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GREENLAND
Collector
Subscription magazine for collectors of Greenland stamps • Vol. 18 • No. 3 • September 2013
POST Greenland 75th
anniversary
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Greenland`s Civil
Life at Færingehavn
Aviation History – Part 3 and Nordafa A/S
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Carl Petersen - The
2013 Christmas Stamps From Beijing to
forgotten Polar Explorer from POST Greenland
Copenhagen
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Final sale on 30th November 2013
The following stamps and philatelic products will be removed from our product range on 30th November 2013,
as they have not sold out. Any remaining products will be shredded.
Stamp:
Science V 1/3
Cryolite
19.10.2009
01100430
DKK 1.00
Stamps per sheet: 40
Stamp:
EUROPA 2011 1/2
Forrests
17.01.2011
01100459
DKK 9.00
Stamps per sheet: 50
Stamp: Christmas 2011 1/2
17.10.2011
01100476
DKK 7.50
Stamps per sheet: 50
Stamp: Christmas 2011 2/2
17.10.2011
01100477
DKK 9.00
Stamps per sheet: 50
Stamp:
Contemporary Art V 2/3
Stamp:
Greenlandic Mining II 2/2
Stamp:
Expeditions IX - Naomi Uemura
09.05.2011
01100470
DKK 7.00
Stamps per sheet: 20
17.10.2011
01100474
DKK 28.00
Stamps per sheet: 36
28.07.2011
01100475
DKK 36.50
Stamps per sheet: 20
Additional Value 2011 Souvenir sheet - KIMIK
17.01.2011
01106461
DKK 32.00
Souvenir sheet - Communication I
17.01.2011
01106456
DKK 56.00
Niviarsiaqqat jordbæriutillit juullisioqatigalugit
Ukioq manna juullimut frimærkit Camilla Nielsenip suliarai. Niviarsiaqqat jordbæriutillit Camillla 1990-ikkut aallartinneranni atuartuuneranili malittuarsimavaat. Niviarsiararli jordbæriutilik aatsaat 2005-imi pilersinneqarpoq Camillap soraluaata Sofie-Amalie-p, ”Musse”-p inunngornerata kingorna.
Niviarsiaqqat jordbæriutillit juullimi pisuni nuannersuni assigiinngitsuni assiliartaasut frimærkimi takuneqarsinnaapput. Allaanngillat avatangiisiminnik
misissuerusaartuaannartut.
Juullip ulloriaa igalaaniittoq apullu Camillamut kalaallit juulliannut ilisarnaataapput. Ulloriaq qaamavoq, najoqqutaavoq, ataatsimoortitsivoq,
nukissaqaler-sitsivoq aammalu inuit imminnut atanerannik ileqqutoqaannillu kialaartitsisuulluni.
Qamutit frimærkimiittut tassaapput Qeqertarsuup Tunuani atorneqarnerpaajusut. Kalaallit Nunaanni assigiinngitsunik qamuteqarpoq, apeqqutaavoq
nunatsinni sumi atugaanersut.
POST Greenlandip tamassi juullisiorluarnissassinnik ukiortaamullu iserluarnissassinnik kissaappaasi.
Stampbooklet no. 19 EUROPA 2011 - Forrests
17.01.2011
01301219
DKK 114.00
Christmas Stamp Booklet No. 16
17.10.2011
01301116
Frimærkinut mappersagaq nr. 16
Frimærkehæfte nr. 16
DKK 99,00
© Kevin O’Hara
Jul med Jordbærpigerne
Dette års julefrimærker er skabt af Camilla Nielsen. Jordbærpigerne har fulgt
Camilla lige siden hendes skoletid i starten af 1990’erne. Dog er den lille jordbærpige først skabt i 2005, efter at Camillas niece Sofie-Amalie ‘Musse’ blev
født. Frimærkerne skildrer jordbærpigerne i forskellige glade julesituationer.
Det føles som om, at de altid er i færd med at udforske deres omverden.
Julestjernen i vinduet og sneen er for Camilla indbegrebet af grønlandsk jul.
Stjernen lyser, leder, samler, styrker og varmer op om menneskelige relationer
og traditioner.
Hundeslæden på frimærket er den model, der oftest anvendes i Disko Bugt
området. Der findes flere typer hundeslæder i Grønland, alt efter hvor i landet
de anvendes.
POST Greenland ønsker alle en glædelig jul og et godt og lykkebringende
nytår.
Kalaallit nunaat
Grønland
DKK 99.00
W
NE
Beautiful Christmas Tree
decorations
– Engraved with the year 2013.
Christmas Decorations # 2 can be
purchased from POST Greenland
in October 2014.
DKK 99.00. Item. 01520760
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
Large calendar for 2014
– With panoramic photos of
Greenland.
Measurements 490 X 274 mm.
ULLORSIUT • CALENDAR
KALAALLIT NUNAAT • GREENLAND • 2014 • WWW.STAMPS.GL
POST Greenland, Filatelia
DKK 125.00. Item. 01900437
PO Box 121 · 3913 Tasiilaq · Greenland
Phone +45 7026 0550 · +299 98 11 55 · Fax +299 98 14 32
[email protected]
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21102013-75ÅR
75th anniversary of The Greenland Post Office
”Every country’s history, development and culture are influenced by the possibilities of
communication.” Wrote Flemming Bolø, former CEO of KNI A
/ S, Greenland’s trading, when in
1988 we celebrated the 50th anBy Per Svendsen,
niversary of The Greenland Post
Managing Director
Office.
Here, 25 years, later we want to make his words
our own. In the context of the modern communication and community development, his words are
even more pertinent today than in 1988.
Greenland is, in this respect, still quite unique
in that our geographical location on the globe and
our special infrastructure – where, for example,
the absence of a road system between our cities
- provides unique logistical challenges. In addition,
regular air traffic to and from Greenland still only
operates on certain days of the week and only
rarely at weekends. Shipping traffic is, therefore,
well developed in Greenland, making it possible to
choose between a ship or aircraft when passengers, cargo - and post – need to be transported to
and from Greenland and around our large, sprawling country.
Consequently, shipping and aviation have had
and still provide very important opportunities for
POST Greenland to deliver the mail, in Greenland
and to and from abroad.
The Greenland Post Office was established in
1938, after which date the use of Danish stamps
was gradually replaced by new Greenlandic stamps.
Our Office has, since its early and sometimes difficult start, evolved into a modern postal service,
with a number of exciting stamp issues behind it,
each one with strings recording Greenland’s fascinating history.
1938 - 2013: From the first Greenlandic
stamps to today
On 17th September 1938 a notice No. 326 was
forwarded, which was published in the Official
Gazette on 31st October 1938. By Executive Order,
inter alia, “From this provision it comes into force
that the assessors of Greenland’s Governing post
record that messages sent from Greenland to Denmark and abroad shall be stamped with Greenland
stamps”.
With effect from December 1st 1938 The
Greenland Post Office became a member of The
Universal Postal Union. The Postal Service’s sales
office for stamp collectors, Bernstorffgade 32,
Copenhagen K, started selling the new Greenlandic
stamps on 1st December 1938.
The first stamp series of The Greenland Post
Office were housed in a presentation folder which
was handed out during the UPU Congress in
Buenos Aires on 23rd May 1939. The front of the
folder showed a picture of King Christian X, greeting Greenland’s population during the first royal
visit in 1921.
The stamps were issued in denominations of 1,
5, 7, 10 and 15 ore bearing the image of Christian
X and 0.30 kroner and 1.00 Danish krone featuring
the design of a polar bear. These are the motifs of
the sovereign and the polar bear which have formed the basis for the stamps in whole sheets and
souvenir sheets now created by Bertil Skov Jørgensen as a distinguished commemoration of the 75th
anniversary of The Greenland Post Office.
The issue of these first Greenlandic stamps in
01100520
75th anniversary of The Greenland Post Office
Value: DKK 20.00
Date of issue: 17th September 2013
20 stamps per sheet
External dimensions: 50.00 mm x 43.50 mm
Format: E - horizontal
Portrait Drawing: Bertil Skov Jørgensen
Printing Process: Gravure (laser gravure) and offset
Paper: TR4
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1938 has since been followed
by over 500 stamps, each of
which reflects the development of Greenland, its history,
nature and culture, from Independence, culture in prehistoric
times, right up to today’s modern
Greenland.
POST Greenland is very pleased that today we
have collectors in all parts of the world. In recent
years, we have even had the pleasure to welcome
new collectors in China into the collector circuit.
It makes us proud that people across the globe
take an interest in what we are featuring on our
stamps. We take pride in the fact that every time
we issue new stamps we tell a new and unique
story of Greenland.
About the artist
Bertil Skov Jørgensen was born in Kolding in
1968. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy
of Fine Arts and, since 2006, has been an apprentice engraver working with Martin Morck.
In 2000 he made his debut on the postage
stamp for Post Denmark and, in 2009, published his first design for POST Greenland. This
75th anniversary stamp is Bertil’s third stamp
for Greenland.
Read more on www.bertilskov.dk.
01106520
Souvenir Sheet: 75th anniversary of The
Greenland Post Office
Value: DKK 20.00
Date of issue: 17th September 2013
Greenland’s Civil Aviatio
The stamp series which we started in
2011, will include a total of 12 stamps
featuring designs of aircraft and helicopters, all of which have been used
in Greenland from the late 1950s until
today.
Below we highlight the two aircraft that
adorn these two new stamps that, once
again, are illustrated by the legendary
Martin Morck: The De Havilland Twin
Otter plane and Sikorsky S58ET helicopter. For the first aircraft we have
chosen to illustrate the Icelandic side
of the civil Greenland aviation history.
It is, therefore, our pleasure to provide the below text written by Sigurdur
”Siggi” Aðalsteinsson, former director
of Flugfélag Nordurland. This Icelandic
airline was operative over a dozen years in North and East Greenland flying
this type of aircraft. The Sikorsky helicopter S58ET text has been drafted by
the former area manager in Grønlandsfly, Ole Dam, as readers of this magazine will recognize from the presentation of the previous five stamps in this
exciting aviation series.
Sikorsky helicopter S58ET
By Ole Dam, former. Area Manager in Grønlandsfly
In the period 1973-1976 Grønlandsfly acquired
four helicopters of the type S58ET. They were
medium-sized helicopters designed for special
tasks for individual clients in Greenland, but also
of a flexible type that could be used in several different situations.
The S58ET helicopter was a civilian version developed from the S58 type - military designation CH34
- which had a large piston engine in the nose. The
civilian helicopter was equipped with a twin jet
engine - twinpac – and was flown by a pilot and a
mechanic with spacefor 16 passengers. The seats
were located along the cabin walls and it was quite
narrow, so passenger numbers were generally reduced to 12. There was no great luxury, because
the seats were just stretched canvas over a metal
frame.
It was, inter alia, used to perform the heavy lifting
in sling - under suspended loads - eg. for the supply
and replacement of large gas canisters at Telecom
Service’s inaccessible repeater stations on the radio
chain along the west coast of Greenland. In addition, a helicopter was also rented to my company
Greenex in Maarmorilik to transport its employees
to and from Kangerlussuaq.
The S58ET helicopter was also deployed to carry
local passengers in South Greenland - between
Narsarsuaq and the towns and settlements in the
area -, another at Tasiilaq in East Greenland, where
passengers were carried plus other cargo between
Kulusuk and Tasiilaq and operated settlements in
the district. With its special exterior it was a familiar
sight in Greenland. It was sturdy and reliable and
did much good work during the years it was part
of the Greenland Air fleet.
The S58ET helicopters were not in Grønlandsfly for
any long period of time. In 1978, two of them were
sold due to lack of jobs and, in 1982, the two
remaining were superseded by the newer and
more usable Bell-212 helicopter.
01100521
Aviation Series III 1/2
S58ET helicopter
Value: DKK 1.00
Date of issue: 21st October 2013
20 stamps per sheet
Exterior dimensions: 58.00 x 33.00 mm
Format: F - vertical
Image and engraving: Martin Mörck
Printing Method: Combination
Paper: TR4
Photo: Finn Høj
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
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n History – Part 3
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
By Sigurður ”Siggi” Aðalsteinsson, former Managing Director of Flugfelag Nordurlands
The Twin Otter, a further development of the DHC3 Otter, has been flying in Greenland since 1974. It
is a sturdy, flexible and useful plane which has past
accomplishments and continues now to accomplish many special tasks.
Photo: Sigurður ”Siggi” Aðalsteinsson
Since 1976, the Icelandic company ”Flugfélag
Norðurlands” (FN) has been firmly engaged in flying in Greenland and has, from its base in Iceland,
solved a number of flight difficulties in relation to
activities in Eastern, Northeastern and Northern
Greenland. FN was established on 1st November
1959 based in Akureyri, Iceland. Originaly called
Norðurflug, the name was changed to Flugfélag
Norðurlands in 1975.
In 1971 the company flew its first flight to Greenland – Kulusuk. In 1976 FN aquired its first Twin
Otter to cope with an increasing number of passengers, mail and freight. During the same autumn,
FN flew its first flight for The Sirius Patrole, trans-
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porting passengers from Daneborg to Iceland. This
was the start of a long standing service for Sirius.
In 1977 a contract was signed to supply flights
between Akureyri and the weather station at Danmarkshavn. These flights are still being carried out
today. The same year the company also signed an
agreement for winter flights taking the mail to Ittoqqortoormiit, landing on the sea ice infront of
the village. However, these winter flights were
discontinued when the airfield at Nerlerit Inaat
opened in 1985.
In 1978 a three year contract was signed with
Greenland Geological Survey (GGU) to support its
expedition in North Greenland. The Sirius operations expanded during the coming years, including
transportation of new huts to locations suitable for
Twin Otters. During the next decades FN‘s Twin Otters carried out operations along the whole east
coast of Greenland from north to south and along
the north coast to Qaanaaq and into Canada.
The Twin Otter has also been used extensively for
scientific projects on the Greenland Icecap.
The aforementioned operations have been instrumental in demonstrating the capabilities of the
Twin Otter to serve remote communities under the
most primitive conditions. It has proved a valuable
tool in the service of government organisations,
companies and private individuals, transporting the
mail, supplies and people safely and efficiently.
In 1997 Flugfélag Norðurlands merged with Icelan-
dair Domestic to form Flugfélag Íslands – Air Iceland. Air Iceland took over all Icelandair‘s domestic
flights using Fokker 50 aircraft and, at the same
time, maintained the operational base in Akureyri
for regional services and for its Twin Otter operations to Greenland. In 2008 Air Iceland sold its Twin
Otter operation to the newly formed Norlandair.
Norlandair has a wide ownership with Air Greenland and Air Iceland among its shareholders. The
company derives most of is revenue from its Greenland flight services.
01100522
Aviation Series III 2/2
Twin Otter
Value: DKK 28.00
Life at Færingehavn and Nordafar A/S
– joint issue with Posta Faroe Islands
By Mette Maria Rasmussen, BA in prehistoric archaeology and Event Culture, and Cand.mag.stud in experience economy, Aarhus University
In 1927 Færingehavn (Kangerluarsoruseq) was founded
about 50 km south of Nuuk as a
fishing port. The founders were
Faroese fishermen who had obtained a permit to fish in territorial waters.
In the spring of 1953 the company Nordafar
A/S was founded with a capital of 2 million Danish
Krone. Until 1990, Nordafar A/S, was a pure fishing
business adventure that gave Greenland, Norway,
Denmark and the Faroe Islands high employment
and high earnings.
Today Nordafar is an abandoned fishing settlement. The empty buildings are weathered and the
whole place bears witness to a bygone golden age,
lived not so long ago.
Along with Posta Faroe Islands, POST Greenland
commemorates with this stamp issue the fantastic
fishing adventure that Nordafar in Færingehavn was
for Greenland, Norway, Denmark and the Faroe Islands.
The Norwegian engraver Martin Morck has
created this evocative stamp issue, which is also issued in a joint Faroese, Greenlandic souvenir folder.
There are many personal stories from life at Nordafar. The stories, which are all snapshots from everyday life, where work was the focus. The conditions
for catching fish were so attractive that even ships
with Portuguese, Spanish and British flags were seen.
In 1957 the responsibility for administration of the
docks shifted from Færingehavnen to Nordafar A/S.
Three years before in 1954, Nordafar had visited
to inspect the expansion of the docking areas, which
were improved with a large quay, shop, factory and
more barracks.
The National Museum of Greenland at one point
received a photo album of snaps taken during the
summer 1954. The photos show a family on a picnic,
a photo of the supervisor and views of the docking
areas with the fishing boats. Some of the pictures
are of Norwegian and Faroese work gangs working
with transfers to the quay. Most of the people are still
unknown but, even though their names have been
forgotten, they still have a story to tell.
However, the working life of the season did not
only offer duties, but also lovely little experiences
such as fresh coconut cakes from Nuuk. Sweets were
popular in the cold wind, writes the former manager
of Nordafar Jørgen Jørgensen in 1957: “In four and a
half months, ..., the shop sold about
four tons of sweets...”. Spare time
was often spent at the cinema at
Velferdshjemmet. Life at Færingehavnen and Nordafar always
had its own rhythm and in some
ways had its own calendar. It was
the fishing season that governed,
when work would be done – it was
not an artificial calendar.
Both Færingehavnen and, later, Nordafar primarily arose due to Faroese and Norwegian fishermen
and the Danish state. The Faroese that I have met in
Nuuk proudly tell about the time they worked there
– or they knew a family member, who was at the
sailors’ home, a ship or the factory. The same goes
for the Greenlanders, who fished and worked there.
Even though the fishery was run by Norway, Denmark and the Faroe Islands, the harbour has always
been on Greenlandic soil and, thus, played a role for
the current fishing industry in Kalaalit Nunaat.
Augmented Reality!
Mangler
01100518
Nordafar - Joint w/ Faroe Islands
Value: DKK 22.50
Date of issue: 23rd September 2013
40 stamps per sheet.
External dimensions: 37.00 x 25.00 mm
Format: F / G - horizontal
Model Drawing: Martin Morck
Printing Process: Gravure (laser) and offset
Paper: TR4
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
See stamp on Nordafar A/S come alive with the
computer-generated layer ”Augmented Reality”
through The app ”Sepac Stamps” which can be
downloaded from both App store and Google Play.
- Issittup inoqajuitsuani mumisitsineq
– a Revolution in the Arctic Desert
01106518
Souvenir Sheet: Nordafar
Value: DKK 22.50
Date of issue: 23rd September 2013
01303060
Souvenir Folder: Nordafar
Value: DKK 49.50
Date of issue: 23rd September 2013
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CARL PETERSEN – THE FORGOTTEN
POLAR EXPLORER
By Nils Aage Jensen, historian and writer
His name was actually John Carl Christian Petersen and he was a poor child from Kvæsthusgade
in Copenhagen. He was born in 1813, the same
year that Denmark went bankrupt, so times were
tough. But Carl was full of adventure and go-do
attitude. He wanted to get out and see the world.
As a young man he went to sea as a ship’s boy
and sailed to Iceland. But he would sail further
north - to Greenland. It was in the monopoly days
and you were not able to travel to the big, almost
unknown country up there. You may have a profession that qualified one for service in the Royal
Greenland Trade Department where what was
most needed was cooperage craft. Fate allowed
Carl to train as a cooper and then he was immediately employed in Qeqertarsuaq / Godhavn.
From that time - 1832 - and for many years he
was firmly attached to Greenland - and he loved it!
From the beginning he mixed with his Greenlandic
settlement regimes and, although quite an unusual
language, he quickly and easily learned Greenlandic - in addition to English, which he learned from
whalers. Greenlanders appreciated QALE - as he
was known - and he married a Greenlandic girl IdaBerthe, with whom he had two children.
In 1845 the family moved to Upernavik, where
Carl was President and Ida-Berthe midwife.
POST Greenland, Filatelia
P.O. Box 121
3913 Tasiilaq, Greenland
Tel.: +299 98 11 55
Fax: +299 98 14 32
[email protected]
www.stamps.gl
In 1845 a great English expedition led by Sir
John Franklin sailed north with the two ships named Erebus and Terror and about 130 men to find
a sea route through the Northwest Passage. The
ships and men disappeared without a trace and,
in the following years, numerous expeditions were
sent out to look for them. A whaling captain informed the British Admiralty that there was a man in
Upernavik, who spoke both the Inuit language as
well as English. Carl got permission and then participated in a series of often very dramatic search
missions:
1850-51 led by whaling Captain William Penny
1853-55 led by the American Elisha Kent Kane
1857-59 led by the Irishman Francis Leopold
McClintock
The Kane expedition was a horrible voyage
where everyone was close to death and had to
abandon the ship and head down south to Upernavik in two small rowing boats across Melville
Bay. During the McClintock expedition Carl and his
companions succeeded in solving the mystery of
what had become of the missing expedition. They
found the skeletons of those who died on King
William Island and they also found the only document known from Franklin’s journey.
In 1860 the family went to Denmark, and Carl
worked as lighthouse keeper on the small island
Hjelm in the Kattegat. They lived there for 11 years, but once more he went travelling. With the
Swedish geologist Otto Torell - the man
who documented the theory that
there had been ice ages in the
North - he traveled to Svalbard
and examined the north coast of
these islands.
Ida-Berthe died in 1874 and
Carl in 1880. He was decorated
by Queen Victoria with the polar
medal. The Danish King Frederik VII
decorated him with the Silver Cross of
the Order of the Dannebrog and the Swedish king
gave him the Vega Medal. John Franklin’s widow
gave him a fine pocket watch. In his last year he
received a pension from the British government.
Incomprehensibly, he was all but forgotten in Denmark - probably because he truly was a modest
man who never made much of himself.
And yet he was one of his era’s most welltraveled polar explorers at the time which later was
to be called the ”heroic” period.
Carl Petersen
1813-1880
CARL PETERSEN – ISSITTUMI
ANGALATOOQ PUIGUGAQ
CARL PETERSEN – DEN GLEMTE
POLARFARER
CARL PETERSEN – THE
FORGOTTEN POLAR EXPLORER
CARL PETERSEN – DER VERGESSENE
POLARREISENDE
01303061
Souvenir Folder: Expedition XI – Carl Petersen
Value: DKK 31.50
Date of issue: 21th October 2013
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01100523
Expedition XI – Carl Petersen
Value: DKK 31.50
Date of issue: 21th October 2013
20 stamps per sheet.
Exterior dimensions: 58.00 x 33.00 mm
Format: Double F - standing
Design and Engraving: Martin Morck
Print Technique: Intaglio
Paper: TR4
01106523
Souvenir Sheet: Expedition XI – Carl Petersen
Value: DKK 31.50
Date of issue: 21th October 2013
About the Author
Nils Aage Jensen (1935) is an historian and
author of numerous books - textbooks in
history as well as stories with historical content.
New Definitive Series
Stamps
By Per Svendsen, Managing Director of POST
Greenland
In October 2012 the long-awaited definitive stamp bearing Her Majesty the Queen’s
portrait was issued. Later on the same portrait
appeared on the add values DKK 0.50 and
DKK 1.00. On 21st October it was reproduced
again on the top-value: DKK 10.00.
About our Queen
There is a true and deeply felt connection
between the Danish Royal house and the
Greenlandic people. The relations run deep.
Many up here still remember the Queen’s
parents, King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid,
and the heart felt emotional connection they
showed to Greenland. Margrethe Alexandrine
Þorhildur Ingrid, Her Majesty the Queen, was
born on 16th April 1940 at Amalienborg, Copenhagen. On 10th June 1967 she married
Henri Marie Jean André, Count de Laborde de
Monpezat, who, by the marriage, became His
Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark. The
reigning couple’s two sons, His Royal Highness
Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian
and His Royal Highness Prince Joachim Holger
Waldemar Christian were born subsequently
on 26th May 1968 and 7th June 1969 respectedly. Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid
became Queen of Denmark in 1972.
NOTE The printing machine in which the
definitive mark from 2012 (G488 and
G489) were printed in China, is no longer
in operation. Therefore POST Greenland
has had to find another printer, who
was Phil @ poste in Perigeux, France. For
technological reasons, the definitive stamp
G519 DKK 10.00 are therefore 1 ½ mm
wider than the G488 and G489. The height
of the series stamps 2012 and 2013 are the
same. A whole sheet of the G519 is 1 cm
wider than the G488 and G489. The height
is the same as the whole sheets.
21102013 C
01100519
Definitive 2013/1
Value: DKK 10.00
Date of issue: 21st October 2013
40 stamps per sheet
Ext. dimensions: 28.50 x 40.00mm
Format: G - Vertical
Photographer: Steen Brogaard
Engraver: Martin Mörck
Printing Method: Intaglio
Paper: TR4
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
2013 Christmas Stamps from POST Greenland
This year’s two Christmas stamps were
created by the artist Bolatta Silis-Hoegh. This is
the third time that this young and very versatile
artist has created the designs for Greenlandic
stamps. The two photo montages shown on the
stamps reflect Bolatta’s nostalgia for her childhood Christmas in Greenland. As she puts it:
I wanted to do some ”grandmother mood”
and thought of my mother’s small Christmas universes that I could look at and dream about for
hours. The white poinsettias I know from childhood and they are pure Christmas nostalgia for
me. The image is shown through a transparent
crystal glass and features candles in the snow
and ice, as we always do at Christmas.
About the Artist
Bolatta
Silis-Hoegh
was born in 1981
in Qaqortoq. As the
daughter of artist Aka
Hoegh and writer and
photographer
Ivars
Silis, Bolatta comes
from a home where
art flourishes and is constantly evolving.
As a young, versatile artist, her works most
often concentrate on Greenland’s cultural
Juullip frimærkit 2013
and ecological identity. Bolatta has illuUkioq manna juullip frimærkit eqqumiitsuliortup Bolatta Silis-Høegh-ip suliarai. Assilisat marluk frimærkini takutinneqarput, taakkunanilu Bolattap Kalaallit Nunaanni meeraanermini juullisiortarnini takutinniarpaa: ” ”Aanaamut” tunngasunik
suliastrated
qarusuummersimavunga,
anaanamalu
juullimi silarsuaarai,
akunnerpassuarni
isiginnaarlugillu takorloortakkakka
many
other
books
including
set
eqqarsaatigisimallugit. Juullip ulloriai qaqortut meeraaninniit ilisimalluarpakka, juullimullu tunngatillugit. Krystal-it akimut
ersittut igalaamernillu, tassaapput apummi imermilu
designs and art.
qerisumi naneruutit, juullileraangat suliariuaannakkagut.”
Nassiussat akii • Allakkat
Posttakster • Breve
However, in these two Oqimaassuseq
Christmas
stamps
Kal. Nun.
Europa* Nunat allat**
annerpaamik
Julefrimærkerne
2013 manages,
Bolatta
in a thoughtful
way,Øvr. udland**
Vægt højst Grønland
Europa*
Årets to julefrimærker er skabt af kunstneren Bolatta Silis20 g
9,00
10,50
11,50
Høegh. De to fotoopstillinger, som er vist på frimærkerne,
100 g
16,00
20,00
40,50
to Bolattas
draw
very
Greenlandic
elements
reflekterer
nostalgi some
ved sin barndoms
jul i Grønland:
250 g
28,00
38,00
93,00
”Jeg fik lyst til at lave lidt ”mormorstemning” og tænkte på
500 g
52,00
72,00
158,50
min from
mors små juleuniverser,
som jeg kunne kigge
på ogus. The two Christmas
Christmas
for
1.000 g
82,00
105,00
203,50
drømme om i timevis. De hvide julestjerner kender jeg fra
2.000 g
110,50
155,00
283,50
barnsben af og de er ren julenostalgi for mig. Det med genuniverses
be viewed
from an indoor
nemsigtigt
krystal og glas er etcan
billede af stearinlys
i sneen
og i frossen vand, som vi altid laver ved juletid.”
and an outdoor perspective: The interior
design includes colours and warmth, while
the exterior design grapples with the Arctic cold and clean snow and ice. Common
to the two Christmas stamps is the light
that shows the way during the long Arctic
winter.
21102013JUL
01100524
Christmas stamps 2013 1/2
joint w/Macau Post
Value: DKK 9.00
Date of issue: 21st October 2013
50 stamps per sheet
Exterior dimensions: 32.00 x 24.00 mm
Format: B - horizontal
Artist: Bolatta Silis-Høegh
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Printing Method: offset
Paper: TR4
01100525
Christmas stamps 2013 2/2 joint w/Macau Post
Value: DKK 10.50
Date of issue: 21st October 2013
Kalaallit Nunaat
Grønland
Frimærkinut mappersagaq
Frimærkehæfte nr. 18
DKK 117,-
* Taakkununnga ilaallutik / Herunder Danmark, Island og Færøerne
** Taakkununnga ilaallutik / Herunder Canada
01301118
Christmas booklet No. 18
Value: DKK 117.00
Date of issue: 21st October 2013
Paper: Tullis Russell, CPST225, 94g, 135g paper.
Each contains 6 self-adhesive stamps of the two
Christmas stamps.
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This autumn POST Greenland will participate in:
NEW!
A joint souvenir folder
and joint first-day cover
in cooperation with
Macao Post!
01203224
First-day cover, Macao Post &
POST Greenland
Price: DKK 31.50
It bears a set of Macao Post’s
Christmas stamps and a set of
POST Greenland’s Christmas
stamps cancelled with each
post offices respective first day
cancellation.
2013 China International Collection Expo
Beijing: 26. – 29. September 2013
By Pertti Frandsen
Under the headline ”In search of the dream, while philately enjoyed” during the last weekend of September the Beijing Exhibition Centre opens , the gates of this large, recurring international
collectors’ exhibition in China. For the fourth time, POST Green-
land will participate in a stamp exhibition in the ”Middle Kingdom”. And what could be more natural for a post office than to
participate in this year’s largest stamp and ‘philatelic event” in
the world’s most populous country? We, therefore, look forward
to following up our sales successes from Beijing in 2010, Wuxi
in 2011 and, again Beijing in 2012. It will also be the tenth time
since its inception in 1995, that this event is held in China. Last
autumn just over 100,000 enthusiastic and curious collectors visited this exhibition - mainly Chinese. . To accommodate the tens
of thousands of visitors the organisers’ have, therefore, moved
the event from the China World Trade Centre to the much larger
Beijing Exhibition Centre, with its 22,000 m2 to create sufficient
space. Organisers from China Post hope that at least as many
visitors as last year will again flock to this annual international
philatelic meeting point in China. Just like last year, we also share
a nice booth position with our good colleagues from the other
seven Nordic postal services. Once again we will bring lots of new
Greenlandic stamps in all price ranges.
In addition, we will bring the brand new 75th anniversary stamp
from The Greenland Post Office, launched on 17th September
and also our brand new joint issue with Posta Faroe Islands,
which has the theme ”Nordafar”. We are very pleased to once
again meet our Chinese collectors and present our stamps - and
the story behind the stamps - from Greenland
Read more about 2013 China International Collection Expo here:
http://english.chinapost.com.cn/html/Home/report/566-1.htm
2013 Stamp, Letter & Postcard Fair
01303062
Joint Souvenir Folder with
Macao Post
Price: DKK 67.00
Date of issue: 21st October 2013
Containing a set of Macao
Post’s Christmas stamps, a set
of POST Greenland’s Christmas
stamps as well as the joint
first-day cover.
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in Copenhagen: 4th - 5th October 2013
By Hjørdis Viberg
Copenhagen is once again home to a large stamp show. It is
being held at the Hotel Radisson Blu Falconer Allé 7-9 in Frederiksberg which is close to parking spaces, bus stops and the
subway station at Frederiksberg Centre. The Fair’s area will be
extended this year with an area on the ground floor, where four
postal services will have booths. The major auction houses will
be present for assessments and submissions. On the website
www.3fff.dk, under ”Activities”, you will see the list of a number
of Danish stamp dealers who will be present with new material
for your collection. Five stamp dealers will also be travelling to
the Fair from abroad and will contribute to a greater diversity
of stamps and collectibles for sale. The 75th anniversary of The
Greenland Post Office will be marked with a special exhibition
that may be of interest to Greenland collectors. We will also bring
the new joint issue with Posta Faroe Islands, which has the theme
”Nordafar”. In addition, the organisers will provide a variety of
other exhibitions and also stamp activities for children. We are
very pleased to once again meet with our Danish collectors at this
great stamp exhibition in Copenhagen.
Read more: www.3fff.dk/frimaerke-brev-postkort-messe-2013-2/
Hours:
Friday 4th October 11:00hrs to 18:00hrs.
Saturday, 5th October 10:00hrs to 16:00hrs.
Admission DKK 30, - (50, - for both days), including an issue
of the magazine “Frimærkesamleren” witch is also an exhibition
catalogue.
News from POST Greenland
Send the Christmas mail early
Read next time...
The cancellation advertising “Send Juleposten I God Tid” (Send your Christmas
mail early) will be used during the period 1st – 30th November 2013 in the
stamp cancellation machines at the following four POST
Greenland post offices:
3900 Nuuk
3911 Sisimiut
3920 Qaqortoq
3952 Ilulissat
The next edition of Greenland Collector published in early January 2014. Here
you can read about:
• Vote for “Stamp of the year 2013”
• New series: Greenlandic songs
•2014 EUROPA stamps
• Greenlandic Mining – Part Five
•
•
•
•
2014 Stamp Programme
SEPAC 2014: Flowers
2014 Additional Value Stamp
And much more…
Up until the end of this year POST
Greenland will participate in these fairs
During the period 2nd – 30th December 2013 Santa Claus will be undertaking philatelic services. He uses the above mentioned date cancellation on
all franked mail despatches being send to: Post Greenland, Filatelia, Postboks
121 3913 Tasiilaq NOTE: In order to have the cancellations of your choice, it is
essential that the respective post offices receive your letters for cancellation by
Friday 29th November 2013 at the latest. Please remember to indicate clearly
that it is the cancel of Santa Claus 2412 which is preferred.
• 2013 China Collection Expo, Beijing, 26th-29th Sept. 2013
• Stamp, Letter and Postcard Fair, Copenhagen, 4th-5th Oct 2013
A special exhibition cachet will be produced for the above
mentioned exhibitions. Envelopes for cancellation with these
date stamps are to be sent so as to have
arrived at POST Greenland, Filatelia the
day before the respective exhibitions.
Sales figures from our final sale on 30th June 2013
From the final sale on 30th June 2013 we can now publish the following sales figures:
Title
Stamp. Contemperary Art IV 1/3
Stamp. EUROPA 2010 1/2
Stamp. Queen Margrethe II - 70 Years
Stamp. Erfalasorput 25th Anniversary
Stamp. Thule Trading Station Centenary
Stamp. Greenlandic Mining I 1/2
Stamp. Greenlandic Mining I 2/2
Stamp. Expeditions VIII 1/2
Stamp. Expeditions VIII 2/2
Stamp. Communication I 1/3
Stamp. Communication I 3/3
Stamp. Additional Value 2011 - KIMIK 7.50 + 0.5
Stamp. Greenlandic herbs I 1/2
Stamp. Aviation Series I 2/2
Stamp. Greenlandic Comics III - Kassassuk
Stamp. Contemporary Art V 1/3
Stamp. Contemporary Art V 3/3
Stamp. SEPAC - Scenery III
Souvenir Sheets. Comics II - Buuarsikkut
Souvenir Sheets. Expeditions VIII
Souvenir Sheets. Communication I
Souvenir Sheets. Comics III - Kaassassuk
Souvenir Sheets. Expedition IX - Naomi Uemura
Souvenir Folder. Norden Coastline sceneries I
Souvenir Folder. Greenlandic herbs I
Souvenir Folder. Expeditions IX - Naomi Uemura
Souvenir Folder. SEPAC III - Scenery
Year Pack 2009
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
Item no.
01100436
01100439
01100446
01100447
01100449
01100450
01100451
01100452
01100453
01100456
01100458
01100461
01100462
01100467
01100468
01100469
01100471
01100472
01106448
01106452
01106456
01106468
01106475
01303045
01303047
01303049
01303050
01304009
Date of issue
18.01.2010
18.01.2010
16.04.2010
01.05.2010
18.10.2010
18.10.2010
18.10.2010
18.10.2010
18.10.2010
17.01.2011
17.01.2011
17.01.2011
17.01.2011
09.05.2011
09.05.2011
09.05.2011
09.05.2011
28.09.2011
01.05.2010
18.10.2010
17.01.2011
09.05.2011
28.07.2011
24.03.2010
17.01.2011
28.07.2011
28.09.2011
19.10.2009
Value
kr. 6.50
kr. 8.50
kr. 35.00
kr. 7.00
kr. 25.00
kr. 0.50
kr. 26.50
kr. 0.25
kr. 32.00
kr. 2.00
kr. 46.50
kr. 8.00
kr. 13.50
kr. 17.50
kr. 20.00
kr. 3.00
kr. 34.00
kr. 8.00
kr. 23.50
kr. 32.25
kr. 56.00
kr. 20.00
kr. 36.50
kr. 120.00
kr. 38.50
kr. 36.50
kr. 112.00
kr. 376.25
Sales figures
98,666
157,445
48,246
108,094
63,938
133,468
48,106
90,443
44,139
80,316
45,461
40,229
69,222
49,268
47,262
47,108
40,373
83,802
27,385
27,850
22,684
22,448
25,562
903
1,139
2,045
840
18,782
10
Worth knowing
Please send your orders / amendments to:
POST Greenland, Filatelia
P. O. Box 121, 3913 Tasiilaq, GREENLAND
Telephone: (0045) 70 26 05 50 and (00299) 98 11 55
Fax: (00299) 98 14 32
Email: [email protected]
Any change in name, address and/or subscription must
be received by POST Greenland, Filatelia, no later than 5
weeks prior to a stamp issue.
NOTE
Please do not write your order on a giro transfer form as these
are processed electronically.
How to pay
On the payment – please make sure you always state your
name and your customer number. Your payments can be made
by giro to one of the accounts mentioned below, by credit card,
by international reply coupon or by cash in Danish Kroner, Euro
or US Dollars only.
It is no longer possible to pay by cheque.
Automatic credit card charge:
You can sign up for an automatic credit card charge from
POST Greenland, Filatelia if you wish to use your credit card
as payment when you buy stamps or when receiving your
subscription. If you sign up to this new credit card service, the
total amount will automatically be deducted each time we send
your order or subscription shipment to you.
All you have to do is create a user account at www.stampsshop.gl, select the menu - ”Account” and follow the instructions. Then we will charge the amount on your credit card,
when we send the items to you.
NOTE
- If you have a debit balance, you need to pay this outstanding
amount before the automatic credit card charge will be
activated.
- If you get a new credit card, credit card number, expiry date
or CVC-number, please delete your automatic credit card
charge on www.stampsshop.gl and sign up again with the new
information.
Instructions can be found on www.stamps.gl -> About Filatelia
-> Payment methods
GIRO BANK TRANSFER
Denmark: Danske Bank, Holmens Kanal 2-12, 1092
København K. Account No.: 9541 - 940 4120.
IBAN: DK98 30000009404120, BIC (SWIFT code): DABADKKK
Sweden: Postgirot Bank AB (publ), Vasagatan 7, 105 06
Stockholm. Account No.: 41 45-9.
IBAN: SE9795000099602600041459, BIC (SWIFT code):
NDEASESS
Norway: Postbanken, Kunderegister Bedrift, 0021 Oslo.
Account No. 7878.06.55312
IBAN: NO44 78780655312, BIC (SWIFT code): DNBANOKK
Net payment within 30 days
Payment of our invoices is to be made within 30 days from the
date of the invoice.
Please note that the registration of your payments will take
approximately two weeks or more. Therefore, you may receive
an invoice with a balance which does not include your recent
payments.
Germany: Postbank, Niederlassung Hamburg, Überseering 26,
22297 Hamburg.
Account No.: 541414200 BLZ 200 100 20.
IBAN: DE03 2001 0020 0541 414200, BIC (SWIFT code):
PBNKDEFF
Exchange of stamps
POST Greenland, Filatelia, exchanges only unused stamps
(stamps no longer on our sales list) into new stamps (stamps
on our sales list) at the customer’s choice. No more than 3
exchanges free of charge at maximum DKK 100.00 each, per
customer per year are permitted. When exceeding a total of 3
x DKK 100.00, POST Greenland, Filatelia, will charge a fee of
45% of the nominal value.
The fee of 45% must always be paid in cash and is not payable
by other stamps. The maximum annual value of unused stamps
for exchange per customer must not exceed DKK 50,000 in
nominal value. For further information, please contact POST
Greenland, Filatelia.
Credit card:
MasterCard, VISA, JCB, Dankort, VISA Electron, Maestro.
We kindly ask you to use one of the methods below:
- the order form
- pay through www.stamps.gl.
- sign up for the automatic credit card charge on www.stamps.gl
Instructions can be found on www.stamps.gl -> About Filatelia
-> Payment methods
Cash:
Only banknotes in Danish kroner (DKK), euro (EUR) or US dollar
(USD) are accepted and must be sent by registered mail.
Postal order IRC (IBRS):
International reply coupons: Value DKK 10.50 each.
One-year deadline for complaints
Any complaint concerning stamps or philatelic items purchased
from POST Greenland must reach POST Greenland, Filatelia, no
later than one year from the last day of the month in which the
items were despatched. The date of the postmark, or possibly
the invoice, indicates the date of despatch.
Fees for registered letters and parcels despatched from
Greenland
The fee for registered letters within Greenland or to Europe
(including Denmark and the Faroes) is DKK 87.00. e.g.: Postage
for a registered letter stamped with DKK 11.50 (max. 20 g.)
amounts to DKK 97.50. For the postage charges for mail to
other overseas countries, see: www.stamps.gl.
Handling fee on cancellations of old stamps
For each received batch of stamps for cancellation by POST
Greenland, Filatelia a fee of DKK 15.00 will be charged. The
amount can be paid by the payment methods listed on this
page.
www.stamps.gl
On www.stamps.gl it is possible to gain much information
about Greenlandic stamps.
It is possible to read Greenland Collector, sign up for our newsletter, read last news, buy stamps, participate in competitions,
administrate your account and your subscription etc.
All information on prices, fees etc.
is subject to printer’s errors.
Handling Fee
Subscription deliveries will be charged a handling fee of DKK
10.00. Other order deliveries, e.g. all orders received by phone,
fax, email or letter, will be charged a handling fee of DKK
15.00. Online orders placed through our website www.stamps.
gl are FREE of charge.
Publisher: POST Greenland · Editors: Kristian Sakæussen, Martin Brix Pedersen, Jacob Lunddahl Pedersen, Kristian ”Karé” Pîvat, Peder Friis Sørensen, Hjørdis Viberg. Chief Editor: Pertti Frandsen.
Layout & Printing: G-grafisk.dk · Cover Photo: Lars Holst Hansen.
We are the people you reach,
whenever you write, fax, e-mail
or telephone POST Greenland,
Filatelia.
We look forward to offering our
continued assistance with your
philatelic enquiries.
11
Kristian
Sakæussen
Trainee
Greenlandic,
Danish
Martin Brix
Pedersen
Sales Assistant.
Danish, English,
German
Jacob Lunddahl
Pedersen
Sales Assistant.
Danish, English,
German
Kristian
”Karé” Pivat
Senior Clerk
Greenlandic,
Danish
Peder F. Sørensen
Customer Service
Manager.
Danish, English,
German, Spanish
Hjørdis Viberg
Administrative
Manager
Faroese, Danish,
English, German
Pertti Frandsen
Philatelic Manager
Danish, English,
German
Description/Subscription codes with themes
If you take out a subscription to a product with a theme, then remember to attach a theme
from the list below to the subscription creation
Return address:
POST GREENLAND
FILATELIA
POSTBOKS 121
3913 TASIILAQ
GRØNLAND
DISCOUNT on book purchase!
At the time of this new stamp issue about Carl Petersen,
you can buy direct from the publishing house “FORLAGET
SOHN” Nils Aage Jensen’s acclaimed biography ”Carl - Polar
hazards” about Carl Petersen for only DKK249, including
FREE shipping. Go to: http://sohn.dk/carl_-_polarfarer
The book’s normal price is DKK299.95
FREE shipping in Denmark and Greenland.
NB: The book is written in Danish. Offer valid until 31/12/2013.
The 2013 Year Pack
Item: 01304013
Price: DKK 567.50
Date of issue: 21st October 2013
POST Greenland can now present together the 24 new stamps and 5
souvenir sheets which was released throughout 2013
The 2013 Year Pack from POST
Greenland contains one mint
(unused) copy of each of the 24
new stamps, issued in Greenland during 2013. A quarter of
the stamps also appeared in 5
souvenir sheets, which are also
included in the Year Pack.
In addition to the stamps that
are beautifully designed featuring images of Greenland,
the Year Pack contains short
descriptions of the cultural or historical themes that are depicted on the stamps. Packs
make it easy and convenient to keep your Greenland collection complete. You can buy
Year Packs online at www.stamps.gl. Where you can also take out a subscription for the
Year Pack. Of course you can also email us your order on [email protected] or call us at +45
7026 0550, where you will only pay the Danish country tariff for your call.
100 Single stamps with theme
101 Blocks of four with theme
Blocks of four like connected stamps.
102 Half sheets with theme
The number of stamps per half sheet varies,
e.g. 50, 25, 20 or 10 pcs.
103 Whole sheets with themeThe number of stamps per whole sheet varies,
e.g. 100, 50, 40 or 20 pcs.
104 Upper marginals with theme Upper marginal blocks of four.
105 Lower marginals with theme Lower marginal blocks of four.
106 Souvenir sheets with themeIncluding 1 to 6 stamps of an issue or a series.
107 Mini sheets with themeIncluding 8 like stamps
201 FDC/1 with themeFirst day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled.
202 FDC/4 with themeFirst day covers franked with a block of four, cancelled.
203 FDC/Series with themeFirst day covers franked with one of each
stamp of a series, cancelled.
204 FDC/Souvenir
First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled.
sheets with theme
301 Stamp Booklets with themeBooklets containing two blocks of 4 to 6 stamps each.
303 Souvenir Folders with themeComplete series of stamps inserted in an illustrated folder.
401 Maxicards with themePostcards pertaining to the stamp design franked and
cancelled with a first day cancellation on the picture side.
402 Postcards with themeOrdinary postcards pertaining to philately. Note: Same
design as maxicard.
Themes Theme Id
1 · Europa · 2 Royal · 3 Transportation · 4 Nature · 5 Science · 6 Art · 7 Anniversary / Event · 8 Intaglio
Description/Subscription codes for sets
610 Single stamps in set
611 Blocks of four in setBlocks of four like connected stamps.
612 Half sheets in setThe number of stamps per half sheet varies,
e.g. 50, 25, 20 or 10 pcs.
613 Whole sheets in setThe number of stamps per whole sheet varies,
e.g. 100, 50, 40 or 20 pcs.
614 Upper marginals in set
Upper marginal blocks of four.
615 Lower marginals in set
Lower marginal blocks of four.
616 Souvenir sheets in set
Including 1 to 6 stamps of an issue or a series.
617 Mini sheets in set
Including 8 like stamps
621 FDC/1 in setFirst day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled.
622 FDC/4 in setFirst day covers franked with a block of four, cancelled.
623 FDC/Series in setFirst day covers franked with one of each stamp of a
series, cancelled.
624 FDC/Souvenir sheets in setFirst day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled.
205 FDC/1 Year SetA whole year’s FDC/1.
631 Stamp Booklets in setBooklets containing two blocks of 4 to 6 stamps each.
633 Souvenir Folders in setComplete series of stamps inserted in an illustrated
folder.
641 Maxicards in setPostcards pertaining to the stamp design franked and
cancelled with a first day cancellation on the picture side.
642 Postcards in setOrdinary postcards pertaining to philately. Note: Same
design as maxicard.
645 Fair Cards in set
Postcard franked and cancelled on the picture side with a fair’s special cancel.
304 Year PackA whole year’s issue of stamps plus souvenir sheets
inserted in an illustrated folder. Note: Stamp booklets
not included.
520 DAVO pagesExtra pages „GREENLAND” with mounts, for DAVO
luxury albums.
700 Franking Labels
701 FDC/1 Franking Labels
702 FDC/Serie Franking Labels
Key to variants
0
Mint (i.e. uncancelled) stamps, blocks of four, etc.
1Stamps, etc., cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date, mounted on cardboard.
2Stamps, etc., cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date.
3Stamps, etc., cancelled with first day cancellation. mounted on cardboard.
4
Stamps, etc., cancelled with first day cancellation.
5Stamps, etc., centre cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date.
6
Stamps, etc., centre cancelled with first day cancellation.
POST Greenland · Filatelia · Phone: (0045) 7026 0550 · Fax: (00299) 98 14 32 · [email protected] · www.stamps.gl