Żyła diabazowa   Diabase vein	Lawa poduszkowa   Pillow lava	Gnejs migmatytowy   Migmatite gneiss

  Odsłonięcia skał na Wyspach Alandzkich; znaczki wydane w roku 2001.
  Outcrops of the rocks in Aland Islands; the stamps issued in 2001.

Coll. A. Kozlowski

Aland Islands (Dependency of Finland)
Autonomous Region of Finland [Åland in Swedish, Ahvenanmaa in Finnish] 

The Åland Islands are a group of more than 6000 islands in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland, east of Stockholm. The total area is about 1500 sq. km and there are living approximately 25,000 inhabitants. Their main language is Swedish. Although the islands have a certain form of autonomy, they still form a province in Finland.
     For centuries the Åland Islands belonged to the crown of Sweden, as was the case with Finland as a whole. Finland - and the Åland Islands - came in the possession of Russia in 1809. 
     During the Crimean War (1853 - 1856) the islands of Åland were of great strategic importance for Russia, but after this the islands were demilitarized. To settle a strong movement on the islands towards Sweden the islands got a form of autonomy, but the Finnish sovereignty over the islands was confirmed in 1921 by a decision of the League of Nations.
     In 1951 the autonomy of the islands was renounced by the Finnish parliament, but the inhabitants got special rights, including their own flag. Since 1984 the Islands have their own postage stamps.

Z / From: http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/aland.htm 

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