Finland 2004 Johan Ludvig Runeberg - Birth Bicentenary
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 14th January 2004
- four values in a miniature sheet
- Designed by: Päivi Vainonpää
- Printed by: Cartor, France
- Print process: lithography
- Perforations: 13.5 x 13.25; left hand and right hand stamp each one imperf edge
Bicentenary of the Birth of Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1804-1877, poet, writer, nationalist
- Runeberg wrote Vårt land (Our Land), Maamme in Finnish, in 1848, which became the national anthem
miniature sheet
0.65€ ~ silhouette of Runeberg on book plate
0.65€ ~ Sven Dufa the the Battle of Koljonvirta, between Sweden and Russia, after Albert Edelfelt
0.65€ ~ lake scene by Albert Edelfelt, and words of National Anthem in Finnish
0.65€ ~ sculpture of Johan Ludwig Runeberg by Walter Runeberg
Border: signature
