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.

Saturday, 11 September 2021

POSTCARD N.32 -  Finland

Postcrossing postcard sent on the 30th August; received on the 8th September
Postcard image: Andjust,- Long Audio Play Movie, by Mox Mäkelän countryside of Sauerland
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Thank you Sandhra, for your postcard  of  Andjust, a film by Finnish conceptual artist Mox Mäkelän. 

in the words of its author this film is the sacred satire of the "stand art" host and great stuff before they become dust. 

Stamps, left to right:

The 0,10€ stamp 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).

The Stamp with no face value (1,75€ on the date of issue) is part of a set of six, issued on 28APR21, included in a booklet pane, celebrating the 150 years of postal cards in Finland.

The manually applied cancellation tells us that the postcard was mailed from Oulu, in the North of Finland

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