Christmas seals for persons with hidden disabilities

A cornerstone for the issue of Åland Christmas seals is the charity aspect. This year’s beneficiary is the Åland Autism Spectrum Society. Christmas stamp artist Emelie Bang created the decorative Christmas seals that are now for sale.

CHRISTMAS is a time for giving. In addition to contributing to a good cause, the colourful Christmas seals will add some Christmas spirit to your cards and presents. Founded in 2014, the Åland Autism Spectrum Society is still a rather young and small organization, working for the benefit of people with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), their families and other interested parties.

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER is an umbrella term for several different neuro-psychiatric developmental disorders that affect communication and social behaviour such as autism, Asperger’s syndrome and other autism-related disorders. Spreading knowledge about and increasing understanding for people with indiscernible disorders as well as pursuing and protecting their rights are some of the main purposes of the society. UNTIL NOW, the organization has focused mainly on children and youth with various types of ASD, pinpointing a need to cushion and support these children at an early stage. In the last three years, arranging ‘Hero Homerun’, a charity race in which children and adults alike run an obstacle race, has been one way of raising funds for lectures given to daycare, school and healthcare professionals. However, many adults with an ASD diagnosis experience a certain level of exclusion. The Christmas seal contribution will help finance a seminar with lecturers focusing on adults with neuro-psychiatric developmental disorders.

ORDER your Christmas seals today. A sheet holds 20 self-adhesive seals and is sold until 31 May 2019.

CHRISTMAS SEALS 2018

DATE OF ISSUE: 9 October 2018

ARTIST: Emelie Bang EDITION: 4000 sheets of 20 selfadhesive seals

PRICE: €5.00

SEAL SIZE: 30.6 x 25.8 mm

SHEET SIZE: 210 x 145 mm

PAPER: Jac-Chromo Gloss 90 g/m² PRINTING METHOD: 4-colour offset

PRINTING HOUSE: Grano

Emelie Bang is also the artist behind this year’s Christmas stamps presenting Christmas tree ornaments, perfectly supplementing the Christmas trees on the Christmas seals. Facts about the Christmas stamps were presented in Åland Post Stamps no. 2-2018. Emelie has taken on the theme of Christmas on behalf of Åland Post previously. The 2014 Christmas stamp illustrating a scene from Little Christmas Fair is her work and she designed a wintry sheet of Christmas seals as early as 2004.