Åland Post has operated separately from the mainland postal service of Finland since 1993.

Attempts intensified in the 1970s when the Faroe Islands got their own stamps, but all applications to the postal authorities in Helsinki were rejected.

Finnish Minister of Justice at the time, Christoffer Taxell, took the issue further and, in 1982, President Mauno Koivisto approved the Åland Stamp Ordinance.

Great emphasis was placed on the connection of the motifs to Åland autonomy and history.

On 1 January 1993, a new Autonomy Act came into force, giving Åland the right to establish its own postal administration.