Aland 2002 Traditional Dishes

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  • Label : "Posten pa Åland" (Åland Post); 2002; commemorative se-tenants of the issue "Traditional Dishes";

issue of 1 se-tenant à 4 stamps, stamp booklet à 2 se-tenants

Stamp datas:

  • Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 203-206 (se-tenant: 02030206KB); Yvert & Tellier: No. 203-206 (se-tenant: 203-206); Scott: No. 203a-203d (se-tenant: No. 203-206); AFA: No. 203-206 (se-tenant: 203-206); LaPe: stamp booklet: No. Åv10
  • Color : multicolored
  • Watermark : none
  • Nominal value : 4 x 1st class (= 4 x 0.55 Euro)
  • Postage validity : since 28 February 2002
  • Designed by : Talvkki Canin (* 1949)
  • Printed by : "Bdt International Security Printing Ltd.", Dublin (Ireland)
  • Print process : Offset printinh on normal paper
  • Perforation :
- 3sided, comb perforation, K 13¼ : 12½
- 3sided, comb perforation, K 13 (other source)
  • Print run : 500,000 se-tenants à 4 stamps (2x2)
  • Stamp size :
- printed area of a single stamp without signature line: 33.0 x 22.0 mm
- printed area of a total se-tenant: 67.0 x 47.5 mm


Se-tenant of the issue "Traditional Dishes";
(issue of 1 se-tenant à 4 stamps, stamp booklet à 2 se-tenants)

Mint stamps

Michel No. 203, mint
Michel No. 204, mint
Michel No. 205, mint
Michel No. 206, mint

Postmarked stamps

Se-tenant

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Se-tenant Michel No. 02030206KB, mint
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Se-tenant Michel No. 02030206KB, postmarked

Stamp booklet

Stamp booklet LaPe Åv10, mint
Stamp booklet LaPe Åv10, postmarked


To the stamp motives
Traditional meals of the Åland cuisine
- 1st class (upper left) :"Gravlax"
- 1st class (upper right) : "Stekt strömming"
- 1st class (lower left) : "Svartbrod"
- 1st class (lower right) : "Alandspannkaka"

First Day Cover

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