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Pro Patria – The fifth Switzerland

Where is the Fifth Switzerland? Well, it’s found all over the world, wherever Swiss citizens are resident abroad.

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Pro Patria stamps

Almost 11 percent of Swiss people live abroad. This community is known as the “Fifth Switzerland” and is made up of 800,000 people. Since 1916, the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA), SwissCommunity, has focused on maintaining links between this expat community and Switzerland. The new Pro Patria stamps remind us of the comforts of home. Warming the heart and cupping your hands around a black fondue pot – the designs evoke a piece of Switzerland.

Sheet of 10 stamps each
Sheet of 10 stamps each
Pro Patria stamp booklet
Stamp booklet

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Technical information

Sales

Philately: from 25.4.2024 to 30.6.2025 or while stocks last

Branches: from 2.5.2024 to 30.6.2025 or while stocks last

Validity

Unlimited from 2.5.2024

Printing

Offset, 4-colour + thermal ink; Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem, Netherlands

Formats

Stamps: 33 × 28 mm

Sheet: 115 × 192 mm (5 rows of 2 stamps)

Paper

White stamp paper, with optical brightener, matt gummed, 110 gm2

Perforation

13 ¼ : 13 ¼

Design

Sandra Liscio, London