2383) "Water", Liechtenstein: SEPAC - 2022: "Local Beverages" Theme: Liechtensteinische Post (Liechtenstein Post) has issued a Postal Stamp of CHF 1.80 depicting a Glass of Water: Date of Stamp issue: 07.06.2022:
The Small European Postal Administration Cooperation (SEPAC) is an association of 13 European Postal Authorities:
- Åland,
- the Faroe Islands,
- Gibraltar,
- Greenland,
- Guernsey,
- Iceland,
- the Isle of Man,
- Jersey,
- Liechtenstein,
- Luxembourg,
- Malta,
- Monaco, and
- Vatican City.
Luxembourg was not originally a member of SEPAC but it joined at the end of 2006. San Marino decided to leave and is no longer a member, as of 03/2020. SEPAC is smaller than PostEurop.
Vatican City does not participate in these issues.
The following criteria are requisites for membership:
- The postal administration must be located in Europe.
- The postal administration must be independent.
- The postal administration must have a small market with more than 50% of its philatelic customers living outside the country.
The theme of the 2022 SEPAC Stamp Issue is ”Local Beverages” :
Liechtenstein has opted to showcase the most commonly used local beverage in the Principality - "Water".
About Water in Liechtenstein:
When it comes to local beverages - images of home made wines, country made liquor, draught beers etc. come to mind.
Philately Liechtenstein has surprised us with the most drinkable thirst quencher that comes out of every tap and many public fountains in top quality in Liechtenstein - "Drinking Water" (Postage Stamp of the face value of: CHF 1.80).
Although unimaginable for most people in many parts of the world, people in the Alps enjoy drinking fresh water straight from the tap. Here, about half of the drinking water consumed each year is obtained from groundwater, the other half from spring water.
The strictest controls and continuous optimisation of the supply technology are intended to ensure a high standard of quality of the drinking water in the future as well.
Seven public water supply companies are responsible for this task.
In order to ensure that the drinking water reaches the houses in top quality, they maintain numerous reservoirs and other structures such as transfer shafts in addition to the tapped springs and pumping stations. Almost 430 kilometres of main pipelines and 270 kilometres of service pipes are available for transporting the water.
The Stamp:
Technical details:
Issue Date: 07.06.2022
Designer: Mathias Maurer, St. Gallen
Printer: CMYK Gutenberg AG, Schaan
Process: Offset
Colours: 4 Colours
Size:
Stamp Size: 41.667.00 mm x 41.667 mm
Sheet Size: 146.00 mm x 208 mm
Values: CHF 1.80
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