Finnish Christmas postage stamps: Se-tenant angels
In 1986 the Finnish Post issued their first, and so far also the last, se-tenant Christmas postage stamp issue. At the same time Christmas postage stamps returned back to use of two separate face values: discounted rate for early domestic mail and regular rate stamps for normal and international delivery.
The discounted se-tenant stamps feature a bunch of angels. IMHO the fact that it took 13 years to get a something “this biblical” on Christmas postage stamps, tells quite a lot of how Finns relate to Christmas.
1986 Finland - Christmas postage stamps
And the normal rate stamp features a bunch of young elves:
1986 Finland - Christmas postage stamp
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