Welcome!

This site is dedicated to my hobby – stamp collecting and postal history.

Since I was a small kid I have been collecting stamps – more or less continuously. Since early nineties I have specialized in collecting postal history. Especially Finland from the last period of the Russian occupation, more specific the period from when the Ring stamps were issued in 1891 until spring 1918.

In the collection I include Ring stamps and stationery, Russian stamps and stationery valid within Finland and Finnish locals and stationery, issued from 1901 and onwards. I do collect what I come across for my own pleasure and interest, but at the same time I try to build an exhibit. If I’ll ever exhibit in larger scale I don’t know.

Please feel free to look around in my pages. If you can offer anything within my fields of interest or for any other reason, send me a mail.

Russian 1890 to 1909 postal cards used in Finland

Catalogues listing Russian stationery used in Finland is not updated within all areas. One if these are the 1890 to 1909 Open letter and Post cards. For quite a while I have collected information on the existence and usage of the various types. On this page you can the result of this work, adding several new and also “forgotten” types to those listed in common catalogues. Follow this link to get to the stationery card page. (PDF)

Russian 1890 to 1916 stationery card letters used in Finland

Follow this link to get to the stationery card letters page.

M/30 Lion stamps

The m/30 Lion stamps were produced and used for a long time. During all these years many values appeared in several colours, various nuances, printed on different paper types, with several types of gum, etc. Follow this link to go to my m/30 page.

Christmas seals

I also collect Christmas seals from The Finnish Anti-Tuberculosis Association Follow this link to go to my Christmas seal page.

Sentrum Filatelistklubbs auksjoner

Sentrum Filatelistklubb arrangerer 6 auksjoner I løpet av møtesesongen. Hver auksjon inneholder 50 objekter, fra det helt billige til litt dyrere. Brukte og ubrukte frimerker fra Norge, Norden og resten av verden. Også brev, helpost, postkort og annet. Du behøver ikke være medlem for å legge inn bud. Følg denne linken så finner du siste auksjon og flere detaljer.

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Collectors pages with special interest to Finnish postal history

Jon Iversen – Denmark. Finnish postal history 1891 – 1918. Hannu Nummela – Finland. Carelian postal history. Complete listings of Finnish mail stops. Matti Pesonen – Finland. Detailed listing of Finnish Rural mail carrier cancels – Nr postmarks. Anssi Mikkola – Finland. Postmarks used in post offices in the territories ceded to USSR - Karelia, Petsamo and Salla.