On Monday 4th November,
Itella Posti Oy published its new Finnish Christmas stamps, which are inspired
by the nostalgic world of scrapbook pictures. The motifs for the stamps,
designed by Susanna Rumpu and Ari Lakaniemi, are old drawings used on post cards or scrapbook pictures.
The EUR 0.65 stamp for Christmas greetings is the atmospheric Christmas Hug,
featuring endearing child figures from an old, original post card. The
background of the stamp glows warm and golden, creating the mood of
candlelight.
The first-class stamp, Christmas Tree Boy, features an image photographed from of a scrapbook picture, in which a
small boy in winter clothes carries home small Christmas trees in a blue-hued
snowfall. The stamp sheet also has Priority labels designed to suit the mood of
the stamps.
As a 2nd-class stamp,
the traditional Angel can be used for various other greetings in
addition to Christmas greetings. For most Finnish people, the angel image
conjures up warm childhood memories.
The Christmas stamp
celebrates its 40th anniversary
2013 is a year of
celebration of Finnish Christmas stamps, as the first ones were published 40
years ago on November 15, 1973. In the first Christmas stamps designed by Pirkko Vahtero, a reindeer pulls Santa in a sleigh through the
snow.18 million of these stamps were printed in the banknote press of the Bank
of Finland. They were valued at 30 Finnish pennies.
Thank you Ella for this lovely FDC.
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