Swiss Mint issues a 50 Francs Commemorative Gold Coin: Coin release date: 09.05.2019

16) "The Art of Brewing Beer" Stamp, Swiss Post: A set of two Stamps depicting two varieties of Beer, popular in Switzerland, issued by Swiss Post: Date of issue: 05.09.2019

17) Roger Federer, Switzerland: A 20 Francs Silver Coin issued by the Federal Swiss Mint commemorating the achievements of the legendary Tennis Player: Coin issue date: 23.01.2020

18) Edelweiss (Mountain Star), Swiss Alps, Mongolia: minted under the series titled "Numismatic Sculptures": Commemorative Gold Coins of 1000 Togrog and Silver Coins of 500 Togrog issued by Coin Invest Trust (CIT) and minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt, Munich for Mongolia

19) Federal Shooting Festival, Switzerland celebrated with the release of Silver 50 Franc and Gold 500 Franc "Talers" (or Medals) that are valid during the duration of the Festival: Issue Year: 2020

20) 200 Franc Banknote issued by the Swiss National Bank, Switzerland on 12.09.2019: Sixth and last of the six Banknotes in the Ninth Banknote Series released by the Bank in a phased manner

21) International Year of Plant Health, Switzerland: A Postage Stamp of CHF 0.85 issued by Swiss Post depicting a Japanese beetle eating a healthy plant leaf: Date os stamp issue: 05.03.2020

22) "Social Diversity": Liechtenstein - Switzerland: A Joint Stamp Issue of two stamps by Liechteinische Post and Swiss Post of CHF 1.00 and CHF 0.85: Stamp issue Date: 14.11.2019

23) Orell Fussli (1519-2019), Switzerland: Celebrating the 500th Anniversary milestone of the Banknote and Security Paper printng major with the issue of a House Note

24) "Ancient Postal Routes, through Rheinhausen-Basel-Zurich", Switzerland: EUROPA theme for 2020: A set of two Postage stamps of 100 Swiss francs each issued by Swiss Post: Date of Stamp set issue: 07.05.2020

25) Microscopic Art, Switzerland: A set of two stamps of the values of 0.85 and 1.00 Swiss franc issued by Swiss Post: Date of Stamp set issue: 07.05.2020