, Finland
1900 - FINLAND'S STAMPS VANISH - Amusing Method to Which the Stubborn Finns Have Resorted to Keep Them Current

Finland is no longer a member of the international postal union, as by an imperial Russian ukase the Finnish postage stamp is withdrawn from use, and the Russian postage stamp substituted. While the Finnish postage stamp until a few weeks ago had no value in the eyes of stamp collectors, it has now at one jump reached to the head of the list, and will probably be the most valuable in the stamp collector's albums. The Finns are of course furious against Russia for this additional demonstration of the Bear to blot their country off the map of the world.

But the Finns are by nature a stubborn people, and the method they adopted o still compel the Russian authorities to forward letters with the Finnish postage stamp is amusing. Their correspondence they inclosed in an oridinary envelope, on which they place the Finnish postage stamp in the usual corner. The envelope was then inclosed in a thin transparent envelope, plainly showing the Finnish stamp. The outside envelope was then properly addressed and provided with a Russian postage stamp placed by the side of the Finnish. So far no notice has been taken by the Russian government of this amusing method.

St Albans Daily Messenger
St Albans, Vermont
October 26, 1900

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