Sweden 2013 Insects
From Stamps of the World
- Issue Date : 10 January 2013
- four values
- Designed by : Beata Boucht & Engraving by Lars Sjööblom
- Printed by : Sweden Post Stamps Security Printing Works
- Print process : Recess
- Perforations : die-cut perf 11½ x 11½
- Stamp size : height 26.15mm x width 30.7mm
- Paper :
- Gum : Self adhesive
Stamps were printed in vertical coils with the designs affixed in serquence and the surplus paper around the stamps removed
Provincial Insects of Sweden
12kr ~ pink-winged grasshopper, Bryoderma tuberculata (Provincial insect of Öland)
12kr ~ harlequin bug, Lygaeus equestris (Provincial insect of Gotland), shown on a globe thistle
12kr ~ cockchafer, Melolontha melolontha (Provincial insect of Halland)
12kr ~ Baltic hawker, Aeshna serrata (Provincial insect of Närke)
stamps from mint coil strip
First Day Cover
- A set of four maximum cards was also released