The first Moomin story

Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s Boy with a Crow

The stamps issued by Posti feature photographs of the interior and exterior of the  Finlandia Hall

Juho Rissanens Vinterfiske (1900)

all of which you can easily obtain in the Sepac folder

En viktig vän -ostämplat Frimärken The first Moomin storyCute animals feature on the 2023 Valentines Day stamps from Posti Finland. Artist Hanna Maria Mainelakeus used acrylic paints and a brush on canvas to paint the stamp originals. The small size of stamps brought their own challenges to the design. I limited the detail of the images and paid particular attention to colour differences and contrasts. The pictures of the stamps retain a fine painterly element, which was the goal, Mainelakeus says. Hanna