3551) On Safari in the Netherlands - "Birds of Prey": PostNL (Netherlands Post) has issued a set of 8 personalised Stamps/Stamp Sheet titled - "On Safari in the Netherlands": Date/Year of Stamp Sheet issue: 19.11.2024:
About "On Safari in the Netherlands - Birds of Prey":
In 2024, PostNL will release a series of 8 personalised stamp sheets called On Safari in the Netherlands. The first 2 stamp sheets will be released on 26 March 2024 (featuring deer, rodents and hares). The other release dates this year are 25 June (cats and dogs, owls), 1 October (martens, waterfowl) and 19 November (hoofed animals, birds of prey).
All stamp sheets are available for sale separately or as a subscription. PostNL will publish a ninth sheet, with a release date of 26 March, about the Big Five on the Dutch natural landscape. This stamp sheet is exclusively intended for subscribers to the complete series. They will receive this gift at the same time as their first order.
All stamps have a value of 1 for mail up to 20 grams with a destination within the Netherlands. The stamps are designed by studio026 from Velp. The price for a sheet of 5 stamps is €5.45. A subscription for the complete series costs €43.60, including the stamp sheet about the Big Five.
Meaning of the term "Safari":
Originally, the term ‘safari’ referred to a hunting expedition. The word comes from Swahili and literally means ‘long journey’. In Dutch and English, ‘safari’ mainly refers to tours in African wildlife parks, where tourists take pictures of big game. In the Netherlands, it is also possible to admire wildlife in their natural environment, for example in nature parks or in protected nature reserves accompanied by forest rangers or nature guides.
There are 8 stamp sheets available, with animals from the deer, rodent, hare, dog, cat, owl, marten, waterfowl, hoofed animal and bird of prey families. PostNL will also release a ninth sheet as a gift for subscribers to the entire series. The stamps on this sheet are dedicated to the Big Five on the Dutch natural landscape.
Each personalised stamp in the On Safari in the Netherlands series has two large circles to symbolise the view through a set of binoculars. This view covers most of the image area on the stamp.
The view from the binoculars contains a zoomed-in photograph of a wild animal in its natural habitat.
On the edge of the sheet one can an enlarged version of one of the photographs from the stamps.
Outside the binocular view, there is an additional graphic layer in the background along the edge of the sheet featuring an interpretation of the animal’s camouflaged habitat.
This print is designed with elements from the original photo. The photo at the sheet edge runs under the vertical strip of stamps, while the animal’s head is always to the right of the stamp strip.
On both the stamp and the sheet edge, the lettering follows the curvature of the lens of the binoculars.
On the top tab, a fragment of the graphic camouflage layer is repeated. On the bottom tab, you can find the product data (item number, designer and image source).
The font for the value of 1 and ‘Nederland’ was created in 2018 by the font designer Martin Majoor from Arnhem. The typography on the stamps and the sheet edge is in Antique Olive (Roger Excoffon, 1962-1966, Fonderie Olive/URW Type Foundry). The typography on the bottom tab is in Akzidenz Grotesk (H. Berthold AG, 1896).
Choice of animals:
The series "On Safari in the Netherlands" is designed by Anne Schaufeli and Huub de Lang from studio026 in Velp. In preparing the design, they received help from specialists from Saxifraga network of European nature photographers) and the Zoogdiervereniging (an organisation for the study and protection of all wild mammals).
Binocular concept:
When choosing the categories and the animals within the categories, the designers did not make any snap decisions. They had to go well together and fit the safari theme.
Focus on the head:
In the graphic representation of the binoculars, the designers added a shadow along the edge to give more depth to the image.
Image editing:
studio026 was able to access enough good photographs in the image banks of Saxifraga and the Zoogdiervereniging.
Realistic proportions:
On each stamp sheet, the proportions between the animals are depicted as realistically as possible.
Additional graphic layer:
All the photos depict the animals in their natural habitat, including the camouflaging in the colour and illustration.
About the designers:
studio026 is a graphic design firm from Velp, consisting of Anne Schaufeli (1987, Warnsveld) and Huub de Lang (1980, Arnhem).
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