Stockholmia 86 - The Stamp Collector

This is a Swedish maximum card (Maximikort Nr. 27) featuring the 4kr Sverige 'Stockholmia 86' stamp depicting a child examining stamps with a magnifying glass over a tin of stamps and scattered philatelic material, designed by Eva Jern and Per Myrehed. The card's artwork is a photographic collage of multiple stamps from various countries including a USA 18c space shuttle stamp, a British 'Twenty-Two Pence' Planets Suite/Gustav Holst stamp, and a Deutsche Bundespost 50pf radar dish stamp, arranged on a purple and gold background with the text 'Comprehending the Universe.' The cancellation is a pictorial postmark from Stockholm dated 23.1.86, featuring a hand holding stamps, with the circular text 'STOCKHOLM · STOCKHOLMIA.' The reverse provides multilingual (Swedish, English, French, German) descriptions of the stamp, identifying it as 'The Stamp Collector,' issued 23 January 1986.

The cachet artwork features a vibrant collage of international stamps on a purple and gold background, including a U.S. stamp with a space shuttle, a British stamp depicting planets, and a German stamp with a radar dish. The text 'Comprehending the Universe' is prominently displayed. The Swedish stamp, valued at 4 kr, shows a child examining stamps with a magnifying glass, titled 'The Stamp Collector.' The pictorial postmark from Stockholm, dated 23 January 1986, depicts a hand holding stamps with circular text 'STOCKHOLM · STOCKHOLMIA.' The reverse of the card includes detailed text in multiple languages about the stamp's design and issue date.