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Helsinki, Snowchurch
Another of the many Finland cards with stamp but no postmark. We wonder how much revenue their post office loses? Stamp (uncancelled), Priority label, Grade: 3
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Car on road
Mailed — stamp and at last a visible postmark, and Priority label affixed. Grade: 1
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Lappeenranta, multiple views
This card, mailed in 2011 with three stamps, postmark, and Priority sticker, makes us want to hop on the next Finnair flight and visit. Nice. Grade: 1
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Helsinki, multiple views
Everything you would ever want to see of Helsinki, and–believe it or not–every one of these photos is explained in three languages in the caption on the reverse. Mailed in 2011, the stamp and Priority label are there, but no postmark at all. Grade: 4
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Sauna and other views
Mailed in 2011 with stamp, and blue Priority label that obscures the postmark. Creasing. Grade: 3
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Map and multiple views
A dot in the middle of Finland marks the home of the writer of this card, mailed in 2011 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 4
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Helsinki, Taivallahti Church
Mailed in 1972 with two stamps, full postmark(s), and partial blue Par Avion sticker. Grade: 3
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Happy sauna (Anna Rinne)
Two of these nice sauna postcards are available. One was mailed from Helsinki in 2011, with stamp, postmark, and blue Priority label affixed (Grade: 1, $4) and the other from Turku in 2012 with three small stamps and in similar condition (Grade: 1, $4).
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Fingerprint Greetings
That’s part of what’s in the caption. The card’s sender gently explains that the card comes from a police exhibition stand that tries to tell children that police work is nice and worth considering. Lucky Finland! Mailed with Aurora borealis stamp and Priority label. Grade: 2
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Sahkoveturi Sr2 3214
Non-Finnish-speakers may find the caption daunting (Suomen Rautatiemuseo Hyvinkaa, Sahkoveturi Sr2 3214, Valmistaja ABB/SLM/Transtech, 1997) and we know this card to have come from the Finnish Railway Museum. Actually we have three of them. Two are in identical conditions: one was mailed in 2011 with stamp and Priority label, but no postmark, and the other in 2012 (Grades: 3, $6) and the other in 2011 with stamp and full postmark (Grade: 1, $8).
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Paikallisliikenneveturi #489 sarjaa Vk3 “lita”
Non-Finnish-speakers may find the caption even more daunting than the previous card, but this one also comes from the Finnish Railway Museum. It was mailed in 2011 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Nelja Ilmansuuntaa
Let’s say, for the sake of clarity, that we think this is an abstract rendition of a compass from a Finnish art gallery. The card was mailed in 2011 with one stamp and nearly full Tampere postmark, along with Priority sticker. Grade: 1
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Huoletonta
We entered this sentence into Google Translate, and what came back was: Worry is a cross-country skiing without the sweat boards! That result alone is incentive for us to go out and start learning Finnish. Card mailed in 2011 with three stamps, Priority label, and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Terveiset Savonlinnasta, Bad (Kylpyla) Hotel Casino
Confusing captions but definitely mailed from Finland in 2011 with Aurora borealis stamp, and Priority and address labels affixed. We know the card’s front says “Greetings from Savonlinna”, while the Finnish and English captions on the reverse say something else. Grade: 3
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Parainen-Pargas
Mailed from Turku in 2011 with two stamps, postmark, and address label affixed. Grade: 3
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Terveiset Keminmaalta
Mailed in 2011 with stamp, Priority label, and faint postmark. Photos include the New and old churches, the museum, and the Kemi River. And, of course, Greetings from Keminmaa! Grade: 1
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Inge Look, ladies dancing
This Inge Look postcard was mailed in 2011 with stamp and blue Priority label, but only a faint postmark. Minor postal battering at the corners. Grade: 2
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Helsinki, HKL 150 trolley
One really needs help to deal with Finnish-language captions, but it’s a tramway. (FYI, the caption reads: HKL 150 (Duwag/BBC) 1967/1970 Senaatintori) and the picture itself seems to have been taken in 2005. This card was mailed in 2012, with Priority label and one stamp, partial postmark, and name label affixed. Grade: 3
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Multiple views
Mailed in 2011 with stamp, blue Priority label, and some postal battering. Nothing too serious. Grade: 2
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Terveiset Lapista (Greetings from Lapland)
A card for many categories, this was mailed in 2011 with Aurora borealis stamp and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Multiple views, and fishing
Mailed in 2011 with three different stamps, illegible postmark, and blue Priority label affixed. Grade: 2
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Savonlinna, Olavinlinna Castle
Mailed in 2011 with three uncancelled stamps, and blue Priority and address labels affixed. Grade: 4
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Parola Tank Museum (Parola Panssarimuseo)
Mailed from Helsinki in 2011 with stamp, full postmark, and Priority label. A bit of staining on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Turku, Turun Paiva
Putting “Turun Paiva” into Google leads to some odd results and some perfectly normal ones but they tend to be in Finnish and hard for us to decipher. So, on to the card: mailed in 2011 with three stamps, Priority label, and the message glued on. Grade: 4
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Vihdin seurakuntatalo (Vihti Parish)
Mailed in 2011, the card has its (uncancelled) 1 klass stamp but no postmark. Grade: 4
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Jyvaskyla, Kuokkala
Mailed in 2011 with stamp, postmark, Priority, and various other stickers on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Winter scene
Nice scene on a nice, almost generic card mailed in 2011 with three large and colourful stamps, three postmarks, and Priority and address labels affixed. Grade: 3
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Kemi, LumiLinna Snow Castle
Mailed in 2011 with two stamps, Oulu postmark, and Priority and address labels attached. Grade: 3
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Espskärin luotsimökki (Pilot Lighthouse)
Black and white in colour. This card was mailed from Helsinki in 2010 with two stamps and full postmark. Grade: 1
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Vauhdikkaat terveiset! (High-speed greetings)
Mailed with four stamps, faint postmark, blue Priority label, and a star sticker. Grade: 3
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Turku Energy Tower
Mailed in 2011 with two stamps, green Economy sticker alongside another little sticker of a bear. Part of the white area on the front of the card (to the right of the tower) is an abrasion. Grade: 5
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Lahti, aerial view
Mailed in 2011, this Finnish postcard has four stamps, blue Priority label, full postmark … Grade: 1
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Santa in the sauna on Christmas Eve
Mailed in 2011 with Aurora borealis stamp and full postmark, and Priority label. The writer explains the traditional meaning behind this drawing. Grade: 1
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Lapland, multiple views
The stamp on this card, mailed in 2011, appropriately shows homes in winter. Blue Priority label affixed. Grade: 1
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Kokkola Karleby
Mailed in 2011. Stamp, full postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1
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Hyvää Joulua (Merry Christmas)
Mailed in 2011, two stamps, Kuopio postmark, and Priority label. Grade: 1
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Varkaus, Evening Market
Mailed in 2011 with one of these nice, quirky stamps and blue Priority label affixed. Grade: 2
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Turku, Kakolan Vankila (prison)
Two of these are available, both mailed. There are six stamps of small denominations on one, but none of them are postmarked. There’s also a green “Economy” label affixed (Grade: 4, $3). The other was mailed with one stamp and postmarked in 2012 (Grade: 1, $3).
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Suomenhevonen (Finnish Horse)
Mailed in 2011 with stamp, partly legible postmark, and blue Priority label. Grade: 1
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Merry Christmas
Mailed in 2011, the stamp is there but wasn’t cancelled. Grade: 4