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12 • ÅLANDSPOSTEN FRIMÄRKEN<br />
267 AND 268 •<br />
PASSENGER FERRIES,<br />
M/S SKANDIA AND<br />
M/S PRINSESSAN<br />
The first day cancel depicts<br />
the ship M/S Prinsessan.<br />
DATE OF ISSUE<br />
3 May <strong>2010</strong><br />
ARTIST<br />
Håkan Sjöström<br />
EDITIONS<br />
2 x 200 000<br />
DENOMINATIONS<br />
€0.75 and €3.50<br />
PRICE FDC<br />
€4.80<br />
SIZE OF STAMPS<br />
35.4 x 26 mm<br />
SIZE OF SHEETS<br />
2 x 20 stamps<br />
PAPER<br />
110 g/m²<br />
PERFORATION<br />
13 per 2 cm<br />
PRINTING METHOD<br />
4-colour offset<br />
PRINTING HOUSE<br />
Cartor Security Printing<br />
The same ships as on the stamps are depicted on the gutter of both stamp<br />
sheets.<br />
HÅKAN SJÖSTRÖM<br />
Artist Håkan Sjöström (born in<br />
1933) is considered to be one of<br />
the foremost marine painters in<br />
Scandinavia today. Painting was<br />
an important part of Håkan’s<br />
youth. Upon completing his Bachelor<br />
of Science degree (Econ.), he<br />
started working at a shipyard in<br />
Turku, where he remained until<br />
retirement. Alongside with his<br />
work, he also painted the shipyard’s<br />
newbuildings. Håkan has<br />
also had commissions for several<br />
shipping companies, including<br />
Viking Line, as well as a few seascape<br />
commissions. In addition,<br />
he has illustrated magazines and<br />
books. These are Håkan’s third<br />
and fourth stamps for Åland Post.<br />
The first day envelope features the Aranda, the first steamship to manage<br />
scheduled service between Åland and Turku the year round. The ship was<br />
built in 1920 and serviced until 1945, when she was surrendered to the Soviet<br />
Union as payment for war damages.
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