Last autumn, Posti issued two stamps showcasing Finnish national customs. Two new stamps designed by Miika Saksi will now be issued with the same theme. The theme of the first stamp is about being overly polite at the coffee table, where guests are invited to help themselves, but no one dares to go first. The second stamp depicts spontaneous meetings on the market square, which is how the Finnish hockey team’s gold medal was last celebrated around different parts of Finland. 

Miika Saksi used the same collage-like mixed technique and colourful style as before. “Presenting the customs in stamp size and without texts proved challenging once again. 

The stamp about being overly polite at the coffee table in particular required a lot of consideration. I experimented with hundreds of different arrangements, character positions, expressions and crops to illustrate the ideas. AI-based tools were used in the drafting of individual elements,” says Saksi. 

Finnish Customs II will be a 10-stamp sheet containing two different domestic no-value indicator stamps.

Date of issue 9.9.2026

With no-value indicator stamps you can mail letters and cards in Finland and it is always valid. You can mail a letter max. 50 gramms with one stamp. For heavier letters you need multiple stamps (more information in the picture).