Experience nature – flora on Saba. The most attractive stamp of the entire issue thanks to the transmission tower!

As far as I can remember, the background of all 350 stamps issued to date featuring extensive attention to the flora and fauna of the "Experience Nature: No Human Construction" series shows no human construction.

Most of the flora photos in this Saba issue were taken on the 870-meter-high Mount Scenery, the highest point on the island and thus also in the Netherlands. Here you will find the cloud forest, a special type of rainforest found only on slopes. The humid, hazy, and misty air condenses on the slopes of the mountain. Due to the humid atmosphere, photos featuring the abundant flora show a hazy atmosphere without a blue sky.

In 1972, a modern steel transmission tower was placed in the crater of the mountain, which is barely visible in the mist next to the particularly recognizable tree image in the foreground of the West Indian treefern on the stamp in the upper right.

All's well that ends well?

This single stamp from the penultimate sheet of the 35 stamp sheets already issued stands out due to the contrast between natural nature and man-made built culture. This single stamp masterfully demonstrates the one-sidedness of the serialized stamp series launched in 2018 through the dynamically angled, lively arrangement of the transmission tower within the stamp image. The steel artwork draws a line through the entire 'Experience Nature' emission policy, both literally and, above all, figuratively.

All's well that ends well? No, certainly not; the opposite is the case for the philatelist, but not for the consumer (and PostNL), who uses the stamp for postage.

1) Could a logging ban on West Indian mahogany (Swietenia Mahagoni) cause a cabinet crisis?

2) As a living fossil, the West Indian treefern (Cythea Arborea) bears traces of the past. Regarding the background, this image is exceptional compared to the preceding stamps due to the presence of a metal structure as a contrasting element.

3) In my opinion, the beautiful-eyed Susan (Thunbergia alata) is a real eye-catcher.

4) Multitasking or performing activities simultaneously is a piece of cake for the tamarind (Tamarindus Indica).

5) Of course, such an elephant ear (Philodendron Giganteum) does not belong in the room.

6) No, they are not lobster bars; lobster claws (Heliconia Caribaea) are hummingbird cafes.

7) Aechmea lingulata belongs to the Bromeliaceae family of Porophytophiles.

8) The bright trumpet-shaped flowers of the yellow blossom (Telecoma Stans) really blast at you.

9) Such a slender sierran palm (Acuminada Var Montana) therefore has bark.

10) This degenerate Caribbean bladderwort (Ultracularia Alpina) is a carnivore

The NVPH First Day Covers of this issue bear the numbers 914 a and b.