Country - Austria
Stamp issue date - 28 July, 2017
Printing process - Laser cutting on Oak wood.
On July 28th, 2017 the
Austrian postal service issued a spectacular new stamp, which follows the line
of spectacular stamps issued once in a while by the Austrian Postal Service.
They have a tendency to push the boundaries for traditional stamps, and tend to
use a combination of ground breaking printing process and utilize products not normally
used in the production of stamps.
This issue is no
different, as it also breaks with tradition. This issue was made in celebration
of the 20th anniversary of the Austrian Federal Forestry Office, and in order
to celebrate the anniversary, the Postal Service decided to make the stamp
depict an Oak Tree, which is a indigenous species in Austria. This might not
seem special, as many other stamps depict trees, but the spectacular treat here
is not the motive, but the material. All the Oak Tree stamps were produced from
a single 210 year old Austrian Oak Tree, and the stamps are made of very fine
cuts of wood.
The production of the
stamps is very difficult, as wood changes, based on the temperature and
moisture, making it very difficult to produce similar products. This means that
all the issued stamps are unique, using different parts of the Oak Tree for
production. The shape of the stamp is made to symbolize the Oak Tree, and the
shape is made using laser-cutting technology.
My stamp was sourced from Austria Post
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