Finnish postage stamps by illustrator Emmi-Riikka Vartiainen for the "Stories and Myths" 2022 collection. The stamps depict Kuutar and Päivätär, the goddesses of the Moon and the Sun in Finnish folklore.
[ID: two blue stamps with a woman in each facing the other. the left woman has very pale skin and long flowing white hair with gold stars on it. she is wearing a golden crown and a golden sleeveless dress and has ornamental moon-themed gold jewelry on her arms and ears. her profile is framed by a giant crescent moon dripping with a string of stars that the woman is tending. the right woman is taller, equally pale and has long wavy golden hair with silver stars on it. she is wearing a silver crown and a blue sleeveless dress with silver belts and has silver bracelets and blue sun-themed tattoos. behind her profile is an orange-yellow sun. she is holding an ornamental spindle that she is using to spin the rays of the sun into golden yarn. both stamps say suomi finland at the bottom and 2022 in the upper corner.]
this year for world postcard day (october 1) I’ll be sending out some of the official postcards with the design above! they’re so pretty
if we’re mutuals on my personal @clocksallzeroes or my fs blog @beautifulstorms, I’d love to send you one! dm me with an address you can receive mail at and i’ll write you something :)
from india, a 2-rupee stamp (2018) of former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee, 5-rupee stamps (2016) of the country's first prime minister jawaharlal nehru, and a 20-rupee stamp (2009) of mother teresa!
20-cent additional ounce stamp (2021) from the united states, featuring a brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)
germany mail! a 60-cent stamp (2021) of hamburg's tinsdal lighthouse, and a 110-cent stamp (2022) from the world of letters set
souvenir sheets for the french "treasures of notre dame" series (2020-2022)
from hong kong, a stamp (2018) celebrating the 150th anniversary of the fire services department, with a big red firetruck in front of a silver background!
germany (2021) world of the letter definitives - letters as lotus flower
(2019) the peanuts gang
taiwan (2017) fruits definitive - watermelon
vatican city (2020) pope francis with dog
germany (2022) commemorative david bowie stamp, and (2018) winter aconite flower definitive