CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF KOTKA

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CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF KOTKA

Post by aukepalmhof » Tue Aug 02, 2022 10:43 pm

For the Centenary of the founding of Kotka. The Finish Post issued one stamp in 1978
The stamp shows us the Eastern harbor of Kotka; a cargo ship along the quay and in the background on the right the sulphate cellulose factory (Sunila pulp mill). The cargo vessel is not identified
Kotka: ... port city in eastern Finland on an island at the mouth of the Kymi River in the Gulf of Finland. Wood processing and chemical industry. Sugar mills. Most important export port in Finland. Founded in 1878, the city's port was expanded after Viipuri (now Vyborg) fell to the USSR in 1944. [Meyer]

Alternative Title: Rochensalm
Kotka, city, southeastern Finland, on two islands, Hovinsaari and Kotkansaari, at the mouth of the Kymi River on the Gulf of Finland, east-northeast of Helsinki. Kotkansaari was fortified by the Russians between 1790 and 1800, and its main fort was destroyed by a British fleet in 1855 during secondary operations of the Crimean War. Kotka was founded in 1878 and was greatly developed during the late 1930s. A Greek Orthodox church (1795) is the oldest building in the city; there is also a Lutheran church (1898). The Kymenlaakso Museum, 10 mi (16 km) northwest, was originally built for Tsar Alexander III. Connected by rail and road to the mainland, Kotka is a major seaport for eastern Finland and an important industrial center that specializes in lumber, pulp, cellulose, and phosphate exportation, as well as petroleum importation; the city also has sugar refining and flour milling. Pop. (2000) 53,904.

Source Navicula and Encyclopedia Britannica.
Finland 1978 1M sg 931, Scott?
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