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LIBRARY: Åland Books

Updated May, 2010

    AAL - 1
    • Title: Aaland Isles - Post Offices and Their Cancellations, 1812-1982.
    • Author: Eero J. Helkiö
    • Publisher: Oy Kaj Hellman Ltd. Lahti, Finland
    • Description: Åland postal history introduction and overview in English, postmarks catalogued alphabetically by town names, ISBN 951-99406-2-6 (2 copies)
    • Language - Date - Pages: EFS, 1982 96 pp
    AAL - 2
    • Title: The Åland Islands
    • Author:
    • Publisher: Åland Turiströd Mariehamn Åland
    • Description: folded brochure, 12 sections of pictures and/or text on front side and map of Åland on back side (2 copies)
    • Language - Date - Pages: E, 1988 2 pp
    AAL - 3
    • Title: Posten på Åland 350 År
                Mail from Aland 350 Years
    • Author: Jari Karhu and Torsten Wikstrand
    • Publisher: Finland Post Ålands Postdistrikt Mariehamn Åland
    • Description: softbound postal history, includes listing of town post offices, postmasters, and rural letter carrier route numbers
    • Language - Date - Pages: S, 1988 100 pp
    AAL - 4
    • Title: Åland Spezial 2001
               2002
                Åland Special 2001-2002
    • Author: Robert Fillips
    • Publisher: Robert Fillips Verlag Kornwestheim, Germany
    • Description: softbound, priced catalogue of stamps, FRAMA labels, Christmas seals, meters, thermal-printed franking labels, maximum cards, special postmarks, stamp plate-flaw varieties, and telephone cards, ISBN 3-928470-15-9
    • Language - Date - Pages: EG, 2002 168 pp
    AAL - 5
    • Title: Postgeschichte: Eckerö
                Postal History: Eckerö
    • Author: Walter Erich Hühn
    • Publisher: Forschungsgemeinschaft Nordische Staaten, Wensickendorf, Germany
    • Description: paperback includes listing of postal routes from Sweden to Finland and illustrations of early Åland covers
    • Language - Date - Pages: G, 1996 84 pp
    AAL - 6
    • Title: Åland Special Catalog 1995
    • Author: Robert Fillips
    • Publisher: Robert Fillips Verlag Kornwestheim, Germany
    • Description: paperback largely superseded by AAL B4, priced catalogue of stamps, FRAMA labels, Christmas seals, meters, thermal-printed franking labels, maximum cards, special postmarks, and stamp plate-flaw varieties, ISBN 3-928470-06-X (2 copies)
    • Language - Date - Pages: E, 1995 88 pp
    AAL - 7
    • Title: Postal History and Postal Cancellations of the Åland Islands, Part I
    • Author: Gustav Karlberg and Kaarlo Hirvikoskis
    • Publisher: Stamp Finns Helsinki, Finland
    • Description: softbound ISBN 0358-8580 (2 copies)
    • Language - Date - Pages: E, 1982 104 pp
    AAL - 8
    • Title: The Mail Road across Land and Sea, Stockholm - Åland - Turko
                Åbo
    • Author: Bo Andersson, Jan Andersson, Ulla Clerc, Gabriele Prenzlau-Enander, and Pernilla Åström
    • Publisher: Postal Museum Publication No. 53 Swedish Postal Museum, Stockholm
    • Description: softbound, historical travel guide through three regions, comprising five chapters by five different authors, ISBN 91-975051-0-2 (2 copies)
    • Language - Date - Pages: E, 2004 128 pp
    AAL - 9
    • Title: Finland and Åland Revenue Stamp and Revenue Stamped Paper Catalogue 1998
    • Author: B.-E. Saarinen, Jay Smith (Editor)
    • Publisher: Jay Smith & Associates Snow Camp, North Carolina
    • Description: hardbound, first edition, first printing January 1998, ISBN 0-9656592-0-8
    • Language - Date - Pages: EF, 1998 xiv 192 pp
    AAL - 10
    • Title: Postfärderna över Ålands hav
                Postal Journeys across the Åland Sea
    • Author: Broge Wilén
    • Publisher: Ålands Tidnings-Trycken Mariehamn, Åland
    • Description: softbound, ISBN 951-99068-9-4
    • Language - Date - Pages: S, 1975 92 pp
    AAL - 11
    • Title: Om Varianter i Ålands Frimärken
                About Variations in Åland Island Stamps
    • Author: Tom Sarpaneva
    • Publisher: author published Helsinki, Finland
    • Description: softbound, ISBN 952-91-5384-8
    • Language - Date - Pages: EFSG, 2003 74 pp
    AAL - 12
    • Title: Ålands frimärken berättar 2004-2005
                Åland Stamp Yearbook 2004-2005
    • Author:
    • Publisher: Posten pä Åland (Åland Post), Mariehamn, Åland
    • Description: hardbound, Åland Post's official stamp yearbook, with all 2004-05 stamps and booklets in mounts, ISSN 1239-2170
    • Language - Date - Pages: EFSG, 2005 80 pp
    AAL - 13
    • Title: Åland Varianter 1984-1992
                Varieties and Plate Flaws on Åland Stamps 1984-1992
    • Author: Pertti Kotilampi
    • Publisher: author published Vaxholm, Sweden
    • Description: loose-leaf pages
    • Language - Date - Pages: ES, 1992 48 pp
    AAL - 14
    • Title: Eckerö Post- och Tullhus
                Eckerö Mail and Customs Building
    • Author: Broge Wilén
    • Publisher: author published Stockholm, Sweden
    • Description: paperback ISBN 91-7970-270-8
    • Language - Date - Pages: S, 1988 104 pp
    AAL - 15
    • Title: Alandia, Aaland Islands Postal Cancellations and Postal History
    • Author: Björn Mattsén and Kaarlo Hirvikoski
    • Publisher: Suomen Filatelistiliitto, Helsinki, Finland
    • Description: softbound, ISBN 951-95522-7-8, ISSN 0782-0100
    • Language - Date - Pages: EFSG, 1991 152 pp
    AAL - 16
    • Title: Ortstempel der Åländischen Post
                Circular Datestamps of the Åländ Postal Service
    • Author: Claus-Dieter Marzoll
    • Publisher: Forschunsgemeinschaft Nordische Staaten
    • Description: softbound, monograph that updates Alandia (see AAL B16), ancillary article Åländs Schwierige Postorte / Åländ's Difficult Postal Places, Philatelistichen Nachtrichen, No. 145 February 2009, Pages 397-400
    • Language - Date - Pages: G, 2009 23 pp

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