Åland is one of my favorite entities to collect stamps from and I have done so avidly since the 1980s. I appreciate the fact that the annual philatelic output is relatively small while the subject matter and designs are always interesting. Åland Post is one of the few postal administrations that will announce the details … Continue reading Stamps of 2023: Åland (January 2023)
Åland Islands
EUROPA Stamps 2023: Åland
Åland Post has announced the full details of its 2023 Stamp Programme including all of the stamp designs, including a pair of stamps under the year's theme of "Peace: The Highest Value of Humanity". These, like the previously-announced issue from Finland, will be released on Europe Day, 9 May. The first stamp portrays the chosen … Continue reading EUROPA Stamps 2023: Åland
Sunday Summary #10
Welcome to Sunday Summary, the meme in which I attempt to summarize the week that came before. And what a week it was! We had widespread flooding throughout the island along with numerous landslides which blocked access to communities along the coast and downed powerlines. This all caused massive disruptions to, well, everything including my … Continue reading Sunday Summary #10
Christmas Stamps 2022: Åland
The Åland Islands -- an autonomous and demilitarized region of Finland in the Gulf of Bothnia where the official language is Swedish -- is one of my favorite areas from which I collect stamps. The entity began issuing its own stamps on 1 March 1984 and I had a fairly complete collection of her stamps … Continue reading Christmas Stamps 2022: Åland
Postcrossing Topical Catalogue 2011-2022
Welcome to my updated catalogue of Postcrossing-themed stamps, issued between 2011 and the present 2022. This covers mainly those stamps officially released by postal administrations around the world. There are also a number of personalized stamps on this topic, some official but most privately created as well as a large variety of pictorial cancellations and … Continue reading Postcrossing Topical Catalogue 2011-2022
Mark Joseph Jochim 