[press release]
Insects play leading part in summer version of ‘Experience Nature’ stamp series
The Hague, 4 June 2018 – PostNL will be issuing the new ‘Experience Nature’ stamp series this year. There will be a ten-stamp sheetlet for each season. The third stamp series will appear today. This summer edition of the stamp series is devoted to insects. The autumn version of this stamp series, with mushrooms, will follow in October.
The summer stamps feature 10 insects we may encounter in our country. The photographs used are ‘portraits’ of these insects in their natural environment. Most images run almost imperceptibly through onto the adjacent stamp. This makes it seem like the insects live side by side in the same habitat.
The beauty of nature
With the ‘Experience Nature’ stamp series, PostNL pays tribute to the diversity of nature in our country. “The stamps in this series show Dutch nature on its best behaviour,” says Stephan van den Eijnden, PostNL’s Commercial Director for Mail. “After the reptiles & amphibians and the wildflowers, 10 insects are showing themselves in their best light. A promising run-up to the fourth sheetlet, which will be appearing this autumn.”
Thousands of photos
For the ‘Experience Nature’ series, graphic designer Frank Janse from Gouda selected around one thousand photographs for each of the four stamp sheetlets. He narrowed these down to a shortlist consisting of around a hundred images, from which he chose the ten photographs that made it onto each stamp sheetlet. He was guided by both the beauty of the photograph and the special characteristics of the depicted plants and animals. The photographs are the work of amateur photographers who send their best images to the PIXFACTORY websites.
Availability
The ‘Experience Nature – Insects’ stamp sheetlet consists of ten different stamps marked with ‘Nederland 1’, the denomination for items up to 20g in weight destined for mail in the Netherlands. The stamps are available from 4 June at all post offices and online at postnl.nl/bijzondere-postzegels and can also be ordered by calling the Collect Club customer service on 088 – 868 99 00, The stamps are valid until further notice.
