Sweden:Precious Nature

On 14 January 2021, Sweden (PostNord) issued a stamp as part of the EUROPA 2021 theme to raise awareness on Endangered Wildlife and Biodiversity.

Issue Description
Environmental issues have received greater attention in recent times, largely thanks to Greta Thunberg’s school strike for climate or Fridays for Future, which has had a global impact with its calls for action on global warming and climate change.

At national level, The Riksdag (Swedish Parliament) has filled up 16 environmental quality goals spanning a wide range of areas.

Stamps
With the Booklet stamp motifs, PostNord wants to show some of the things these objectives and measures wish to achieve. A rich agricultural and biodiverse landscape – mountain scenery, forests and wetlands, each retaining their individual richness of flora and fauna, and, above it all, a blue sky with clean air for both people and all other plants and animals.

In recent years, the European Green Toad has gone from vulnerable to critically endangered status and there are now only a few remaining in the Skåne och Blekinge regions. Eutrophication and drainage are two of several reasons for its decline. In order to save the species in Sweden, European Green Toads are bred to be transplanted, but it is also necessary to restore and preserve the habitat in which the toads live.

Collector's Sheet
The pictorial Collector's Sheet contains the five Booklet Stamps as well as the Coil Stamp.

The Collector's Sheet features an illustration by Henning Trollbäck (Stamp Designer & Illustrator) of Ranunculus Bulbosus, commonly known as Bulbous Buttercup or St. Anthony's Turnip.

Illustration signed by the illustrator and dated 9 June 2020.

First Day Cover
The First Day Cover is a pictorial envelope with the five Booklet stamps from the issue affixed and postmarked.

EUROPA Series
Other Issues under the EUROPA theme include:

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