Posti to release Christmas stamps on Nov 9

National postal and logistic services operator Posti will issue this year’s Christmas and winter stamps on November 9, said an official press release on Friday.

This year’s Christmas stamps are designed by Nina Kuu from Kirkkonummi, a 35-year-old illustrator whose work is characterized by colors and a playful spirit.

“I have never produced an illustration so small in size yet so significant. My style is full of details and very rich, which means I had to constantly simplify the illustrations. On the third draft round, I started to get to the gist,” Nina said.

The requested theme for the stamps was gingerbread, and the idea started to shape from an earlier illustration.

The gingerbread men, previously seen in a fabric print, started to lead a life of their own and are now seen going on adventures on the stamps.

“In the no-value indicator stamp for Christmas greetings, a gingerbread man is waving from a window sill to happy bakers. On the domestic no-value indicator stamp, the gingerbread men are seen going off to ice skate in a landscape that includes a gingerbread house and Christmas trees. Fireworks exploding in the sky was chosen as the subject of the international no-value indicator stamp,” said Nina.