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Postage Stamps 2004

Battle of the Ardennes on stamps

On 16 December 1944, the German army launched a massive counter-offensive on a front, which extended from Monschau to Echternach. Under the command of Generalfeldmarschall Von Rundstedt, 250,000 men launched an assault on allied positions. The Battle of the Ardennes had begun.

Liberation 1944-1945

History of wool farming

This stamp issue is a quality historical issue, a celebration of the wool industry in the Falkland Islands. Produced from artworks by local artist James Peck the issue comprises five stamps and a First Day Cover.

History of wool farming

Finland postage stamps 2005

A total of 23 stamp issues, comprising 46 different postage stamps, will be issued by Finland post in 2005. Two of these are so-called personalised stamps. Various centennials are the subject office issues.

Finland 2005 stamp issues

Bronze Age in Finland

A miniature sheet comprising two stamps featuring the Bronze Age (ca 1500-500 B.C.) burial site at Sammallahdenmäki was issued on 8 September 2004. The miniature sheet was designed by professor Erik Bruun. The site is located at Kivikylä in the municipality of Lappi, province of Satakunta. The unique area, featuring 33 burial cairns within less than a kilometre, is situated on a high ridge.

Bronze Age

Gulf of Finland 2004

The fourth issue in the Gulf of Finland stamp series features finds from five ship wrecks. The stamps were printed in a four-colour offset process with gold metallic as a fifth colour. The artefacts are embossed. The total print run was 720,000.

Gulf of Finland 2004 Stamps

Christmas in Finland

The Christmas stamps feature drawings by painter and illustrator Martta Wendelin (1893-1986). The stamp with the 0.45 € denomination corresponding to the special rate for Christmas cards features a small boy writing a letter to Santa. The picture is a detail of a drawing first published as a New Year card in 1936, gravure printed by Otava. The other stamp, denominated at 0.65 €, features a decorated branch of a Christmas tree.

Christmas in Finland

Children's right

The two stamps on children's rights depict children at their most natural, creating and playing. The stamps were designed by the dog design team Eeva Sivula, lIona Ilottu and Petri Salmela.

Children's right in focus

Sports in Luxembourg

2004 was a year full of important sporting events as well as being the European Year of Education through Sport.

Sports in Luxembourg

Christmas 2004 in Luxembourg

Providing a pleasant atmosphere and a time for contemplation, Christmas is an excellent moment to rediscover the magic of the present day. On this "Christmas 2004" special postage stamp, the magic is heightened by the innocence of this youth choir and by the magnificence of the snow-covered surroundings.

Christmas 2004 in Luxembourg

Finnish postage stamp 150 years

The year 2006 marks a jubilee of the Finnish postage stamp. The first Finnish postage stamps were issued in March 1856. At that time some 60 countries had issued national postage stamps.

Finnish postage stamp 150 years in 2006