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1951.01  26.10.1951   Tuberculosis relief fund      
Eurasian Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus Common Crane Grus grus Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
7m     36 009 000     Eurasian Capercaillie    Tetrao urogallus     
12m     43 011 000     Common Crane    Grus grus     
20m     67 020 000     Caspian Tern    Hydroprogne caspia     

1952.01  04.12.1952   Tuberculosis relief fund      
Great Tit Parus major Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Common Swift Apus apus
10m     158 039 000     Great Tit    Parus major     
15m     140 027 000     Spotted Flycatcher    Muscicapa striata     
25m     84 086 000     Common Swift    Apus apus     

1956.01  25.09.1956   Tuberculosis relief fund      
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo Mute Swan Cygnus olor
10m     129 001 000     Bohemian Waxwing    Bombycilla garrulus     
20m     78 076 000     Eurasian Eagle-Owl    Bubo bubo     
30m     27 011 000     Mute Swan    Cygnus olor     

1956.02  30.10.1956   Northern countries' day      
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
20m     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     
30m     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     = 20m

1960.01  18.06.1960   Karelian national festival      
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30m     76 017 000     Common Cuckoo    Cuculus canorus     

1970.01  10.02.1970   Nature conservation year      
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30p     30 216 000     Golden Eagle    Aquila chrysaetos     

1974.01  18.03.1974   Baltic area marine environmental conference      
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60p     66 022 000     European Herring Gull    Larus argentatus     

1975.01  30.07.1975   European security and co-operation conference      
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90p     121 046 000     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     

1978.01  06.07.1978   Eino Leino      
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1m     30 216 000     Golden Eagle    Aquila chrysaetos     

1978.02  23.10.1978   Christmas      
50p     158 039 000     Great Tit    Parus major     

1981.01  27.10.1981   Christmas   4v set   
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70p     158 039 000     Great Tit    Parus major     
and     194 159 000     Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula     

1982.01  25.10.1982   Christmas   2v set   
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90p     158 039 000     Great Tit    Parus major     

1983.01  10.02.1983   National parks   2v set   
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1.80m     70 004 000     Razorbill    Alca torda     

1985.01  19.06.1985   European security and co-operation conference      1975.01
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2.10m     121 046 000     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     

1986.01  10.04.1986   Europa   2v set   
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2.20m     121 046 000     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     

1987.01  15.05.1987   Ateneum art museum paintings   5v booklet   
Click for enlargement Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
1.70m     187 105 000     Hooded Crow    Corvus cornix     

1989.01  03.11.1989   Christmas   2v set   
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus
1.90m     187 003 000     Siberian Jay    Perisoreus infaustus     

1991.01  20.03.1991   Birds   Booklet   
Click for enlargement Great Tit Parus major Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
10p     158 039 000     Great Tit    Parus major     
60p     194 001 000     Chaffinch    Fringilla coelebs     
2.10m     194 159 000     Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula     

1991.02  01.11.1991   Christmas   2v set   
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
2.10m     194 159 000     Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula     

1992.01  22.04.1992   Birds   Booklet   
Click for enlargement White Wagtail Motacilla alba European Robin Erithacus rubecula Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
10p     122 055 000     White Wagtail    Motacilla alba     
60p     140 133 000     European Robin    Erithacus rubecula     
2.10m     129 001 000     Bohemian Waxwing    Bombycilla garrulus     

1993.01  04.06.1993   Birds   Booklet   
Click for enlargement Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
10p     78 162 000     Boreal Owl    Aegolius funereus     
20p     140 197 000     Common Redstart    Phoenicurus phoenicurus     
2.30m     104 105 000     White-backed Woodpecker    Dendrocopos leucotos     

1993.02  20.09.1993   Water birds   Booklet   
Click for enlargement Arctic Loon Gavia arctica Arctic Loon Gavia arctica Common Merganser Mergus merganser Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
2.30m     8 002 000     Arctic Loon    Gavia arctica     
2.30m     8 002 000     Arctic Loon    Gavia arctica     
2.30m     27 149 000     Common Merganser    Mergus merganser     
2.30m     27 089 000     Mallard    Anas platyrhynchos     
2.30m     27 148 000     Red-breasted Merganser    Mergus serrator     

1994.01  04.11.1994   Christmas   2v set   
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2.10m     194 159 000     Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula     

1994.02  04.11.1994   Christmas   Booklet   1994.01
2.10m     194 159 000     Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula     cl
2.10m     194 159 000     Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula     cr

1996.01  06.09.1996   Shorebirds   Sheet   
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Common Snipe  Gallinago gallinago Eurasian Oystercatcher  Haematopus ostralegus Eurasian Curlew  Numenius arquata Eurasian Woodcock  Scolopax rusticola Northern Lapwing  Vanellus vanellus
2.80m     62 019 000     Common Snipe    Gallinago gallinago     
2.80m     55 006 000     Eurasian Oystercatcher    Haematopus ostralegus     
2.80m     62 040 000     Eurasian Curlew    Numenius arquata     
2.80m     62 001 000     Eurasian Woodcock    Scolopax rusticola     
2.80m     60 001 000     Northern Lapwing    Vanellus vanellus     

1997.01  30.01.1997   Tokens of affection   8v set   
*     121 046 000     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     

1997.02  25.04.1997   The archipelagic sea national park      
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
4.30m     67 032 000     Common Tern    Sterna hirundo     

1997.03  19.08.1997   The Crane   Sheet   
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Common Crane  Grus grus Common Crane  Grus grus Common Crane  Grus grus Common Crane  Grus grus
2.80m     43 011 000     Common Crane    Grus grus     
2.80m     43 011 000     Common Crane    Grus grus     
2.80m     43 011 000     Common Crane    Grus grus     
2.80m     43 011 000     Common Crane    Grus grus     

1998.01  15.01.1998   Provincial bird   sa   
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
*     136 113 000     Eurasian Blackbird    Turdus merula     

1998.02  04.09.1998   Stamp day, owls   Sheet   
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Eurasian Eagle-Owl  Bubo bubo Eurasian Eagle-Owl  Bubo bubo Boreal Owl  Aegolius funereus Great Grey Owl  Strix nebulosa Snowy Owl  Bubo scandiacus
3m     78 076 000     Eurasian Eagle-Owl    Bubo bubo     
3m     78 076 000     Eurasian Eagle-Owl    Bubo bubo     
3m     78 162 000     Boreal Owl    Aegolius funereus     
3m     78 112 000     Great Grey Owl    Strix nebulosa     
3m     78 091 000     Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus     

1999.01  27.01.1999   Bluethroat   sa   
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
*     140 141 000     Bluethroat    Luscinia svecica     

1999.02  18.05.1999   Nocturnal summer birds   Sheet   
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Thrush Nightingale  Luscinia luscinia Common Cuckoo  Cuculus canorus Eurasian Nightjar  Caprimulgus europaeus Corn Crake  Crex crex Great Bittern  Botaurus stellaris
3m     140 137 000     Thrush Nightingale    Luscinia luscinia     
3m     76 017 000     Common Cuckoo    Cuculus canorus     
3m     83 049 000     Eurasian Nightjar    Caprimulgus europaeus     
3m     46 064 000     Corn Crake    Crex crex     
3m     20 061 000     Great Bittern    Botaurus stellaris     

1999.03  05.11.1999   Christmas   3v set   
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3.50m     194 159 000     Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula     

2000.01  15.03.2000   The Finnish Red Cross: domestic animals   2v set   
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4.80m     122 055 000     White Wagtail    Motacilla alba     

2000.02  05.09.2000   Animals   sa   
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*     36 006 000     Willow Ptarmigan    Lagopus lagopus     

2000.03  03.11.2000   Christmas   2v set, sa   
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3.50m     194 159 000     Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula     p 14¼

2000.04  03.11.2000   Christmas   Sold with label attached, sa   2000.03
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3.50m     194 159 000     Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula     p 13¾

2001.01  16.05.2001   Woodpeckers   Sheet   
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Lesser Spotted Woodpecker  Dendrocopos minor Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker  Picoides tridactylus White-backed Woodpecker  Dendrocopos leucotos Great Spotted Woodpecker  Dendrocopos major Grey-faced Woodpecker  Picus canus Black Woodpecker  Dryocopus martius
3.50m     104 095 000     Lesser Spotted Woodpecker    Dendrocopos minor     
3.50m     104 121 000     Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker    Picoides tridactylus     
3.50m     104 105 000     White-backed Woodpecker    Dendrocopos leucotos     
3.50m     104 106 000     Great Spotted Woodpecker    Dendrocopos major     
3.50m     104 199 000     Grey-faced Woodpecker    Picus canus     
3.50m     104 173 000     Black Woodpecker    Dryocopus martius     

2001.02  06.09.2001   Birds   sa   
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*     158 046 000     Eurasian Blue Tit    Cyanistes caeruleus     
*     122 055 000     White Wagtail    Motacilla alba     
*     172 012 000     Eurasian Golden Oriole    Oriolus oriolus     

2002.01  01.01.2002   Swan   sa   
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0.50€     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     

2002.02  01.01.2002   Finnish flag   Booklet, sa   
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*     67 031 000     Arctic Tern    Sterna paradisaea     

2002.03  15.04.2002   Gulf of Finland   5v booklet, sa   
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*     67 032 000     Common Tern    Sterna hirundo     

2003.01  15.01.2003   Provincial birds   Strip, sa   
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*     76 017 000     Common Cuckoo    Cuculus canorus     
*     120 093 000     Eurasian Skylark    Alauda arvensis     
*     187 003 000     Siberian Jay    Perisoreus infaustus     

2003.02  03.03.2003   Painting by Ferdinand von Wright   sa   
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0.90€     36 009 000     Eurasian Capercaillie    Tetrao urogallus     

2003.03  07.05.2003   Summer   6v sheet   
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Eurasian Magpie  Pica pica
0.65€     187 064 000     Eurasian Magpie    Pica pica     

2004.01  14.01.2004   Sibelius   3v strip, sa   
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
*     27 015 000     Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus     

2004.02  26.03.2004   Swallows   2v set, sa   
House Martin Delichon urbicum
*     121 046 000     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     
and     121 063 000     House Martin    Delichon urbicum     

2004.03  28.04.2004   Woodland animals   6v sheet   
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Common Raven  Corvus corax
0.65€     187 119 000     Common Raven    Corvus corax     

2006.01  27.10.2006   Christmas   sa   
Great Tit Parus major Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
0.50€     158 039 000     Great Tit    Parus major     
1kl     129 001 000     Bohemian Waxwing    Bombycilla garrulus     

2008.01  27.02.2008   Rain or sunshine   5v booklet, sa   
Click for enlargement Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
1kl     121 046 000     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     

Finland map

Location: Northern Europe
Population: 5.2 million
Climate: cold temperate; potentially subarctic, but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current
Terrain: mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills

Birds: 450 species

Links:
Finland Post postal administration website
Where do you want to go birding today?
Eino Leino - web search
Ateneum Art Museum - web search
Ferdinand von Wright - web search
Jean Sibelius - web search

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08.05.2008