World Championship Skiing

Ski jumper Janne Ahonen

The pictorial subjects of the stamps form an entity. The stamp to the left shows ski jumper Janne Ahonen in mid-air. His jump took off from the stamp to the right, whose main subject is skier Mika Myllyä in a slope.

Stamps designed by Rumpu and Lakaniemi

Ms Susanna Rumpu and Mr Ari Lakaniemi, the designers of the stamps, express the dynamic nature of winter sports by blending the contours of the athletes with each other. A silhouette of the spectators' stand is shown is shown at the left-hand lower corner of the pair.

World Championships

The World Championships will be arranged 15 – 25 February 2001. This will be the sixth time the games are hosted by the city of Lahti. Finland last hosted the games in 1989.

Postage stamps in detail

Issue date: 17 January 2001.
Values: 3.50 mk.
Size: 34,5 x 24 mm.
Print: Offset by Joh. Enschedé Security Printers.

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