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GREENLAND
Collector
Subscription magazine for collectors of Greenland stamps • Vol. 16 • No. 3 • September 2011
Expeditions IX
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The mining history of
Greenland - 2. del
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SEPAC - Scenery III
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CHINA 2011
in Wuxi
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Greenlandic Christmas
with the strawberry
girls
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The Year Pack 2011
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The Amazing Arctic Achievements by the Japanese Naomi Uemura
By Pertti Frandsen
One of the most fascinating Arctic daredevils in modern times is the Japanese Naomi
Uemura. Before his 30th Birthday, he had solo - climbed Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, Mont
Blanc and the Matterhorn. In addition, he had
attended the first Japanese expedition to the
summit of Mount Everest.
Naomi Uemura was born on 12th February
1941 in Hidaka in northern Japan. By nature
he was shy. It is said that he threw himself
into climbing only to enhance his confidence.
Greenland and the Arctic had a very special
absorbing effect on the Japanese daredevil.
Therefore, he set out to become the first person to reach the North Pole solo. It was in 1978.
The Arctic adventure ended with a fantastic
performance: A crossing of the Greenland ice
sheet from north to south - an achievement
no one had previously attempted. During the
crossing Uemura collected substantial quantities of samples and observations about snow,
ice and glacial conditions.
POST Greenland is therefore proud to present
this stamp as a tribute to the Japanese Naomi
Uemura’s legendary north-south crossing of
the ice cap in 1978.
North Pole
Actually Uemura dreamed of a solo crossing of
Antarctica. His expeditions in the Arctic were conceived as pure preparation for his daring aim in the
Southern Hemisphere. But, first the North Pole had
to be defeated. To ‘warm up’ as he called it, he
drove by dogsled from Greenland to Alaska. The
journey was almost 12,000 km and took 310 days.
Only then, he felt ready for the potency test in the
ultimate north.
Heading towards the North Pole in 1978,
Uemura wrote that he almost completely gave up
twice. On the fourth day of the expedition a polar
bear invaded his camp, ate his food and rubbed
his nose against the sleeping bag in which Uemura
played dead. When the polar bear returned the
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
next day Uemura was prepared and he shot it.
On the expedition’s 35th day Uemura ended
up on an ice floe with his dog team. After a terrible night Uemura finally found an ice bridge only
a metre wide and this was to be his and his dogs
rescue exit route.
After 57 days he became the first to solo the
North Pole. The date was 29th April 1978. He
described what happened as follows: ”The thing
that drove me forward was the thought of the
countless people who had helped and supported
me, and knowing that I could not stand face to
face with them if I gave up.”
01100475
Expeditions IX
Naomi Uemura
Value: DKK 36.50
Issue: 9th May 2011
20 stamps per. sheet
Exterior dimensions:
57.68mm x 33.44 mm
Format: Double F - standing
Image and engraving:
Martin Mörck
Printing Method: Intaglio
Paper: TR4
land, a 2,540 meters high nunatak on the ice cap in
southern Greenland was named after the Japanese
adventurer in recognition of his achievements and
out of respect for his fantastic adventure in Greenland six years earlier. The following year a commemorative bronze plaque was unveiled at the airport
in Narsarsuaq to honour Uemura.
Read more about Naomi Uemura here:
www.uemura-museum-tokyo.jp
Crossing the ice sheet north - south
From the North Pole it took Uemura an additional 10 days to reach Cape Morris Jessup in the
northernmost part of Greenland. From there on
10th May he could begin his journey across the ice
cap towards the south. The use of sail on the dog
sled gave an incredible speed. The highest point of
the ice cap which Uemura reached en route was
3,230 metres. The position was 72 ° N, 40 ° W
and the date was 12th July. Finally, on 22nd August
1978, he reached the southernmost point of
Greenland. From there onwards all transportation
by dog sled proved quite impossible and a Twin Otter from Canada was chartered which flew Uemura
and the dogs to the airport in Narsarsuaq, where
the expedition ended.
Final destination Mt. McKinley
On 12th February 1984, Uemura’s 43rd Birthday,
he became the first to solo the summit of Mt. McKinley in Alaska. The following day during the descent he lost radio contact with the outside world.
A search team was sent out, but they found only
his equipment and his diary. The last lines read:
”If only I was in a warm sleeping bag. Whatever
happens, I will reach the summit of McKinley. ”
Heritage Sites in Greenland
When the news of Uemura’s death reached Green-
01303049
Souvenir Folder.
Expeditions IX
Naomi Uemura
DKK 36,50
01106475
Souvenir sheet. Expeditions IX
Naomi Uemura
Value: DKK 36.50
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Japanese Interest for
Greenlandic Philately
By Pertti Frandsen
POST Greenland has, for the first time, participated in a stamp exhibition in
Japan. It took place in Yokohama from 28th – 2nd August in connection with
the world philatelic exhibition “PHILANIPPON 2011”.
When the large, impressive exhibition complex Pacifico Yokohama opened
its doors, thousands of eager Japanese had already been queuing for hours.
But they were not disappointed.
On the opening day POST Greenland issued a beautiful new stamp featuring Naomi Uemura, who, thereby, was deservingly honoured posthumously
for his outstanding Arctic achievements: In 1978 he crossed the Greenlandic
ice sheet from north to south by himself. Present at POST Greenland’s stamp
presentation was, among others, Uemura’s widow, Mrs. Kimiko Uemura, who
thanked us warmly for the beautiful stamp depicting her husband’s portrait.
POST Greenland had made a limited number of luxury packs, which each
contains the Uemura stamp as a single stamp, souvenir sheet, souvenir folder
and on an FDC, maxicard and postcard. Furthermore, the luxury pack contained an elegant etching with Uemura’s portrait, drawn and signed by the
artist who created the stamp image, Norwegian Martin Mörck. The luxury
packs were much sought after amongst the Japanese collectors.
For this reason there was great activity on our PostGreenland stand, which
made attending the exhibition an even more festive occasion for us. We thereby made contact with many new Japanese collectors, whom we look forward
to serve to the best of our abilities in the future.
During the six days of the exhibition no less than 50.000 visitors passed
by the stands. PHILLANIPPON 2011 clearly became the huge success the
organisers hoped.
POST Greenland thanks all the visitors at our stand I Yokohama.
Domo arigatõ gozaimasu!
Read more about PHILANIPPON 2011 at www.philanippon.jp/english/
The mining history of Greenland
The artist
Ina Rosing
(Private photo)
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Af Karsten Secher,
Senior geologist at GEUS
(The National Geological studies
of Denmark and Greenland)
Qaarsuarsuk – early coal mining in
Greenland 1905-24
The coal of Disko was already being mined as early
as 1780 at the settlement Aamaruutissat (Skansen),
where the locals had traditionally supplied themselves with coal. From 1782, the colonial administration systematised the mining under the name “Kulbrækkeriet på Disko” (The Coal Mine on Disko).
Later at the area of Gl. Qullissat, a little south of the
present Qullissat, the mine “Ritenbenks kulbrud”
(Ritenbenk’s Coal Mine) was opened.
The need for coal was increasing in Greenland
and, in 1905, “Statens kulbrud” (The Coal Mine
of the State) was opened at Qaarsuarsuk on the
northern side of Nuussuaq. Here, too, the mining
was initiated in an area where the local population
already mined for coal. However, regular mining in
mineshafts could only be initiated four years later.
It was soon discovered that mining in Greenland
– contrary to mines in most other areas – had the
advantage of not having the feared firedamp,
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
Since 2003, POST Greenland has had self-adhesive stamps in its product range, for instance the annual
Christmas stamp booklet. The two mining stamps G473 und G474 are only issued on self-adhesive paper,
however. This initiative with two yearly stamps, which are only made in self-adhesive format, has been
made to fill an increasing postal need for self-adhesive stamps in Greenland.
The two stamp designs have been created by Ina Rosing who, yet again, has been able to combine the
historic and the modern in her artwork.
because the hollows in the layers of coal were filled
with ice. The mine was shaped with a horizontal
mineshaft in the steep rock wall by the coast only
10 metres from the sea. The coal was dug from
an almost horizontal layer of coal with an average
thickness of 2.5 metres and an area of approximately 100 x 160 metres.
The Qaarsuarsuk mine was closed in 1924
after about 25.000 metric ton of coal had been
excavated. After long consideration concerning a
new mine on the southwest coast of Nuussuaq by
Atanikerluk, the activity was moved to Qullissat on
the northeastern coast of Disko. The stamp design
shows workers and equipment at the entrance to
the mine near the sea. The background shows an
original mining rapport on a part of the stamp.
Josva’s Copper Mine – Greenland’s first
copper mine 1907-14
Josva’s Copper Mine was named after the discoverer, the Greenlandic sealer Josva who, during
a hunting trip in the vicinity, found a rock with
copper minerals. The rock was found to contain
copper ore (Bornit) and, in 1852, the find became
the basis for the first modest mining in the area.
At first the official name “Innatsiaq” was used for
the mine. Before the activities were abandoned in
1854, 30 ton of mined ore (sorted after copper
content of about 30 % from the top of the vein)
were left in storage in the mining town.
The ore, which had been left behind, was not
shipped out until half a century later, when mining
was resumed in 1906 and it became the first ore
from the new mine. From the beginning the engineer, M. I. Nyeboe, was involved in the operation
and construction of the mine, first as technical
adviser and, from 1907, as director. He started
operations with known methods going from the
surface, but from 1910, important modernizations
had been introduced. The new thing in 1910 included subterranean mining, where two central main
shafts were the basis for the excavation of ore on
several subterranean levels. At the Josva mine, up
to five subterranean levels were connected with a
network of mineshafts down to depths of almost
100 meters below the surface of the sea.
Modern times also brought the introduction of
machines for mining, first based on steam power
and, already from 1913, diesel engines. “Modern”
exploitation of raw materials had made its appearance in the Josva mine. Numerous large expansion plans for the mine did not reach fruition, however, before activities were halted in 1914, when
the amount of copper was deemed too small to
support further operations.
The stamp design is dominated by the important
shaft tower, which was erected in 1910 and, has a
background with the signature of one of the miners
of the first mining activity, SOLJ [18]53, found as
rock graffiti near the copper vein.
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01100474
Greenlandic Mining II 2/2
Qaarsuarsuk coal mine
Value: DKK 28.00
Date of issue: 17th October 2011
36 stamps per sheet
Size: G – Vertical
Outer measurements:
29.00mm x 39.00 mm
Artist: Ina Rosing
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: Self-adhesive. Avery92g/
S2000N glue/130 g paper.
01100473
Greenlandic Mining II 1/2
Josva’s copper mine
Value: DKK 0.75
SEPAC - Scenery III
SEPAC, which stands for ’Small European Postal Administration Cooperation’ is a brand new collectors’ area
that, besides Greenland, includes Åland, The Faroe
Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jersey,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta and Monaco.
On 28th September 2011 POST Greenland issues a stamp with the theme ’Scenery’ which is
the current common theme for all the Small European Postal Administrations, in the SEPAC
group. This joint issue places the spotlight on the unique scenic landscapes that are characteristic of each country. This stamp issue is the third part of the SEPAC series.
A total of 12 countries will issue the souvenir folder:
Beautiful Corners of Europe III, with all their individual
stamps and beautiful photographs, as well as additional
informative text about the different countries. In the
souvenir folder there is also included a gift coupon from
each country. This SEPAC folder is the third in the series
since 2007.
By Ivars Silis - writer / photographer
When working on a book of photographs of
North Greenland I had agreed to accompany two
ice fishermen from Ilulissat to the fishing sites on
Kaniga, at Ilulissat ice fjord.
It was a must. Dogsledding and fishing for
halibut in an ice fjord is as much a part of
everyday life in the Disco Bay area, as the camel
in the desert.
We had driven through passages and frozen
lakes in heavy loose snowfall and spent the night
in a hunting cabin at a narrow bay in the fjord.
Next morning we started out in snowy weather,
but in a short time the sun had burnt the clouds
away and, when we rounded a promontory, this
panorama awaited us with fresh snow and icebergs.
But this was not just any iceberg, but one that is
truly characteristic of our time and for the Northern
Hemisphere’s most productive glacier.
Because of global warming, glaciers have pulled
so far back that it pushes the ice into huge slices
instead of breaking off as whole ice islands.
I jumped off the sled and ran out to the side to
get the aspect ratio with a photograph, which also
tells the story of a milder climate.
The folder may be ordered as single copies through retail
distribution from the issue date, 28th September 2011.
Item: 01303050. DKK 112.00
The souvenir folder will be dispatched in subscription
on 17th October 2011.
Following our final sale in April, we can now publish the following sales figures:
Item No.
01100414
01100415
01100418
01100419
01100420
01100424
01106D74
01106401 01106407
01106410 01107416
01107417
01303041
01303042
01303050
Souvenir folder
SEPAC – Scenery III
DKK: 112.00
Date of issue: 28.09.2011
01100472
SEPAC - Scenery III
Value: DKK 8.00
Date of issue: 28.09.2011
50 stamps per sheet
Format: D - Horizontal
Photographer: Ivars Silis
Outer target: 47.20.. x 20.20 mm
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Print Method: Offset
Paper: TR4
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
Sales figures from our final sale
on 30th April 2011
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Title Value (DKK)
Global Warming
5.00
Greenlandic Cancer Society 6.25+0.50 Fossils in Greenland II 1/3
2.00
Fossils in Greenland II 2/3
11.50
Fossils in Greenland II 3/3
22.00
Contemporary Art III 1/3
6.00
Souvenir Sheet, Parcel Porto stamps Anniversary 175.00
Souvenir Sheet, Norden Mythology III
15.00
Souvenir Sheet, Science IV 45.00
Souvenir Sheet, Expeditions VI
24.75
Mini Sheet, EUROPA 2009/1
50.00
Mini Sheet, EUROPA 2009/2
64.00
Souvenir Folder: Contemporary Art III
57.00
Souvenir Folder: SEPAC II
112.00
Issue Date Sales Figures
19.01.2009
121.073
19.01.2009
73.683
19.01.2009
111.970
19.01.2009
119.347
19.01.2009
102.853
21.06.2009
101.196
21.05.2007 27.671
27.03.2008
66.122
22.10.2008
66.581
20.10.2008
57.535
19.01.2009
3.633
19.01.2009
3.571
21.06.2009
1.957
16.09.2009
1.030
Ivars Silis, free-lance writer,
photographer, TV-producer
and lecturer.
He is a member of the Greenland
Press Union/ Danish Union of Journalists and the Danish Authors’
Society and the adventures club of
Denmark.
He was born 1940 in Riga, is a product of the chaos of war,
the Danish welfare society and a life with Polar Eskimo bear
hunters. Ivars Silis has been leader, chief of operations and
consultant on numerous expeditions and wildlife research
programmes in Greenland, Arctic Canada and Svalbard. From his
home in South Greenland he travels the Arctic for international
magazines produces TV programmes and writes books, creates
exhibits (recently at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington 2005, Bolivia 2006, Latvia and Estonia
2007, Copenhagen, Umeå and Moscow) and solves information
assignments for the Greenland Self-rule Government and in developing countries for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and aid
organisation.
POST Greenland will be participating in “HOFI 2011”
Greenlandic Christmas with the strawberry girls
By Dennis Fromberg
By Peder Friis Sørensen
Horsens Philatelic Club will celebrate its 100th
anniversary in 2011. To mark this occasion the
club will host “HOFI 2011” – this year’s large,
national stamp exhibition in Denmark, which
will take place over the weekend of 10th to
11th September.
Collectors from all over the country will present
thousands of stamps ranging from motifs and
native philately to highly specialized collections,
which also attract international interest. Furthermore a number of postal administrations and stamp
dealers both from Denmark and abroad will participate in the exhibition.
POST Greenland will share its stand with our
good colleagues from Finland, Iceland and the
Faroe Islands. We very much look forward to seeing
our Danish collectors again.
This year’s Christmas stamps are by Camilla Nielsen.
The strawberry girls have been with Camilla ever
since her school years in the early nineties. The little
strawberry girl was not created until 2005, however, when Camilla’s niece Sofie-Amalie “Musse”
was born. The stamps show the strawberry girls in
variety of merry Christmas situations. It seems as if
they are always searching out their surroundings.
The Christmas star in the windows and the
snow is the essence of Greenlandic Christmas for
Camilla Nielsen. The star shines, guides, gathers,
strengthens and warms human relations and
traditions.
The dogsled on the stamp is the model, which
is most often used in the Disko bay area. There are
different types of dogsleds in Greenland depending
on where in the country they are used.
POST Greenland wishes everybody a merry
Christmas and a happy new year.
The admission to “HOFI 2011” is free.
The opening hours are:
Saturday 10th September 10am-5 pm
Sunday 11th September 10am - 4pm
Forum Horsens
Langmarksvej 53
Horsens
Read more about HOFI 2011 on www.hofi2011.dk
Come to CHINA 2011 in
Wuxi, 11th – 15th
November 2011
01100476
Christmas Stamp 2011 1/2
Value: DKK 7.50
Date of issue: 17th October 2011
50 stamps per sheet
Format: B – vertical
Out measurements: 31.08 x 23.50 mm
Artist: Camilla Nielsen
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: TR4
By Pertti Frandsen
Amongst the approximately 50 million stamp collectors in the
world, the Chinese account for 20 million. It is, therefore, obvious why
postal administrations all over the world focus intensively on China,
when new export marketing campaigns are being planned for selling
stamps to collectors.
POST Greenland has, therefore, participated in recent years in the large international stamp exhibitions in Asia, amongst others Hong Kong and Beijing.
In both places we experienced very great interest in Greenlandic stamps and
Greenlandic Philately.
POST Greenland’s work to cultivate new markets for Greenlandic stamps
in “The Middle Kingdom” continues to be goal-oriented. Now the time
has come to target the South Chinese mainland - more specifically Wuxi in
Jiangsu province.
POST Greenland has booked a stand at CHINA 2011, which is the title of
the 27th annual international stamp exhibition in Asia. The Exhibition is held
in “Wuxi Taihu International Expo Centre” from 11th – 15th November.
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
It will be five terrific philatelic days with many thousands of Chinese collectors,
who come to see and buy the newest stamps from a range of postal administrations
from all over the world, amongst these Greenland.
We look forward to meet our many faithful Chinese collectors.
Hui tou jian!
Read more on www.wuxistamp2011.com/plus/list.php?tid=12
01100477
Christmas Stamp 2011 1/2
Value: DKK 9.00
Format: B - Horizontal
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01301116
Christmas Stamp Booklet No. 16
Value: DKK 99.00
Date of issue: 17th October 2010
Artist: Camilla Nielsen
Printing Method: Offset
Each contains 6 self-adhesive
stamps of the two Christmas
stamps.
Paper: Avery96g /S2000 glue /130
g paper.
Camilla Nielsen, born 1972, has studied art in
France, Canada and Greenland. In her work as
artist she has primarily been inspired by nature and people. She has had many exhibitions, alone and together with others in eight
different countries.
Some of Camilla’s many activities as artist include:
• Illustrations for companies, for instance Royal Greenland, TELE-POST Greenland, Royal Arctic Line, the publisher Atuakkiorfik and the Greenlandic SelfGovernance.
• Construction of scenography, arrangement of courses and exhibitions.
• Periodic teaching at the art school of Greenland 2000-2007.
• Chairman and responsible editor for the art and culture periodical
“Neriusaaq” in the years 2005-2008.
• Deputy Chairman for the national artist union KIMIK from 2003 – 2008.
Camilla Nielsen has twice received the Sleipnir traveling grant and Greenland’s
self-governance’s work grant.
The Christmas stamps are Camilla’s number two and three for POST Greenland.
Worth knowing
News from POST Greenland
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.
Exhibition Cachets
Final sale on November 30th 2011
Up until the end of 2011, POST Greenland will participate in the following
fairs and exhibitions:
“HOFI 2001”, Horsens, 10th-11th September
“Tag der Briefmarke ’11”, Sindelfingen, 28th-30th October
“China 2011”, Wuxi, 11th-15th November
“MonacoPhil 2011”, Monaco, 2nd-4th December
A special Greenlandic cachet will be produced for the above mentioned exhibitions. Envelopes to be cancelled with this cancellation must be received by POST
Greenland, Filatelia, no later than the day before the opening of the respective
exhibition.
The following stamps and philatelic products will be removed from our product
range on 30th November 2011, as they have not been sold out.
Any remaining products will be shredded.
”Send the Christmas mail early”
The cancellation advertising “Send Juleposten I God Tid” ( Send your Christmas
mail early) will be used during the period 1st – 30th November 2011 in the
stamp cancellation machines at the following four POSTGreenland post offices.
3900 Nuuk (Godthab)
3911 Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg)
3920 Qaqortoq (Julianehåb)
3952 Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)
Please send franked and addressed letters to be cancelled with this cancellation
to the post offices in the above towns and not to POST Greenland, Filatelia in
Tasiilaq.
During the period 1st – 30th December 2011 Santa Claus will be undertaking philatelic services. He uses the above mentioned date cancellation on all franked mail
dispatches 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 Monday 30th November 2011 at the latest. Please remember to indicate clearly that it is the cancel of
Santa Claus 2412 which is preferred.
Read next time
l Vote for “Greenlandic stamp of
the year 2011”
l 2012 Stamp Programme
l Reprinted definitive series
l The 40th anniversary of the
Queen’s reign
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
l Knud Rasmussens Højskole’s 50th
Anniversary
l Greenlandic herbs, Part 2
l Additional value stamp 2012
l Modern Greenlandic Art, part 6
l Finale sales 31th March 2012
l And much more ...
Stamp. Homecoming · 01100249. 07.05.1999 · DKK 20.00
Stamp. Contemporary Art I 1/3 · 01100384. 21.05.2007 · DKK 3.00
Stamp. Science III 1/3 · 01100387. 01.10.2007· DKK 0.75
Stamp. Prince Henri 75 år · 01100421. 11.06.2009 · DKK 8.00
Stamp. Matthew A. Henson · 01100422. 21.06.2009 · DKK 9.00
Stamp. Greenlandic Comics I · 01100423. 21.06.2009 · DKK 15.50
Stamp. Contemporary Art III 2/3 · 01100425. 21.06.2009 · DKK 18.00
Stamp. Contemporary Art III 3/3 · 01100426. 21.06.2009 · DKK 33.00
Stamp. Self-Governance in Greenland · 01100427. 21.06.2009 · DKK 6.25
Stamp. SEPAC – Scenery II · 01100428. 16.09.2009 ·DKK 7.00
Stamp. ’The Northern Star’ at Thule Centennial · 01100429. 19.10.2009 · DKK 15.25
Stamp. Science V 2/3 · 01100431. 19.10.2009 · DKK 15.50
Stamp. Science V 3/3 · 01100432. 19.10.2009 · DKK 23.50
Souvenir Sheet. Greenlandic Cancer Society · 01106415. 19.01.2009 · DKK 27.00
Souvenir Sheet. Greenlandic Comics I · 01106423. 21.06.2009 · DKK 15.50
Souvenir Sheet. Science V · 01106430. 19.10.2009 · DKK 40.00
Souvenir Sheet. Expeditions VII · 01106433. 19.10.2009 · DKK 30.00
Mini Sheet. EUROPA 2010/1 · 01107439. 18.01.2010 · DKK 68.00
Mini Sheet. EUROPA 2010/2 · 01107440. 18.01.2010 · DKK 76.00
Souvenir Folder Expeditions VII · 01303043. 19.10.2010 · DKK 30.00
Stamp Booklet EUROPA 2010 · 01301218. 18.01.2010 · DKK 108.00
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Franking labels – please note:
Collectors’ orders for franking labels are produced on the office franking
machine, not in post-self-kiosks. Franking labels from the latter require personal
appearance and the use of a credit card. All orders for these franking labels must,
therefore, be sent to: POST Greenland, Filatelia, PO Box 121, 3913 Tasiilaq. Of
course they can also be ordered online at www.stamps.gl. The franking labels
cannot be ordered from the Greenlandic TELE-POST Centres (post offices).
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Finland: SAMPO BANK, UNIONINKATU 22, 00075,
SAMPO. Account No.: 800016-70617928.
IBAN: Fi2580001670617928, BIC (SWIFT code): PSPBFiHH
The Netherlands: ING Group N.V.
Account No.: 3487172.
IBAN: NL92 PSTB 0003 4871 72, BIC (SWIFT code): PSTBNL21
Switzerland: Postscheckamt, Office de cheques postaux,
Ufficio dei conti correnti postali, 4040 Basel.
Account No.: 40-6773-5.
IBAN: CH37 0900 0000 4000 6773 5, BIC (SWIFT code):
POFiCHBE
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
United Kingdom: Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank plc.,
Bridle Road, Bootle, Merseyside, Liverpool GIR 0AA.
Account No.: 358 7118.
IBAN: GB69GIRB72000003587118
Luxembourg: Postes et Telecommunications, Division des
Postes, Service des Cheques Postaux, Secretariat, 38 Place de la
Gare, 1090 Luxembourg.
Account No.: 26606-28.
IBAN: LU18 1111 0266 0628 0000, BIC (SWIFT code): CCPLLULL
France: La Poste, Centre Régional des Services Financiers, de la
Poste en ile-de-France, 16 rue des Favorites, 75900 Paris.
Account No.: 250.01 F020.
IBAN: FR15 2004 1000 0100 2500 1 F02 047, BIC (SWIFT
code): PSSTFRPPPAR
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 10.00 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 79.00. e.g.: Postage
for a registered letter stamped with DKK 10.00 (max. 20 g.)
amounts to DKK 89.00. For the postage charges for mail to
other overseas countries, see: www.stamps.gl.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Publisher: POST Greenland · Editors: Kristian Sakæussen, Jacob Lunddahl Pedersen, Kristian ”Karé” Pivat, Peder Friis Sørensen, Dennis Fromberg. Chief Editor: Pertti Frandsen.
Layout & Printing: HellasGrafisk A/S · Cover Photo: Olivier Gilg.
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.
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Kristian
Sakæussen
TNI- Trainee
Greenlandic,
Danish
Jacob Lunddahl
Pedersen
Sales Assistant.
Danish, English,
German
Kristian
”Karé” Pivat
Senior Clerk
Greenlandic,
Danish
Peder Friis
Sørensen
Customer Service
Manager.
Danish, English,
German, Spanish
Dennis Fromberg
Pertti Frandsen
Administrative Philatelic Manager
Manager
Danish, English,
Danish, English,
German
German, Swedish
The Year Pack 2011
The Year Pack makes it easy and practical to keep your collection of Greenlandic
stamps complete. You can buy the Year Pack online at www.stamps.gl where
you also can take out a subscription for POST Greenland’s Year Packs.
Item No. 01304011
DKK 446.75
Date of issue: 17th October 2011
POST Greenland, Filatelia is proud
to present a total of 22 new stamps
issued in 2011
KALAALLIT N U N A A T
GREENLAND
2012
110515_Kal_2012.indd 1
Item No. 01900434
Postcard Calendar 2012
Images of Greenland
One large A5 size colour photo for
every month
The pages can be torn off and used as
postcards
Contains 12 postcards
DKK 75.00
Date of Issue: 17th October 2011
18/07/11 10.49
POST Greenland withdraws two new
stamps featuring Her Majesty the Queen
Margrethe II’s portrait
By Pertti Frandsen
On 9th may 2011 POST Greenland issued the two stamps G464 and G465. These stamps
are the first in a new definitive series with Her Majesty the Queen Margrethe II’s portrait.
After the stamps were issued, it became regrettably apparent that the printed stamps
did not live up to the high quality, which POST Greenland normally delivers. The error in
quality occurred despite many control and security measures.
Because of the qualitative error the sales of the two definitive stamps has been discontinued in the post offices of Greenland as of 26th may 2011.
To replace the stamps, the printing of two new stamps with the same portrait of the
Queen is being initiated. These stamps will be issued in the high quality that POST Greenland stands for.
In POST Greenland’s opinion the two withdrawn stamps will not constitute philatelic
variants, which is to say rare and sought after issues. The reason for this is that stamp collectors all over the world, who have standing orders for POST Greenland’s new stamps,
have already received the two stamps, as is the custom at any stamp issue. The decision
to reprint the stamps has only been made because POST Greenland wishes to deliver the
highest quality of stamps
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
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 · Tlf.: (0045) 7026 0550 · Fax: (00299) 98 14 32 · [email protected] · www.stamps.gl