To open my mailbox like someone opening a surprise box and to feel the pleasure of discovery unleashed by an envelope decorated with stamps.
To be part of the world and also to discover it this way, with the help of those who share this vision.

Sunday 18 July 2021

COVER N.23 - Finland

Postmark: No postmark
Possibly posted on the 30th June; received on the 14th July.
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Another cover with no postmark, also coming from Scandinavia. Could it be that cancelations are no longer used in Finland and Sweden?

Anyway, Nina, whom I thank for the lovely handmade envelope she used to send me a postcrossing postcard (postcard # 11) mailed it from Helsinki, Finland's capital.


The stamp without any facial value imprinted can be used, as far as I grasp, for domestic postage and was issued on 28APR2021. 

Quoting from the Finnish post website: "In April, Posti will also issue the Day of Celebration stamp that is suitable for many kinds of congratulatory messages. The stamp will also celebrate Klaus Welp’s long career as a stamp designer, as it is the 100th stamp designed by Welp."

To complete the postage for international expedition, a 0,10@ stamp was used. This is part of a 4 set stamp issued on 09MAY2017, dedicated to artic birds. The 4 stamps were also issued included in a souvenir sheet. 

the birds depicted were: 0,10€ - Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis): 0,20€ - Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca); domestic (no facial value) - Brent goose (Branta bernicla); domestic (no facial value) - Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis).

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