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

• Postage stamps and postal history of Finland

References

1. ^ 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 3928470175 172p.
• 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 9519940626 96p.
• 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 951-95522-7-8 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.

External links

• Official Åland stamp catalogue.
• Posten Åland (The Åland Post Office)

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