Friday, April 5, 2019

Princesses Postcards from a Princess Cruise in Finland


This funny, black and white postcard was mailed from Finland in 2017.

The sender writes:
Greetings from the Princess' cruise to Sweden.  
Thanks for your part in this amazing adventure. 

This postcard was sent to me by my cruise buddies from our 'Princess Cruise'.  We all wore tiaras and carried scepters.  It was a short cruise from Finland to Sweden, but we sure did have fun!!
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Suvinkortit
Originalli: Suvi Eckstein

translation:
Suvi Cards
Original: Suvi Eckstein

The sender writes:
Hi from the Princess cruise to Sweden.  Once there were 3 princess' who were lucky enough to go on a cruise to Sweden.  They all wore their tiara's and carried their magic wands.  Their fairy godmother put them in a beautiful suite because they were such good princesses.  

This is postmarked form a Viking Line cruise ship in Finland in 2017. 
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Here is a postcard of the ship...

M/S Mariella

Delivered in 1985, 37,860 GT, Length 177 m, Ice class 1 A Super, 2,500 passengers, 430 cards, 2,500 berths, Finnish flag. 

This postcard is postmarked in 2017 with a 'Sweden-Aland-Finland Viking Line M/S Mariella' postmark.  
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Finland stamp 2017
Birds, Arktika
Clangula hyemalis
Long-tailed duck
0,10
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Finland stamp 2011
Shaped like a small cross with a leaf on it 0,20
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Finland stamp 2017
The Face of Finland, 1.20

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Posti ran a campaign in fall 2016 to collect photos of faces from the public for a special stamp publication to mark Finland's centenary of independence. The thousands of photos come together like a mosaic to form different stamps, which are positioned on the sheet in the form of the map of Finland. Each stamp and booklet will be unique.

"These stamps are worth a close look, as receivers and senders might spot their own face or the faces of acquaintances on them," says Tommi Kantola, Design Manager at Posti.

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