Postal History from Finland 1889 - 1918


Finnish Postmarks

the Early part ....




One Row Cancellations, used at 39 postofficies, 1812 to 1847


Cyrillic one-line Helsingfors postmark used 1840



Cyrillic one-line Åbo postmark used 1842




Low Box Cancellations, used at 36 postofficies, from 1847 to 1882


Low box postmark from Björneborg



Low box postmark from Helsingfors, on cover to Germany




High Box Cancellations, used at 13 postofficies, from 1851 to 1889


High box postmark from Åbo



High box postmark from Nystad




Large Single Ring Cancellation, experimental postmark, used at 3 postofficies, 1856 to 1869



Large ring Helsingfors postmark on cover to Jakobstad in October 1859.



Small Single Ring Cancellation, used at 85 postofficies, from 1860 to 1893


Single ring postmark from Uleåborg on official cover from April 1871