Åland Post Stamps 4-2023

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No. 4 2023

Åland stamps turn 40 years P. 14

This summer’s stamp party in pictures

The anniversary year is here!

The atmosphere was at its peak when stamp enthusiasts gathered for this year’s stamp party at the new post office in Sviby on 9 June for the release of the stamp editions Summer cottages and Boat in a jar.

Many wanted the signatures of artists Lars Sjööblom and Christoffer Relander on their stamp products.

Har vi en bild på en tatuering?

It felt like a world premiere when Åland got its own stamps in 1984.

The stamps are a fundamental pillar of the Post’s operations and continue to be important ambassadors for Åland and its autonomy. The ideas bank is inexhaustible. As long as we have stories to tell and people’s joy of discovery, curiosity, and passion for collecting persist, stamps will have a role in the future as well.

Turning 40 is a milestone worth celebrating, and I’m delighted to present our anniversary issue in this edition.

I wish you a happy new year in the company of Åland’s stamps!

All visitors received rub-on tattoos of the first-day cancels for Boat in a jar and Summer Cottages, produced exclusively for this event.

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A certificate of authenticity is included with the art print.

Treat yourself to a feeling of eternal summer!

In collaboration with Åland Post, Finnish art photographer Christoffer Relander has produced a unique Artist’s Edition, an exquisite art print on luxurious paper featuring his postage stamp image Boat in a jar issued on 9 June.

With a limited edition of only 10, the art print is numbered and signed by the artist. A certificate of authenticity in English accompanies the art print. The certificate also includes the Boat in a jar stamp cancelled with its first day cancel.

The art print is sold unframed and delivered in a special cardboard box.

Order your print already today. We reserve the right to end the sale.

Facts about the edition: Date of issue: 9 June 2023 Size: 26 × 35 cm + 3 cm white margin Edition: 10, numbered & signed Paper: Hahnemühle Bamboo, printed in Åland

Artist’s Edition art print, Boat in a jar Price: €350 Code: 930-202336 ÅLAND POST FRIMÄRKEN • 3

1 February sees the start of a new three-year stamp series featuring boathouses, a unique type of building that is commonly found in the Åland coastal environment. Kjell Söderlund has photographed the first two stamps of the series.

Discover Åland boat houses Boathouses have been part of the inhabited coastal landscape since the Iron Age and serve as shelter and storage for boats. They should not be confused with boat sheds on land.

A boathouse stands in the water with the opening facing the water for the boat.

In Åland, boathouses usually stand on stilts, but are also built on stone boxes. To protect against the strong rays of the sun, the house often has few or no windows.

There are no statistics on the number of boathouses on Åland, but the building tradition is very much alive, and thousands are scattered around the landscape, in boathouse villages or at summer cottages and permanent homes along the coast.

Officially, you cannot live in a boathouse, but otherwise its use is free.

The first two stamps in the new series show two boathouses with a traditional appearance dating back to the 1800s.

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In Finnö on Kökar, you will find the red boat house that is reflected in the shiny surface of the lake. Greggkil’s boathouse, as it is called, was built in the late 1950s by fisherman and farmer Albin Andersson.

Albin was also a skilled boat builder whose own clinker-built boat had its place in the boat house. He liked to go netfishing with his motorboat, singing hymns during his fishing trips, says his granddaughter Anne Lindholm, who owns the boathouse today.

Hibernating boathouses can be seen on the other definitive stamp, which shows a row of boathouses by Västerängaviken bay in Lemland. The boathouse in the foreground was built in the 1960s by Ole Andersson, whose widow Hedvig owns it today. It is mainly used by her grandson, farmer Jonas Wilhelms, who lives in the village of Västeränga.

Sources: Båthuset, Claes Dymling, 2009 Båthuset, Katariina Sewón, 2018

FDC Boathouses Price: €4.00 Code: 416-000449

449 & 450

Boathouses Date of issue: 1 Feb. 2024 Photographer: Kjell Söderlund Design: Johanna Finne Editions: 2 × 40 000 Denominations: Lokalpost & €0.40 Stamp size: 35 × 35 mm Sheet size: 2 × 15 stamps Paper: 110 g/m² Perforation: 13 per 2 cm Process: 4-colour offset Printer: Cartor Security Printers

The first day cover is decorated with a boathouse in Karlby on Kökar called Jippa’s boathouse, owned

by Torbjörn Karlsson. The first day cancel shows a stylized version of Greggkil’s boathouse. The gutters at the centre of the stamp sheets are decorated with the boathouse in Finnö seen from the side and boathouses at Ovasfjärden bay on eastern Kökar.

Kjell Söderlund has over 20 years of experience as a professional photographer in Åland and is a long-standing partner of Åland Post. With this year’s two stamps, he is up to 30 issues for Åland Post. www.studiosoderlund.fi Photographer: Christoffer Relander ÅLAND POST FRIMÄRKEN • 5

On 1 February, it is time for a new series of franking labels. Finnish illustrator Sofia Pusa has captured four colourful butterflies and their life cycle on the labels.

The amazing transformation Åland has a rich butterfly life, and the new franking labels present small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), large white (Pieris brassicae), green hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) and silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia).

Life as a butterfly is marked by the complex biological process called metamorphosis, the transformation from egg to larvae, pupa, and fully developed butterfly, a process which can take weeks or years to complete.

The small tortoiseshell is one of our most common butterflies thriving on beaches and in meadows, gardens, and cities. It is a medium-sized butterfly species belonging to the Nymphalidae family.

It flies from July to September and again 6 • ÅLAND POST FRIMÄRKEN

after hibernation as an adult butterfly when the spring sun peeks out in April. The large white is also medium-sized and has white wings with black tips. In Finland, it overwinters in the pupal stage and flies from May to September with a break in July. It likes open landscapes and gardens. The caterpillars love cabbage and will happily eat the entire host plant until only the stem remains, making them less popular in the garden.

Also common is the green hairstreak which flies in spring and early summer. No bigger than a thumb nail, it can be recognized by the green undersides of its wings. This butterfly prefers to live in pine and mixed forests and overwinters as a pupa. Heather plants such as blueberries and lingonberries are the caterpillar’s main host plants.

The edition includes a maximum card with butterflies fluttering in a sea of flowers. The special cancel shows three butterflies. On the first day cover, a large white has settled on a Wood Cranesbill, while the first day cancel captures the metamorphosis.

Sofia Pusa is a Finnish illustrator and Creative Director specializing in brand development. She lives in London, UK. @sofia.pusa

With its 53–66 mm, the silver-washed fritillary is the largest of the butterflies found especially on Åland. It thrives in areas dominated by forest and in flowerrich meadows. It flies from July to September and hibernates as a caterpillar, which feeds on violets.

Franking labels, metamorphosis Date of issue: 1 Feb. 2024 Artist: Sofia Pusa

Sofia Pusa made her debut as a stamp artist with this year’s peace stamp and took on the new stamp assignment enthusiastically: “My aim and greatest challenge in the illustration process was to strike a balance.

I wanted the butterflies to remain recognizable, grounded in reality while also infusing elements of magic capturing the miracle of metamorphosis. I enjoyed exploring the intricate colour palette and nuanced details in these butterflies.”

Source: luontoportti.com

Design: Johanna Finne Denomination of series: 4 × €3 Size: 56 × 25 mm Paper: 40 gms thermal paper Process: 4-colour offset Printer: Cartor Security Printers

FDC Metamorphosis Price: €13 Code: 416-202401 ÅLAND POST FRIMÄRKEN • 7

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PRICE

STAMPS

ISSUED

€

Franking labels, garden berries

4.1.

2023

8.40

301-000435/ Veteran tractors q Ferguson TEF20, 1955 000436 q Fordson Super Major 1960

4.1.

2023

1.80 2.90

301-000437

Carl Björkman 150 years

15.2.

2023

4.00

301-000438

Parrot crossbill (Lokalpost)

15.3.

2023

2.60

301-000439 Shipbuilding

9.5.

2023

1.40

301-000440/ q Europa - Peace 1 (Europa) 000441 q Europa - Peace 2 (Europa)

9.5.

2023

3.00 3.00

301-000442 Summer cottages, booklet (6 × Inrikes)

9.6.

2023

16.20

301-000443 Boat in a jar (Världen)

9.6.

2023

3.20

CODE

311-202301

ÅLAND LAND INRIKES

ALICE ÅKERBLOM

L ARS SJÖÖBLOM 2023

Vikingamarknaden

ÅLAND LOKALPOST

FULL SHEET

AMOUNT

301-000444

Sepac - Traditional markets (Lokalpost)

27.7.

2023

2.60

301-000445

My stamps - Sustainability, mini-sheet (8 × Europa)

22.9.

2023

24.00

301-000446 Dragon, miniature sheet

20.10.

2023

2.00

301-000447 Christmas 2023 (Julpost)

20.10.

2023

1.50

301-000448 Christmas 2023 (Världen)

20.10.

2023

3.20

Franking labels, metamorphosis, series of 4

1.2.

2024

12.00

301-000449 Boathouse, Lemland (Lokalpost)

1.2.

2024

2.60

301-000450 Boathouse, Kökar

1.2.

2024

0.40

301-000451 Maritime education (Inrikes)

1.3.

2024

2.70

Åland stamps 40 years, miniature sheet, 2 × €6

1.3.

2024

12.00

FDC (stamp price + cover €1.00)

ISSUED

€

416-202401 FDC Franking labels, metamorphosis

1.2.

2024

13.00

416-000449 FDC Boathouses

1.2.

2024

4.00

For FDC gutter pairs and 4-blocks, please contact customer service

416-000451 FDC Maritime education

1.3.

2024

3.70

For FDC gutter pairs and 4-blocks, please contact customer service

416-000452 FDC Åland stamps 40 years

1.3.

2024

13.00

2023

301-202401

301-000452 CODE

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Last day of sale 31.1.2024.

4-BL.

TOTAL

AMOUNT

CODE

PHILATELIC PRODUCTS

ISSUED

€

NUMBER AMOUNT

901-009202 Stamp catalogue 1984-2017

2017

24.00

901-009207 Stamp catalogue 2018-2023

2023

10.00

930-202336

Artist’s Edition art print, Boat in a jar Limited edition!

9.6.

2023

350.00

908-202326

Stamp book “A story through Åland stamps 2023”

20.10.

2023

98.00

1.2.

2024

3.70

445-202403 Maximum card no. 145, metamorphosis

Finnish stamps

PRICE

CODE

STAMPS

ISSUED

€

610-114382

Fireworks

9.11.2022

2.50

610-114383

Winter light, 2 motifs

9.11.2022

4.60

610-114622

Close friend, 5 motifs

18.1.2023

11.50

610-114623

The language of flowers, 2 motifs

18.1.2023

4.60

610-114624

Arabia 150 years, 2 motifs

18.1.2023

4.20

610-114625

The golden gift

18.1.2023

2.30

610-114706

Europa - Peace

9.5.2023

2.30

610-114707

National landscapes, stamp roll, 7 motifs

9.5.2023

16.10

610-114708

Spring in the air, 5 motifs

9.5.2023

11.50

610-114747

Finnair 100 years

6.9.2023

2.30

610-114748

Finnish Museums Association 100 years, 10 motifs

6.9.2023

23.00

610-114749

Posti’s Art Award 2023, Christoffer Relander, 2 motifs

6.9.2023

4.60

610-114750

Finland in NATO

6.9.2023

2.30

CODE

PRODUCTS

ISSUED

€

627-113322

Year pack

2021

105.00

627-114397

Year pack

2022

115.00

NUMBER AMOUNT

TOTAL

SYMBOLS USED

Stamps

AMOUNT

Mint

Cancelled

Gutter pars

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On 1 March, Åland Post highlights maritime education in Åland, which celebrates several anniversaries in 2024. Swedish illustrator Rebecca Elfast’s stamp issue is a tribute to the people of the sea.

Åland maritime education celebrates jubilees Maritime education in Åland dates back to the 19th century. When peasant seafaring began in the 1830s, the need for qualified and professional seamen increased.

In 2024, it will be 170 years since the first navigational training started in Godby.

After a long and persistent struggle, Åland public educator and vicar of Finström Frans Petter von Knorring, was able to introduce navigational education into the elementary school curriculum in 1854.

It took until 1874 before the first proper nautical school that trained merchant skippers, helmsmen, and sea captains opened in Mariehamn, and which will therefore celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2024.

The education was considered very attractive, and among the graduates you will find shipowners Mathias Lundquist Jr, Robert Mattsson, August Troberg, and Gustaf Eriksson. Today, seamen and sea captains are trained in maritime programs at the Åland Vocational School and the Åland University of Applied Sciences.

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The stamp issue captures traditional nautical and new technical skills needed for work at sea. Illustrator Rebecca Elfast talks about the assignment: “The stamp depicts an anchor wrapped in a rope that curls into the shape of a heart - it encapsulates the pride of and love for maritime education and the sea.

Reappearing as a supporting structure on the first day cover, the rope undulates like waves among navigational instruments and maritime elements. The rope is a fine symbol of education; knowledge is built strand by strand to become a robust and strong rope, and all the parts are woven together to form a whole.

In the middle of the sheet, you can see islands, routes, and elements from nautical charts, inspired by older drawings showing a simplified coastal outline with important land features highlighted. I hope that the stamp will be used as a beautiful and festive ornament on all letters!”

Source: Det åländska sjöklustret, ÅSUB 2007:2 (Statistics and Research Åland)

FDC Maritime education Price: €3.70 Code: 416-000451

451

Maritime education Date of issue: 1 March 2024 Artist: Rebecca Elfast Design: Johanna Finne Edition: 40 000 Denomination: Inrikes Stamp size: 30 × 40 mm Sheet size: 2 × 12 stamps Paper: 110 g/m² Perforation: 13 per 2 cm Process: 4-colour offset + foiling Printer: Cartor Security Printers

Rebecca Elfast is a pattern designer and illustrator from Gothenburg in Sweden. The 2021 Christmas stamps and seals were her first stamp commissions. @rebelformillustration

The rope undulates across both sides of the first day cover.

A classic compass rose forms the first day cancel.

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Come 1 March, 40 years will have passed since the first Åland stamps saw the light of day. The anniversary is celebrated with the release of an exuberantly playful miniature sheet designed by stamp debuting illustrator Tzenko Stoyanov.

Åland stamps turn 40 When the first Åland stamps were issued on 1 March 1984, it was the result of a longterm process that started already in the 1950s when Åland got its own flag in 1954.

Attempts intensified in the 1970s when the Faroe Islands got their own stamps, but all applications to the postal authorities in Helsinki were rejected. The turning point came in 1979 when the Ålanders turned to the Ministry of Justice, justifying the request for their own stamps by saying they would be an important symbol of the autonomy.

Finnish Minister of Justice at the time, Christoffer Taxell, took the issue further and, in 1982, President Mauno Koivisto approved the Åland Stamp Ordinance.

The stamps were issued by the Posts and Telecommunications of Finland and were only valid for mail posted in Åland.

It was not until 1984, after two years of preparation, that the first stamps with the country designation “Åland” were ready for issue.

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The premiere series consisted of seven stamps and five motifs: a definitive stamp series showing a fishing boat in three different colours, a commemorative stamp illustrating Åland shipping and three definitive stamps featuring a map of Åland, the Åland flag and the provincial seal.

From 1984 to 1992, the Posts and Tele­ communications of Finland was responsible for the stamp production, while the motifs were produced in collaboration with the Åland provincial government and its stamp delegation. Great emphasis was placed on the connection of the motifs to Åland autonomy and history.

On 1 January 1993, a new Autonomy Act came into force, giving Åland the right to establish its own postal administration. The Åland Post now took over the production and sale of Åland stamps, which have soon been issued for 40 years.

Sources: Jubilee book “Ålands frimärken 25 år”, 2009 Ålandsposten filateli no. 1-1994

FDC Åland stamps 40 years Price: €13 Code: 416-000452

452

Åland stamps 40 years Date of issue: 1 March 2024 Artist: Tzenko Stoyanov Design: Johanna Finne Edition: 20 000 Denomination: 2 × €6 Stamp sizes: 33 × 28 mm, 21 × 28 mm Sheet size: 120 × 80 mm Paper: 110 g/m² Perforation: 13 per 2 cm Process: 4-colour offset + embossing Printer: Cartor Security Printers

The first day cover and cancel show the carrier pigeon from the miniature sheet with festive anniversary balloons and a stamp in its beak. Å L A N D P O S T F R I M Ä R K E N • 15

A debutante in the context of stamps, Swedish-Bulgarian illustrator Tzenko Stoyanov took on the challenge of capturing the essence of Åland stamps and stamp collecting. Here, you can find out more about the artist and his work with the anniversary edition.

Illustration for a collection of poems by Paul Celan for Dutch daily De Volkskrant.

Images that stand out Tzenko Stoyanov was familiar with neither stamps nor Åland when he was asked to create the Åland Post anniversary edition.

“The theme was completely new to me, both when it came to the production of stamps in general, Åland stamps and Åland as a province. The idea was to start from the first fishing boat stamp and, in consultation with Åland Post, I chose the following elements to be included in the concept: history and tradition versus future, innovation and evolution mixed with images of Åland and postal elements.”

“I wanted to give the miniature sheet a timeless, fairy-tale feel through a slightly surreal story where the sea becomes space, the boats spaceships, and the birds letters. With the motif, I want to show that there are no limits to communication and that Åland, through the Post, extends a 16 • Å L A N D P O S T F R I M Ä R K E N

hand to send love and peace to the world and the universe. I drew everything by hand before processing it digitally, all in a more or less traditional style with a contemporary flavour,” explains Tzenko.

He has worked as an illustrator since 2001. Having studied visual communication in the Netherlands, Tzenko also lived and worked in Amsterdam for a few years.

Today, he is based in Stockholm. His many illustration assignments include commissions for publishers, advertising agencies and authorities around Europe, but he describes his main occupation as conceptual editorial illustration for various daily newspapers mainly in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Sweden.

He explains his interest in illustrations and the work of visualizing texts like this:

Left: Poster for the play Badass Bakery for theatre group Ung Scen Öst, Linköping 2023.

Right: Illustration for an essay “Pieces of the past” by Arnon Grunberg for Dutch daily Het Parool.

“When I can “crack the code”, that is, come up with a concept for an illustration that works well while, at the same time, applying my aesthetic vision, then I am satisfied, and the illustration achieves its purpose.”

He says that he finds much inspiration in American illustrations from the 1930s to 1960s, but the children’s books in his home in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he was born and raised, and in Havana, Cuba, where he lived during part of his youth, are also a great source of inspiration.

Alongside his illustration assignments, he works on his own ideas and projects and has participated in numerous exhibitions. His work has been exhibited at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art,

and at the Spring Salon and the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, among others.

“When I work on my own projects, it’s often about a theme and an issue that I find engaging, such as social problems, human dilemmas, and the questioning of norms.

For a few years now, in my free time, I’ve also been practicing the art of tattooing which fascinates me,” says Tzenko.

Tzenko Stoyanov (born 1975) is educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Netherlands, and you can find his illustrations in Swedish and international newspapers, magazines, and books. The miniature sheet for Åland Post is his first stamp commission. @tzenko_sthlm Å L A N D P O S T F R I M Ä R K E N • 17

Long-awaited update of the stamp catalogue It’s finally here! Buy the catalogue of all stamp issues and collector’s items issued by Åland Post between 2018 and 2023.

The new catalogue has had a fresh and modern facelift, but the content is the same. The catalogue provides you with a fantastic overview of the Åland stamp assortment from 2018 to 2023. Check your collection or rediscover stamps, franking labels, postal stationery, yearbooks, special cancels, exhibition stamps, and many more collectibles.

At alandstamps.com/en under the menu item “About us”, you can browse the Stamp catalogue 2018-2023 Price: €10 Code: 901-009207 18 • Å L A N D P O S T F R I M Ä R K E N

first catalogue with facts about and images of Åland stamps and collector’s items issued 1984–2017. To acquire your own printed catalogues, you can easily order them by using the order coupon on page 11 or in the web shop at landstamps.com/en.

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“A story through Åland stamps 2023”

What do you know about Åland stamps?

Welcome to participate in our competition and test your knowledge of Åland stamps.

1. Which artist has created most Åland stamps?

Pirkko Vahtero Allan Palmer

2. Which animal was the first to appear in the stamp series featuring Chinese horoscope signs starting in 2014?

Rat

Anette Gustafsson

Sheep Monkey

3. Which one of these lighthouses has NOT been depicted on an Åland stamp?

Flötjan

4. The stamp issue “Folk dress brooches” was issued in 2015 as a joint issue with which country?

Lågskär

Finland

Marhällan

Macau Switzerland

Name Address Postal code, city

Country

Send the reply form by post to Åland Post Stamps, PO Box 1100, AX-22111 Mariehamn no later than 31 January 2024 or scan Take part the QR-code to enter the competition online. One reply per online person. We are raffling off several different collector’s items.

Please note that fees may apply for lottery winnings sent by post from Åland to your country.

Å L A N D P O S T F R I M Ä R K E N • 19

Calendar 2024 issues 1 February

Metamorphosis

Franking labels, 4 motifs, 1 maximum card

1 February

Boathouses

2 stamps

1 March

Maritime education

1 stamp

1 March

Åland stamps 40 years

Miniature sheet of 2 motifs

8 May

Sepac - main tourist attraction

1 stamp

8 May

Europa - underwater flora & fauna

1 stamp, 1 maximum card

7 June

Jewellery art

Booklet of 8 stamps, 4 motifs

7 June

Yearning

4 postal stationery cards

24 July

The Tall Ships Races 2024

1 stamp, 1 maximum card

24 July

Olympian Frej Liewendahl

1 stamp

9 September

On the islet

1 stamp

23 October

Snake

Miniature sheet of 1 motif, 1 maximum card

23 October

Christmas 2024 & Christmas seals

2 stamps & sheet of 20 self-adhesive seals

2024 special cancellations Current information can be found at www.alandstamps.com/en, where updated images of the cancels will be posted. If you wish to have a special cancel on your own pre-franked and self-addressed covers, please send them to us well in advance of the relevant date. Changes are possible.

1.2

Metamorphosis

24.7

The Tall Ships Races 2024

8.5

Underwater flora & fauna

9.10

Universal Postal Union 150 years

15.6.

Postal Boat Race 50 years

23.10

Snake

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