Postage stamps celebrate the Swiss Abroad

The Swiss Abroad community is the focus of a new series of stamps published by the Swiss Post and the Pro Patria foundation. The concept was developed by young people who took part in holiday camps run by the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad. Pro Patria is the organisation responsible for designing and issuing stamps. It is no coincidence that the 2024 edition of the stamps focuses on the Swiss Abroad. The theme ties in with the 100th Congress of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA), which will be held in Lucerne on July 11 and 13. “We've been working with the OSA for a very long time," Daniel Chardon, director of the Pro Patria Foundation, told SWI swissinfo.ch. “It's a long tradition. We wanted to mark the 100th Congress." “It's not just a question of paying tribute to an organisation, it's about taking into account the 10% of the Swiss population who live outside our country's borders," OSA Director Ariane Rustichelli told swissinfo.ch. “It properly recognises the Swiss ...