International Year of the Potato Swiss Stamp

Good news, friends: Switzerland has issued a postage stamp to commemorate 2008, the International Year of the Potato!

According to the folks at the International Potato Center, the 85 cent stamp is available until March 31, 2008.

The 28 x 33 mm stamp is featured on a double-page spread in the January issue of Swisspost’s Focus on Stamps; the Collector’s Magazine. The article notes that “it is not just in Switzerland that the potato ensures people have a sustaining, varied diet. It is planted all over the world. At the global level, the potato is one of the most-planted foods … thus contributing to ensuring food security and poverty reduction worldwide. To pay tribute to the potato’s key role, the UN General Assembly has declared 2008 the International Year of the Potato, so Swiss Post is issuing a stamp in its honor.”

So, go eat a potato. They're yummy.