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Liechtenstein

SEPAC - Historical Maps

7 June 2021

Liechtensteinische Post issued its contribution to 2021's SEPAC stamps featuring the "Map of the Upper Rhine Valley" special stamp.

Every year, the association, which comprises thirteen small European postal operators, issues a stamp on a common theme. In 2021 the theme is Historical Maps.

The selected motif represents one of the oldest known maps of the Upper Rhine Valley. It was probably drawn around 1620 by Swiss cartographer and engineer Hans Conrad Gyger (1599-1674).

The watercolour pen and ink drawing shows the catchment area of the Rhine between the Swiss districts of Altstätten and Bad Ragaz with the castles and palaces existing at that time.