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GREENLAND
Collector
Subscription magazine for collectors of Greenland stamps • Vol. 19 • No. 2 • May 2014
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2013 Greenlandic stamp of the year
had been chosen
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Contemporary Greenlandic Art VIII
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Agriculture in Greenland III
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Prince Henrik’s 80th Birthday
The 2013 ‘Greenlandic stamp of the
year’ has been chosen
By Hjørdis Viberg
The winning 2013 Greenlandic stamp of the year was
the stamp with the attractive polar bear, titled “Vulnerable Animals”.
Stamp collectors from all over the world voted for
their favorite among the 24 stamps issued by TELEPOST in 2013.
Naja Abelsen is the artist who has created the chosen stamp and has previously been responsible for
no less than 16 stamps issued by TELE-POST. The
stamp “Vulnerable Animals” was issued on 11th June
2013. It was a joint stamp issue with the Israeli Post
and the aim of the issue was to create awareness
about vulnerable animals.
The stamp is enhanced with the technology called
‘Augmented Reality’. This means that you can see a
short video of a live polar bear if you download the
“Sepac App” and install it on your tablet or smartphone and scan the stamp.
The winner of the DKK 10,000 monetary prize chosen
in the draw was Philippe Kocielkowski from SaintGeorge-sur-Meuse in Belgium and TELE-POST sends
him their congratulations.
The ten lucky runner-up winners all receive a 2013
year pack and are: Esa Kallio in Sweden, Gert Kragh
Andreasen, Camilla Nissen Toftdal, Jørgen Rasmussen
and Jørgen Vesth-Hansen in Denmark, Bezazel Ferhat
in Algeria, Pastorimi Massimo and Francesco Magnani in Italy, Tor Nygaard in Norway and last but not
least Uda Yanuhardi in Indonesia.
Stamp of the year, Vulnerable species by Naja Abelsen.
The competition for the ”2013 Greenlandic stamp
of the year” ran from 1st December 2013 to the 1st
March 2014. The competition was held through POST
Greenland’s magazine Greenland Collector, on www.
stamps.gl and on www.facebook.com/stamps.gl.
About the artist
Naja Abelsen is of Danish-Greenlandic origin. She
was born in 1964 in Brønderslev, Denmark. She lived in Qaqortoq/Julianehåb 1971-80 after which she
settled in Denmark. She attended Holbæk Kunsthøjskole, Billedskolen in Copenhagen and Danmark
Design Skole.
Naja made the 2006-sheet with nature designs
for the World Wildlife Foundation and has drawn
sixteen stamps for POST Greenland.
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Administration manager Hjørdis Viberg leads the draw
in Tasiilaq, where it is the local artist Gedion Qeqe, who
draws the lucky winner.
Final Sale on 30th June 2014
The following stamps and philatelic products will be removed from our product range on
30th June 2014, as they have not been sold out. Any remaining products will be shredded.
Stamp. EUROPA 2011
Forrests 2/2
01100460. 17.01.2011
DKK 10.00
Stamp. The Queen’s 40th
Jubilee
01100478. 04.01.2012
DKK 26.50
Stamp. Additional Value 2012
NAKUUSA / Unicef
01100479. 16.01.2012
DKK 8.00 + 0.50
Stamp. Contemporary Art VI
1/3
01100483. 16.01.2012
DKK 8.50
Stamp. Contemporary Art VI
2/3
01100484. 16.01.2012
DKK 9.50
Stamp. Contemporary Art VI
3/3
01100485. 16.01.2012
DKK 38.50
Stamp. EUROPA 2012
Visit Greenland 2/2
01100493. 07.05.2012
DKK 10.50
Stamp. Aviation II 1/3
01100494. 22.10.2012
DKK 7.50
Souvenir Sheet. Norden,
Coastline Sceneries II
01106486. 21.03.2012
DKK 17.50
Stamp. Aviation II 2/3
01100495. 22.10.2012
DKK 28.00
Mini Sheet. EUROPA 2011/1
Forrests
01107459. 17.01.2011
DKK 72.00
Souvenir Folder.
Contemporary Art VI
01303053. 16.01.2012
DKK 56.50
Stamp. Greenlandic Herbs II
1/2
01100480. 16.01.2012
DKK 14.50
Stamp. Greenlandic Herbs II
2/2
01100481. 16.01.2012
DKK 18.50
Stamp. Knud Rasmussen’s
Folk High School 50 years
01100482. 16.01.2012
DKK 21.00
Stamp. Norden, Coastline
Sceneries II 1/2
01100486. 21.03.2012
DKK 8.00
Stamp. Norden, Coastline
Sceneries II 2/2
01100487. 21.03.2012
DKK 9.50
Stamp. EUROPA 2012
Visit Greenland 1/2
01100492. 07.05.2012
DKK 9.50
Stamp. Aviation II 3/3
01100496. 22.10.2012
DKK 36.00
Mini Sheet. EUROPA 2011/2
Forrests
01107460. 17.01.2011
DKK 80.00
Christmas Stamp Booklet
No. 17
01301117. 22.10.2012
DKK 105.00
Souvenir Folder. Expedition X
Hans Hendrik Suersaq
01303055. 22.10.2012
DKK 29.50
Stamp. Hans Hendrik
Suersaq
01100497. 22.10.2012
DKK 29.50
Souvenir Folder. The Queen’s
40th Jubilee
01303051. 04.01.2012
DKK 45.00
Souvenir Sheet. The Queen’s
40th Jubilee
01106478. 04.01.2012
DKK 26.50
Souvenir Folder. Greenlandic
Herbs II
01303052. 16.01.2012
DKK 33.00
Year Pack 2010
01304010. 18.10.2010
DKK 400.50
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Contemporary Greenlandic Art
– Part 8 – New Talents
By Jacob Lunddahl Pedersen
We have now reached the eighth and final part of
POST Greenland’s popular stamp series about contemporary Greenlandic art.
01100536
Contemporary Art VIII 1/3
Value: DKK 3.00
Date of issue: 11th June 2014
20 stamps per sheet
Exterior dimensions: 43.50 x 50.00 mm
Format: E - Vertical
Artist: Sissi Møller
Typography: Lowe-Martin Group
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: TR4
This time, interesting and beautiful paintings of Sissi
Møller, Lisa Kreutzmann and Isak Brandt respectively
are reproduced.
As with the previous seven parts in the art series, the
stamps will be issued in normal sheets – and also in a
souvenir folder. The souvenir folder (or stamp booklet which it rightfully should be called) contains one
of each of the mint stamps. In addition, the stamp
booklet outlines the individual artists’ other work,
presented in pictures and text.
We hope that you will enjoy this presentation of the
eighth part of POST Greenland’s stamp series about
contemporary Greenlandic art.
Sissi Møller (Born 1984) grew up in Nuuk, Greenland:
She was educated at Nuuk Art School and Copenhagen Art School and has earlier exhibited in Greenland,
Katuaq Culture House. In Finland, Sissi participated in
an exhibition through Napa Nordic Institute’s culture
project ”Art from the Edge of the Ice”. In Denmark
Sissi has participated in a variety of different group
exhibitions and the ‘Effector’ festival in Copenhagen.
Also in solo exhibitions and group exhibitions in the
Gallery Dencker&Schneider and, latest, in Gallery
Dencker&Schneider in Berlin, Germany in April 2014.
Sissi’s work spans wide from acrylic on canvas, collage, photography, body and sculptures.
The work is about exploring and creating certain perceptions of the expression through planes and depth,
both in time and in space.
As I have worked much with portraits as a way of
conveying moods and a state of mind, a portrait
seemed natural for me as a design for a stamp.
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I have worked with the transparancy of the portrait
as it gives an openess and spaciousness especially
for a stamp.
Depth, light, darkness and contrast were interesting
to work with in connection with the depiction of this
portrait - for example, a set of eyes are never the
same. Always more expressions emerge from a face
and thus the portrait is full of different moods.
Faces have always inspired me, a face is extremely
‘showing and exposed’ and, at the same time, it can
be tight and hard- but always honest.
To make a portrait is like solving a puzzle, you break
it up and put it back together again and it is about
getting all the surfaces and depths of the mood into
the painting. It is a process, where the method will
never be the same twice. The portrait for this stamp
is very dear and personal to me as it is my late father
that I have chosen to portray.
01100537
Contemporary Art VIII 2/3
Value: DKK 24.00
Date of issue: 11th June 2014
20 stamps per sheet
Exterior dimensions: 50.00 x 43.50 mm
Format: E - Horizontal
Artist: Lisa Kreutzmann
Typography: Lowe-Martin Group
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: TR4
Kalaallit eqqumiitsuliaat nutaaliat VIII
Moderne grønlandsk kunst VIII
Contemporary Greenlandic Art VIII
Neue grönlandische Kunst VIII
Lisa Kreutzmann, was born 1981 in Kangaatsiaq:
She has always liked to draw ever since her childhood and, after enrolling at the art school in 1999,
she is still developing her skills.
01303064
Souvenir folder: Contemporary Art VIII
Value: DKK 57.50
Date of issue: 11th June 2014
She has always received support from her family,
friends and people from her town for which she is
very grateful.
Her life as an artist today makes her very happy as
she is always on the go, when new work presents
itself.
The drawing on the stamp is a fantasy that depicts a
snow hut, viewed from above, with the inhabitants
and their visitors. In the drawing I have used different materials collected on the beach. We live near
the beach in Kangaatsiaq and, therefore, liked to
play on the beach. Between the rolling stones on the
beach we always found many other things amongst
the many coloured shards ”cut” by the waves.
01100538
Contemporary Art VIII 3/3
Value: DKK 30.50
Date of issue: 11th June 2014
20 stamps per sheet
Exterior dimensions: 50.00 x 43.50 mm
Format: E - Horizontal
Artist: Isak Brandt
Typography: Lowe-Martin Group
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: TR4
With the old Greenlandic hut in my thoughts, I have
placed the shards so they depict a snow hut. Here
lives a man and a woman cut in wood. Their visitor is
the ”sun”, which is a sea urchin without spines and
the ”animals” are small bivalve shells (unfortunately
I have forgotten their names). They are all inside and
enjoy themselves telling stories.
Isak Brandt was born in Aasiaat in 1990:
Like so many other artists I grew up with art and
have drawn since as long as I can remember. Since
my childhood and up through my youth, my interest
for art has steadily grown to become my great passion today.
In 2005 I went to art summer school in Denmark
where we worked with different art forms. So I then
went to art school in Nuuk between 2008 - 2010 and
have since made exhibitions in different places such
as: Katuaq in Nuuk, the art museums in Nuuk and Ilulissat, Aasiaat Museum and the Greenlandic houses
in Denmark. I mostly do paintings but also try my
hand at other things too.
It is my great passion to mix reality and fantasy. I
mostly like to paint in acrylic but by trying new techniques, I am now able to work with new things such
as digital art.
This technique is currently my favourite working
method, but I also continue
to paint in acrylics. Mostly I
do not know what my work
expresses, as the work tells
its own story and the individual can make up his own
unlimited stories.
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With regard to describing my work with the stamp, I
cannot say that I have any deeper ideas behind the
painting image, as I merely want to express independence and individuality. One can understand it as
‘growing spiritually as a wandering spirit’ but, again,
I find it important that the individual puts what he
sees into words himself.
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01100539
Agriculture in Greenland III 1/2
Value: DKK 21.50
Date of issue: 11th June 2014
50 stamps per sheet
Exterior dimensions: 32.00 x 24.00 mm
Format: B - horizontal
Artist: Aka Høegh
Typography: Lowe-Martin Group
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: TR4
Photo: John Rasmussen
The Winter Feeding and Sheep Mustering
in Greenlandic Agriculture
By Kenneth Høegh
Winter Feeding and Sheep Mustering
Winter is long in the fiord landscapes and mountains
in Southern Greenland where ice and snow covers
the landscape during a large part of the year. During winter it is difficult for the animals to reach the
natural forage, and it is needed to feed the livestock
through the winter.
Until the 1970s, the sheep farms of Greenland were
primarily based on a very extensive form of farming,
with modest amounts of winter fodder and with the
sheep grazing the pastures in the mountains as much
as possible. This was probably close to the Norse
Greenlandic method of sheep and goat farming during the Middle Ages, although the Norsemen probably had much smaller herds than is the case today.
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In the mountains the animals could find nutritious
willow bushes and heath plants, dry grass and also
seaweed which the sheep could forage at the rocky
beaches. The sheep came home at night to sleep in
small sheds, where they were given a little extra
feed. Many sheep farmers had sheds which were
made of decommissioned building materials from
the American bases in Greenland. However, there
were also farms where the animals stayed on the
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mountain pastures all year without receiving extra
feeding, though this was a cheap mode of operation, it also meant catastrophic losses of
animals during severe winters .
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there
were some particularly harsh winters with
01100540
Agriculture in Greenland III 2/2
Value: DKK 31.50
Date of issue: 11th June 2014
50 stamps per sheet
Exterior dimensions: 32.00 x 24.00 mm
Format: B - horizontal
Artist: Aka Høegh
Typography: Lowe-Martin Group
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: TR4
severe weather and late
springs, with losses of
up to 60% of the ewes
and 80% of the lambs.
Particularly the spring of
1967 and 1976 had heavy
losses which then led to
many farmers leaving the
industry and the profession seemed to be a dying
industry.
New development initiatives were started in
the late 1970s, with the
agricultural advisor Mr Kaj Egede (1951-2013) as the
initiator together with the Greenland Sheep Farmer
Association (SPS) and Icelandic experts. The industry
was intensified and regulated, including the introduction of bylaws on feeding and proper care of the animals. Greenland also managed (until leaving the EU
in 1985) to obtain development funds for agricultural
development from the EU regional funds and, since
then, the Greenland Home-rule Government has
funded a number of development initiatives. This led
to the building of proper sheep sheds, construction
of tractor roads and new farms and organised the
purchase of necessary winter feed from Europe and
the cultivation of new grass fields from the 1980s
through the 90s and 00s right up to recent years.
Kenneth Høegh, agronomist
pastures. The sheep are gathered by the farmers during autumn, where vast mountain areas are inspected - on foot, on horseback or ATV’s. In areas where
there is only one farm, the local sheep farmer alone
must arrange the mustering and often calls in extra
staff from towns and settlements.
From September to November the sheep are gathered several times, mainly to round up for selecting
animals for slaughter, with a final gathering around
November from when onwards the animals are fed
in the sheds. Throughout winter the remaining sheep
are gathered, especially when there are good snowmobile conditions the farmers will try to reach the
more remote areas.
About the artist
Aka Høegh was born in Qullisaat on Disko Island in
1947. For a number of years, she has taken up a significant position in the world of Greenlandic art. Long
before her stamp-debut in 1986, her art had attracted
well-deserved attention far beyond Greenland’s borders. Readers of this magazine will perhaps also remember her encouragement to creative cooperation
and display, among other things through the project
“Stone and Man” in Qaqortoq, mentioned in Greenland Collector no. 1, feb. 2002.
Aka Høegh is mainly self-taught, and has from time
to time taken up guest studies on the Copenhagen
Art Academy. Her artistic displays are many in the
areas of painting, stone sculpturing, wood carving,
mosaics, graphics etc. Her pictures often have a
dreamy expresion, expressed through floating brushstrokes of movement and flows.
Aka’s art is influenced by nature and the
Greenlandic myths and legends. Furthermore, man is the centre of her numerous
works.
She finds inspiration in man and in man’s
life spirit and experiences. She is encouraged by the beauty in social meeting and
the mere presence of man, and no less in
the inner voice of the soul. “All we see has a
spirit”, is a well known quote of Aka.
Her works are never political, but the life of
the common man, as well as those badly
off, encourage her to artistic display. As such
the social heart beat of Greenland is expressed through the art of Aka Høegh. Aka
has received various awards, for instance
she is a Danish knight.
Today sheep farming is much more intensive and
systematic than in the past, with good and efficient
feeding and breeding efforts of the 20000 ewes - but
with a stable production, even after harsh winters.
The animals are fed home-grown silage and some
imported concentrate feeds are also used.
The cultivated area is almost ten times bigger than
during the 1970s - primarily fields with grass - and
most farms have equipment for the production of
round bales which has made the harvest less weather-dependent, so the grass can be collected even
with a high content of water during rainy periods.
Thus, large amounts of plastic wrapped silage bales
can be seen next to the sheds on sheep farms, with
the bales looking like small icebergs on land.
Sheep Mustering
The sheep are grazing freely in the mountain from
May to October, in remote areas far from the farms
- and the animals live from the abundant mountain
Aka Høegh, Photo: Ivars Silis
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80th Birthday of His Royal Highness
the Prince Consort – Joint Issue of
the Danish Realm
On 11th June 2014 we celebrate His Royal Highness the
Prince Consort’s 80th birthday.
By Pertti Frandsen
To mark this occasion Post Danmark, Posta Faroe Islands and POST Greenland jointly issue a stamp with
the portrait of the Prince Consort. On the stamp are
four lines from the poem “The Squirrel”, which is part
of the Prince Consort’s collection of poems entitled
“Whispering Breezes”.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort is married to
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. On 10th June 1967
the marriage between the Prince Consort and the
then 27-year old Crown Princess Margrethe took
place. The ceremony was held at Holmens Kirke,
Copenhagen. The couple have two children, Crown
Prince Frederik, born 26th May 1968 and Prince Joachim, born 7th June 1969.
The Prince Consort, who is commonly known as
Prince Henrik, was born on 11th June 1934 in Talence,
Gironde, France as the son of Count André de Laborde de Monpezat and Renée de Monpezat, née Renée
Doursennot. He grew up in French Indochina, as Vietnam was then called. Returning to France, he be-
UKIUT
80 ÅR
UKIUT
80 ÅR
17.50
Torben Eskerod fot.
2014
Photo: Sandra Greig
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01100541
Prince Consort’s 80th Birthday
Value: DKK 17.50
Date of issue: 11th June 2014
20 stamps per sheet
Exterior dimensions: 43.00 x 51.00 mm
Format: H – vertical
Photo: Torben Eskerod
Design: Post Danmark Frimærker / Jakob
Monefeldt
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: TR4
came a student at Cahors in 1950 and studied law
and political science at the Sorbonne in Paris 19521957 as well as studying Chinese and Vietnamese
at École Nationale des Langues Orientales. Later he
studied oriental languages in Hong Kong and Saigon.
After serving as a conscript he was employed at the
Asia-division of the French Foreign Ministry. From
1963 to 1967 he was Embassy Secretary at the French
Embassy in London.
us closer to the true nature of the world. In poetry
you can get closer to the eternal questions like love,
loneliness and death.
The Prince Consort is a capable pianist. He is also a
good solid bridge player and patron of the Bridge Union of Denmark as well as patron, or honorary member, of a number of organisations and he is also the
president of WWF.
Since 1974 the Prince Consort and the Queen have
owned Château de Cayx in France. The Prince Consort
shares an interest in culture with the Queen and he
has published many collections of poems that have
been translated into Danish. A number of his poems
have also been set to music, amongst others poems
from the collection Cantabile, which is the foundation
for a symphonic suite of the same name by Frederik
Magle.
In connection with the issuing of the poem collection
Frihjul in 2010 the Prince Consort stated:
I see poetry as a way of contemplation in a superficial time dominated by news and entertainment,
which make us rootless and restless. Poetry brings
01303064
Souvenir folder: Prince Consort’s
80th Birthday
Price: DKK 51.00
Date of issue: 11th June 2014
Photo: Torben Eskerod
Design: Post Danmark Frimærker /
Jakob Monefeldt
The Prince Henrik souvenir folder
contains the mint stamps of the three
respective Postal services.
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UKIUT
80 ÅR
17.50
Torben Eskerod fot.
2014
01106541
Souvenir sheet: Prince Consort’s 80th Birthday
Value: DKK 17.50
Date of issue: 11th June 2014
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News from POST Greenland
Fair and exhibition participation
Up until the end of September 2014 POST Greenland will participate in:
• Salon du Timbres, Paris, Frankrig, 14th-22nd June
• Baltex
Malmö, Sveden, 29th-31st
August
PARIS2014,
2014
MALMÖ 2014
Salon du Timbre
Paris
Baltex 2014
Malmö
14.-22.6.2014
29.-31.8.2014
Read next time…
For these two exhibitions a Greenlandic special cachet will be made. Envelopes for cancelling with this
date stamp are to be sent so as to have arrived at
POST Greenland, Filatelia the day before the respective exhibitions.
In the next Greenland Collector, September 2014 you
can read about:
• New series – Hunter’s Life
• Sales figures from our final sale on 30.06.2014
• Greenlandic aviation, part four
• The Expeditions Series final part
• The Expedition Book
• Final sale on 30.11.2014
• Joint Issue with New Zealand
• Christmas stamps 2014 ”Christmas greeting from
Greenland”
• Year pack 2014
• And much more…
Sales figures from our final sale on 30th November 2013
Item No.
Title
Value (DKK)
Issue Date
Sales Figures
01100430
Stamp: Science V 1/3 Cryolite
1.00
19.10.2009
171,188
01100459
Stamp: EUROPA 2011 1/2 Forrests
9.00
17.01.2011
134,946
01100470
Stamp: Contemporary Art V 2/3
7.00
09.05.2011
49,518
01100474
Stamp: Greenlandic Mining II 2/2
28.00
17.10.2011
31,867
01100475
Stamp: Expeditions IX – Naomi Uemura
36.50
28.07.2011
35,776
01100476
Stamp: Christmas 2011 1/2
7.50
17.10.2011
114,009
01100477
Stamp: Christmas 2011 2/2
9.00
17.10.2011
112,820
01106461
Additional Value 2011 Souvenir sheet - KIMIK
32.00
17.01.2011
22,530
01106456
Souvenir sheet – Communications I
56.00
17.01.2011
23,097
01301219
Stamp Booklet No. 19 EUROPA 2011 – Forrests
114.00
17.01.2011
11,404
01301116
Christmas Stamp Booklet No. 16
99.00
17.10.2011
10,147
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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.
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149 mm
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The 2013 Year Pack
149 mm
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.stampsshop.gl where you also can
take out a subscription for POST Greenland’s Year Packs.
2013
On the same date two new stamps in the series about the history of Greenlandic mining were
issued, once more with beautiful designs created by Ina Rosing. This is the fourth issue of the
series and, as in the preceding years, the mining-stamps are exclusively issued as self-adhesive
stamps.
This year’s two stamps in the EUROPA-series were issued under the theme “Contemporary Postal
Vehicles” and the cartoonist Christian Fleischer Rex has designed the stamp images.
The issue on 14th January was completed with three stamps in the series ”Contemporary Greenlandic Art”. Isle Hessner, Niels “Mo” Motzfeldt and Kristian Olsen aaju are the artists who have
created the three stamp designs.
For the first time we issued a stamp in collaboration with the Israeli post service. “Vulnerable
species” being the joint theme for the issue. The stamp design was a creative collaboration
between the two post services.
The exciting series about modern Greenlandic agriculture offered two new designs from the
beautiful and lush southern Greenland.
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This year’s SEPAC-stamp from POST Greenland featured a photo taken by the photographer Lars
Holst Hansen. The joint SEPAC-theme in 2013 was “Animal life”.
Frimærkit
Frimærker
Stamps
Briefmarken
The third and last issue in the series about Greenlandic herbs featured two very delicious herbs
with beautiful stamp designs by Nina Spore Kreutzmann.
The June stamp issue despatch was completed with two commemorative stamps that each
marks an impressive town jubilee in Greenland. Both Uummannaq and Aasiaat celebrated their
250th anniversary. Pierre Auzias from Uummannaq and now deceased Anne-Birthe Hove, who
was born in Aasiaat, created the images which are reproduced on the stamps.
17th September we issued a stamp by Bertil Skov Jørgensen, which marked the 75th anniversary
of the creation of POST Greenland in 1938. The stamp was issued on the date of the anniversary.
In a joint issue with Posta Faroe Islands we paid homage to the company “Nordafar”, which
was a Norwegian-Faroese-Danish fishing venture established in 1953 at Færingehavn about 50
kms south of Nuuk. Martin Mörck drew and engraved this joint issue, which was issued on 23rd
September.
21st October a new value in the definitive series with Her Majesty’s portrait again drawn and
engraved by Martin Mörck was issued. The same Martin Mörck also drew and engraved the
eleventh part of the series about significant Greenland expeditions. The Arctic accomplishments
of Dane Carl Petersen in the mid-1800s are celebrated on this stamp.
Bolatta Silis-Høegh was the artist, who created the Christmas stamps, which are also part of a
joint issue with Macao Post, where both post services present a joint first day cover envelope
with each post service’s respective stamps.
144 mm
We began 2013 with the additional value stamp of the year, which was
issued for the benefit of Meeqqat Inuunerissut / Bedre Børneliv
(Better child life). The stamp was drawn by Nikolaj A. Olsvig and was
issued on 14th January.
Item No. 01304013
Price: DKK 567.50
Date of issue: 21st October 2013
Kalaallit Nunaat
Grønland
Greenland
Grönland
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Am selben Tag erschienen zwei Briefmarken in der Serie über die grönländische Bergbaugeschichte, wieder mit schönen Motiven von Ina Rosing. Dies war die vierte Ausgabe in der Serie.
Wie in der drei vorherigen Jahren erschienen die Bergbaubriefmarken nur selbstklebend.
Die zwei Briefmarken in der EUROPA-Serie des Jahres sind dem Thema ”Postbeförderungsmittel
der Gegenwart“ gewidmet. Der Comiczeichner Christian Fleischer Rex steht für die Motivgestaltung.
Die Ausgabe am 14. Januar wurde durch drei Briefmarken in der Serie ”Moderne Grönländische
Kunst“ komplettiert. Isle Hessner, Niels „Mo“ Motzfeldt und Kristian Olsen aaju sind die Künstler
der drei Motive.
Zum ersten Mal gaben wir in Kooperation mit dem israelischen Postwesen eine Briefmarke
heraus. ”Gefährdete Tierarten“ war das gemeinsame Thema der Ausgabe. Das Briefmarkenmotiv entstand in einer kreativen Zusammenarbeit zwischen beiden Postwesen.
Die spannende Serie Aka Høeghs über die moderne grönländische Landwirtschaft wartete mit
Die Juni-Ausgabe endete mit zwei Sonderbriefmarken, die jede für sich ein bemerkenswertes
Stadtjubiläum in Grönland zum Anlass hatten. Sowohl Uummannaq als auch Aasiaat könnten
auf nicht weniger als 250 Jahre Stadtgeschichte zurückblicken. Pierre Auzias aus Uummannaq
und die mittlerweile verstorbene Anne-Birthe Hove, die in Aasiaat geboren wurde, sind die
Künstler, deren Motive auf den Briefmarken wiedergegeben wurden.
17. September gaben wir eine Briefmarke von Bertil Skov Jørgensen heraus, die das 75-jährige
Jubiläum der Gründung POST Greenlands in 1938 markierte. Die Briefmarke erschien am Jubiläumstag.
In einer gemeinsamen Ausgabe mit Posta Faroe Islands erinnerten wir an die Fischereigesellschaft ”Nordafar“, eine norwegisch-färöisch-dänische Unternehmung war, die 1953 bei
Færingehavn, ungefähr 50 km südlich von Nuuk, ihren Anfang nahm. Martin Mörck hat diese
gemeinsame Ausgabe gezeichnet und graviert, die 23. September erschien.
21. Oktober erschien eine neue Werte der Dauerserie mit dem Porträt Ihrer Majestät, noch
einmal gezeichnet und graviert von Martin Mörck.
Derselbe Martin Mörck hatte auch den elften Teil der Serie über markante Grönlandexpeditionen gezeichnet und graviert. Die Briefmarke würdigt die arktischen Leistungen des Dänen Carl
Petersen Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts.
140 mm
Wir begannen 2013 mit der Zuschlagswertbriefmarke des Jahres, die
zugunsten des Vereins Meeqqat Inuunerissut / Bedre Børneliv (Besseres
Kinderleben) erscheint. Die Briefmarke wurde von Nikolaj A. Olsvig
gezeichnet und erschien am 14. Januar.
100 Single stamps with theme The number of stamps per half sheet varies, e.g. 50, 25, 20 or 10 pcs.
101 Blocks of four with theme The number of stamps per whole sheet varies, e.g. 100, 50, 40 or 20 pcs.
102 Half sheets with theme Upper marginal blocks of four.
103 Whole sheets with theme Lower marginal blocks of four.
104 Upper marginals with themeIncluding 1 to 4 stamps of an issue or a series.
105 Lower marginals with themeIncluding 8 like stamps
106 Souvenir sheets with theme First day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled.
107 Mini sheets with theme First day covers franked with a block of four, cancelled.
201 FDC/1 with theme First day covers franked with one of each stamp of a series, cancelled.
202 FDC/4 with theme First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled.
203 FDC/Series with theme Booklets containing two blocks of 4 to 6 stamps each.
204 FDC/Souvenir sheets with theme
Complete series of stamps inserted in an illustrated folder. 301 Stamp Booklets with theme Postcards pertaining to the stamp design franked and cancelled
with a first day cancellation on the picture side. 303 Souvenir Folders with themeOrdinary postcards pertaining to philately.
Note: Same design as maxicard.
401
Maxicards with theme
402
Postcards with theme
Themes
Theme Id
Theme
1 Europa • 2 Royal • 3 Transportation • 4 Nature • 5 Science • 6 Art • 7 Anniversary / Event • 8 Intaglio
Description/Subscription codes for sets
Blocks of four like connected stamps.
610 Single stamps in set The number of stamps per half sheet varies, e.g. 50, 25, 20 or 10 pcs.
611 Blocks of four in set The number of stamps per whole sheet varies, e.g. 100, 50, 40 or 20 pcs.
612 Half sheets in set Upper marginal blocks of four.
613 Whole sheets in set Lower marginal blocks of four.
614 Upper marginals in set Including 1 to 6 stamps of an issue or a series.
615 Lower marginals in set Including 8 like stamps
616 Souvenir sheets in set First day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled.
617 Mini sheets in set First day covers franked with a block of four, cancelled.
621 FDC/1 in set First day covers franked with one of each stamp of a series, canceled.
622 FDC/4 in set First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled.
623 FDC/Series in set A whole year’s FDC/1 in a transparent plastic cover.
624 FDC/Souvenir sheets in set Booklets containing two blocks of 4 to 6 stamps each.
205 FDC/1 Year Set Complete series of stamps inserted in an illustrated folder. 631 Stamp Booklets in set Postcards pertaining to the stamp design franked and cancelled
with a first day cancellation on the picture side. 633 Souvenir Folders in set Ordinary postcards pertaining to philately.
Note: Same design as maxicard.
641 Maxicards in set Postcard franked and cancelled on the picture side with a fair`s
special cachet.
642 Postcards in set A whole year’s issue of stamps plus souvenir sheets inserted in an illustrated folder. Note: Stamp booklets not included.
645 Fair Cards in set Extra pages ”GREENLAND” with mounts, for DAVO luxury albums.
304
Year Pack
520
DAVO pages
700
Franking labels
701
FDC/1 Franking labels
702
FDC/Series Franking labels
Key to variants
0 Mint (i.e. uncancelled) stamps, blocks of four, etc.
1 Stamps, etc., cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date, mounted on cardboard.
2 Stamps, etc., cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date.
3 Stamps, etc., cancelled with first day cancellation. mounted on cardboard. 4 Stamps, etc., cancelled with first day cancellation.
5 Stamps, etc., centre cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date.
6 Stamps, etc., centre cancelled with first day cancellation.