Date of Issue : 24 January 2018
Here is a beautiful set of stamps for Valentine's Day to be issue d by Finnish Post on 24th January 2018. The stamps are unique in design. These are all floral designs full of light with the dark background focusing the illuminated part. It is a symbolic design to convey the message " Friendship is Light " .
The Valentine's Day stamps of 2018 have been designed by Leena Raappana-Luiro , Lecturer at the University of Lapland . In the colors and colors of full-light plants, the cardiovascular pattern repeats, as the idea of the whole implementation came from the wound magazine.
- A creative process took me, and I noticed I was pursuing a mystical, dramatic and sad-hearted mood. The hearts make up the vegetation of the fairy-tale forest, which shines its light in a dark environment, "Raappana-Luiro says.
- Even though I realized the illustrations digitally, I am inspired by the art history. I admire 17th-century Dutch floral paintings and old science illustrations, he continues.
Raappana-Luiro participated in the 2017 Valentine's Day Stamp Design Competition, at that time the Red Star was chosen as the winner. However, Raappana-Luiro's work attracted a lot of fascination and co-operation with the Post began.
Friendship in the light-stamped ink has five domestic stamps.
Source : Finnish Post
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