Stamps
Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival 2025 Glarnerland+
It’s as much a part of Swiss wrestling as sawdust: the Edelweiss shirt. This is why this folkloric pattern is slap bang in the middle of the stamp, which is being released to mark the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival 2025.
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The Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival 2025 Glarnerland+ will take place from 29 to 31 August 2025. Glarnerland will be hosting for the first time in the 130-year history of the Federal Wrestling Association. Over the three days of the event, around 270 participating wrestlers, 70 stone putters and some 350,000 visitors are expected at the 70-hectare festival grounds of the largest regular sporting event in Switzerland. A certain item of clothing is essential: the Edelweiss shirt. It was originally a work shirt. Starting in the 1970s, it then found its way into wrestling because of its sturdy yet soft texture. The original fabric is woven from double-threaded yarn, known as a corded thread, making it particularly sturdy.
Event
ESAF 2025 Glarnerland+
The Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival 2025 Glarnerland+ will take place from 29 to 31 August – the first time it has been held in Glarnerland in the 130-year history of the Swiss Alpine Wrestling Association. Over three days, around 270 participating wrestlers, 70 stone putters and some 350,000 visitors are expected at the 70-hectare festival grounds. ESAF is not only Switzerland’s biggest recurring sporting event, it also an important part of Swiss cultural heritage.
Technical information
Sales
Philately: from 1.5.2025 to 30.6.2026 or while stocks last
Branches: from 8.5.2025 to 30.6.2026 or while stocks last
Validity
Unlimited from 8.5.2025
Printing
Offset, 4-colour with flocking; Cartor Security Printers, Meaucé-La Loupe, France
Formats
Stamp: 35 × 35 mm
Sheetlet: 210 × 115 mm, 2 rows of 5 stamps
Paper
White stamp paper, with optical brightener, self-adhesive, on backing paper, 196 gm2
Perforation
13 : 13
Design
Image: Samuel Jenni, Meiringen
Graphic design: Pascale Hoch, St. Gallen