2501) Matterhorn, Alphorn & Edelweiss, Switzerland: "Typically Swiss Stamp Series": La Poste suisse (Switzerland Post) has issued Stamps depicting these popular Swiss themes: Date of Stamp issue: 08.09.2022:
About the "Typically Swiss" Stamp:
It is the stamp which highlights things that all Swiss citizens and fans of Switzerland and the Swiss Alps lok forward to - the “Typically Swiss” special stamp which pulls out all the stops.
Mountains, nature and folklore which Switzerland is all about.
The stamp of 110 Swiss Francs features the Matterhorn, a symbol of Switzerland and one of the best-known mountains in the world.
The stamp also features the Edelweiss, the most famous mountain flower of them all.
And finally, the Alphorn and the herdsman playing it.
The Matterhorn:
The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, whose summit is 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) high, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe.
The four steep faces, rising above the surrounding glaciers, face the four compass points and are split by the Hörnli, Furggen, Leone/Lion, and Zmutt ridges.
The mountain overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt, in the canton of Valais, to the North-east and the Italian town of Breuil-Cervinia in the Aosta Valley to the South. Just East of the Matterhorn is Theodul Pass, the main passage between the two valleys on its North and South sides, which has been a trade route since the Roman Era.
Alphorn:
The Alphorn or Alpenhorn or alpine horn is a labrophone, consisting of a straight several-meter-long wooden natural horn of conical bore, with a wooden cup-shaped mouthpiece.
Traditionally the Alphorn was made of one single piece, or two parts at most, and made from the wood of a red pine tree.
Sometimes the trees would bend from the weight of snow during the wintertime, and this caused them to have the larger and bent mouthpiece at their ends.
It is used by mountain dwellers in the Swiss Alps.
Similar wooden horns were used for communication in most mountainous regions of Europe, from the Alps to the Carpathians. Alphorns are today used as musical instruments.
Edelweiss:
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A Block (set of four) Stamps
The First Day Cover (FDC) depicts the Edelweiss Flower at bottom left.
The Postage Stamp issued, is affixed at top right cancelled with a special Handstamp/Postmark bearing an image of the Matterhorn in the centre. The Cancellation is of Bern Post Office and the cancellation is dated - "08.09.2022."
A First Day Cover (FDC) affixed with a cancelled Block of Stamps.
A First Day Envelope (FDE)
A Collectible
Technical details:
Issue Date: 08.09.2022
Designer: Andrea Klaiber, Winterthur
Printer: Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem, Netherlands
Process: Offset
Colours: 4 Colours
Size:
Stamps: 33.00 mm ×33.00 mm,
Sheet: 120.00 × 230 mm (open), 120.00 mm × 150 mm (folded)
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