Sue Trowbridge just sent me this news of these great Swedish stamps that honor Swedish mystery writers. Sue reads Swedish, I don't, but you can get the gist...or you can run the articles below using Google Translate.
These Swedish stamps were recently released. In Sweden you needn't be dead to be put on a stamp. Swedish stamps are collected by people worldwide because of their beauty and interesting subject matter, so it's only natural that the postal service would introduce a set of stamps featuring one of the country's most popular exports -- crime fiction!
The authors on the stamps are Stieg Larsson, Liza Marklund, Henning Mankell, Håkan Nesser and Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö.
The first article can be found at:
http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/konst-form/skicka-mankell-vart-du-vill-1.1134653
and the Postal Service's page in English where you can buy these stamps for 60 kroner ($8) is
HERE. Click on Buy next to the stamps you wish to purchase, and when you check out, it should take you through the steps in English. Thanks, Sue.
Very cool!
This is very cool. What a terrific idea.
ReplyDeleteThat's very cool Janet. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they'll recall the Marklund stamp when they all read POSTCARD KILLERS though (sorry, that's a bit mean...)
But funny, Craig
ReplyDeleteA tricky question - if you were to just pick 5-6 US crime writers to feature on a similar set of stamps, who would you include?
ReplyDeleteThe photo in the Toronto Globe and Mail that Karen linked to, doesn't show a couple happy in their work.
ReplyDeleteChecked out the purchase page in English and it looked like Swedish to me (easy to read but not sure where to send the money). Great stamps. Bill Gottfried
ReplyDeleteThis is just fantastic ... except for the authors who don't have stamps, like the fantastic Helene Tursten, and others I haven't read yet like Camilla Lackberg or Johan Therorin. I wonder if they and others left out feel badly.
ReplyDeleteAsk Sue. Her mother got her a set of the stamps.
ReplyDeleteNan, you're right. After all Helene has contributed with novels, TV, etc.
ReplyDeleteJanet, you gave the same URL twice. The purchase page is http://www.posten.se/ebutik_v2/product.action?articleID=241992&articleGroupID=401&lang=en
ReplyDeleteJust click on Buy next to the stamps you wish to purchase, and then when you check out, it should take you through the steps in English. I'm happy to help anyone who needs assistance!
As a librarian and stamp collector, a classy set of set of stamps honoring mystery writers is great to see.
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