World Stamps
Germany issues two Celestial Events stamps
By Denise McCarty
A fragment of a rainbow is pictured on a new German stamp, one of two €0.70 Celestial Events stamps issued Feb. 2.
The stamp design by Bettina Walter is based on a photograph by Claudia Hinz of the rainbow fragment, dark clouds and Hochwanner, one of Germany’s highest mountains.
The other stamp depicts a distorted image, or mirage, of the sun as a rectangle over the North Atlantic. This stamp design is based on a photograph by Melia Ritzal taken near the city of Bordeaux, France.
Giesecke and Devrient printed the stamps by offset in panes of 10 and booklets of 20 (10 of each stamp).
Connect with Linn’s Stamp News:
Sign up for our newsletter
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
MORE RELATED ARTICLES
Headlines
-
World Stamps
Mar 28, 2023, 12 PMUnited Nations to mark World Art Day April 15 with six stamps
-
US Stamps
Mar 27, 2023, 5 PMMourning stationery for one president addressed to another
-
US Stamps
Mar 27, 2023, 3 PMCounterfeit U.S. stamps seized at DFW airport in Texas
-
US Stamps
Mar 27, 2023, 12 PMNew U.S. Flag definitive stamps debut April 10 in Freedom, Maine