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May 10, 2012
New Stamp Honors Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Wallenberg is being honored with a stamp
on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The stamp will be
available for purchase on May 10, 2012.
Swedish stamps help us create a picture of Sweden. They
can feature our history, events or people who have made
a positive contribution to the development of Sweden and
the world. It goes without saying that Raoul Wallenberg
is one of these people, says Britt-Inger Hahne, Head of
Sweden Post Stamps.
The stamp includes two portrait photographs of Raoul Wallenberg
from different periods of his life. The stamp is part of
a minisheet that also includes a view of Budapest, one of
the protective passports issued at the end of the war by
the Swedish Legation in the Hungarian capital and Raoul
Wallenberg’s signature.
The designer is Gustav Mårtensson, the engraver is
Lars Sjööblom and the stamp is printed in a combination
of recess and offset at Sweden Post’s stamp printing
works in Kista. The denomination is SEK 12, International
letters and greetings. It will be available for purchase
on May 10, 2012.
This is the second time that Sweden Post has issued a stamp
depicting Raoul Wallenberg. In 1987, he was celebrated together
with Dag Hammarskjöld and Folke Bernadotte in the In
the Service of Humanity issue.
Sweden’s Government has appointed a National Committee
for the Raoul Wallenberg Year 2012. The Committee Chairman
is Minister for Foreign Affairs, Carl Bildt, and the project
is led by Olle Wästberg, the previous Director General
of the Swedish Institute.
For more information, please contact: Thorsten Sandberg,
Sweden Post Stamps. Telephone +46 104365207
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and in Strålfors. The parent company is a Swedish
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