Collecting Christmas stamps

Finland

1984

The 1984 Christmas postage stamp is interesting mixture of something new and something old. The stamps design continues to seek out new style with a pinch of old. And after four years of double-stamp issues, the Finnish post returned back to give final experiment with single stamp christmas issue

The topic of the stamp is nothing less than Santa bringing gifts. Unlike the American santa who arrives trough the chimney, Finnish Joulupukki walks from the front the door.

1986

In 1986 the Finnish Post issued their first, and so far also the last, se-tenant Christmas postage stamp issue. At the same time Christmas postage stamps returned back to use of two separate face values: discounted rate for early domestic mail and regular rate stamps for normal and international delivery.

1987

1988

The 1988 Christmas postage stamps introduced few more Christmas decorations. These stamps also mark an end of an era – from here on single-design Christmas stamps were no longer issued by Finnish Post.

1989

The 1989 Christmas stamp makes a very clear note on how the Finnish society and christmas traditions have evolved in the past decades. The meaning of countryside and it’s traditions has decreased a lot as more and more people have moved to larger cities.

The discounted christmas rate stamp displays a city Christmas.