Customised stamp

New service of Finland Post

The new service of Finland Post for Finnish companies is a stamp, the pictorial subject of which a company can design itself. The stamp may feature e.g. the logo of the company, a photo of a product or a slogan. The service will be available as of 14 May 2003.

Self-adhesive non-denominative stamp

The company delivers a picture to Finland Post via the Internet, after which the picture will be printed on a self-adhesive non-denominative stamp, in a pre-printed frame. The customer will receive the stamps by mail in two weeks. Each sheet includes 20 identical stamps. The sheet is priced at 20 euro.

Postage stamp offers relations marketing

To order the customised stamps the company must register at www.posti.fi/postimerkki. The site has a link to instructions and terms of delivery (in Finnish only). The order has to be paid in advance on the Internet. All the usual methods of e-payment are available.
The customised stamp offers companies a new tool for relations marketing and for building their corporate image. Each company can design the stamp they want, naturally with a mind to good practice and copyright issues. The pictorial subjects can be elements in a marketing campaign or related to season's greetings.

Finnish customised stamp

The technical solution for the Finnish customised stamp, based on digital image processing and laser printing, was developed jointly by Finland Post and Ifi Oy. The use of user-friendly self-adhesive paper instead of traditional stamp paper in the Finnish product is a world-wide first.
The customised stamp of Finland Post is available to collectors at the Philatelic Centre.
Issue: Finland, 14 May 2003

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