When it comes to stamps on cotton, the alpine countries already have a history of special issues.
The following stamp of Liechtenstein looks very similar, but is not really a 'cotton' stamp.
The stamp of 6.30 Swiss Francs, issued in September 2020, depicts a green world map (Europe and North Africa) and 3 green leafs. The globe is surrounded by the text : Fürstentum Liechtenstein.
The idea of a 'greener' world however is not only in the image of the stamp, but more then ever in the stamp itself.
No less then 3100 PET bottles (polyethylene terephtalate) of 600 ml were used to proceed a 3000 km wire (1860 miles), needed for the 40,000 issued stamps. For each stamp, 75 m (250 feet) of that wire was needed. The total amount of the wire was enough to border the outer border of the country 40 times!
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| Liechtenstein 2020 - environment stamp |
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| Reverse side of Liechtenstein's stamp |
According Liechtenstein Postal services, the stamp can be used for sending mail or as a collectible, but can be used on clothes as as a personal statement of awareness that we need to recycle.
