Åland Post will release eight issues in the first half of 2027 on four issue dates in February, March, May and June.
“Åland Post’s stamp programme for the first half of 2027 features a wide variety of themes and artistic approaches. It brings together tradition and innovation, with issues that both celebrate classic subjects and challenge perceptions of what a stamp can be. We are also delighted to be involved in several international collaborations, including a joint issue with Posti Finland,” says Johanna Finne, Head of Stamps at Åland Post.
3 February 2027
The stamp year begins with a new series of self-adhesive franking labels. In Iconic Åland, designer Elin Maria Eriksson captures Åland through a contemporary visual language inspired by emojis and symbols. The labels explore four themes: music and festivals, holidays, trade and crafts, and culinary experiences.
The same day sees the release of this year’s stamp in the Sepac series, a collaboration between the small European postal services. Artist Juta Policja, known for her spiritual imagery, was commissioned to interpret this year’s theme of mythology and religion. The issue Guardian Angel takes its inspiration from Zacharias Topelius’s poem Julvisa (Christmas song), which is now sung as one of our best-loved hymns. The design depicts a guardian angel watching over Åland.
17 March 2027
The Open edition stamp series, in which Åland Post gives selected artists creative freedom to design a stamp based on their own ideas and vision, continues with an issue by artist duo Iida Jonsson and Ssi Saarinen, both of whom have roots in Åland. With Freaks, they turn the world of stamps and traditional philatelic ideals of quality and perfection upside down. Production flaws, irregularities and errors that would normally be rejected take centre stage. The result is a sheet of 16 stamps, no two of which are alike.
This year’s stamp booklet Cat Mail is released on the same day. In this playful issue, Åland illustrator Amanda Valkonen portrays charming cats in scenes that blend the ordinary with imagination.
5 May 2027
Street art is this year’s theme for the Europa stamp series. The Åland stamp showcases Promenixen, a public artwork by Amanda Chanfreau comprising four illustrations of “peculiar characters on the move”. Unveiled in December 2025, the artwork adorns a pedestrian and cycle underpass in northern Mariehamn. The stamp introduces two of Amanda’s imaginary creatures, “Giraffsnäckan” and “Skedlurken”.
Happiness lies in the small things in life. This is the premise behind Happiness, a joint issue from Åland Post and Posti Finland. It draws inspiration from the World Happiness Report, in which Finland has ranked first for nine consecutive years. Both postal operators will issue two stamps featuring the same designs, depicting expressions of happiness and wellbeing in Åland and Finland. In addition to the stamps, Åland Post will release a miniature sheet featuring both designs with silver foil lettering. Finnish designer Anssi Kähärä has created the issue.
The day’s third issue is a new series of postal stationery cards, with postage included in the price. The designs were selected in collaboration with Åland’s official tourism organisation Visit Åland, and feature some of its most-liked social media images from 2022 to 2026. The four images show a wooden boat on the island of Kökar, a street in Mariehamn decorated for Christmas, the midsummer pole in the village of Storby in Eckerö, and an evening swim at Rödhamn in Lemland. The photographs were taken by Lotta Roschier, Sara Limnell, Mari Hilander and Annika Mäkelä.
2 June 2027
Summer begins with the embroidered stamp issue Send a Smile, which aims to spread joy and bring smiles across borders. The issue is a collaboration with the Austrian textile company Hämmerle & Vogel, the Smiley Company and several European postal operators. All participating operators use the same embroidered smiley design; only the country name and denomination vary.
The stamps will be available to order from our webshop at alandstamps.com approximately one month before each issue date.