Åland and Sepac stamps: S4E2
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2021
- Let's explore stamps from the Åland Islands! A place that I know very little about, but with the help of philately there is a lot to learn. Also, I finally get to look into Sepac stamps, a cooperation of postal administrations that issue a stamp theme each year. Happy Exploring!
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Aland:
Fun travel video: • By ferry to Åland - We...
Video (Aland Islands Explained): • WHAT IS THIS PLACE?? -...
Act of Autonomy of Aland: peacemaker.un.org/sites/peace...
About Aland's autonomy:
www.lagtinget.ax/sjalvstyrels...
Sepac official site:
www.sepacstamps.eu/
2014 Sepac competition:
www.sepacstamps.eu/contest/st...
Exploring Stamps Europa video:
• EUROPA Stamps - S3E10
Nettle-leaf Bellflower (Campanula Trachelium)
Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanu...
gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org...
Loved the stamp animation
😊🙌. Thanks for noticing the animations!!
@@ExploringStamps how did you do that animation
They are really amazing!!!
Back in my country in Nepal, as a child I used to collect stamps knowingly/unknowingly after finding a notebook full of pasted stamps from various countries. It grew as hobby and I expanded it organically to few more notebooks without purchasing single stamps (had no idea as well). Gazing through the window of stamp world is totally different experience (kindda euphoric and therapeutic) and was a lot of learning experiences. But, as I grew couldn't continue it (life challenges) and didn't know how to organise it, make album system, postage articles and source the stamps.
Last couple of months, I am stuck here in Sydney,Australia now midst of COVID Pandemic, nothing to do reminded my childhood hobby, Philately and searched in google, looked through all the countries stamps that I wanted in my random stamp collection and wondered myself again. And then, 2 days back, why not in UA-cam. Wow, I got your video titled "Inherited stamp collection?". It was like my childhood reminiscence. Explored my paused hobby through your collection and videos. Just finished doing video marathon of all seasons to catch up. Finding your channel was like finding my lost childhood memories. Keep inspiring and create great content as you do.
Glad you found the channel! Thank you for sharing this, a very similar story to myself! I looked online to find sites and information that captured the excitement and global interest that I had as a child, but to no luck. That the reason I started the channel. Welcome 😊! (and thank you for binge watching the seasons!)
EXCELLENT....You are the best Graham!
I leave in Europe and I didn't even knew this was existing...I loved it..!
🖒👍😉
😊 Thank you Fred! We all learned something new from this stamp!🙌
It's great to find stamps and learn were they come from 👍😎🇦🇺
Yay another long awaited Exploring Stamps Video! I didn't know anything about Aland ... those church stamps they have are gorgeous. Also I love that one could collect 'Europa europa' stamps! 😂
Thanks Lisa! Yes the church stamps are quite something, they seem to have issued them over the last several years, most that I have are in the snow....quite cool!
Thank you for bringing your maps! Enjoying your posts as always.
Lovely to learn about Sepac and both Europe's. Never knew there were 2!
😊 Thank you Leo, Europa and Sepac provide some interesting themes to collect! Thanks for watching!
excellent video. Aland designs seem a little more restrained than many - their opening salvo in '84 the sailing ship six are beautiful.
your video style improves again. I really think you have bridged something between middle-aged guys like me and much younger collectors with the way you put together a video. Can't put it into words but thankfully it's there. Your vids are great for this hobby!
Thank you for the kind words 😊!! Its really great to see that you are enjoying the channel, I always hope to attract the interest of all generations. Thanks for watching!
Very interesting video about a region I never heard of. Sepac seems like a good way to learn about small entities that issue stamps mainly for collectors.
Another WOW! Very interesting! Thanks again!
Thank you Wayne 🙏 😊
I watch all of your videos. They are really good. I thank you for posting them on UA-cam.
Another great video. I have spoken to people on Ăland through amateur radio. I didnt realise there would be so much to be learnt from one stamp. Also the way you animated those stamps was great. Must have taken a lot of time. Very well done
Thanks for sharing! I am always surprised by how much I learn from a single stamp, its really exciting each time I pull one from the box. Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching Graham
Love this video and learning about Åland and that beautiful flower stamp! I love when you break out the maps to locate the country, so fun to watch 😆 Åland has issued some beautiful stamps that I will be keeping an eye out for😍
Great presentation! The depth of research and breadth of what you present in a short time is amazing! Thanks, Graham!
Thank you Mark! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thank you a lot Graham, for telling that there is a thing named C.T.O., because I purchased a bundle of stamps where I found a postmark and it also had some gum on the back of the stamp. At first, I used to think that it is a fake stamp, and I could not show it up in my stock book. But now, I can put that in the stock book. Thanks again. 😊😊😊
Thanx for the story - as alway very superb made and good to get wise by.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊. Thanks for watching!
Hello Graham! Now you are teaching Geography! Amazing video and so informative. Now I want to explore Åland, and go there. I guess, see you there, Alligator!
Thank you Mila! Yes I also want to visit the Åland Islands, and send postcards from there 😊! Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching.
Throwing the map, 6 seconds of stock flower footage. This episode had me laughing.
😅🙏. Glad you enjoyed it Yoshi!
wow so beautiful! Very helpful video sharing!
Thank you 😊
hi - you are a new discovery to me online. am i glad i found you! your videos are technically appealing, and the content is full of detail (without crossing the "geek" divide! wonderful. by the way, i'm from another north atlantic archipelago (but without any autonomy), and can relate readily to the issues/designs here.
Wow thank you Chris, glad you found the channel and thank you for watching. You will find a global online community commenting here and on social media, we enjoy making and sharing content about stamps and philately, enjoy! 😊
I want to paint my own pictures that could be stamps. Your videos are helping me with that. Thank you
Wonderful!! You could become a stamp artist!! 🤩
Another fascinating episode learning things I didn’t know. Keep it up!
Thank you Jeff! Glad you found it interesting 😊
Thanks again for another great informative episode! Would like to visit Aland one day, maybe this will be the instigation to start planning. The world is a wonderful place and there is a lot to explore!
It sure is! Its also on my list of places to visit, Id love to drive the islands in a camper van, hopping on and off ferries, it looks beautiful!
Visually enchanting episode. Also, some interesting countries that issue more stamps for external than internal purposes such as Iceland and Greenland. You always seem to include captivating images, such as animals coming alive in stamps, that helps to make stamps more interesting for new collectors. Keep them coming!
Thank you Chai. Great to see you enjoying the videos. Thank you so much for your support 😊
Haven’t seen them. But as I have seen your video, now I have to get my hands on them😎. Supeeeeerb video as ever.
Thank you so much 😁, definitely keep a look out for them.
Enjoyed very much this post. Thank you
Thank you Dave, glad you enjoyed it 😊
Yes!.........another episode of *Exploring Stamp* !
😊😊 Thanks Louis!
Another great episode. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊. Thanks for watching!
If you only knew how much money I spend cuz of you and your videod
New video from Exploring Stamps?
Great here goes my salaray..
You ReStarted my hobby. Thanks Graham
That is awesome! Well, not the spending of your salary 😅....but that you have restarted your interest in philately. Thank you for watching!! 😊
@@ExploringStamps I've never posted a comment on your videos but I'm following you for an year at least I think. Maybe even longer.
And I've seen every video you posted at least twice (I watch every video a couple of times I'm afraid that I'll miss something important).
I collect mainly CCCP stamps (I'm an Ukrainian descend), Nazi-third Reich stamps (I'm a Jew), dead countries and colonies (I'm a history addict)
...and those cool stamps that you post
OH MY GOD ! A STAMP COLLECTING VIDEO ABOUT ALAND ? I AM CURIOUSLY WAITING FOR ANOTHER ABOUT NAURU AND TUVALU IF POSSIBLE...
I got an Aland postcard a few weeks ago from Postcrossing. I was pretty confused when I saw it cause I never heard any country call Aland island. Stamp really helps me getting new knowledge lol.
Great timing! I was pretty confused about the Åland stamps in my collection until I made this video, thanks so much for watching 😊
I can't wait for the next video!
Working on it 😊. Thanks for watching!
Another great episode! As always!
Thank you Giordano 😊
Another beautiful episode! I just went digging through my collection and found a sum total of 4 Aland stamps, 2 that you have. Thank you !!
Yay!!🙌. Glad you enjoyed the episode, and that you have a couple from the episode. Thanks for watching!
My favorite channel ❤️
Wonderful episode as always!
We can always learn something new from stamps. Similar to you, I firstly heard about Åland was when I was doing research about island games stamps😄
Thanks Richard! Glad I'm not the only one 😊, I really had no clue about the existence of Aland other than from my stamps.
very interesting Graham. Thank you.
I love stamps - the big difficulty is deciding what to collect and what to ignore. I love the British Colonial era and am building this group. I started collecting in 1936 . There are too many stamps to collect a representative collection so I have established a cut off date. To me Queen Victorian stamps allow me to collect a wide variety of historically interesting stamps without getting unhappy about not being able to fill out an era.
I live in Europe (Portugal) and, I also, didn't know anything about Aland, when I first crossed with an Aland stamp for the first time!! I had to do research and, just like you, learn more!! And that was one of the beauties of stamps!!! Thank you for this amazing video!! Aahh, and thank you for your lovely letter!! I appreciate it very much!!
Greetings!!
Absolutely!! Stamps force me to learn about things that I never taught in school or bothered to look up... so stamps make me a little bit smarter 🤓. Glad you enjoyed the video, thank you for watching!!
A very cool and informative video as always! Thank you for your hard work to create this very educative video!👏🏻😊
Thank you Daniel, glad you enjoyed the video 😊
I love stamps from Åland, they have some of the nicest designs. Especially the books of stamps and minisheets. Fab video 👍
I totally agree! They have some beautiful designs. Thanks John 😊
I just inherited a stamp collection and wanted to learn more about it. I was surprised when I discovered you made a video about the place where I'm from!
Very cool to learn about the SEPAC issues.
I enjoyed learning about them as well 😊
Another immensely inteesting video! I knew nothing of SEPAC countries, but now I kinda want to add them to my collection! Thank you for sharing you knowledge!
Glad you enjoyed it 😊. Keep a look out for Sepac stamps in your collection, you may already have a few! Thanks for watching.
Another great video! I've heard of Aland but didn't know anything about it until your new episode. Their stamps are really beautiful and I plan to look more closely at them now. Aland also looks like a place worth visiting when we travel to the surrounding Scandinavian countries! Thanks for a very informative episode and the insight into their beautiful stamps.
Thank you Gary! You are very welcome, glad that you found the video interesting and were also able to learn a bit about Aland with me. 😀
Thanks for another informative video!
I've been spending the summer in Vernon and last week had a chance to visit the Rue Drouot philately district in Paris. Most of the shops were closed for vacations but I did manage to find one shop open and purchased a Paris-Changhai Air France cover. Quite an experience.
Always enjoy watching!
Sounds like a great experience indeed! Glad you were able to find an open shop and pick up something special 😀.
Thanks for watching Jim!!
Thank you! I really enjoyed the video!! I've been a collector of Aland stamps since 1991, and I've enjoyed the stamps immensely. Got started as part of a Scandinavian collection and the maternal side of my family is from Finland.
Oh excellent, a collector of Aland is watching!🙌. So happy to see that you enjoyed the episode, I can see how you naturally picked up Aland as you have roots in Finland 🇫🇮😊. Thanks for watching!
@@ExploringStamps I enjoy all your videos. Keep them coming!✌
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT VIDEO! I never knew of this place before this video. So looking forward to collecting these stamps. :)
Glad it was helpful! Definitely keep a look out for Åland stamps, thanks for watching as always 😊
Hopefully as the situation eases, you can feature again the actual places. Great work, thanks Graham 🙂
I hope so too! Thanks Mark 😊
Thanks for this very good presentation of somting I discover by your video! What a cool way to study an expand our knowledge! Merci beaucoup.
You are very welcome, thank you for your continued support!😊
Great episode!
Thank you 😊
another excellent video!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching Banu 😊
Very interesting information of the island of Aland. Thank you.
You are very welcome 😀. Glad you enjoyed it!
You just made my day with your awesome video. Again, I learned so much from you. And your wife will be happy, you made it without physically travel to Aland!
😅thanks Symbian! Yep, Laura approved of this non travel video 👍
Great video as always
Thank you 😊
Aland as you mentioned became a part of Finland in 1921 as a result of a League of Nations decision. It was one of the first League of Nations decisions and was settled successfully, unlike what would occur later with China, Ethiopia and cases of aggression.
Aland also figured in the Soviet-Finnish war in 1939. The Soviet Union wanted the Aland Islands as a naval base. Aland has to be unfortified by the terms of the League of Nations agreement. So it would have been a violation of the treaty terms, but by that time World War 2 had already broken out, so it was academic.
I think postal history of Aland would be interesting, recent ones would be covers where the stamp was issued only for use in one area, but the stamps were used on cover outside that area.
Interesting! As you bring up, I kept finding articles and comments referring to Aland as a rare success story from the League of Nations and in regards to its current situation, it certainly has a fascinating history. Thank you for sharing! 😊
Great video. Honestly, never heard of Åland before and not got any of their stamps in my collection (yet).
Only other thing, near the end you mentioned Cowslip. In the UK we would say 'Cow-Slip' rather than 'Cows-Lip'. Think Cows on Ice.
Ah! I totally was thinking cows lips, and not cows on ice 😂...wait this video is about stamps, how did we get to talking about cows ?😂😂
@@ExploringStamps Well that could be the subject of a future episode. "Cows on Stamps".
And that is the beauty of philately, Start with a stamp and move on to all the ideas that get triggered in the mind.
I enjoyed the video. Have a great day =)
Thank you David, glad you enjoyed it!!
Many used stamp collectors would prefer a stamp that is not CTO. They're tough to get from Aland, without buying, say, an ounce of kiloware from there. It is expensive kiloware, compared to other areas. I just checked Ebay, they are going for about 25 cents per piece(when you're buying at least a half ounce), and then you might be soaking them.... so, it's a nice area to collect, but more expensive than normal.
Every time I find one in a world kiloware lot(very small chance) or in a Scandinavian lot(I've found them in some lots, but not often), it makes me smile.
A likely place to get the high denomination stamps, is by finding them in a worldwide lot, as it's collected far away from Aland. So the postage cost was more. But they're rare. High denomination non-CTO used Aland stamps are always sought after.
A couple of years ago, just after joining Postcrossing, I won one of their prizes - a maxi card from Aland, so really enjoyed this presentations.
Ah terrific! I wouldn't have known where that maxi card came from until now 😅. Thanks for watching Bev, glad you enjoyed it.
Amazing program 👍
Thank you 😊
Excellent presentation, well-researched and informative! I don't think I'll become a big Åland collector though and I doubt their justification for issuing so many stamps, besides producing stuff for collectors - probably one of the areas main sources of income...
Thank you Allan. Yep I hear ya, some collectors will stay far away from Sepac issuing entities for that exact reason, others will love those types of stamps and collect them. Thank you so much for watching, glad you enjoyed it 😊
learnt many things. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Sara! 😊. Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video like always.... really missing the old intro
Thank you 😊, the old intro is a classic, ill have to bring it back one day.
Awesome :-)
Thank you 😊
As usual, great content! I have some stamps from Aland (one with a inverted triangle and they with a shiny pattern for Julpost), all purchased in a philatelic fair in Italy, where I first came into contact with this philately reality. I have been to Finland and they are not selling stamps from Aland, as it really is a separated identity from that point of view. Otherwise also here basically no one knows about those islands.
In addition, I didn't know about SEPAC stamps, although I have plenty from the Vatican, Malta and Luxembourg: will look for them in my collection! But why is San Marino not part of this group as well?
Greetings from the country with two micro-states within! :D
Great video Graham. And yes I learnt a lot. Never heard of SEPAC and never seen that on stamps. But that said I mostly collect classic stamps. New stamps are not my game :)
I have some stamps from Åland witch I might will sell on Etsy.
Thank you 😊. Glad you enjoyed it and learned something. Aland definitely wont help with your classic stamp interests, but their new ones are certainly beautiful! Definitely get them up on Etsy and you may find some eager buyers 😀
@@ExploringStamps Yes I agree they are beautiful, but I have to set a limit to what I collect. I collect the close to the whole Europa + some other countries I like. So I have to set a stop year! And I collect postal used stamps ......
Åland is always an interesting place, a series of Island owned by 🇫🇮 now yet speak Swedish. Nordic Europe is full of surpises, I never knew about them until a while back when looking up flags of the world. 😁🇦🇽
It sure is an interesting place. When looking up the flag, wikipedia says that it is "the Swedish flag defaced by a red cross symbolizing Finland"... yikes, thats quite something!
Okay; I've looked. I don't have any stamps from Åland. I'm going to have to do something about that...
😊 enjoy the hunt!!
Stamp from Macau Wow Wow Wow :)
Well done spotting them 🌸😄
Do more videos talking about unknown countries and autonomous territories
Sure!
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شكرا لك. 😊
U should upload every week
😆 Id love to! It just takes me 3-4 weeks to make a video 😅
Hello, I recently found an old stamp collecting book at my parents house with many stamps dating several decades back (50s - 90s). It is originally categorized by origin country rather than year. Is there a way to determine the value of them or whether there are hidden "jems" in the collection? I'm absolutely clueless about stamp collecting but as a card game collector I reckon that condition is super important. All tips are welcome :)
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I am thinking of starting stamp collecting as a hobby. I live in Australia and was wondering where I can buy stamps online and shipping won’t be more than the stamps. Do you know any good websites?
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Awesome! Thanks for watching 😊
no video on Slania?
There are a couple great videos on Slania by other philatelic UA-camrs
Check out a recent video by Stampcat Stamps, also an earlier one by Ted Talks Stamps 😃
Wow this vid has NO dislikes
Ok I’m trying to be calm but it is very hard ! My uncle gave me his dads and I think grandads stamp collection and there is a penny red in there…….. whaaaaaaat do I do :D
I found a beautiful stamp with error. from Hungary many tell me that she is a super. jewel. and until today. this could be the only one is from the year 1958 flower from Hungary and could be worth a lot
Salut , à quand en Alsace ? je vous offre la nuit d'hôtel . Amicalement : Patrice
Salut de Montréal! J'ai passé un été en Alsace (il y a près de 30 ans) et j'ai adoré! J'ai travaillé pour la colonie de vacances de la ville de Forbach. Nous étions dans les Vosges et c'était magnifique! La meilleure bière de France et la fameuse flammekuch!
I have many old stamps and now I want to sell them. Please let me know who might buy my stamp collection .
I know the stamps for a long time. If you live in Europe and collecting stamps, you stumble over them. We have several islands in Europe where a lot ofs stamps are coming from. But this is only for getting some money and I have not met many people collecting them active. You have far more in your collection than I have. They are looking nice and they don´t make the mistake like for example Tanzania to show local themes. But to be honest, if you look in Google for the pictures, Aland exists in many small islands with a lot of rocks and some forrest on it. I do not know what is famous coming from there. And I assume, it is nearly the same you can find in Sweden and Finland. I´m not a big fan of such stamp "countries", but nevertheless they fit for beginners or for collectors looking for special topics. And they are quite nice looking. But cancellations on stamps with gum is not my cup of tea...
Your video contains 99% of my knowledge of the Aland islands :). Thank you.