All Åland stamps are VF and fresh. These stamps have been listed in date order because the Scott catalog listings are quite confusing.
All issues can also be supplied in blocks, plate blocks, gutter pairs, and mini sheets (when such formats exist).
Åland Machine Stamps are dispensed from machines manufactured by the Frama company, thus the name FRAMA stamps. These are real postage stamps, not meters or labels. They are valid from any location in Åland, at any time, by any mailer. (Unlike meter imprints which are only valid from the location and on the date imprinted, by the licensed user.) These stamps are collected in "rate sets", the most commonly used postage rates for which the machines had pre-set purchase options. The older FRAMA stamps are also available; please send your want list.
The older, non-pictorial FRAMA stamps are listed, without images for the momenthere. If you are seeking items that are either noted as out of stock and/or are simply not listed, please send your want list.
2003 May 9: Blueberries .45, .50, .55, .60 Euros VF
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
7.90
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206889
2004 May 10: Lingonberries .50, .55, .60, .75 Euros VF
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
8.90
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207040
2005 January 3: Cloudberries .50, .55, .60, .80 Euros VF
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
9.45
WANTED
Need even if just one set. If you are seeking this and there is no BuyIt button, send your want list.
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220695
2006 January 2: Lilacs .50, .55, .60, .80 Euros VF: This design was first issued in 50, 55, 60, and 80 values on 2 January 2006, it was replaced by new values of same design on 1 March 2006, resulting in only a two month usage period. Will be extremely scarce!
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
10.75
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222171
2006 March 1: Lilacs .55, .65, .75, .85 Euros VF
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
WANTED
Need even if just one set. If you are seeking this and there is no BuyIt button, send your want list.
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230963
2007 February 1: Lilacs .55, .70, .75, .85 Euros VF: New, unannounced, rate set resulting from an unexpected change in postal rates. The Lilac design was replaced with the Peony design just one month later, thus this one-month-usage set will be scarce!
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
WANTED
Need even if just one set. If you are seeking this and there is no BuyIt button, send your want list.
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230964
2007 March 1: Peonies .55, .65, .75, .85 Euros. Original "new issue" rate set VF: By the time the 1 February 2007 postal rate change decision had been made, these stamps had already been printed and denomination imprinted -- with the OLD postage rates -- in preparation for distribution on their planned 1 March issue date. The post office decided to ship this rate set to its subscribers even though the rate set was outdated. (Later purchasers received the corrected (55, 70, 75, 85) rate set. Since most distribution happens at the time of new issue, this is probably the rate set that most collectors will have gotten (and they will not even know about the corrected rate set).
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.
WANTED
Need even if just one set. If you are seeking this and there is no BuyIt button, send your want list.
7.50
224415
2007 March 1: Peonies .55, .70, .75, .85 Euros. "Corrected" rate set VF: By the time the 1 February 2007 postal rate change decision had been made, the new Peony design had already been denomination imprinted with the OLD rate set values (55, 65, 75, 85) in preparation for distribution on their planned 1 March issue date. The post office decided to ship the OLD rate set to its subscribers even though that rate set was outdated. Later purchasers received this "corrected" (55, 70, 75, 85) rate set. Since most distribution happens at the time of new issue, very few collectors have this "corrected" rate set or are likely to obtain it before the design is replaced or rates change again.
REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design.