Mini Sheet: Stable Lantern (Finland 2012)

Stable Lantern (Finland 2012)

07 May (Finland ) within release Christmas 2012 goes into circulation Mini Sheet Stable Lantern face value 10*1st No Face Value

Mini Sheet Stable Lantern in catalogues
Michel: Mi: FI 2207FB

Mini Sheet is horizontal format.

The Mini Sheet consists of 20 1st Class stamps (LaPe FI 2190). Stamp design: Nina Rintala. Printed by Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Netherlands.
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Country: Finland
Date: 2012-05-07
Print: Offset lithography
Size: 162 x 115
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 10
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Mini Sheet
Face Value: 10*1st No Face Value
Print run: 400000

Mini Sheet Stable Lantern it reflects the thematic directions:

Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, meaning "Christ's Mass") is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is prepared for by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night; in some traditions, Christmastide includes an Octave. The traditional Christmas narrative, the Nativity of Jesus, delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in accordance with messianic prophecies; when Joseph and Mary arrived in the city, the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born, with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then disseminated the message furthermore. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated religiously by the vast majority of Christians, as well as culturally by a number of non-Christian people, and is an integral part of the holiday season, while some Christian groups reject the celebration. In several countries, celebrating Christmas Eve on December 24 has the main focus rather than December 25, with gift-giving and sharing a traditional meal with the family.

A lantern is an often portable source of lighting, typically featuring a protective enclosure for the light source – historically usually a candle, a wick in oil, or a thermoluminescent mesh, and often a battery-powered light in modern times – to make it easier to carry and hang up, and make it more reliable outdoors or in drafty interiors. Lanterns may also be used for signaling, as torches, or as general light-sources outdoors.

Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water throughout its life cycle, starting when, under suitable conditions, the ice crystals form in the atmosphere, increase to millimeter size, precipitate and accumulate on surfaces, then metamorphose in place, and ultimately melt, slide or sublimate away.

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