New stamps portray Finnish women
08.03.2010
On March 8, 2010, Itella will issue a booklet of six stamps featuring key female figures in Finland. The stamps represent the following Finnish women: Professor Elina Haavio-Mannila, Professor Laila Hirvisaari, Maria-Liisa Nevala the Director of the Finnish National Theatre, Academician Leena Palotie, the designer Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen, and the artist Aira Samulin.
- For the first time in Finland, an entire stamp set of today's key female figures has now been issued. By their own merits, they all have acquired influential positions in their respective fields, many of them even on an international level, says Kari Kivikoski, Chair of the Itella Stamp Committee.
The designer of the stamps, Päivi Vainionpää, has combined a silhouette image and the signature of each woman on the stamps, and also added a unique feature of these women: red heels, a theatrical mask or a quill.
With this stamp booklet, Itella wants to honor Finnish women and their expertise in various fields. - After long and thorough contemplation, these six women were the ones to choose, but there were plenty of candidates, says Kivikoski.
Stamp availability
The stamps are sold at approximately 4,000 postal agency shops: postal outlets, kiosks, bookstores, grocery stores, and department stores. Stamp retailers can be identified by the sticker "stamps". A convenient way to acquire the stamps and have them delivered to your doorstep is to purchase them from the Posti online store at www.posti.fi/goshopping.
All Finnish stamps for 2010 are presented at the Posti website.
More information for the media will be provided by:
On stamps:
Markku Penttinen, Business Director, Philatelic Center, tel. +358 20 451 5519, firstname.surname@posti.fi
Contact person at Itella Communications:
Mika Heijari, Communications Manager, tel. +358 20 451 3045, firstname.surname@itella.com
From Itella's image bank you can obtain images for use in the media. For image material, please see the Media section of Itella's corporate website www.itella.com/media (Image service and logos -> Stamps).
