Postage stamps and postal history of Åland
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Åland.
Åland forms an archipelago in the Baltic Sea that is an autonomous, Swedish-language-speaking region of Finland.
First stamps
The first stamps of Åland were issued on 1 March 1984.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Åland Stamp Catalogue 1984-1999. Posten Åland. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
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Further reading
- Fillips, Robert. Aland Spezial 2004. Kornwestheim: R. Fillips, 2004 ISBN 3928470175172p.
- Helkio, Eero J. Ahvenanmaa - Postitoimipaikat ja leimat = Åland - Postanstalter och stamplar = Åland - Post offices and their cancellations, 1812-1982. Laiti: Oy Kaj Hellman Ltd, 1982 ISBN 951994062696p.
- Mattsén, Björn and Kaarlo Hirvikoski. Alandia: Ålands poststämplar med posthistoria = Ahvenanmaan postileimat ja postihistoriaa = Åland postal cancellations and postal history = Poststempel mit Postgeschichte Ålands. Helsinki: Suomen filatelistiliitto, 1991 ISBN 951-95522-7-8152p.
- Posten Åland. Åland 1984-2012: frimärkskatalog = postimerkkiluettelo = stamp catalogue = Briefmarkenkatalog. Mariehamn: Posten Åland, 2012 80p.
- Sarpaneva, Tom. Om varianter i Ålands frimärken: på svenska, suomeksi, auf Deutsch and in English. Helsinki: Tom Sarpaneva, 2003 74p.
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