When I travel I like to send postcards to my friends, so I often visit local post offices if the stamps can't be bought elsewhere. I know there are probably many people who don't even notice the little piece of paper on the corner of the card or the letter, but I am highly selective when choosing one, trying to think about the person I am sending mail to.
Not all the stamps are beautiful. In fact, many of them are boring! In some countries it's always the damn king or queen or something less exciting, so I can be really confident when I say that here in Finland we have really beautiful stamps! This year the Post of Finland is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the stamp, so all the new stamps are exceptionally beautiful! My favourite is the Faberge's Winter Egg, where they've used real gold and silver. I also like Gallen-Kallela's posters, especially the Bil-Bol one! Here are some pictures, and more can be seen on the website of Finnish Post.
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I used to collect stamps when I was a kid. Actually I still have them somewhere in the attic, maybe I should go and get them to see what kind of treasures I might have in there?!
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