Postage stamps and postal history of the Åland Islands

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of The Åland Islands.

The first issued stamp of Åland

The Åland Islands form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea that is an autonomous, Swedish-language-speaking region of Finland.

First stamps

The first stamps of the Åland Islands were issued on 1 March 1984.[1]

See also

References
  1. Åland Islands Stamp Catalogue 1984-1999. Posten Åland. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

Further reading
  • Fillips, Robert. Aland Spezial 2004. Kornwestheim: R. Fillips, 2004 ISBN 3928470175 172p.
  • Helkio, Eero J. Ahvenanmaa - Postitoimipaikat ja leimat = Aland - Postanstalter och stamplar = Aaland Isles - Post offices and their cancellations, 1812-1982. Laiti: Oy Kaj Hellman Ltd, 1982 ISBN 9519940626 96p.
  • Mattsén, Björn and Kaarlo Hirvikoski. Alandia: Ålands poststämplar med posthistoria = Ahvenanmaan postileimat ja postihistoriaa = Aaland Islands postal cancellations and postal history = Poststempel mit Postgeschichte Aalands. Helsinki: Suomen filatelistiliitto, 1991 ISBN 951-95522-7-8 152p.
  • 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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