Fun with special cancels

1.2. Sailing ships (maximum cards) 28.5. Motorcycles (maximum cards) 8.6. Postcrossing meet-up in Åland

16.6. Postal Boat Race 9.10. Stamp Day 1.11. Pigs (maximum cards) 7.11. Åland Post 25 years

A YEAR is full of special occasions, seven of which have been issued with a special cancel that is only used on the day of the event. With the annual pack from Åland Post, you easily acquire the entire set.

A SPECIAL CANCEL for the Postal Boat Race has been made since the start in 1974. The 45th version commemorates the often backbreaking voyage of the postal boat crew across the Åland Sea on their way to or from Sweden. A postcrossing meet-up in Åland is a new tradition of the Finnish Postcrossing Friends; occupying the Mariehamn post office for a few hours on 8 June, the postcrossers made sure our stamping machine overheated. Åland Post also wished to celebrate the 25th anniversary as an independent postal administration with a special cancellation. It took place in connection with the customer event, organized on the premises of the Post at intervals. This is also when next year’s stamp program is revealed to local collectors who get to mingle with like-minded people as a bonus.