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Mariehamn 150 years – Aland
March 2nd, 2011 
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933 viewsÅland Post celebrates the anniversary by issuing a miniature sheet featuring Empress Maria Alexandrovna as well as part of the first town plan for Mariehamn. The issue is a joint issue with the Russian Post. In 1859, Tsar Alexander II of Russia recommended that a town be established in Åland close to the Svibyviken bay. [...]
Christmas 2010 – Aland
October 10th, 2010 srmodh 1,413 viewsAland post issued a Christmas stamp presenting Finno-Swedish artist Inge Löök’s merry old ladies. Well-known to many Scandinavians, Inge usually presents the aunties behaving mischievously.
Sceneries of Aland
September 14th, 2010 srmodh 827 viewsAland Post will issue a set of two stamps featuring different scenery in Aland. The stamps are based on magnificent photographs by Andy Horner and feature a scene of Eckerö and a scene of Sund.
Church window – Aland
August 31st, 2010 srmodh 748 viewsAland post along with Macao post jointly issued a stamp and a miniature sheet featuring Church window.
The mail route
June 12th, 2010 srmodh 1,431 viewsAland mail farmers and farmhands alike had to be ready when the coach horn sounded. They knew then that it was time to carry the mail to the next farm, day or night. A stamp appearing in June focuses on the conveyance of mail. The mail route across Aland was established in 1638. Until the [...]
