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Golden Age of Aland Music
The Aland Postal Service has issued three new booklet stamps that has a postage value of Lokalpost named "Golden Age of Aland Music" on the 25th of August 2014. These new stamps featured three of the...
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The Dudesons' anti-bullying campaign
The Dudesons stamps were issued on 1.9.2014 to fight school bullying and they also feature practical jokesThe cartoon-like stamps are part of the Dudesons' anti-bullying campaign. Since it's the...
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First Aerial Postal Flight
This Liechtenstein stamp on the FDC was issued on 8.3.1979 to commemorate its first aerial postal flight from St. Gallen in 1930.Thank you Dear Merja.
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Barcelona Olympic Games 1992
These three nice stamps were issued by Liechtenstein to commemorate the Barcelona Summer Olympic Games.The stamps depict a relay race, a cycling event and a judo match.Thank you Merja.
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Signs of the sky
Stamps do not necessarily need to be boring and official. Nina Rintala's Signs of the sky stamp booklet is proof of this with its eight 1st class stamps each with a different form. Rintala's designs...
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Four nostalgic yard and garden scenes from Finland
This year, the traditional fall stamps will depict nostalgic Finnish yards and gardens. The stamps are the work of Urpo Martikainen, who many know as an anchorman and whose watercolors are the basis of...
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150th Anniversary of Western Australia
This stamp commemorates the 150th year since Captain James Sterling arrived at mouth of the Swan River aboard the "Parmelia" with a party of settlers, the design on the stamp shows the states...
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Tom of Finland gets global stamp of approval, with success of Finnish stamp...
A set of homoerotic Finnish stamps featuring images by gay icon and artist Tom of Finland have become a worldwide success, Finland's postal service company said.During the six months that preceded the...
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Cyprus - Intellectual Pioneers 30.6.2014
"Intellectual Pioneers" - 150 years since the birth of the French artist Toulouse Lautrec, 450 years since the artist's death Michael Angelo, 450 years since the birth of scientist Galileo and 400...
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Aland EUROPA 2014 - Alie Lindberg
Aland honoured Alie Lindberg in this EUROPA stamp issue on 8th May 2014.The stamp depicts Alie Lindberg and her piano. Alie made an extraordinary journey - from her life as the daughter of a Kastelholm...
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Bellflower
It took him several weeks to find the perfect nettle-leaved bellflower to photograph for this year’s SEPAC stamps. Photographer Andy Horner spent quite some time in a ditch before he could catch it in...
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Finland Christmas stamps 2014
This year, the Christmas stamps feature the artwork of Kristina Segercrantz, famous for several award-winning book illustrations. With these stamps executed with watercolor technique, Segercrantz wants...
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Bridges in Finland
The October releases also include a 100-piece roll of stamps, and that to by popular demand, features more motifs than before: no fewer than 10 different 1st-class stamps. The stamps depict Finnish...
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Changes in everyday life in Finland
In November 2013, Itella Posti Oy started its series of stamps to mark the centennial year of Finnish independence to be celebrated in 2017. This year, the theme of the stamps is changes in everyday...
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Aland Christmas Issue 2014
The 2014 Christmas stamp issued on 9.10.2014 is almost a fairy tale image of Little Christmas. The Christmas atmosphere comes to life with white snow, welcoming and warming lights and rosy cheeks.A...
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Åland - Miniature sheet featuring Åland sheep.
Following an interesting co-operation between Åland Post and Postage Stamp Printing Bureau of China Post Group it is now time for the issue of the miniature sheet featuring Åland sheep. For several...
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30th Anniversary of Aland Postage stamps
The first Åland stamps were issued 1 March 1984 (please see those first issues under the Label Åland in this blog).Approximately 15 stamps describing Åland nature, culture, history, society and...
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Seasons Greetings
To All My Dear Friends,Wish you All the very Best for Christmas and in the New Year. God Bless You All.
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Willem of Oranje (1533-84)
My friend Gerda from Holland sent me this very interesting First Day Cover featuring the famous William of Orange.William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also widely known as...
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Synchronized skating - Radiant stamp for four-times world champions
The presented discipline in January's sports-related stamp does not need any justification. The subject for the stamp is synchronized skating, in which Finland represents the world's brightest light....
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