2193) "Spring Awakens Nature", Finland: Posti (Finland Post) has issued a set of two No Value Indicator Stamps celebrating the coming of the Spring Season: Date of Stamps issue: 19.01.2022:
About "Spring Awakens Nature" Stamps:
"Spring Awakens Nature" stamps have been designed by Minna Lehväslaiho, known as a postcard artist.
She has designed these joyful stamps suitable for Spring and Easter. The stamps depict the wonderful time when nature begins to be flush with light green and spring flowers are literally bursting out of the ground.
It feels like the whole world is waking up from hibernation to a burst of colors after a dark winter.
The stamps feature characters familiar from Minna’s postcards.
On the first stamp, a cat and an owl are enjoying the springtime in each other’s company. They are happy just like that and there is no need for them to rush anywhere.
The second stamp depicts little owls’ regular laundry day, which is full of joy. The laundry hung out to dry tells us that the ground has warmed up and the owls have got into the vegetable patch.
The pictures have been drawn with a fountain pen, coloured in with water-colors and gouache and finished with oil pastels.
Joy of Spring Stamps have been issued as a 10-stamp sheet containing two different domestic no-value indicator stamps.
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Vikram Bhatnagar has commented:
ReplyDelete"Pretty stamps! Pardon my naivete but, what does "no value indicator" imply? Can these still be used as normal postage stamps to send across snail mail?"
Non-denominated postage Stamps are intended to meet a certain postage rate that retains full validity for that intended postage rate even after the rate is increased. It does not show a monetary value, or denomination, on the face. In many English-speaking countries, it is called non-value indicator (NVI) postage.
DeleteIt is designed to reduce the cost of printing large issues of low-value stamps to "top-up" old issues.
NVI stamps are used worldwide, including in the United States, Canada, and some European countries.
Finland's first NVI stamp (ikimerkki) was issued on 2.3.1992. There are two denominations, one valid for domestic 1st class, or overnight, domestic letter of up to 50 g and the other for similar 2nd class letter. The stamps may be combined for more expensive tariffs.
Even in India in 1940, the Government of United Provinces had issued a non-denominated stamp marking Literacy Day.
Vikram Bhatnagar has further commented:
Delete"Great information! 😇"
Rsanker Sharma has commented:
ReplyDelete"Very Interesting. Thank you for sharing ❤️."
Thank you, Sharma sahab.
DeleteLalit Roy has commented:
ReplyDelete"Very pretty."