2026Little Red Riding Hood - Sheetlets

One of the best-known classic fairy-tale characters is the first motif of the new series “Fairy tales”: Little Red Riding Hood, the little girl who has a dramatic encounter with a wolf. The stamps in this new series feature adapted illustrations by Dora Brandenburg-Polster from 1911, with one character highlighted in colour. The story of Little Red Riding Hood is well known: on her way through the forest to visit her grandmother, the girl meets the wolf, who persuades her to stop and pick flowers for her. Meanwhile, the wolf hurries ahead to the grandmother’s house, devours her and takes her place in bed. Although puzzled by the old woman’s appearance, Little Red Riding Hood fails to recognise the wolf and is eaten as well. In the end, a huntsman rescues both of them from the wolf’s belly, and the wolf dies. Generations of children have grown up with fairy tales like this one, in which good triumphs over evil, even if some elements may seem outdated today.