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