Sam's Postcards: Finland

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Freitag, 9. Januar 2015

882 - Lapland

SWAP

My friend Anna-Maria sent me this wonderful reindeer card from Finland and told me how a day in her life looks like. Always a pleasure to swap with you! :)
She also put an amazing Tom of Finland stamp on the card!

From: Finland

Received: 27.09.2014

Nice back... ;)

Montag, 22. September 2014

856 - My new Finnish Friend

European Eagle-Owl

Swap
Yeah! I finally have a postcard pal from Finland. Her name is Anna-Maria and last week I already received her first card. It is one of my postcrossing favorites and shows an European Eagle-Owl on the wing. Isn't it a beautiful bird? I just love owls! Many thanks for this gorgeous card! :)

Anna-Maria also put an amazing stamp on the card - it shows one of the new issued Tom of Finland stamps. Touko Laaksonen, who used "Tom of Finland" as a pseudonym, was a Finnish artist and was best known for his homoerotic art and therefore he was an early member of gay culture. I think it's wonderful, that the Finnish Post Office had issued these stamps. The Finnish have some of the most amazing stamps! Agree? Hmmm . . . this gives me the idea, that maybe we should take a look at my favorite received-stamps soon . . . Shall we?

Tom of Finland stamp

From Finland
Received: 15.09.2014

Donnerstag, 18. September 2014

853 - Hymy ei lihota

Dirty Mona Lisa

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Linnea from Finland sent me this Mona Lisa card, that obviously got a little smudged on its way. Linnea told me, that Hymy ei lihota means something like "A smile doesn't make you fat". Very wise. The card came along with this very appropriate Angry Birds stamp! Haha! Finland, you've got the most amazing stamps! :D

Oink oink!

From Finland
Received: 12.09.2014

Montag, 8. September 2014

843 - From Finland

Grey Seal

Marine Life and Sea Creatures Tag

As you all may or may not know, I'm a huge fan of all marine animals! Therefore I participate in the "marine life and sea creatures" tag from time to time. Always wonderful to receive cards like this one. It shows a grey seal. Actually they live on german coasts as well I guess... we call them "Kegelrobbe" in German, which means "cone-seal" literally translated (because of their conical snout).

The card also gives some information on its back:

"A seal-watcher's paradise. The Royal Air Force (RAF) bombing range at Donna Nook on the Lincolnshire coast is temporary home to over 3,000 grey seals that come ashore each winter to give birth to their snowy-white pups. At the same time, the males fight over the right to sire the next generation. At weekends - when the RAF has time off - thousands of people flock here to get close and personal with one of Europe's true wildlife spectacles."

Many thanks for the great card Päivi! :)
From Finland
Received: 06.09.2014

Dienstag, 26. August 2014

823 - From Finland

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Jenna from Finland sent me this pin-up card - I guess it's the first one I received so far. She also added some sentences in Finnish!
From Finland
Received: 26.08.2014