Arctic Exploration

This wonderful set of stamps in booklet was issued by the Sweden's postal service in 1989 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of arctic exploration. What a nice set! Thanks to Daphne of Singapore for the swap.

EUROPA CEPT

This time we take a look at EUROPA CEPT (European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations) stamps. First issued in 1956, EUROPA CEPT stamps have been issued annually by most of the European countries under a predetermined common theme. For example, the common theme for year 2009 is 'Astronomy' while the common theme for this year is 'Children Books'. Here are two sets of EUROPA CEPT 2009 stamps I received as part of round robin and private swap:

The miniature sheet from France

The stamps set from Finland