embroidery - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2008 - 375 Euro Cent

The collection of special stamps offers collectors all over the world a new embroidered creation: "Enzian" was created like the first embroidered special stamp "Edelweiss" in the studio of the Austrian embroidery company Hämmerle & Vogel. The special stamp travels around the globe and tells the story of embroidery art and the alpine plant. Threads and colors follow the natural form of the Clusius gentian (gentiana clusii), which was discovered by King Gentius of Illyria about 100 years before Christ's birth. Every single species of gentian that produces our earth in a hundredfold diversity is protected. On the special stamp, the gentian enjoys pattern protection. He protects a work of art whose symbol and collector value is much larger than the postal value of € 3.75. Poets and thinkers praised the healing powers of the gentian, which are in the roots. Fairy tales and myths are entwined with the pure blue of his petals. The color blue is older than all empires. It is the color of the creation of heaven and water. Blue is the divine and earthly color of infinity and uniqueness. Immortalized in the blue skin of the Egyptian gods. Desired on earth like the blue Mauritius. The romantics sought the blue flower as a symbol of loyalty and longing. On a stamp, the art of embroidery turns the aura, myth and symbolism of the gentian into a philatelic event with lasting benefits. The alpine flower, embroidered with thousands of needles and fine threads, can be bought, collected, given, glued, and shipped. Millions of times, embroidery art and gentian travel as a success story in all women's countries. The color blue has been female since 2008 years.