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Helsinki (Helsingfors) is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. Helsinki has an urban population of 1.2 million making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located some 50 miles north of Tallinn, Estonia, 250 miles north east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 190 miles west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities.

Helsinki Postmarks

21st century

Souvenir leaf of the Finnish Post to the joint issue of Finland and Estonia, Finnish stamp postmarked at "Helsinki", 08-02-2000	FDC to Michel No. 1544BA/1545BA, postmarked in "Helsinki", 03-11-2000	Obverse to the Christmas Card 2000 of the Finnish Post, postmarked at "Helsinki", 03-11-2000
Michel No. 1577 as MaxiCard No. 50, postmarked in Helsinki, 06-09-2001	Michel No. 1577 as MaxiCard No. 50, postmarked in Helsinki, 06-09-2001	Michel No. 1577 as MaxiCard No. 50, postmarked in Helsinki, 06-09-2001
Michel No. 1577 as MaxiCard No. 50, postmarked in Helsinki, 06-09-2001	Michel No. 1577 as MaxiCard No. 50, postmarked in Helsinki, 06-09-2001	2012
2016

20th century

In 1928	In 1930	In 1933
In 1950	In 1984	In 1993
HELSINKI 100. HELSINGFORS 100 in 1980.
HELSINKI with To Pay Boxed cancel in 1993	Se-tenant Michel No. 1202-1205; postmarked at "Helsinki", 19-03-1993	Maxicard to Michel No. 1202, postmarked at "Helsinki", 19-03-1993
Maxicard to Michel No. 1203, postmarked at "Helsinki", 19-03-1993	Maxicard to Michel No. 1204, postmarked at "Helsinki", 19-03-1993	Maxicard to Michel No. 1205, postmarked at "Helsinki", 19-03-1993
FDC to Michel No. 1233A + 1234, postmarked at "Helsinki", 05-11-1993	Maxicard to Michel No. 1233A + 1234, postmarked at "Helsinki", 24-12-1993	FDC with Michel No. 1274A+1275A, postmarked at "Helsinki", 04-11-1994
Maxicard as Christmas-greeting of the Finnish Poat 1994, postmarked at "Helsinki", 04-11-1994	Souvenir card as greeting card to Christmas 1997 of the Post of Finland, franked with Michel No. 1365-1367, postmarked at „Helsinki“, 01-11-1996	"Helsinki", 19-05-1997
"Helsinki", 19-05-1997	"Helsinki", 19-05-1997	"Helsinki", 19-05-1997
Souvenir card as Christmas greetings of the Post of Finland with a stamp Michel No. 1412, postmarked at „Helsinki“, 31-10-1997	Souvenir card as greeting card to Christmas 1998 of the Post of Finland, franked with Michel No. 1457, 1458, 1459, postmarked at „Helsinki“, 30-10-1998	Souvenir card as Christmas card of the Finnish Post for 1999, franked with Michel No. 1501 and postmarked in „Helsinki“, 05-11-1999

Before 1917 Russian Empire

In 1912 on Russian type stamp.

Covers, cards, and philatelic products

Postcard 1899 to Stockholm

FDC to Michel No. 1132+1133 as se-tenant; postmarked at "Helsinki" 08-03-1991	Souvenir card leaf to the Olympic Games 1992; postmarked with "Helsinki", 05-02-1992