Finland 1997 Pro Filatelia - Aino by Akseli Gallen-Kallela

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  • Issue Date: 5th September 1997
  • Designed by: Pentti Rahikainen
  • Printed by: Cartor Security Printing, France
  • Print Process: lithography
  • pane format height 86mm x width 110mm
  • Perforations: 13.5 x 13

Two values depicting an Akseli Gallén-Kallela painting (Helsinki) in a booklet pane


pane shows triptych painted by Gallén-Kallela in 1891, showing the myth of Aino, using his wife Mary as a model
2.80+0.60Fm ~ Väinämöinen proposing to Aino (left side of triptych)
2.80+0.60Fm ~ Aino in a lake, escaping from Väinämöinen (centre-piece of triptych)
2.80+0.60Fm ~ Mermaids lure Aino in to the water (right side of triptych) Booklet cover: self-portrait of the artist from 1897

2m80 + 60p
2m80 + 60p