Pro Juventute

Things we fail to notice

If we adults could see the world through the eyes of children, we would probably be frequently amazed. Children and young people not only see the world differently – they often see things we fail to notice.
The Swiss Pro Juventute Foundation aims to bring the way children and young people view the world into the public arena.

What's Santa Claus doing? (70 + 35 c)

Santa had enough of cold winter temperatures. In his heavy bag of presents, he finds a magic yellow pen which he uses to paint a warming sun in the sky. For a while he basks in the heat of summer, until it dawns on him that he's forgotten something vital.

Leopold the Leopard (70 + 35 c)

Leopold, the young Leopard is wakened by the rising sun. Because everybody's still asleep, he decides to visit the sun and climbs right up to the top of the tree. On the way, he meets lots of friends – but not the sun, which is already too high in the sky.

Honey bear (90 + 45 c)

Otto, Rosa and Tom are three young wild animals who often play quite boisterously. The neighbour gets annoyed at the noise they make and suggests the children should take Bear, the factory owner, as their role model. When the children visit Bear in his factory, they find him asleep in his office where he is dreaming of his childhood and remembering how, as a cub, he used to career through the village on his scooter, shouting at the top of his voice.

Tom the monkey (90 + 45 c)

On the way to the treetop, Leopold meets his friend Tom, a young monkey, and tells him how close the sun had been, right at top of the tree, and that he had even seen the mountains.

Stamps in detail

Issue: 20 November 2001
Stamp size:28 x 33 mm
Perforation: 13,25 x 13,5
Printing: Offset by Swiss Post Stamp Printers

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