Finland

Finland stamps for sale at Io Collezionista. The category holds interesting 19th century items such as the 5 m. green and rose and the 1 r. brown orange in Finland Stamps 1856/1891. Finland Stamps 1900/1959 offers two groups of 100 and 130 stamps dedicated respectively to various subjects and to the rampant lion: the lion, taken from the country's heraldic arms, was also to have been one of the distinguishing elements of the crown of Charles I, king of Finland and Karelia from October to December 1918. The precious object, never made at the time, was finally created in 1991 by the goldsmith Teuvo Ypya, who worked from the original designs of 1918. The crown can still be admired at the museum in Kemi.