Postage Stamps 2002

Landscapes and swan

The 0.90 euro stamp by Asser Jaaro features a part of a 1905 painting by Victor Westerholm (1860-1919). The painting depicts a view from Mustavuori in Kuusankoski to the Kymijoki river.
Finnish landscapes and swan

Flowers on postage stamps

Sensitive drawings by Pirkko Juvonen are seen on many new stamps, issued on 1 January 2002. Her paint brush has made the lily-of-the-valley and the forget-me-not flower in 0.10 and 0.05 euro.
Flowers from Finland

Finnish lion and flag

The modern heraldic lion by Mika Launis won the stamp design competition in 2000. The winner is now the pictorial subject of the 1 euro blue stamp and the 5 euro red stamp.
Finnish lion and flag

Trees on postage stamps

Pirkko Juvonen designed the stamps on the spruce, pine and birch. The face value of the stamps is 2.50, 3.50 and 0.60 euro respectively. The stamps are valid as domestic postage for 2nd class maxi letters up to 250 grams, 1st class letters up to 1000 grams and 1st class letters up to 50 grams.
Finnish trees

Cycling on stamps

In 2002, for the first time two cycling championships are held at the same venue: Circuit Zolder. In February, the world cycle-cross championships are held, while the road championships are to be held in October 2002.
Cycling and tennis

Mourning

At the request of the funeral sector, a special mourning stamp was designed by the Belgian post. This stamp was issued on 10 December 2001.
Mourning stamp

St Canute's Day

In Aland St Canute's Day is definitely looked upon as the day when the Christmas tree is thrown out and the decorations tucked away. This special tradition is still very much alive.
St Canute's Day

Reptiles

The new definitive stamps of Aland saw the light of day immediately in January. The stamps depict two rare animals, which both are protected by law: Smooth snake and great crested newt.
Batrachians and reptiles

Coastlines

Europe's longest coastline has been brought into focus by Royal Mail across ten first class special stamps. Coastlines, which goes on sale on March 19, uses spectacular aerial photography to create ten snapshots capturing some of Britain's 7,000 miles of richly diverse coastline.
Coastlines

Actors and actresses

They all had a place among Norway's great actors who mastered both classical and modern repertoire. Their portraits are now subjects of the third stamp issue devoted to Norwegian theatre history, drawn this time by Arne Roar Lund.
Actors and actresses

University of Antwerp

Under the university of Antwerp name a range of higher education establishments having joined forces: they include the Rijksuniversitair Centrum Antwerpen (RUCA) and the Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen (UFSIA).
University of Antwerp

Philately on stamps

The Belgica 2001 world philatelic exhibition in June attracted around 9,000 schoolchildren from every part of Belgium.
Promotion of philately

Old Rauma

Old Rauma is the subject of a miniature sheet of four stamps of Finland. The face value of each stamp is 60 cents. The issue of the sheet, designed by professor Erik Bruun, is 300,000.
Old Rauma

Lönnrot 2002

This year is the jubilee year of Elias Lönnrot. The 200th anniversary of his birth was celebrated in April. Finland Post issued a miniature sheet of four stamps on Elias Lönnrot (1882-1884).
Miniature sheet Lönnrot 2002

Flying witch

The new stamp issued for Easter greetings depicts a witch riding on a broomstick. The 60 cents stamp is issued on 6 March 2002 and was designed by Ms Katriina Viljamaa-Rissanen.
Flying witch on Easter stamp

Swiss Air rescue

Swiss Air rescue (REGA) is a charitable foundation, under the aegis of the Red Cross. As such, it abides by Red Cross principles and behaves it self as a non-profit organisation. The objective of REGA, being to provide people in emergency situations with fast, expert assistance from the air.
Swiss Air Rescue

Swiss Railways

Swiss post is commemorating the birthday of the Swiss Railway (SBB) with a new set of four special stamps. Each of the stamps illustrates one of the SBB's latest vehicles against a different-coloured background with a stylised section of track. The motifs represent Swiss Railway's key business areas: long-distance traffic, regional traffic and freight traffic.
Centenary of Swiss Railways

Expo.02

Unlike its predecessors, Expo.02 - Switzerland's sixth National Exhibition - will not be confined to a single location.
Expo.02
Expo02 miniature sheet

Escalade

In 1602, Geneva was a Protestant city state that took a pride in its many freedoms, but was often threatened by its neighbours.
Escalade

Parliament building

To mark the centenary of the Parliament building, Swiss post has decided to issue a special stamp as well as a maximum card.
Swiss Parliament building

Fun Sports

Tim Wuerz, a young German designer of comic strips born in Schwäbisch Hall in 1973 and now living in Niedernhall, Germany has illustrated twelve sports in the unique style of his graphic art for the new stamps booklet of Luxembourg.
Fun Sports

Court of Justice

As part of the process of European unification, treaties between the states have created institutions (Council of Europe, European Parliament, etc) which adopt legal rules in specific fields. Thus, the community produces its own legal acts and laws.
Court of Justice

Court of Auditors

The treaty establishing the European Community confers upon the European Court of Auditors the main task of auditing the accounts and the implementation of the budget of the European Union. This with the dual aim of improving financial management and the reporting to the citizens of Europe on the use made of public funds by authorities responsible for their management.
European Court of Auditors

Art Collection

Moritz Ney never knew how to decide between sculpture and painting, nor between the expression of Kirchner and the fauvism of Matisse. His multi-coloured sculptures, just like his landscapes, still life subjects, flower arrangements, and interiors, show a great deal of dynamism, imagination, and spirit.
Luxembourg Art Collection

Football

On 12 April 2002 Norway Post issues new stamps to mark that it is a hundred years since the Norwegian Football Association was founded.
Norwegian Football

Water

The Europe: water, a natural treasure stamp won the Most Beautiful Stamp of 2001 competition of Finland. The FIM 5.40 Europe stamp on rapids was chosen as the most beautiful stamp of 2001.
Water on most beautiful stamp

Trees

During 2002 a new three-year series of postal stationery items by Peter Bergström will start. The theme is trees and first out is an aerogram depicting the Wych Elm.
Trees with airmail

Festival of Wiltz

Fifty years ago a small group of men had the idea of bringing to life the unique site of the feudal castle of Wiltz by creating a European Open-Air Theatre Festival.
Festival of Wiltz

Circus

In May 2002 many European countries issued the Europe stamps on the theme Circus.
Circus in Luxembourg
Europe stamp with circus
Switzerland Circus
Circus on Europe stamp

Nordic stamp

The theme for this year's Nordic stamp is contemporary art. The contribution of Aland consists of a photo depicting a controversial work of art, "Radar II", by the internationally renowned designer Stefan Lindfors.
Nordic stamp

Teddy Bear

One hundred years old, and no sign of winding down! The good old, eternally young teddy bear has made it to its century. Irrespective of brand tags, whether it was a series-production item or an artistic "one off", a playmate, a source of consolation or a proud collector's item, the teddy bear has not only achieved popularity worldwide with people of all ages but has also retained a place in their hearts.
Booklet Teddy Bear

Pro Patria stamps

This year's Pro Patria collection is designed to support the long-term conservation of historic and architecturally valuable buildings beside water throughout Switzerland.
Pro Patria 2002

Gulf of Finland

The Gulf of Finland stamp series, the first part of which was issued last autumn, wilt continue with a booklet of five stamps on the submarine nature and marine research, to be issued on 15 April 2002. All stamps are non-denominated first class postage stamps, and the booklet is thus priced at 3 Euro.
Gulf of Finland

Sibelius

The monumental statue Passio Musicae, which symbolises the life work of master composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), is depicted in the 0.60 euro special postage stamp to be issued on 3 May 2002.
Sibelius Monument

Niels Hendrik Abel

Niels Hendrik Abel (1802-1829) is regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.
Niels Hendrik Abel

Borgen and Grieg

Some Norwegian celebrities who have literally left there mark - also on Norwegian stamps - are authors. They are represented here by Johan Collet Muller Borgen (1902-1979) and Nordahl Grieg (1902-1943), who were both born a hundred years ago.
Johan Borgen and Nordahl Grieg

Holmestrand and Kongsberg

Holmestrand was granted city privileges by the Danish King Fredrik V on 10 November 1752 and is now celebrating its 250th anniversary. Holmestrand has a history linked with timber exports and sailing ships. Today, it is a small coastal town whose summer population far exceeds its winter population.
Holmestrand and Kongsberg

Lill Lindfors

Lill Lindfors is one of the most beloved artists in Scandinavia. Lill Lindfors spends a great deal of her time in Aland.
Lill Lindfors

Swiss insects

A Swiss Post set of definitives that spotlights insects was issued on 17 September 2002.
Swiss insects

Football

With the issue of six stamps and a miniature sheet on 20 September 2002, the greatest moments in Norwegian football have now also been recorded in stamp history.
Norwegian Football Association

Lucky Charm

There are many reasons for its status as the best known and probably best loved beetle.
Lucky Charm Booklet

Iron Age

The Iron age has left some quite exciting finds in Aland. Two of the finer finds, the "Persby buckle" and the "Syllöda pin", are now depicted on a postage stamp.
Iron Age

Nature

The illustrations used for the new stamp booklet of Luxembourg feature close-ups of objects in nature that immediately give us an incentive to visit the nature museum in Luxembourg-Grund.
Nature stamp booklet

Right of the child

Just like adults, children have certain rights. On 20 November 1989, the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) adopted the International Treaty on the Rights of the Child.
The right of the child

Accession to the UN

It took 57 years before Switzerland joined the United Nations. To celebrate this fact a special postage stamp was issued in September.
Switzerland's accession to the UN

Stamps in Luxembourg

This commemorative souvenir sheet for the 150th anniversary of the issue of the first Luxembourg postage stamp was prepared in support of the theme "Postage stamps images of life in Luxembourg for the past 150 years".
150 years of stamps in Luxembourg

Swiss minerals

Minerals are natural crystals - solid matter whose atoms are organised in accordance with strict geomatrical principles. This internal order is also mirrored in the surface of the crystals, which is often incredibly smooth. Besides shape, colour is a striking feature of many crystals. Some of them have a characteristic hue, while others can be found in a wide variety of different colors.
Swiss minerals

Grevenmacher

The valley of the Moselle, which owes its richness to its proximity to water and its fertile ground, was colonised a long time before the Roman era.
Grevenmacher

Jean Rey

Doctor of law Jean Rey (1902-1983) starts his career as a barrister at the Court of Appeal in Liege. The Walloon issue is close to his heart and he enters political life by joining the Liberal Party.
Jean Rey (1902-1983)

Stamp Printers

At the end of June 2002, Swiss Post Stamp Printers ceased production after over 72 years, so the Swiss Post would like to take the opportunity to look back and renew the major milestones in its manufacturing career.
Swiss Post Stamp Printers

Juniper

The juniper is a conifer tree in the cypress family. In Finland it occurs naturally in two main forms.
Juniper

20th century

On 28 October 2002 the Belgian Post concluded one of the most extensive series ever issued with a sheet of twenty stamps about society and everyday life in the 20th century.
Journey through the 20th century

Post in fifty years

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the issue of the first Luxembourg postage stamp in september 1852.
The post in fifty years

Lapland

The attraction of Lapland: unique nature and silence can be sensed on the new non-denominated first class stamp of Finland, issued on 9 October 2002. Mika Launis designed the stamp.
Lapland

Ski Championships

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are to be held in St. Moritz-Pontresina for the fourth time, from 1 to 16 February 2003, and will be the biggest sporting event ever staged in Switzerland to date.
Alpine World Ski Championships 2003

Folksongs and hymn book

Norwegian pastor Magnus Brostrup Landstad (1802-1880), one of Norway's most prominent figures in his time, spent almost half of his life in the county of Telemark, and it was here he collected his folk songs.
From folksongs to hymn book

New Swiss definitives

To make sending postcards more practical for visitors to Switzerland, Swiss Post launched two new definitives under the title "Greetings from Switzerland".
New Swiss definitives for postcards

Janne Holmén

The Aland Post has decided to pay tribute in a grand fashion to the sensational Aland gold medallist in the men's marathon in the European Athletics Championships, Janne Holmén.
Runner Janne Holmén on Aland stamp

Stamp Day

Michèle Berri has been chosen as the designer of the 2002 special 70 cent stamp issued by Swiss Post on this year's theme of the "Jura Water Engineering System - River Meadow Landscapes".
Stamp Day 2002 in Lyss

Pro Juventute

This year, the Pro Juventute Foundation celebrates its 90th anniversary, and as it did in 1972, 1977 and 1982, it is marking such an event with a set of rose stamps.
Pro Juventute

Royal baby on stamp

Prince Philippe was born in Brussels on 15 April 1960. As the oldest son of king Albert II and Queen Paola, he is first in line to the throne and as such bears the title of Duke of Brabant.
Royal baby on stamp

Charity 2002

In December 2002 Luxembourg issued the second set in the cycle of postal values dedicated to animals living in fields and forests. The postage stamps depict the following subjects, painted by the Belgian wildlife artist André Buzin.
Charity 2002

Christmas

Aland Christmas
Christmas and New Year
Norway Christmas
Angel and sleigh
Christmas market in Luxembourg
Swiss Christmas stamp
Church of Saltvik

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