Finland

About this stamp:

Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park

A new series of national park stamps is started by the issue of a stamp designed by Teemu Ollikainen, based on a photograph by Pekka Luukkola. It features Pallastunturit Fells, one of Finland’s designated national landscapes.

The first class non-value indicator stamp is sold as 10-stamp sticker sheets with information in Finnish, Swedish, Northern Sámi and Braille.

Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, situated in Finland’s Western Lapland, is the most popular among Finland’s National Parks with over 300,000 visitors per year.

The stamp was the second most popular in the voting for the most beautiful stamp in 2009.

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Finnish lakes

Bottle post

This is an advertisement for bottle post that can be sent via Finnish post. That's so cool, I wish I could get a message in a bottle!

Here's also the stamp:

Finland: Harry Potter card and Emperor Alexander I stamp

This beautiful card also has an interesting stamp, with the Russian Emperor Alexander I.

This stamp was issued in January, 2009 and is part of "1809 Building a Nation" mini sheet. Some information from www.posti.fi:

As a result of the Russo-Swedish war of 1809, Finland's centuries-long connection with Sweden were severed and Finland became an autonomous Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire. The background picture to the 1809 Building a Nation miniature sheet shows the opening of the Diet of Porvoo, at which the new ruler, Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825, centre of the picture), declared his royal assurance. In the words of the Tsar, Finland became a "nation among nations".

The whole miniature sheet is here.

Magical World of Trolls

The sender wrote that those trolls were popular in Finland thirty years ago. I think they came to Russia in the 90s, at least they were really popular that time. My sisters and I had a lot of these trolls, clothed ones with yellow hair and naked and hollow (with mints inside) with pink, lime green and baby blue hair. Sadly, the sender wrote that she didn't have any trolls when they were popular in Finland, and you have no idea how sorry I feel for her!

And another yummy stamp from Finland:

Pretty envelope from Finland

I got two flat fridge magnets in it.

Movie card from Finland

National costumes of Laplandia, Finland

Pizza

When I was on a diet in summer 2009, I got a whole lot of my favourite cards: food cards. When you can't eat something, it's nice to at least look at it!

Pizza from Finland.

Moomins and yummy stamp!

Moomins

Summer greetings from Finland

Berries and a mushroom

A card from Finland

this mushroom is called "kanttarelli" in Finnish.

Finnish stamps are always cool

Helsingfors and garden tiger

Parliament House and Finlandia Hall from Helsinki

This card has a very beautiful stamp!


The moth is called garden tiger, or медведица кайя in Russian

Lovely Snorkfröken stamp

Lahti

Here's a beautiful card from Lahti, Finland.


You can see the harbour, congress and concert center Sibelius Hall, Sports center area and railway station.

And I especially like the Cristmas stamp:)

Winter card with racing car stamp

HUGE (but adorable^_^) postcrossing official card with a HUGE stamp (apparently, the sender doesn't believe in doesn't believe in doing anything half-way:)

Here's the stamp:

Finnish ladybug

me loves ladybugs^__^

The text on the cards says "The best way to tell the future is to create it".

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