Let’s begin the exploration of worldwide ATM stamps with something easy: Cyprus. Cyprus has released 15 ATM stamps – 1 Frama and 14 self-adhesive Nadels. Unfortunately my Cyprus ATM collection has only one item to show, but it is a beautiful one
And as a followup on yesterday’s post, here’s a postcard from Malaysia with some nice tuber plant commemorative stamps.
My friends in India have sent me some nice covers.
In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers’ Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labour movement. May day carries also several traditions with ancient origins, that can be shown on stamps.
The last few days have been exceptionally warm and finally winter is stepping away even in central Finland. A few days ago I spotted the first coltsfoot grewing up in the middle of snowy our yard trench, then the crocus started rising on our snowy yard lawn and yesterday people started placing flower pots on sunny places. It’s finally spring and time to show off some beautifull spring time flowers on stamps (as well as a nice flower stamp specialty I have found).
For the past weeks I’ve been mainly showing stamps from the 18th and 19th century. I think it’s time to get a fresher look and focus for a while with some modern postage stamps for the next month or so. This week I’ll be showcasing some of the modern miniature sheets from Finland. Let’s begin with Imperial Winter Egg miniature sheet issued in 2005.