Time to Say Goodbye France !!

Au Revoir La France !!

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I Love Helsinki PostCard

I Love Helsinki PostCard
Originally uploaded by = Hello Post Office =

Many Thanks to my Finland friend, Pauliina ;)
I have well received your nice postcard and Fashion stamp Sheet.
moreover your booklet offers me very interesting informations about Finland Philately :)
I wish you "Bon Voyage" *o*

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[informations from Wiki]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki

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[Photos from Flickr]
see more Helsinki city view from Flickr
www.flickr.com/search/?q=helsinki&w=all
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[video Flips from Youtube.com]

Looking for the real Helsinki
www.youtube.com/watch?v=05D7_UD9MYI

A very touching song from Finland singers
Waldo's People - Lose Control (Eurovision 2009 Finland)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybbNQnSPseA

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Finland 2009 Miniature Sheet - Fashion

Finland 2009 Miniature Sheet - Fashion
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Finland 2009 Miniature Sheet - Fashion

Finland 2009 Miniature Sheet - Fashion
Originally uploaded by = Hello Post Office =

Many Thanks to my Finland friend, Pauliina ;)
I have well received your nice postcard and Fashion stamp Sheet.
moreover your booklet offers me very interesting informations about Finland Philately :)
I wish you "Bon Voyage" *o*

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[Informations from Finland Post]

Link to Fashion Stamp Sheet on Finland Post Site

High heels and swaying hemlines! Minna Parikka is one of the top names among Finnish shoe designers. Her highly feminine footwear is now sold in ten countries, with the flagship store in Helsinki. Minna Parikka’s red high heels can now also be seen on one of the stamps of the Fashion miniature sheet. They are accompanied by beautiful shoes by Julia Lundsten which are depicted on the next stamp.
Lundsten’s stylish signature wooden heels have won the admiration even of the king of shoe designers, Manolo Blahnik, who has called them “divine” and “perfect”. The wooden-heeled pump shown on the stamp is made of fish skin. Lundsten’s creations are sold in Tokyo, London, New York and other great cities.
The miniature sheet features elegant accessories in the form of the Lumi handbag designed by Sanna Kantola. Sanna Kantola and Bruno Beaugrand founded the Lumi brand in New York nine years ago, and today Lumi bags are sold in 25 countries.
Fashion designer Jasmin Santanen lives and works in Paris. This spring she unveiled at the Paris fashion festival a luxurious open party outfit, which has now been immortalised on a stamp.
This year’s spring collection also includes an outfit designer by Tuomas Laitinen and his sister, artist Anna Laitinen, the rear view of which is shown on the Fashion miniature sheet. This angle was chosen because of the outfit’s amusing “penguin cut”. A collection by the Laitinens won shared first place in the prestigious French Hyères fashion design competition in France in 2006. Today the LAITINEN accessory brand is sold in France, Japan, Hong Kong and elsewhere. The woman in purple on the left-hand edge of the miniature sheet is a filler picture. Laura Laine produced the illustrations for the miniature sheet.
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[Informations from Finland Stamp Info Booklet] Offered by Pauliina

Fashionable new stamp
Laura Laine has illustrated this miniature sheet with clothes, shoes and bags designed by Finnis. They are based on the lastest collections for spring 2009. These designes are examples of promising brands created with an internationak attitude, blodly led by designer.

The red shoes on the sheet are the work of Minna Parikka. Her time in the international arena has enabled her to produce well received collections. Her shoes are very feminine and individual. The stylish red dress is by Jasmin Santanen, a compolitan woman who has studied and taught in New York and Paris, who adds a touch of magic to every garment she creates.

Julia Lundsten creatively combines wood in her collection - Finnish brich and ecologically produced Brazilian hardwood. Her promising career began during her student days in London.

The bag is from a collection by Sanna Kantola. Her career path has taken her from Helsinki and back via New York. Her bags and other products are devoted to functionality and quality.

Clothing designer Tumas laitinen and his sister, Artist Anne Laitienen , created the purple dress shown on the stamp sheet. Their work together has yielded a small and appreciated collection, the manufacture of which will be kept in Finland as long as possible

Stamp: 6.5.2009
value: 5X1st class(0.8 euro)
Printing method: 6/0 web offset/Screen print CMYK + PMS 8003c + cool grey 1c + UV lacquer
Printer: Joh.Enschedé Stamps, The Netherlands
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[Informations from Wiki]
la Haute Couture (in english high sewing)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute_couture

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[Video Flip from YouTube.com]

[Version Française]
CHANEL: Coco Chanel parle de la mode (Coco Chanel talks about fashion)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYxJ3Kf50Tw

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky [Film Trailer]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLVRfmhnxpQ

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Sorry I'm not a "Haute Couture" fan -__- ||||

By the way the postman didn't make a post mark on the stamp!
What a pity !! T__T

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CA-????? Canada Post Card Canada 2009 Year of the Ox - Souvenir Sheet

CA-????? Canada Post Card Canada 2009 Year of the Ox - Souvenir Sheet
Originally uploaded by = Hello Post Office =

Many Thanks to Canada PostCrossing Friend.
Your postcard is very nice, but I can identify your name and postcard ID.
Please send me again your Postcard ID, so that I can register into my postcrossing.
Thank you very much !!

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[Informations from Canada Post]
[link]
www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/collecting/stamps/2009/...

Issued: Jan. 8, 2009

Article published in

Canada's Stamp Details (Vol. XVIII No 1; January to March 2009)

Fireworks, lion dances, gold, and a splash of red for good luck! To the Chinese, no New Year display is too extravagant. After all, the parades and festivals that take place during China’s longest and most important celebration represent the shared hopes that good luck and prosperity will accompany the new cycle of the moon.

It’s also a special time for Canada Post, when ultra-creative stamp designs—topped off with gold foil and innovative printing techniques—are issued to celebrate what is widely credited as the oldest surviving calendar system in the world. This year, we honour the Year of the Ox: a time of stability, harmony and balance. The issue will be the first release in a new 12-year Lunar New Year series.

The international stamp was inspired by long traditions of Chinese art and Lunar New Year decor. “We featured a work of pottery, as the art form is heavily rooted in Chinese history,” explains Ivan Novotny, Vice President of Design at Toronto’s Taylor|Sprules Corporation. An ancient art form of Asian descent, pottery wares have been sculpted in China since the Paleolithic era. “We also chose it for its connection to the earth, since 2009 is the year of the Earth Ox,” adds Novotny. According to Chinese philosophy, everyone and everything is subject to the influence of the five elements: water, metal, earth, wood, and fire. The elements rotate every year, and each is associated with specific character traits: stability, industry and practicality in the case of earth element.

The spark that surrounds the Chinese character for “Ox” in the top-left corner of the international stamp evokes fireworks. Gold foil is applied to the spark, while clear foil and multi-level embossing techniques add shine and dimension to the pottery vase. Novotny notes, “There’s an interesting juxta-position between the traditional quality of the pottery and the modern flair of the design.”

The domestic stamp features an illustration of an Ox before a mountainous landscape. “The landscape and tan earth tones in the background speak again to this year’s element, earth,” explains Novotny. Plum blossoms—popular subjects in Chinese art and a common feature in Lunar New Year decor—are peppered throughout the background of the stamp and pane of 25. These flowers are indigenous to China and the country’s national flower. Blooming in the early spring snow, they symbolize life, rebirth and adversity overcome. The Ox and the blossoms, adorned with clear foil, shine in the light, while multi-level embossing techniques add depth and dimension. Alain Leduc, Manager of Stamp Design and Production at Canada Post, adds, “With the image so full of fine details, the embossing in the design is extremely intricate.”

Even the long, scroll-like shape of the new souvenir sheet—a format that will remain standard throughout the series—is rooted in Chinese tradition, as decorative scrolls are widely believed to have their origin in China. “It was a challenge to marry these two stamps so different stylistically on the souvenir sheet,” notes Novotny. “But they were harmonized through a heavy use of the lucky colour red.” The Chinese characters that run vertically down the souvenir sheet list all 12 animals of the zodiac, fading from one year to the next as they appear in the lunar cycle— a feature that reinforces the scroll concept.

With its insightful blend of time-honoured customs and modern flair, this issue is a fitting tribute to an ancient tradition that is well-known and celebrated around the world today—not to mention an excellent kick-off to a new 12-year stamp cycle.

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[Remark]

The stamp is quite nice designed. But the stamp is not well pasted. (so a little damage during transport) maybe next time pay more attention ;)
The stamp is designed by a chinese desinger.personally the stamp is quite traditional. Better than the chinese mainland ox issue
Informations from MY FDC BLOG

1.65$ is for international postage.

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