Cultural and political diversity is one of our country’s strengths. At the same, shared values and traditions unite us as “one Switzerland”. We are now celebrating this unified diversity with a unique sheet of stamps entitled “My canton − our Switzerland”.
Designers from each of the 26 cantons have created a stamp for the project, complete with a 27th stamp depicting the House of the Cantons. This building hosts the Conference of the Cantonal Governments and other intercantonal organizations. Together, these individual projects form a sheet of stamps that depicts both the diversity of Switzerland and the uniqueness of each canton − a concept that has never before been used in the history of Swiss stamps.
Swiss Post and the Conference of the Cantonal Governments bring the public and the cantons together − in their day-to-day work, and now also with the “My canton − our Switzerland” sheet of stamps.
My canton — Vaud
"La Guette" — The Watcher
First Swiss canton to grant the vote for women on February 1, 1959 and to count fivewomen out of seven members in the Council of State since March 2017. The Lausanne cathedral still have a night watcher nowadays. It is a tradition that dates back to 1405; in 2021 a young womanparticipates for the first time to the tradition that reflects the evolution of society in my canton.
750 mm² of POSTertity
"My canton – our Switzerland", Special Sheet with 27 stamps
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