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Welcome to our site. Finnish Heritage Museum is dedicated to preserve Finnish and Finnish/North American Heritage for future generations and to provide all visitors with an opportunity to learn about and better understand Finnish and Finnish/North American history and culture. |
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FINNISH HISTORY REVEALED IN STAMPS
The Finnish Heritage Museum was presented a review of Finnish Stamps of 1856 to 1929. Ron Peura explained the practice of "rouletting" or the use of a mechanical tool to make the separations between stamps, printed on a sheet. Ron related that he had acquired the great hobby of collecting Finnish stamps from a former neighbor whose children had refused to continue their dad's hobby. The neighbor gifted Ron with his collection, rather than have it "relegated to the roadside trash!"
Finland had been under Russian rule since 1809. She had entered this period as a semi-independent Grand Duchy with a free constitution. Finland was allowed by Czar Alexander 1 of Russia, the Grand Duke, allowed the existing religion the basic laws and the privileges of the social order. Issuing stamps by countries had already started in the 1850's when stamps began to be issued in Finland, the first in 1856. Thus with anything of value and interest, collecting stamps soon followed.
Finland's first issue of stamps was the plate blocks of 1880. It was then that they began to mount the stamps. Russification policies in Finland began during the rule of Czar Alexander III. By 1899 Finland had lost her autonomy and was fully incorporated into the Russian Empire under Nicholas II. A dot on a circle meant that the stamp was printed in Finland, and not a Finnish stamp printed in Russia.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW...FOR THE YEAR, CLICK HERE
| May 17, 2013 | FHM Spring Cleaning | At the Museum | 8:00 AM | General Cleanup for our busy season. |
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| May 13, 2013 | FHM Regular Membership Meeting | At the Museum 301 High Street, Fairport Harbor, OH. Visitors Welcome | Monday (always the second Monday of the Month) @ 7:00 PM | Home and Country: Pori, Jyvaskyla and Finland Presented by Katri Koskinen and Pinja Pesonen Finnish Foreign Exchange Students |
| May 11, 2013 | FHM Building & Grounds Work Party | At the Museum | 8:00 AM | Complete the painting, general upgrades |
| May 1, 2013 | FHM Hall of Fame meeting |
At the Musuem | 7:oo PM | Members of the HoF committee |
| April 25, 2013 | SUMMERTIME HOURS ANNOUNCED | At the Museum 301 High Street, Fairport Harbor, OH. Visitors Welcome | New Starting HOURS OF OPERATION begin: Sunday, May 26, 12:00 to 4:00 pm and Wednesday, May 29, 12:00 to 4:00, and every Saturday, 10 to 3:00 pm. |
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