Public transport vehicles and services Helsinki City Transport and the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council hosted a major public transport event in Helsinki in May: the 57th world conference of the UITP (International Association of Public Transport). The conference was heralded by a public transport stamp booklet, with four self-adhesive 1st class non-value indicator stamps depicting the public transport vehicles and services of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The first stamp in the booklet shows a low-floor Sm4 urban train which has just arrived at a covered platform in Helsinki railway station. The next stamp depicts a new tram on route 10 standing at the Korppaanmäki stop. The third stamp has an underground metro train speeding across the bridge over Vartiokylä Bay. The subject of the fourth stamp is the two-year-old Kamppi public transport terminal in downtown Helsinki, one of Europe’s busiest. Each day, some 170,000 passengers pass through it. Kaisu Klemetti designed the stamp booklet. Jouko Leskelä took the photographs used on the stamps as well as the cover picture of the booklet, which shows a 3T tram at the Olympia quay stop.
Technical details of the postage stamps Issue: Design: Print:
Finland, 9 May 2007 Kaisu Klemetti Offset by Walsall Security Printing Stamp size: 55 x 23 mm Booklet size: 55 x 210mm (open) 55 x 121mm (closed)