Finland postage stamps 15 March 2000

The latest stamp issues of Finland

The latest issues of Finland depict animals, a flower, Moomin, and the Jubilee Year. The latter issues were issued in beautiful booklets.

Red Cross

An impressive horned bull, a cow and a calf are the pictorial subjects of the new Red Cross stamps issued by Finland. The stamps are designed by Pirkko Juvonen-Valtonen and are part of a series begun in 1994 introducing land race animals.

Red Cross stamp in detail

Values: 3.50 and 4.80 Mk.
Sizes: 29 x 36 mm and 36 x 29 mm.
Postage stamp design: Pirkko Juvonen-Valtonen.
Print: offset by Joh. Enschedé Security Printers, The Netherlands.

Moomin stamps

The delightful Moomin family and their friends continue their adventures on a stamp booklet, issued on 15 March 2000. The booklet contains four Class 1 stamps without a printed face value.
Both the stamps and the booklet's cover pictures came from the book "Moominsummer Madness". The story is about a great flood, which guides the Moomins to the mysterious world of the theatre. One of the stamps features Emma, the old theatre rat, and the entire Moomin family having dinner at the theatre, their temporary home, while two stamps depict Snufkin.

Moomin stamps in detail

Values: Class 1 (all 4 stamps).
Size: 30.6 x 35.65 mm (stamps).
Postage stamp design: Tove Jansson and Pirkko Vahtero.
Print: offset by Satec Oy.

Marigolds

Yellow marsh marigolds are in bloom early in the year. Ms Pirkko Juvonen-Valtonen has designed this bright and beautiful waterside plant.
The marsh marigold (cultha palustris) belongs to the ranunculus genus and is common in all parts of Finland. The genus includes 16 species growing in marshy areas of the Northern Hemisphere. The hardy plant begins its long flowering period in May. Its yellow flower can be spotted by riverbanks, ditches, wet fields and in the woods.

Marigolds stamp in detail

Value: 3.50 Mk.
Size: 24.65 x 34.5 mm.
Postage stamp design: Pirkko Juvonen-Valtonen.
Print: offset by Joh. Enschedé Security Printers, The Netherlands.

Prayer

The year 2000 is the Jubilee Year and the year of hope for Finnish Christian churches and communities. The subjects of the Jubilee Year stamps are prayer, christening, a cathedral altarpiece depicting the transfiguration of Christ, and the church as a meeting place for the Christian community. The sheet also honours the Turku Cathedral, celebrating its 700th anniversary in 2000.
The stamps are priced 3.50 mark and the entire booklet at 14 mark.

Prayer stamp in detail

Values: 3.50 Mk (all 4 stamps).
Postage stamp design: Ilona Ilottu, Eeva Sivalu and Petri Salmela of D.O.G. Design.
Size: 30 x 47mm (stamps).
Print: offset by Satec Oy.