Mathias Alexander Castrén Commemorative Stamp

Finland · 1963 · 30 mk

The stamp features a left-facing portrait of Mathias Alexander Castrén, a prominent Finnish linguist and ethnologist, with his name and birth/death years (1813-1852) inscribed below. The denomination '30 mk' is in the upper right corner.

This stamp was issued in 1963, likely commemorating Mathias Alexander Castrén, a key figure in the study of Finno-Ugric languages and Siberian ethnography, whose work significantly contributed to Finnish national identity and scientific understanding.