NBG/HA accepted a proposal by the Foreign Ministry and the Swiss Embassy in Athens to collaborate on the issue, by the Hellenic Postal Service, of a series of stamps accompanied by a bilingual limited edition philatelic volume celebrating the bicentenary of the contribution by Ioannis Kapodistrias to the formation of the borders and the institutions of the Swiss state, as well as the Eynard, an ardent philhellene and co-founder of National Bank of Greece, who became a friend of Ioannis Kapodistrias at the Congress of Vienna 1814-1815.