Showing posts with label Finland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finland. Show all posts
Monday, May 02, 2016

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Inge Look sent me this card featuring the proverbial Grannies. Surprisingly the Grannies are shown after what must have been a small q...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Christmas Card from Inge Look

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The famous painter Inge Look sent me this lovely card. She does have a quaint and interesting way of spelling Vijay. Thank ...
Monday, November 16, 2015

Inge Look and her Aunties

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Inge Look (Ingeborg Lievonen) was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1951.  As child she and her family lived in a seven story apartment buildi...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

15th World Gymnaestrada 2015 Helsinki

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The World Gymnaestrada 2015 Helsinki was the best festival of the summer of 2015! It was a perfect mixture of festival, friendship and ...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Finnish Summer

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Thank you Ari for this lovely card of the Finnish Summer that you guys are enjoying. The strawberries make my mouth water. I believe it ...
Sunday, January 04, 2015

Inge Löök

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Inge Löök (real name Ingeborg Lievonen ) is a Finnish artist born in Helsinki in 1951. She was once a professional gardener, but toda...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Bridge in Helsinki

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This maxi card depicts a custom house near one of the bridges in Helsinki, Finland. The stamp is one of ten issued on 23.10.2014 featurin...
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Christmas stamps 2014

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This maxicard shows his year’s Finnish Christmas stamps, the artwork of  Kristina Segercrantz , famous for several award-winning boo...
Monday, October 20, 2014

Kouvola Railway Station, 1902.

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Kouvola   is a   town   and   municipality   in south-eastern   Finland. It is located 134 kilometres (83 mi) northeast of the capital, ...
Saturday, October 18, 2014

World Post Day in Helsinki

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The picture on the card is that of The Market Square in Helsinki at the South Harbour. The market is internationally famous. The booth...
Saturday, October 04, 2014

Tom of Finland

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Touko Laaksonen   (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991), best known by his pseudonym   Tom of Finland , was a   Finnish   artist notable for hi...
Friday, June 20, 2014

Spring Flowers

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It would not be spring without a flower stamp. This year's stamp depicts a viola. Illustrated by Leena Airikkala , the 1st class...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Finnish Summer Landscapes

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The stamp on this lovely maxicard depicting landscapes in summer in Finland, is one of a set of six pretty stamps. The themes include s...
Monday, March 31, 2014

The Moomin's

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Thank you Dear Ella for this lovely card with the famous Moomin family by Tove Jansson. A lot has been mentioned already about the Moom...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Alavus, a city of Finland

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Sanna  sent me this card with pictures of important sites in the village of  Tuuri.  This is a village in  Alavus, a city of Finland. T...
Saturday, March 01, 2014

M/aux Astrid

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"ASTRID" is a traditional English sailing vessel, crewed by   experienced sailors well   acquainted with the Finnish archipela...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

100th anniversary of the Finnish artist and writer behind the Moomins

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Tove Jansson, world-famous for the Moomins , was a versatile artist who completed many paintings, works of graphic arts and public works...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Turku Castle

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Turku Castle  is a medieval building in the city of Turku in Finland. Together with Turku Cathedral, the castle is one of the oldest bui...
Sunday, February 09, 2014

Kastelholm Castle

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Kastelholm Castle   is a Swedish-built    medieval castle located off Road 2 in Sund, Åland, Finland, approximately 25 km (16 mi) northe...
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Saturday, February 08, 2014

Häme Castle

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Häme Castle   is a medieval castle in Hämeenlinna, Finland. The castle is located on the banks of lake Vanajavesi in the city center. The ...