Saturday, December 17, 2011

Christmas Stamps - Finland 1986



This is a postcard with pictures of the 1986 Finnish Christmas stamps. I found the following information on Stamp Collecting Blog.
In 1986 the Finnish Post issued their first, and so far also the last, se-tenant Christmas postage stamp issue. At the same time Christmas postage stamps returned back to use of two separate face values: discounted rate for early domestic mail and regular rate stamps for normal and international delivery.

I am participating in Sunday Stamps at Viridian's Postcard Blog




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7 comments:

  1. viridianDecember 17, 2011 at 8:08:00 PM CST

    Merry Christmas and Happy Sunday stamps!

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  2. Bob ScotneyDecember 18, 2011 at 1:47:00 AM CST

    I've stayed in Scandinavia as well.

    Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and thank your for your comments on my posts.

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  3. Sheila @ A Postcard a DayDecember 18, 2011 at 2:21:00 AM CST

    I don't know how it is that Finland always seems to produce such consistently well-designed and attractive stamps.

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  4. JoyDecember 18, 2011 at 6:36:00 AM CST

    Nice idea for a se-tenant stamp, you could make feature of that on a Christmas parcel. Finland, always imaginative with stamps.

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  5. VioletSkyDecember 18, 2011 at 2:07:00 PM CST

    I have learned another new term (se-tenant)!
    Finnish stamps are always a joy.

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  6. DorincardDecember 19, 2011 at 9:28:00 AM CST

    Lotsa clones...:)

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  7. Christine H.December 19, 2011 at 10:56:00 AM CST

    Finland truly has some of the most beautiful stamps. I'm not sure why ours are never quite this nice.

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