Pirkko Vahtero

Pirkko Vahtero (16 December 1936 – 22 February 2025) was a Finnish graphic designer and heraldist. Over the course of time, Vahtero designed a number of Finnish postage stamps and securities.[1] She designed around 140 Finnish stamps and also designed stamps for other countries such as Costa Rica, Denmark, El Salvador, Iceland, Kuwait, Lebanon, Norway, Sweden and Venezuela.[2][3] Vahtero was born on 16 December 1936,[4] and died on 22 February 2025, at the age of 88.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Rita Taskinen p. 314
  2. ↑ "Pirkko Vahtero". www.unicover.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Matkailuyhdistys Puolanka-Paljakka". www.puolankainfo.fi. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Taskinen, Rita (1992). Suomalainen Design From Finland, Kuka kukin on, Who's Who in Finnish Design. Helsinki: Ornamo. ISBN 952-9748-04-3.
  5. ↑ Pirkko Vahtero on kuollut – suunnitteli satoja suomalaisten tuntemia postimerkkejä ja passin modernin vaakunan (in Finnish)


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