Hello! I am very interested in the new ‘precious nature’ stamps issued in Sweden. I was looking into buying them directly from Postnord online, and was curious about the ‘collector sheets’ offered by their webstore. Does anyone know if this collector sheet would include the stamps themselves? Or is it just a pretty place to store them and you have to still buy the stamps separately?
Also, if I were to buy the booklet instead, can you tell me what the booklet looks like in person? Would it be suitable to display in a stamp stockbook?
The Swedish version of the shop has more information, and there it says that the collector’s sheet includes non-cancelled stamps placed in plastic pockets, so yes it should have the actual stamps included. However these stamps are all self-adhesive so it is unclear if they have issued different version for this, the stamps are stuck on the paper, or the stamps are cut off the booklet sheet. It would probably be the best idea to contact their customer service to ask about that if you need to know.
It also says that on back there is information of the stamps in Swedish and English, and the sheet is A4 sized, so bit bigger than it looks on screen.
Booklet looks like this and is meant for actual use, so in my opinion it does not look good on collection, but of course that is up to you to decide. I guess it would be possible to carefully cut the stamps off it. I don’t have these exact stamps, but all the booklets looks like this one.
I buy from Nordfrim sometimes. They are based in Denmark and have some Swedish maxicards for sale, thought mostly it is from other countries. PostNord hasn’t issued official maxicards for a while so it can be tricky to find some. They also sell older stamps, but their mint stamps are over-prized so I would recommend to buy from them only if you want used stamps for collection.
Another good option is Tradera where you can with some luck find stamps and maxicards. Using it requires some training and carefulness because it is auction / independent seller type of site, and it is way too addictive ones you get hold on it, but there is good chance to find nice things. Try search for “sverige maxikort” or “sverige frimärken postfrisk” (postfrisk = mint)
These are all that I know about now, but I can do some googling again after work to see if anything else comes up
Oh thank you sooo much!!
I tried Tradera before, but as I don’t use Swedish, I never found what I want about stamps and postcards. You really help me a lot.:3
Hej… I’m really interested in Norway and the language bokmål. I started learning some, then met someone from sweden. I’ve found these two languages have much in common, so I don’t mind which one it is… (I hope this cannot be seen as an insult :o ) So I’m searching for a norwegian or swedish penpal, to learn something about these countries and get to learn the language better.
Hey , jeg älskar the Scandinavian countries, their nature, their mentality and a little while ago I am learning Swedish, maybe in the future I will have the opportunity to visit some of these countries. Is it true that Swedish is understood in all Scandinavian countries?
Hejdå!
The Scandinavian languages are mutually intelligible, but how much each individual understands of the other languages is very variable. But everyone should be able to at least have basic conversations.
Like it was already said, technically yes but it varies a lot how much each person understands. The popular “learn 1, get 3” statement is kinda a myth (also one that I personally find very annoying). To understand all Scandinavian languages you will have to be very familiar with wide selection of words and dialects. So yeah, basic things like having a small talk or ordering food usually goes well, but listening to news can be challenging.
I don’t usually correct anybody if I am not asked, so forgive me (may this be the funny mistake you laugh at later!) but you might wanna say hejdå instead. Dö means “die” so it gives little sinister feeling for the ending (although… what a wonderful way to end a passive-aggressive message left for that neighbor who doesn’t respect laundry room rules)
I am sorry , yes ,I wanted say “goodbye” .My apologies. Regarding learning 1 language, it is used for 3 countries, I imagine they are different as is logical, in Spain itself we have dialects in the north that are not understood in the south, how much more in different countries, but if I read for example that in Finland Swedish It is the second official language, and it also has similarities with Norwegian.
I am very sorry for my mistake, and I hope not to bother with my comment. I repeat, I love your countries. that you have a god kväll (good night)!
Don’t worry about it! I have also had my share of funny mistakes while mastering languages
Yeah, Swedish is official language in Finland too, but only about 5% of the population has it as a mother language. I am myself a Finn who moved to Sweden later in life, and for me the Finland’s Swedish sounds weirdly homely and old-fashioned at the same time.
Hej hej allihopa! Finns det en plats när man kan prata bara svenska? Jag är ny på Postcrossing så jag vet inte hur forumen fungerar. Jag skulle älska att öva min svenska eller byta vykort.
@solarpower - Du har kommet til rett del av forumet. Her i den skandinaviske delen av forumet kan du skrive på svensk/dansk/norsk. Det er kanskje best å holde seg til de andre trådene i forumet, siden denne tråden heter “In English - Visitor’s corner”.
You might have better luck if you post to #trades-requests-offers The Scandinavian threads are quite inactive. Remember to include your offers and anything special you are able / willing to swap for card. Denmark is one of the rarest countries and has high postage, whereas USA is one of the most common ones, so for the better chances you might want to make your offer as tempting as possible. Good luck!
Hello !
Thanks for the proposal for a English follow-up. At first, I will try to refresh my Swedish that I looooove but never practice by reading from you guys in your native language.
Hope to read lots of Swedish
Hi folks from Scandinavia ( Denmark, Sweden and Norway)
This is a test balloon, so read my proposal:
I offer to send 3 postcards of you to any destination worldwide over the united nations in Geneva
so just end me a letter with three prepared postcards just don’t put postage but leave some space for it .
If you are interested please send me a PM
@moderator if there is a better place to put it feel free to move
Hi everyone, I am visiting Stockholm/Uppsala in a month’s time.
I am looking to buy mint stamps and postcards to send, (but I am also finding the Europa 2019 and 2021 stamps for personal collection) any recommendations for an in-person store within the Stockholm/Uppsala area?
Any recommendations will help, thank you in advance
