Finland - " STAMPS ON STAMPS ~ AGATHON FABERGE ~ FINLANDIA 88."

MNH ~ Stamp Booklet !

A few words from the Booklet:

AGATHON FABERGE.

Was born in St. Petersberg on 6 February 1876 and died in Helsinki on 10 October 1951.

He started to collect stamps in 1885, specializing in Finnish and Russian philately, in which field he did important research. He created e.g the largest collection of Finnish stamps so far, to which the rarities here pictured belong.

The name Faberge is known by the general public because of extremely skilfully made pieces of jewellery, some of which are depicted on the cover of the booklet.

Gustav Faberge, Agathon's grandfather, established a jeweller's shop in St. Petersberg in 1842. The shop became renowned in the time of Carl Faberge, Agathon's father, when the famous Easter Eggs were created for the Tsar's family.

Year: 1988.

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