Postal History from Finland 1889 - 1918

Finnish Anti Tuberculosis Charity Stamps

1908 Apple Tree Artist: Akseli Gallen-Kallela Issued number: ? Value: 5 p Printers: ? Sheet: 5 X 4 Perforated: 11¼ X 11¼ Two different booklets were sold; one containing 5 leaves of 4 x 5 and one containing 1 block of 10.

Domestic card with 1908 charity stamp affixed. The card was sent from Helsinki 1909.

Postal stationary covers with seal imprinted in upper left side, size 20 x 25mm.
4.000 of these were printed in 1910. The covers are found in very varios sizes and colors
Different cliches were used on the following two covers.


Unused cover with Charity stamp imprinted on cover (size 143 x 111mm) Color of the seal is brownish orange.



Cover (153 x 120mm) sent from Rovaniemi 4. III 12. Color of seal is redish orange.

Card sent from Borgå May 1917 to Helsinki

1910 Man and woman Artist: Väinö Hämäläinen Issued number: ? Value: 5 p Printers: Weilin Göös Sheet: 10 X 10 Perforated: 11½ X 11½

1910 charity stamp imprinted on back of postcard (140 x 89 mm). (above) Card used domestic 29th Dec. 1910.

1912 Hare and Squirrel Artist: Väinö Blomstedt Issued number: ? Value: 5 p Printers: SKS Sheet: 10 X 10 Perforated: 11½ X 11½

Postal stationary (135 x 85 mm) card sent from Isokyrö in March 1913 to Canada.

1912 charity stamp on a postcard sent from Helsinki on 21. Dec. 1912 to Germany.

Picture side of above postcard.

Charity stamp of 1926 has same design as 1912.

	1915 Yellow Cross Artist: Akseli Gallen-Kallela Issued number: 750.000 Value: 5 p Printers: Frenckell Sheet: 4 X 5 Perforated: 11½ X 11½ Booklet containing 5 leaves of 4 x 5 were sold.