With the third stamp issue of 2026, Swiss Post presents a varied selection of designs that bring together Swiss culture, well-known figures and social commitment.
The band Stubete Gäng performs contemporary folk music and brightens up any letter. Shaun the Sheep delights young and old alike with his unmistakable charm, and appears on a Swiss stamp for the first time. The designs featuring Swiss attractions invite you to rediscover the country’s well-known and hidden gems. With the Caritas stamp, Swiss Post is also making a statement of solidarity.
Designed by Stubete Gäng
What happens when a band designs a stamp? Swiss Post aims to use this core idea to showcase the rich diversity of Switzerland’s arts scene and give Swiss public figures, here from the world of music, the opportunity to create culture in the form of a stamp. “Coming up with the right design and a matching postmark for the stamp was a bit like writing a song. We asked ourselves what felt right for us and how to bring it to life in an appealing and humorous way”, say the band members about how the stamp was created. The design bears the DNA of Stubete Gäng, who unite city and countryside, young and old, with their “Örbn Ländlr” style. Their music is a mix of traditional and modern, peppered with a dash of humour.
Shaun the Sheep
The adventurous sheep first appeared in Wallace and Gromit back in 1995 – since then, Shaun has become a celebrated film star with fans in over 170 countries. Following the first two films, the cult character is now returning to the big screen: “Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom” will hit Swiss cinemas in autumn 2026. In the latest adventure, the sheep herd’s pumpkin patch is destroyed. To save Halloween, which is just around the corner, Shaun turns into a mad scientist, with some unimagined yet comical consequences. Did you know? This type of film is created using stop-motion, and up to 24 frames are required for just one second of animation. Objects are photographed frame by frame and then played back to create the illusion of smooth, continuous movement. This elaborate technique requires a great deal of attention to detail.
Traditional skilled trades
How many people are still learning a traditional skilled trade, such as shoemaking, violin-making, blacksmithing, basket-weaving or wickerwork designing, today? Not many. Only a handful of apprentices per year enter the trades shown in the stamp designs. These professions are therefore known as rare trades. Although these traditional trades have become rare, they are still taught by experienced professionals and embraced with great enthusiasm by young people. They stand for ever-evolving traditions and are still deeply rooted in our everyday lives. This set pays tribute to the knowledge and skills passed on through generations and the timeless beauty of the crafted objects, as testaments to experience, care and dedication.
Hilltop fire
The inspiration for the design is a monumental work on canvas, which Andriu Deplazes painted for Art Basel Unlimited 2025: a hilltop fire above Lake Lucerne. The painting depicts various figures watching the fire in the twilight, while other shadowy forms escape above the mountain silhouettes. For the new issue of the stamp set celebrating Swiss Post’s commitment to art, Deplazes created a new image that captures the essence of this theme in the compact nature of the small format. The image, initially created in oil and ink on paper, then overprinted using a monotype technique and finally reproduced photographically, becomes a portable medium for philosophical and social questions. Andriu Deplazes was born in Zurich in 1993. He lives and works in Marseille, Paris and Zurich.
Swiss attractions
Switzerland has some beautiful spots to offer. Four of them are represented in the new Swiss attractions set. They exemplify the diversity of tourism – an economic sector that’s of great importance to many regions. The first stop on this year’s round trip is St. Moritz, one of the world’s best-known winter destinations, not least thanks to the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. The next stop takes you up to the Dufourspitze, the highest point in Switzerland at 4,634 metres. Another outdoor experience awaits you in the Neuchâtel Jura: a hike to the spectacular Creux du Van rock basin with its 160-metre-high rock faces. FInally, the fourth attraction takes you to Chapel Bridge in Central Switzerland. Almost 14,000 people cross this Lucerne landmark every day.
Supplementing older stamps
To provide anyone who still has older stamps (85, 90, 100, 110, 130, 180), Swiss Post has issued three supplementary values. Their design is wonderfully simple. When the designer’s task is to symbolize the values of 5, 10 and 20 centimes, what could be more appropriate than depicting the relevant Swiss coins? Just put one of these to supplement your older stamps to reach the correct amount.
To order your stamps, please go to the website below. Most post offices don't carry special stamps in stock.
A Mail (priority) letter cost CHF 1.20
B Mail (second-class) letter cost CHF 1.00
