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Stimulate your curiosity with this beautifully illustrated gift book

Juho Rissanens Vinterfiske (1900)

The pages fits into Luxe album for stamps

The pack holds all three mini-sheets issued for our visits at the stamp fairs Joex24 in Joensuu

En viktig vän -ostämplat Frimärken On the islet 23Cute animals feature on the 2023 Valentines Day stamps from Posti Finland. Artist Hanna Maria Mainelakeus used acrylic paints and a brush on canvas to paint the stamp originals. The small size of stamps brought their own challenges to the design. I limited the detail of the images and paid particular attention to colour differences and contrasts. The pictures of the stamps retain a fine painterly element, which was the goal, Mainelakeus says. Hanna