[press release]
Fokke & Sukke decorate the first personalized stamps with new framework
The Hague, 23 April 2018 – PostNL today introduces two new frameworks for the Personal Stamp. Fokke & Sukke decorate the first two completed sheets of Personal Postage Stamps with the new framework in honour of the 25th anniversary of the most famous duck and canary of our country.
Since 2003, PostNL has been offering customers the possibility to design Personal Stamps online with their own photo, drawing or other image within a fixed framework. The issue Fokke & Sukke are celebrating their 25th anniversary consists of two sheets of filled in Personal Postage Stamps with a new framework. The first sheet with ten stamps is for domestic mail, the second sheet with five stamps for international mail. On both stamp sheets, there are drawings of Fokke & Sukke taking a selfie.
New typography and more space
The new frameworks were designed by letter designer Martin Majoor from Arnhem. The new frameworks have a new typography and offer more space for the personal image. One new framework is intended for Personal Stamps with the value indication Netherlands 1, the other for Personal Stamps with the value indication International 1. Both frameworks are suitable for both portrait and landscape images.
Maximum effect
Major also designed a new sans serif letter for the Personal Stamps. “But with the thick-thin variations that you normally associate with serif letters” says Major. “That also fits in with my philosophy to achieve the maximum possible effect with as few elements as possible. As the famous letter designer, Eric Gill, once said about stamps: the more you use them, the simpler they must be.”
News jokes
The anniversary couple, Fokke & Sukke, are among the most popular cartoon characters in our country. The comic is thought up and created every day by John Reid, Bastiaan Geleijnse and Jean-Marc van Tol. Fokke & Sukke, who first appeared together in a cartoon in 1993, can now be found every day in NRC Next and NRC Handelsblad. In addition, the creators make an annual block calendar and an annual overview in news jokes.
Availability
The ten Personal Stamps Fokke & Sukke are celebrating their 25th anniversary with the value indication Netherlands 1 are meant for mail up to and including 20 grams and with a destination within the Netherlands. The five Personal Stamps Fokke & Sukke are celebrating their 25th anniversary with the value indication International 1 and the Priority logo are meant for items up to and including 20 grams with a foreign destination. The stamps are available from the post office in the Bruna stores from April 23 and via PostNL’s website. The stamps can also be ordered by telephone from the customer service of Collect Club at telephone number 088 – 868 99 00. The validity period is indefinite.
