2960) Experience Nature - Oisterwijk Woods and Fens located in the province of Noord-Brabant: "Experience Nature 2021-2023 Perennial Series": A set of ten Stamps issued by PostNL (Netherlands Post) featuring the Flora & Fauna of the Nature Reserves: Date of Stamp Set issue: 14.08.2023:
About Experience Nature – Oisterwijk Woods and Fens:
On 14.08.2023, PostNL has released the "Experience Nature – Oisterwijk Woods and Fens" issue - a sheet of ten stamps in ten different designs.
The denomination on these stamps is ‘1’, the denomination for items weighing up to 20g destined for the Netherlands.
The stamp sheet about the Oisterwijk woods and fens is part of the multi-annual Experience nature 2021-2023 series.
In the series, four stamp sheets are issued every year, each comprising ten different stamps. The stamps feature images of plants and animals in unique Dutch nature reserves across the country.
In 2023, it was the turn of the provinces of Flevoland, Friesland, Overijssel and Noord-Brabant.
The stamp sheets issued earlier this year featured Marker Wadden in Flevoland (2 January), Strok-en-Skrins in Friesland (13 February) and De Wieden in Overijssel (12 June).
This issue about the Oisterwijk woods and fens in Noord-Brabant is the final stamp sheet in the series this year.
Experience Nature - Oisterwijk Woods:
The Experience Nature – Oisterwijk woods and fens issue of 14.08.2023 focusses on the woods and fens of this Nature Reserve near Oisterwijk, in the province of Noord-Brabant.
The "Oisterwijkse Bossen en Vennen" ("Woods and Fens") Nature Reserve is located South-east of Oisterwijk in Noord-Brabant.
The area, owned by Natuurmonumenten, covers some 450 hectares and is part of the Van Gogh National Park.
Once a vast heathland with many meres, it began to be forested in 1801.
Younger woodland dates from around 1840.
Until 1912, the Nature Reserve belonged to the De Hondsberg estate, once attached to the former Durendaal castle.
Presenty, it is a varied forest area with atmospheric meres, hidden heaths and the stream valleys of the Rosep, the Reusel and the Achterste stroom.
Most of the meres (lakes) in this Nature Reserve were formed after the last ice age. The names of some meres reflect their former use.
Brewers cleaned their vats in the "Brouwkuip", for example, and the "Brandven" owes its name to the fact that its water was used to extinguish fires.
The "Klompven" at the edge of the settlement is man-made. Because this mere has the same peaty soil as the natural meres, it seems quite natural.
The first purchase of the forested area by Natuurmonumenten dates back to 1913.
Since then, nature has been given priority. It is the habitat for numerous unique plants and animals, such as marsh club moss, bog myrtle, little grebe, tufted duck and kingfisher.
The Composite Stamp Sheet:
The stamp sheet also features many more images of flora and fauna typical for this area.
The following are shown as monochrome images in a separate graphic layer - common frog (top left), marsh St John’s wort (top right and bottom left), bog myrtle (centre left), red squirrel (centre right), smooth newt (centre bottom) and long-tailed tit (bottom right).
On the sheet, the ten plants and animals are depicted in their natural environment, each on their own stamp.
In some cases, the image or background colour continues onto the adjacent stamp and onto the sheet edge.
All photos are incorporated in a graphic layer of different-sized overlapping circles, which break through the boundaries of the perforations. The circle pattern returns as small droplets on the sheet edge and the tabs.
There is another graphic layer on top of the circles featuring monochrome images of animals and plants from this area. These images are almost abstract cross the perforations and connect the stamps to each other.
For the typography, Janse used his own font, which he designed especially for the Experience nature series.
The font, which consists of tiny circles, was given the name Fdot. The explanatory texts on the sheet edge are set in the TT Milks Light and Demibold in capitals (2017, Ivan Gladkikh for Typetype). In the captions, the designer creatively expresses his associations with the names, features and appearance of the plants and animals depicted, adding a touch of humour.
This issue about the Oisterwijk woods and fens in Noord-Brabant is the final stamp sheet in the Experience Nature series this year.
Technical Details:
Issue Date: 14.08.2023
Designer: Photography: Buiten-Beeld,
Design: Frank Janse, Gouda
Printer: Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé B.V., Haarlem
Process: Offset
Colours: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK)
Size:
Stamp size: 40.00 mm x 30.00 mm,
Sheet size: 122.00 mm x 170.00 mm
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