Football Championship - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2008 - 55 Euro Cent

Football is often referred to as "the most important minor thing in the world" - for many people that may be true, some dispassionate, and for the large, global fan base, this statement is just one thing: a straightforward understatement. However, one thing is certain: on the occasion of the UEFA EURO 2008 ™, which will take place in Austria and Switzerland from 7 to 29 June 2008, football, the most popular sport in the world, will be the focus of general (media) interest. Eight attractive venues are available for the much anticipated football matches. Vienna, Salzburg, Klagenfurt and Innsbruck in Austria and Zurich, Basel, Bern and Geneva in Switzerland; the grand finale will take place on June 29, 2008 at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna. The UEFA EURO 2008 ™ will be the largest sporting event ever held in Austria - despite the fact that two Innsbruck Olympic Games have been "staged" twice in 1964 and 1976! With this comparison, the importance of the upcoming European Football Championship is probably brought into the right relation. The UEFA EURO 2008 ™ promises not only to be interesting from a sporting point of view, it also (above all) provides positive economic impulses of inestimable value. With this special issue, Österreichische Post AG is continuing its thematic issue program 2008 in an attractive way. The design of the brand has been put into proven hands: Hannes Margreiter, a distinguished artist who has designed numerous postage stamps for the Austrian Post in more than two decades, chose a reduced and emphatically graphic imagery for the motif in question: a green soccer field, a pair Legs, a ball. The red and white lettering "Austria" creates the necessary identity with our country - a topic that is of tremendous importance, especially in sports. Football: From 7 to 29 June 2008 probably more than a minor matter.