A STAMP FROM EVERYWHERE A Collection by Mark Jochim ÅLAND ISLANDS (1984-Present) Scott #72a Autonomous Postal Administration Released 1 March 1993 1.90 markka light blue & black Litho.. – Perf. 12½x13 The Åland Islands commemorated the ninth anniversary of its first stamp issue with a souvenir sheet of four issued 1 March 1993. The two stamps in the center were engraved while the two on either side were printed by lithography. This stamp portrays inscriptions found on an early stampless letter and features the rare cancellation of Kastelholm in Cyrillic. Gustav Wilhelm Landau became head of the postal authorities for the Grand Duchy of Finland following its loss to Russia in 1809. He decided that every post office had to have Russian-speaking officials. The Finnish post offices received their first single-line Cyrillic postmark devices in 1812. Two of these offices were in Åland – Eckerö and Kastelholm. The latter operated until 1842 when the post office moved to Skarpans, the village outside the great fortress of Bomarsund.
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A STAMP FROM EVERYWHERE A Collection by Mark Jochim
LAND ISLANDS (1984-Present)
Scott #72a Autonomous Postal Administration
Released 1 March 1993 1.90 markka
light blue & black Litho.. Perf. 12x13
The land Islands commemorated the ninth anniversary of its first
stamp issue with a souvenir sheet of four issued 1 March 1993. The
two stamps in the center were engraved while the two on either side
were printed by lithography. This stamp portrays inscriptions found
on an early stampless letter and features the rare cancellation of
Kastelholm in Cyrillic. Gustav Wilhelm Landau became head of the
postal authorities for the Grand Duchy of Finland following its
loss to Russia in 1809. He decided that every post office had to
have Russian-speaking officials. The Finnish post offices received
their first single-line Cyrillic postmark devices in 1812. Two of
these offices were in land Ecker and Kastelholm. The latter
operated until 1842 when the post office moved to Skarpans, the
village outside the great fortress of Bomarsund.
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