Postal stamps of birds of the Finland: dates of emission and complete statistics.

Finland is a Nordic country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Other major cities are Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Oulu and Turku.

Finland's population is 5.52 million (as of half of 2019), the majority of whom live in the central and south of the country and speak Finnish, a Uralic language unrelated to the Scandinavian languages.

Finland is the eighth-largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. It is a parliamentary republic of 311 municipalities, and one autonomous region, the Ã…land Islands.

Over 1.4 million people live in the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area, which produces one third of the country's GDP.

Finland was inhabited when the last ice age ended, approximately 9000 BCE.

The first settlers left behind artefacts that present characteristics shared with those found in Estonia, Russia, and Norway.

The earliest people were hunter-gatherers, using stone tools.

The first pottery appeared in 5200 BCE, when the Comb Ceramic culture was introduced.

The arrival of the Corded Ware culture in southern coastal Finland between 3000 and 2500 BCE may have coincided with the start of agriculture.

The Bronze Age and Iron Age were characterised by extensive contacts with other cultures in the Fennoscandian and Baltic regions and the sedentary farming inhabitation increased towards the end of Iron Age.

At the time Finland had three main cultural areas – Southwest Finland, Tavastia and Karelia – as reflected in contemporary jewellery.
Finland bird stamps1999 fauna singing birds-yv-bf-22-sheet-with-5-values-mnh.

Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1951.01
  26.10.1951
  Tuberculosis relief fund
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus Common Crane Grus grus Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
7m
    13
    Western Capercaillie    Tetrao urogallus
12m
    46
    Common Crane    Grus grus
20m
    64
    Caspian Tern    Hydroprogne caspia
1952.01
  04.12.1952
  Tuberculosis relief fund


Great Tit Parus major Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Common Swift Apus apus
10m
    177
    Great Tit    Parus major
15m
    217
    Spotted Flycatcher    Muscicapa striata
25m
    80
    Common Swift    Apus apus
1956.01
  25.09.1956
  Tuberculosis relief fund
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo Mute Swan Cygnus olor
10m
    170
    Bohemian Waxwing    Bombycilla garrulus
20m
    73
    Eurasian Eagle-Owl    Bubo bubo
30m
    8
    Mute Swan    Cygnus olor
1956.02
  30.10.1956
  Northern countries' day
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
20m
    8
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
30m
    8
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
    = 20m
1960.01
  18.06.1960
  Karelian national festival
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
30m
    71
    Common Cuckoo    Cuculus canorus
1970.01
  10.02.1970
  Nature conservation year
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
30p
    36
    Golden Eagle    Aquila chrysaetos
1974.01
  18.03.1974
  Baltic area marine environmental conference
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
60p
    64
    European Herring Gull    Larus argentatus
1975.01
  30.07.1975
  European security and co-operation conference
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
90p
    183
    Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica
1978.01
  06.07.1978
  Eino Leino
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
1m
    36
    Golden Eagle    Aquila chrysaetos
1978.02
  23.10.1978
  Christmas
Great Tit Parus major
50p
    177
    Great Tit    Parus major
1981.01
  27.10.1981
  Christmas
  4v set
Great Tit Parus major
70p
    177
    Great Tit    Parus major
and
    230
    Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula
1982.01
  25.10.1982
  Christmas
  2v set
Great Tit Parus major
90p
    177
    Great Tit    Parus major
1983.01
  10.02.1983
  National parks
  2v set
Razorbill Alca torda
1.80m
    66
    Razorbill    Alca torda
1985.01
  19.06.1985
  European security and co-operation conference
  1975.01
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
2.10m
    183
    Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica
1986.01
  10.04.1986
  Europa
  2v set
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
2.20m
    183
    Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica
1987.01
  15.05.1987
  Ateneum art museum paintings
  5v booklet
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
1.70m
    161
    Hooded Crow    Corvus cornix
1989.01
  03.11.1989
  Christmas
  2v set
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus
1.90m
    161
    Siberian Jay    Perisoreus infaustus
1991.01
  20.03.1991
  Birds
  Booklet


Great Tit Parus major Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
10p
    177
    Great Tit    Parus major
60p
    230
    Common Chaffinch    Fringilla coelebs
2.10m
    230
    Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula
1991.02
  01.11.1991
  Christmas
  2v set
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
2.10m
    230
    Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula
1992.01
  22.04.1992
  Birds
  Booklet
White Wagtail Motacilla alba European Robin Erithacus rubecula Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
10p
    228
    White Wagtail    Motacilla alba
60p
    217
    European Robin    Erithacus rubecula
2.10m
    170
    Bohemian Waxwing    Bombycilla garrulus
1993.01
  04.06.1993
  Birds
  Booklet
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
10p
    73
    Boreal Owl    Aegolius funereus
20p
    217
    Common Redstart    Phoenicurus phoenicurus
2.30m
    103
    White-backed Woodpecker    Dendrocopos leucotos
1993.02
  20.09.1993
  Water birds
  Booklet

Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica Common Merganser Mergus merganser Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
2.30m
    14
    Black-throated Loon    Gavia arctica
2.30m
    14
    Black-throated Loon    Gavia arctica
2.30m
    8
    Common Merganser    Mergus merganser
2.30m
    8
    Mallard    Anas platyrhynchos
2.30m
    8
    Red-breasted Merganser    Mergus serrator
1994.01
  04.11.1994
  Christmas
  2v set
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
2.10m
    230
    Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula
1994.02
  04.11.1994
  Christmas
  Booklet



  1994.01
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
2.10m
    230
    Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula
    cl
2.10m
    230
    Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula
    cr
1996.01
  06.09.1996
  Shorebirds
  Sheet
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
2.80m
    62
    Common Snipe    Gallinago gallinago
2.80m
    52
    Eurasian Oystercatcher    Haematopus ostralegus
2.80m
    62
    Eurasian Curlew    Numenius arquata
2.80m
    62
    Eurasian Woodcock    Scolopax rusticola
2.80m
    56
    Northern Lapwing    Vanellus vanellus
1997.01
  30.01.1997
  Tokens of affection
  8v booklet
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
*
    183
    Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica
1997.02
  25.04.1997
  The archipelagic sea national park
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
4.30m
    64
    Common Tern    Sterna hirundo
1997.03
  19.08.1997
  The Crane
  Sheet
Common Crane Grus grus Common Crane Grus grus Common Crane Grus grus Common Crane Grus grus
2.80m
    46
    Common Crane    Grus grus
2.80m
    46
    Common Crane    Grus grus
2.80m
    46
    Common Crane    Grus grus
2.80m
    46
    Common Crane    Grus grus
1998.01
  15.01.1998
  Provincial bird
  sa
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
*
    216
    Common Blackbird    Turdus merula
1998.02
  04.09.1998
  Stamp day, owls
  Sheet
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
3m
    73
    Eurasian Eagle-Owl    Bubo bubo
3m
    73
    Eurasian Eagle-Owl    Bubo bubo
3m
    73
    Boreal Owl    Aegolius funereus
3m
    73
    Great Grey Owl    Strix nebulosa
3m
    73
    Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus
1999.01
  27.01.1999
  Bluethroat
  sa
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
*
    217
    Bluethroat    Luscinia svecica
1999.02
  18.05.1999
  Nocturnal summer birds
  Sheet
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Corn Crake Crex crex Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
3m
    217
    Thrush Nightingale    Luscinia luscinia
3m
    71
    Common Cuckoo    Cuculus canorus
3m
    77
    European Nightjar    Caprimulgus europaeus
3m
    44
    Corn Crake    Crex crex
3m
    25
    Eurasian Bittern    Botaurus stellaris
1999.03
  05.11.1999
  Christmas
  3v set
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
3.50m
    230
    Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula
2000.01
  15.03.2000
  The Finnish Red Cross: domestic animals
  2v set
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
4.80m
    228
    White Wagtail    Motacilla alba
2000.02
  05.09.2000
  Animals
  sa
Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
*
    13
    Willow Ptarmigan    Lagopus lagopus
2000.03
  03.11.2000
  Christmas
  2v set, sa
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
3.50m
    230
    Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula
    p 14¼
2000.04
  03.11.2000
  Christmas
  Sold with label attached, sa
  2000.03
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
3.50m
    230
    Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula
    p 13¾
2001.01
  16.05.2001
  Woodpeckers
  Sheet
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
3.50m
    103
    Lesser Spotted Woodpecker    Dryobates minor
3.50m
    103
    Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker    Picoides tridactylus
3.50m
    103
    White-backed Woodpecker    Dendrocopos leucotos
3.50m
    103
    Great Spotted Woodpecker    Dendrocopos major
3.50m
    103
    Grey-headed Woodpecker    Picus canus
3.50m
    103
    Black Woodpecker    Dryocopus martius
2001.02
  06.09.2001
  Birds
  sa
Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus White Wagtail Motacilla alba Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
*
    177
    Eurasian Blue Tit    Cyanistes caeruleus
*
    228
    White Wagtail    Motacilla alba
*
    157
    Eurasian Golden Oriole    Oriolus oriolus
2002.01
  01.01.2002
  Swan
  sa
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
0.50€
    8
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
2002.02
  01.01.2002
  Finnish flag
  Booklet, sa
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
*
    64
    Arctic Tern    Sterna paradisaea
2002.03
  15.04.2002
  Gulf of Finland
  5v booklet
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
*
    64
    Common Tern    Sterna hirundo
2003.01
  15.01.2003
  Provincial birds
  Strip, sa
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus
*
    71
    Common Cuckoo    Cuculus canorus
*
    181
    Eurasian Skylark    Alauda arvensis
*
    161
    Siberian Jay    Perisoreus infaustus
2003.02
  03.03.2003
  Painting by Ferdinand von Wright
  sa
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus
0.90€
    13
    Western Capercaillie    Tetrao urogallus
2003.03
  07.05.2003
  Summer
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
0.65€
    161
    Eurasian Magpie    Pica pica
2004.01
  14.01.2004
  Sibelius
  3v strip, sa
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
*
    8
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
2004.02
  26.03.2004
  Swallows
  2v set, sa
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
*
    183
    Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica
and
    183
    Common House Martin    Delichon urbicum
2004.03
  28.04.2004
  Woodland animals
  6v sheet
Northern Raven Corvus corax
0.65€
    161
    Northern Raven    Corvus corax
2006.01
  27.10.2006
  Christmas
  sa
Great Tit Parus major Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
0.50€
    177
    Great Tit    Parus major
1kl
    170
    Bohemian Waxwing    Bombycilla garrulus
2008.01
  27.02.2008
  Rain or sunshine
  5v booklet, sa
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
1kl
    183
    Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica
2010.01
  13.09.2010
  Autumn
  3v sheet, sa
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
1kl
    8
    Mallard    Anas platyrhynchos
2012.01
  03.09.2012
  Autumn dream
  5v sheet, sa
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
1kl
    8
    Mute Swan    Cygnus olor
2015.01
  02.03.2015
  Spring
  sa
Great Tit Parus major
1kl
    177
    Great Tit    Parus major
2016.01
  09.09.2016
  Everyman's rights
  6v booklet, sa
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa
1kl
    8
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
1kl
    73
    Great Grey Owl    Strix nebulosa
2016.02
  09.09.2016
  WWF
  3v set, sa
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
1kl
    64
    Black-headed Gull    Chroicocephalus ridibundus
1kl
    8
    Lesser White-fronted Goose    Anser erythropus
2017.01
  20.01.2017
  Lions International



  Sheet, sa
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus Huia Heteralocha acutirostris �
*
    71
    Greater Roadrunner    Geococcyx californianus
*
    138
    Huia    Heteralocha acutirostris †
2017.02
  24.02.2017
  Silence
  3v set, sa
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
*
    8
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
2017.03
  09.05.2017
  Arktika
  Sheet, sa
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Brant Goose Branta bernicla Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
0.10€
    8
    Long-tailed Duck    Clangula hyemalis
0.20€
    8
    Velvet Scoter    Melanitta fusca
*
    8
    Brant Goose    Branta bernicla
*
    8
    Barnacle Goose    Branta leucopsis
2017.04
  09.05.2017
  Arktika
  Booklet, sa
  2017.02
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
0.10€
    8
    Long-tailed Duck    Clangula hyemalis
2017.05
  09.05.2017
  Arktika
  Booklet, sa
  2017.02
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
0.20€
    8
    Velvet Scoter    Melanitta fusca
2017.06
  03.11.2017
  Christmas
  sa
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
*
    230
    Eurasian Bullfinch    Pyrrhula pyrrhula
2018.01
  28.02.2018
  WWF
  3v set, sa
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
*
    73
    Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus
2018.02
  12.09.2018
  Finnish nature
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
*
    8
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
2019.01
  08.05.2019
  Europa
  sa
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
*
    8
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
*
    8
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
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18 August 2019 at 16:59 ×

The booklets with the theme of birds are very diffuse and beautiful in Finnish philately. Excellent post. Regards

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18 August 2019 at 17:01 ×

@Giampaolo Rossi.- Indeed, the booklets are very beautiful. Thank you for commenting.

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