Sunday, June 21, 2020

Father Christmas

Father Christmas features in Finland's entry into this year's EUROPA theme of Ancient Postal Routes. You can see all of the 2020 EUROPA stamps here, and even vote for your favorite.


This non-denominated world rate stamp has a beautiful foil effect which is not possible to appreciate in a 2D scan. Father Christmas is more of a British name in the English-speaking world, and has an interesting history if you want to know more (link to wikipedia). These days Father Christmas is synonymous with Santa Claus.

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8 comments:

  1. violet sJune 21, 2020 at 11:09 AM

    What an interesting choice for Finland. (I almost want to vote for that one just for the originality!)

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    1. FinnBadgerJune 21, 2020 at 6:45 PM

      I think they came up with a unique idea, here.

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  2. viridianJune 21, 2020 at 12:26 PM

    I thought of Father Christmas too, but went with a different father figure.

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  3. Mail AdventuresJune 21, 2020 at 2:36 PM

    You surprised me with this one! :D

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    1. FinnBadgerJune 21, 2020 at 6:48 PM

      I was struggling with the theme, then looking at unblogged stamps gave me the idea.

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  4. Bob ScotneyJune 23, 2020 at 3:26 PM

    Never thoght of him, but this Finnish stamp would have been hard to better.

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    1. FinnBadgerJune 23, 2020 at 3:27 PM

      I was surprised they went with this take, and even more surprised to receive it.

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