Posti finally delivers missing comic artworks to Oulu
Tuesday 11th August 2026 on 15:30 in
Finland
Posti has found and delivered valuable comic artworks sent by Tampere artist Taneli Kemppi to the Oulu Comics Centre, Yle reports. The letter arrived on Tuesday, 11 August, after spending 17 working days in the postal system.
The original works were not available when the centre’s exhibition opened on 1 August, so organisers used copies instead. Kaleva was the first to report the delay.
Kemppi took the letter to a post office on 17 July, and it left Tampere three days later. Because it was not a registered item and had no tracking number, Posti could not initially say where it was.
“We began an internal investigation, reviewing the item’s route and trying to determine its location,” said Antti Rantanen, a communications specialist at Posti.
Posti informed the comics centre on Tuesday morning that the letter had been located in Oulu. A member of the centre’s staff collected it, and Kemppi received the notification shortly afterwards.
Posti said the most common reason for delivery delays is incorrect or incomplete address information. In this case, however, the address details were correct, and no specific reason for the delay was found.
“The address details were correct. No actual reason for the late delivery has been found,” Kemppi said.
He said he had sometimes wondered whether the works would have arrived on time if he had sent the letter as an insured item. At the same time, he said everyone should have equal access to Posti’s services, regardless of whether they can afford insurance.
Kemppi also had to investigate another shipment sent to the same exhibition through Matkahuolto. A recording error made the package appear to have been delivered to the Oulu Comics Centre, although it had not arrived. The package was incorrectly marked as delivered while it was still out for delivery and arrived last week.
Kemppi said he had become very worried about the fate of his comics and had also searched for them through social media. He now wants artists to consider which methods are safest for sending artwork.