GREENLAND
Collector
Subscription magazine for collectors of Greenland stamps • Vol. 22 • No. 1 • January 2017
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Greenland during the
Second World War.
Part two
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Greenlandic Music
– new series
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Sports in Greenland II
– Part Two
2017 Stamp Programme
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By Per Svendsen, CEO, POST Greenland
Ukiortaami pilluaritsi – Happy New Year! I hope that you,
your family and friends have entered upon the new year
in a good way.
I am happy to introduce the 22 new stamps, which will
be issued by POST Greenland this year. Carrying on the
permanent tradition, the stamps will be divided into
three issues: one in January, one in May, and one in October.
23rd January 2017
”Greenland during the Second World War” is the title of
our new big series, which began almost three months
ago. Naja Rosing-Asvid is the woman, who will show us
the world war from the perspective of the Greenlandic
people by means of ten stamp images issued until 2020.
We have come to the fourth stamp in the series, which
will be issued in normal sheets and printed in combined
offset and laser engraving. The engraving of the entire
series is created by the legendary Martin Mörck.
Music plays an important part in Greenland’s culture and
history. Every year, 10-15 CDs with Greenlandic music are
released. It is therefore natural that we dedicate a whole
series to Greenlandic music. Camilla Nielsen, who will be
known to several of our collectors from earlier stamps,
has created a total of six beautiful images reflecting the
Greenlandic music through six different eras. The stamps
will be issued in normal sheets and printed in offset.
Since 1992, the multi-faceted artist Miki Jacobsen has
enriched us with his stamp art. Last year, we issued the
three first stamps in the series ”Sports in Greenland” created by Miki. On the 23rd of January, we will round off
the sports series with the last three stamps illustrating
another three big annual sporting events in Greenland.
The printing method is offset, and the stamps will be
issued in both normal sheets and souvenir sheets.
1st May 2017
The additional value stamp of the year will be sold for
the benefit of Kofoed’s School, which recently opened a
branch in Nuuk. The concept of the school in Nuuk is similar to the concept of the original school in Copenhagen.
This means that Kofoed’s School in Nuuk helps socially
deprived people to improve their lives. The stamp will be
issued in both normal sheets and souvenir sheets – and
will be sent to our subscribers on 15th May. The artist
Niels ”Mo” Motzfeldt is the man behind the design.
15th May 2017
Since 1995, Buuti Pedersen has created stamps for POST
Greenland. She is the woman and the artist behind our
two 2017 EUROPA stamps. The common theme in PostEurop is castles. We are looking forward to revealing
how Buuti solves this artistic task in a Greenlandic context by means of these two stamps. They will be issued
in normal sheets and mini sheets, printed on gummed
paper, and also in a self-adhesive stamp booklet.
”Deserted stations” is the title of a new series, which
focuses on the history told by the deserted facilities and
stations around Greenland today. In order to tell the
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story about the deserted stations on stamps, we have
co-operated with the National Museum and Archives
of Greenland, among others, and various artists. The
stamps will be issued in normal sheets and printed in
offset.
Another new series is ”Old bank notes”. In the beginning
of the twentieth century, special bank notes were used
by the Royal Greenland Trading Department (in Danish:
Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel – KGH). These were
made by means of lithography and used at the trade
locations in Greenland. Bertil Skov Jørgensen is the artist,
who has drawn and engraved this series. The stamps will
be printed in combined offset and laser engraving and
issued in normal sheets and souvenir sheets.
G597
G596
17.10.2016
17.10.2016
The Sepac stamp of the year is issued in accordance with
the theme ”Local handcraft”. In 2017, the 13 members
of Sepac (Small European Postal Administration Cooperations) will issue stamps in this series – with the same
common theme. At the time of writing, the artist of this
stamp has not been selected by POST Greenland. As always, our Sepac stamp will be issued in normal sheets
and printed in offset.
On 10th June 2017, our royal couple will celebrate their
golden wedding anniversary. We will mark this anniversary with a large and beautiful offset stamp. Further details of this stamp will be released in the spring, when
the issue is approaching. The stamp will be issued in
normal sheets and souvenir sheets.
G591
G590
17.10.2016
17.10.2016
27th October 2017
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (in French:
”Terres australes et antarctiques françaises” – TAAF)
have a flora and fauna, which are very similar to those of
Greenland. We will mark this with two beautiful stamps
in a joint issue with the postal administration of TAFF.
Both stamps, which will be issued in normal sheets and
souvenir sheets, are drawn and engraved by Martin
Mörck. The printing method is combined offset and laser
engraving.
G584
The young artist Ivínguak’ Stork Høegh will make her
stamp début with two stamps in the new series ”Environment in Greenland”. She was born in Aasiaat in 1982
and has, among other things, made her mark with digital photo collages, acrylic and mixed media techniques.
The stamps will be printed in offset and issued in normal
sheets.
Unlike Ivínguak’, Julie Hardenberg has drawn stamps
for several years. The two Christmas stamps of the year
are created by this established artist and writer, whose
name is known abroad. In keeping with tradition, the
Christmas stamps will both be issued in normal sheets,
printed on gummed paper and issued in a self-adhesive
stamp booklet.
Also true to tradition, the stamp year will be rounded
off with the year pack containing all 22 stamps and five
souvenir sheets. It is my wish that you will enjoy our
stamps in 2017.
G583
12.05.2016
G579
12.05.2016
G578
18.01.2016
18.01.2016
Vote for the Greenlandic Stamp of the Year 2016
In 2016, POST Greenland has issued a total of 24 very
beautiful stamps showing the diversity of Greenland’s culture, nature, history and community. You
can now choose your favourite – vote for the Greenlandic stamp of the year! We will draw lots among
all participants, and the main prize is DKK 10,000 in
cash. Cut out this part of the page, fill it in, and send
it to the address below.
You can also vote online at www.stamps.gl
Your vote must be received by 1st March 2017.
G595
G594
17.10.2016
G589
G588
12.05.2016
G593
17.10.2016
G587
12.05.2016
G592
17.10.2016
17.10.2016
G586
12.05.2016
Please note: Only one vote per person. TELE-POST employees are welcome to participate in the vote, but are
not included in the main prize draw. The result of the
vote and the winner will be announced in Greenland
Collector no. 2, 2017, and on our website www.stamps.
gl. A list of the 24 stamps with corresponding G numbers
is shown to the left.
G585
12.05.2016
12.05.2016
My choice: G-No.
Name:
Address:
G582
G581
21.03.2016
G580
21.03.2016
Postcode:
Town/city:
18.01.2016
Country:
Telephone:
E-mail
G577
G576
18.01.2016
G575
18.01.2016
G574
18.01.2016
18.01.2016
Send to POST Greenland, Filatelia,
PO Box 121, 3913 Tasiilaq, Greenland.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Ships carrying cryolite anchored in Ivitttut, 1898 © GEUS.
Eske Brun
Henrik von Kauffmann
Greenland during the Second World War. Part two
In October 2016, we launched this new stamp series.
The aim is to uncover a part of history, which has
not yet been depicted on stamps: Greenland during
the Second World War – from the perspective of the
Greenlandic people.
The series comprises a total of ten stamps in combined offset and laser engraving. It will finish in 2020,
when we celebrate 75th anniversary of the end of the
Second World War. On 23rd January 2017, the series
will be continued with this stamp, which deals with
cryolite – the mineral that is used for aluminium production.
When Denmark was occupied by Hitler’s Germany
on 9th April 1940, Greenland became isolated from
Denmark. During the rest of the world war, until 1945,
the Greenlandic people were therefore supplied with
commodities from the US and Canada, and they paid
for the products by means of cod fishing – and by selling cryolite.
All stamps in this series contain photos from the wartime. Parts of the stamps are therefore photographic reproductions from that time, whereas the parts
drawn by hand are the artist’s own expressions. The
artist behind the images is Naja Rosing-Asvid, who –
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among other things – created the series ”Greenlandic
architecture”. The legendary Martin Mörck is the man
behind the engraving of all ten stamps.
Naja says the following about this fourth stamp in the
series:
”The cryolite mine in Ivigtût played a very important
part in Greenland’s economy during the war, and it
has therefore been chosen to be one of the ten images in the series, which reflects the war from the
perspective of the Greenlandic people.
The Greenlanders did not work in the mine themselves, but there were some locals among the crew
members onboard the ships that sailed the cryolite
to the US. I have chosen the ship ”Hans Egede” as
a background photo, as it was one of the ships that
carried commodities from the US to Greenland and
returned with cryolite to the American war industry.
During a voyage to the US in 1942, the ”Hans Egede”
was torpedoed by a German submarine, and everyone
on board died. Three Greenlanders died in the tragic
incident”.
By Pertti Frandsen, Development Manager
During the entire Second World War, large parts of
Greenland’s economy were, as mentioned, based on
the sale of cryolite. The mineral, which is relatively
scarce, was mined in Ivigtût (Ivittuut) located by the
Arsuk Fjord in South Greenland. The mine had been
opened back in 1856. In 1940, it was operated by the
company ”Kryolitselskabet Øresund A/S”. The Danish
state owned half of the share capital and received a
certain share of the company’s profits.
The cryolite was especially used as a flux in aluminium production, thereby hardening the metal, which
– among other things – was used for the production
of warplanes. Since the 1920s, cryolite from Ivigtût
had been essential to American plane production.
Before the war, approximately 40,000 tonnes of cryolite were exported on an annual basis, and the US
imported almost 14,000 of these tonnes. During the
winter of 1939-40, a total of 102 blue-collar workers
and 12 white-collar workers were employed at the
mine. Furthermore, 25 ”summer workers” came to the
mine in the spring of 1940 in order to provide shipping
assistance.
Before the war, the mine and the rest of Greenland
were almost cut off from each other. This was due
to the mindset of the 1920s regarding the mine and
its economy: since no Greenlanders worked there, the
mine was not regarded as having anything to do with
the running of the rest of Greenland. This changed
when Denmark was occupied.
The company ”Kryolitselskabet Øresund” was suddenly prevented from continuing the operation of the
mine. On 12th April 1940, England occupied the Faroe
Islands, much to the relief of the Faroese. The two
governors in Greenland, Aksel Svane and Eske Brun,
therefore considered applying for help from the US in
order to protect the cryolite mine in Ivigtût.
When ”Aluminum Company of Canada” several times
questioned the governors’ rights and powers in relation to the mine, Denmark’s envoy to Washington,
Henrik von Kauffmann, therefore encouraged the
governors to formalise the takeover. This was then
announced on 3rd June 1940 with the governors exercising Greenlandic government control.
During the beginning of Denmark’s occupation period,
the mine was actually unprotected. A potential attack
could therefore easily render the mine out of operation, whereby Greenland would loose its economic
foundation, and the allied would loose an important
resource. Svane was, however, more inclined to express his fear of sabotage, and in order to be able to
protect the mine against potential Nazi sympathisers
among the workers, Brun had wanted a military ship
to be stationed opposite the mine.
Canada wanted to station guards by the mine if the
authorities in Greenland could not handle the task.
Due to the situation, the U.S. State Department agreed
to sell a machine gun to the governors already in May
1940. After some delay, the machine gun was set up
by the mouth of the fjord, and a motor boat was provided in order to make it possible to patrol the waters
around the mine. Thirteen security guards, who were
former U.S. Coast Guardsmen, were recruited in the US
and assigned to the governors.
During the winter of 1940-41, Eske Brun stayed by the
mine. Brun’s stay emphasises the part played by the
mine in relation to both the administration in Greenland and, among others, the US. After the US entered
the war in December 1941, the American military
took over the protection of the mine, and the former
guards were sent home. The mine was not attacked or
sabotaged during the war.
rious consequences, if we do not take strong action,
without delay, to increase the production to its utmost
maximum”. It also appears from the telegram that
the Canadians wanted 25,000 tonnes, whereas the
American ”Pennsalt” wanted 35,000 tonnes or more.
During the first years of the war, the production manager, Oscar Corp, managed to double the production,
and thus the production figure peaked in 1942 with
approximately 85,000 tonnes. During the following
years, the production decreased, so that the average production figure for 1940-44 was approximately
50,000 tonnes a year.
Aside from the risk of an attack, the mine workers
also posed a potential threat to the cryolite production
if they were to go on strike. And it was exactly the
workers who were often a problem for the governors
and the board of directors of the mine. In the beginning of the summer of 1940, the mine workers gave
notice to terminate their contracts, and a new contract had to be concluded. In August 1940, the workers
went on a strike for two days, and further strike days
were looming. In March 1942, Brun concluded another contract with the mine workers. The new contract
comprised a pay rise of 10 per cent to the workers.
In the beginning of the winter of 1941-42, envoy Kauffmann entered the board of directors as chairman in
order to be able to appeal to the workers’ patriotic
feelings, if necessary, by means of his authority. During cryolite negotiations in 1942, Kauffmann managed
to get a far better price for the cryolite than the price
negotiated and obtained in 1940. Greenland’s cryolite
contributed to the implementation of the American
and Canadian rearmament programme for their air
forces during the Second World War.
01100598
Greenland during the Second World War II 1/1
– Cryolite
Denomination: DKK 36.50
Date of issue: 23rd of January 2017
20 stamps per sheet
Outer dimensions: 57.68 mm x 33.44 mm
Format: Double F – vertical
Design: Naja Rosing-Asvid
Engraving: Martin Mörck
Printing method: Combination, i.e. intaglio (laser
engraving) and offset
Paper: Swiss Stamp Paper
Source: ”Eske Brun og det moderne Grønlands tilblivelse 1932 – 64”, PhD thesis by Jens Heinrich, June
2010, about Eske Brun and the coming into existence
of modern Greenland during the period of 1932-64.
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About the artist
Naja Rosing-Asvid is a trained architect and has
for the last 10 years worked as an artist, exhibition designer, a writer of children’s books, a
scenographer, and much more. She uses different forms of expression in her art, and she
experiments, among other things, with pieces
of waste and nature materials. Some of her
work can be seen on the homepage www.najarosingasvid.dk.
The American company ”Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co.”
and its Canadian counterpart ”Aluminum Company
of Canada” sometimes employed observers by the
mine. These were used in order to ensure that the
capacity of the mine was maximised. In a telegram
from September 1941, it appeared that there was political pressure from the US to increase the production:
”The cryolite situation is now highly serious, and the
political pressure, that we have anticipated, has now
become a present factor, which may result in very se-
Portrait photo: Helle Nørregaard.
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Greenlandic Music – new series
tistic concept on the basis of these three photos. And
to examine how to connect the three photos in a single
expression for an entire stamp series. The woodcuts
made by Aron of Kangeq were sources of inspiration.
As it appears from the stamps, I have chosen to enter
the graphic world. In that way, the three source photos
have been further processed in three line engravings
on zinc plates, and the stamp images have been completed on a computer.
Organ player Amôraq Egede playing his accordion,
sitting on top of the Gardar ruins, South Greenland.
Photo by John Rasmussen, Narsaq Foto.
Music plays an important part in Greenland’s culture
and history. Every year, 10-15 CDs with Greenlandic
music are released in Greenland. The best selling CDs
are released in issues of 5,000 copies. This is rather
impressive in a country of only 56,000 inhabitants.
It is therefore natural that we dedicate a whole series to Greenlandic music. Camilla Nielsen, who will
be known to several of our collectors from earlier
stamps, has created a total of six beautiful images
reflecting the Greenlandic music through six different
eras. The three first stamps, which will be issued on
23rd January, depict Greenlandic music in a very long
time perspective, all the way from drum singing to
accordion music. The stamps will be issued in normal
sheets and printed in offset.
By Camilla Nielsen, artist
It took a long time to create these three stamps, and I
am very grateful for the co-operation with POST Greenland and Karsten Sommer, the music producer, in connection with this issue. It has been most interesting to
co-operate with Karsten and – on the basis of his comprehensive knowledge of Greenland’s musical history
– to choose the three photos, which are used as sources
of the final images of the stamp series, with him.
To me, it has been an exciting process to create an ar-
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By Karsten Sommer, journalist and music producer
Drum singing is the original form of music among the
Inuit, and it is thousands of years old. Drum singing still
exists today – all the way from Siberia, Alaska and Canada to the Thule area and East Greenland. In Siberia,
Alaska and Canada, the drums are much larger than in
Greenland, but the function of the drums was the same
in the original communities: the drum could be used to
invoke the spirits and as a ”legal” instrument, which
was, for instance, used for settling disputes between
two people by means of a war song. The person, who
was able to make the audience laugh the most, had
won! And the drum singing was also the unifying activity during parties, where all people would sing the
songs together.
The photo, which is the basis of this stamp, was taken
at the summer meeting ”Aasivik 77” in Qullissat. Milika
Kuitse from East Greenland was there, and it attracted
much attention that the Aasivik movement embraced
the drum songs and, among other things, released an
album through the record company ULO, so that the
modern-day audience could get to know its cultural
music heritage again.
When the missionaries came to
Greenland in the 18th century,
drum singing was prohibited. The
missionaries considered drum singing to be shamanic and ungodly.
There are stories about drummers,
who were tied up and mocked,
while their drums were being destroyed. On the other hand, the
missionaries offered the Inuit a
new form of music – choral singing. And gradually, as people were
christianised and began attending
church, the joy of singing in chorus
spread. And that joy is still there today. In every town and also in most
settlements, there are local choirs,
where the members
sing both Christian
and more worldly
songs in the church and
at festive occasions. The
story inspiring the creation
of this stamp comes from the
CD ”The Santa Summit Christmas
Concert” released in 1995 by ULO, © The Santa Claus of
Greenland Foundation.
In addition to the missionaries, other people also began to arrive in Greenland. And they brought another
new form of music to the Inuit. Whalers from Europe
travelled to the Greenlandic waters in order to procure
the oil-rich whale blubber, which was in demand in
the large European cities. The reason for this was that
the larger cities had begun to use street lighting, and
the street lights were fuelled by whale blubber! So,
when the ships were loaded with blubber (the meat
was just thrown away), the whalers went ashore for
a short while to meet the local people. They brought
their favourite instruments with them, for instance the
violin and the accordion. And when the party with the
local people started, the whalers played and danced to
their local polkas from Scandinavia, Scotland, Germany
and other homelands. When the party began to draw
to a close, bartering began to take place, and the local
Greenlanders acquired accordions and violins. In that
way, the polka music – kalattuut – came to Greenland.
To this day, any Greenlander is able to dance the complicated dances involving fast swings and turns.
The photo, on which this stamp is based, was taken
in 1980, and it shows the popular musician Louis An-
The Inngeratsiler Choir singing on the banks of Sermilik Fjord,
East Greenland. Photo by Erwin Reinthaler.
01100599
Greenlandic Music I 1/3
– Drum singing
Artist: Camilla Nielsen
Denomination: DKK 1.00
Date of issue: 23rd January 2017
Typography: Lowe-Martin Group
Printing method: Offset
Paper: TR4
Drum singer
Jerimias Sanimuinaq
performing outside
the old church in
Qaqortoq, South
Greenland. Photo
by John Rasmussen,
Narsaq Foto.
01100600
Greenlandic Music I 2/3
– Choral singing
Artist: Camilla Nielsen
Denomination: DKK 24.50
01100601
Greenlandic Music I 3/3
– Accordion music
Artist: Camilla Nielsen
Denomination: DKK 27.00
dreassen of Nanortalik. He recorded the album ”Qavaat”, which consisted of settlement music from South
Greenland. The bubbles in the picture symbolise the
bucket with immiaq – home brew – placed by his side
and putting him in
high spirits for a
number of brilliant
recordings.
01303077
Souvenir folder – Greenlandic Music I
Price: DKK 52.50
Contains one mint copy of each of the three music stamps.
Karsten Sommer,
born in 1949
Journalist and music producer. Has
worked at the
Danish Broadcasting Corporation for
several years and,
since 2004, at the
Photo courtesy
Greenlandic BroadKarsten Sommer
casting Corporation
(KNR).
Produced
the first Greenlandic album with the rock band Sume
in 1973 at the music publisher Demos. Participated later
on in the establishment of the Greenlandic record company ULO in 1976. Moved to Greenland in 1986.
About the artist
Camilla Nielsen has studied art in France, Canada and Greenland. As an artist, she
has especially been inspired by nature and people.
She has had more than 50 exhibitions during a period of 25 years. She has produced illustrations, organised courses and fair activities, and created scenography for The National Theatre of Greenland.
Portrait photo: Mette Marie Trier.
Camilla Nielsen’s last three stamps in this music series
will be issued in 2018.
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DHL TELE-POST Team Relay 2016, Nuuk.
Photo by TELE-POST.
Sports in Greenland II – on stamps
expressed in the ”Kang-Nu” mountain race just south
of Nuuk, as well as relay races for teams in our larger
towns.
by Miki Jacobsen, multi-faceted artist
This short series of stamps shows only a glimpse of
the sports that Greenland has to offer. New sports
disciplines appear continuously. Some are based on
traditions, such as the dog-sled race which is a huge
attraction every year. Not only in the world of sports is
a strong sense of teamwork most important. For example, organising the annual dog-sled race involves the
efforts of many people for this sporting event to get
off the ground.
Part One of the ”Sports in Greenland” set was issued
in 2016. I am now continuing with an additional three
stamps, for the second part of this series.
Everybody knows that exercise is a good thing. One
way to take exercise might be by participating in one
of Greenland’s numerous sports disciplines. There are
thousands of sports people in Greenland who are members of the various clubs and associations, but their
numbers are fewer than they were some years ago.
But this might not be an indication that fewer people
are using sporting activities to exercise. In recent years,
we have seen gym culture, yoga and other ways of
using your body and achieving a state of well-being.
And these “new” sports disciplines are not included in
statistics for sports people who are members of clubs.
”Keep moving!” is a good motto if you are going to
maintain a fairly steady level of health. Greenland obviously has some unique sporting opportunities in terms
of experiencing nature, while breathing in the freshest
air in the world. At least if you get away from the bustle
and noise of town life. Outdoor activities are also pos-
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Sports in Greenland seem to be in good shape, also for
the future.
Kang-Nu Race 2012, south of Nuuk. Photo: Leiff Josefsen.
sible in the towns, such as football, with artificial turfs
etc. in the larger towns.
”Gør Maj Sund” (“Make May a healthy month”) is also
one of the annual recurring events that gets people
up from their couches in their homes, at least in Nuuk
and in other coastal locations. This is, for example,
National dogsled championships 2002, held in Ilulissat.
Photo: Leiff Josefsen.
01100602
Sports in Greenland II 1/3
National dogsled championships
Artist: Miki Jacobsen
Denomination: DKK 16.00
Date of issue: 23rd of January 2017
Typography: Lowe-Martin Group
Printing method: Offset
Paper: TR4
01100604
Sports in Greenland II 3/3
Town relay race
Artist: Miki Jacobsen
Denomination: DKK 22.00
01100603
Sports in Greenland II 2/3
Kang-Nu race
Artist: Miki Jacobsen
Denomination: DKK 19.50
Photo by Leiff Josefsen. TELE-POST ©
Kalaallit Nunaanni timersorneq II
KALAALLIT NUNAAT
GRØNLAND
AVANNAATA QIMUSSERSUA
HUNDESLÆDE-GM
16,00
2017
KALAALLIT NUNAAT
GRØNLAND
ILLOQARFIMMI STAFETSERNEQ • BYSTAFET
KANG-NU RACE
Miki Jacobsen pinx.
19,50
2017
KALAALLIT NUNAAT
GRØNLAND
Miki Jacobsen pinx.
22,00
2017
DKK 57,50
01303078
Souvenir folder – Sports in Greenland II
Price: DKK 57.50
Contains one mint copy of the souvenir sheet
01106602
Souvenir sheet – Sports in Greenland II
Artist: Miki Jacobsen
Denomination: DKK 57.50
About the artist
Miki Jacobsen has illustrated more children’s books and, since 1982, he has had his works
exhibited in Greenland, Scandinavia, Ireland, the US and Canada, among others. Educational art courses at the Art School of Greenland, The School of Decorative Art (drawing
and graphics)/the Danish Design School and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in
Halifax, Canada, among others.
Miki Jacobsen masters several different techniques and means of expression, which are
often combined in his projects: painting, graphics, photography, computer graphics, sound
and performance. Miki has drawn stamps for POST Greenland since 1992.
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News from POST Greenland
Exhibitions and fairs
Until the end of April 2017, POST Greenland will participate in this collector event:
Samlermesse 2017 (collector fair), Nykøbing Falster, Denmark, Sunday, 2nd April.
There will be made NO Greenlandic special cachet for this fair.
Day cancellations
On the 30th of January 2017, the date stamps of the following two settlements
and the following town will be replaced:
• Saarloq at 3920 Qaqortoq
• Ammassivik at 3920 Qaqortoq
• 3950 Aasisat
Report from the stamp exhibition TAK16
and the stamp, letter and postcard fair
Frimærke-, Brev- og Postkortmesse 2016
Denmark is the most important market for Greenlandic stamps for collection.
Therefore, POST Greenland participated again in Denmark’s largest stamp fair
”Frimærke, Brev og Postkortmesse” in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. In the weekend of the 5th and the 6th of November 2016, we also participated in Denmark’s
largest stamp exhibition last year – ”TAK16” in Birkerød, Denmark, approximately
25 kilometres north of Copenhagen. On that occasion, we
celebrated the 75th anniversary
of the philately club ”Birkerød
Frimærkeklub”.
Production
Manager
Hjørdis
Viberg and Development Manager Allan Pertti Frandsen from POST
Greenland attended the events in
Frederiksberg and Birkerød.
The replacement is due to wear. Please send your franked and addressed envelopes for last day cancellation and first day cancellation to the following address:
POST Greenland, FILATELIA, PO box 121, 3913 Tasiilaq, GREENLAND.
The envelopes should therefore NOT be sent to the above-mentioned town and/
or settlements, but to Tasiilaq, where we will take care of your franked and
addressed envelopes.
– It was a new great experience
to participate in the fair in Frederiksberg, Hjørdis said. She spent two very active
days at the stand. She continues:
– Our newest stamps attracted a lot of attention. Also the new franking labels
with beautiful photos taken by Mads Pihl are popular among the Danish collectors.
Allan Pertti Frandsen continues:
– It was, among other things, our brand new Year Pack 2016 and our brand new
book about the civil aviation history of Greenland from 1960 to 2015 that the
collectors wanted to buy. It was, however, the new stamp with The Crown Prince
Family dressed in their beautiful national costumes of Greenland that attracted
the most attention. This stamp is our largest PR success ever, the Development
Manager says. And Hjørdis Viberg adds:
Next time, read about...
• The chosen 2016 Greenlandic stamp of the year
• The additional value stamp 2017 – Kofoed’s School in Nuuk
• The EUROPA stamps 2017 – castles
• Deserted stations – new series
• Old bank notes – new series
• The Sepac stamp 2017 – local handcraft
• The royal golden wedding anniversary
• And much more…
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– And, finally, our entirely new stamp
series ”Greenland during the Second
World War” is a hit among the collectors
in Denmark. Until 2020, this series will
depict the world war from the perspective of the Greenlandic people. The series is drawn by Naja Rosing-Asvid from
Nuuk and engraved by Norwegian Martin
Mörck. The stamps disclose a deeply interesting story about Greenland, which
has not been shown on stamps before,
says a satisfied production manager.
Read more about the fair and the exhibition at www.3fff.dk and www.tak16.dk
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Copenhagen K. Account No.: 9541 - 940 4120.
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Sweden: Postgirot Bank AB (publ), Vasagatan 7, 105 06
Stockholm. Account No.: 41 45-9.
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been sent to you from POST Greenland, must reach POST Greenland,
Filatelia, no later than 1 year after the last day of the month in which
the products were dispatched. The dispatch date is indicated by the
date of the postmark, or possibly by the invoice date.
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The fee for registered letters sent within Greenland or to Europe
(including Denmark and the Faroe Islands) is DKK 45.00. Example:
Postage for a registered letter franked with DKK 15.00 is DKK 60.00.
Information about postage charges for mail to other countries can be
found at www.telepost.gl.
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POST Greenland, Filatelia, exchanges only unused stamps for new
stamps of the customer’s choice from our sale list. Per customer, no
more than 3 free exchanges (of maximum DKK 100.00 each) per year
are permitted. If the total value exceeds 3 x DKK 100.00, POST Greenland, Filatelia, will charge a fee of 45 per cent of the nominal value.
The fee of 45 per cent must always be paid in cash. The cash payment
can therefore not be replaced 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.
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For each received batch of stamps for cancellation by POST Greenland,
Filatelia, a fee of DKK 20.00 will be charged. The amount can be
paid by means of the payment methods stated on this page. www.
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Publisher: POST Greenland
Editors: Kristian ”Karé” Pîvat, Nataša Fredhøj, Peder Friis
Sørensen, Hjørdis Viberg.
Chief Editor: Pertti Frandsen, Development Manager.
Layout: DAMgrafisk.dk
Printing: DAMgrafisk.dk
Front page photo: Mads Pihl
We will take care of
your inquiries
When you write, fax,
e-mail or call POST
Greenland, Filatelia, you
will get through to us.
We are looking forward
to offering our continued assistance with
your philately inquiries.
Nataša Fredhøj
Sales assistant
Swedish, English,
Danish, German,
Serbian
Rudi Bisgaard Kofoed
Ak.Merk. Apprentice
Greenlandic, Danish,
English
Allan D. I. Streymoy
Sales assistant
Faroese, English,
Danish, German
Kristian ”Karé” Pîvat
Senior Clerk
Greenlandic, Danish
Peder Friis Sørensen
Customer Services
Manager, Danish, English, German, Spanish
Hjørdis Viberg
Production Manager
Faroese, Danish,
English, German
Pertti Frandsen
Development Manager
Danish, English,
German, Swedish
Greenland Collector | 11
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 to:
POST GREENLAND
FILATELIA
PO BOX 121
3913 TASIILAQ
GREENLAND
You can still get the book ”Greenland’s Civil Aviation History 1960-2015 – Depicted On Stamps”
The aviation series, as we call it, was completed in 2016. The series comprises a total
of 13 stamps with images of planes and helicopters that have been used in Greenland
from the late 1950s until 2015.
The stamps have all been issued in normal
sheets. The printing method is combined laser
engraving and offset.The artist behind all the
images is the legendary Norwegian illustrator
and engraver Martin Mörck, who has created
more than 100 images for Greenlandic stamps
so far.
In addition to the exciting story about Greenland’s civil aviation, this book also contains 13
stamps from the series, stamped with the first
day cancellation. ”The aviation book” is therefore of interest to people interested in aircraft, philatelists and people who would like to
know more about Greenland’s history and development.
Item no.: 01550042
Title: The aviation book ”The civil aviation history of Greenland”
Price: DKK 299.00 (including shipping).
64 pages, hardback.
Note! You can choose between a Greenlandic, Danish, English or German language
version.
Can be ordered at www.stamps.gl or via our customer service by phone (+45 7026 0550)
or e-mail ([email protected]).
Large calendar 2017
49 x 27 cm with 13
beautiful landscape
images from all of
Greenland.
Tasiilami Filatelia aamma TELE-POST Centeri
Filatelia and TELE-POST Center in Tasiilaq, East Greenland
Price: DKK 50.00
(including shipping).
POST Greenland
Filatelia
PO Box 121 · 3913 Tasiilaq · Greenland
Phone +45 7026 0550 · +299 98 11 55 · Fax +299 98 14 32
[email protected] · www.stamps.gl · www.facebook.com/stamps.gl
QAAMMATISIUTIT • CALENDAR
Puisinniaq qimussimik Uummannaq eqqaani angalasoq. Assiliisoq: Marcela Cardenas
A sealer and his dogteam doing their job near Uummannaq, West Greenland. Photo: Marcela Cardenas
KALAALLIT NUNAAT • GREENLAND • 2017 • WWW.STAMPS.GL
Single stamps with theme
101
Blocks of four with theme
102
103
104
105
106
107
201
Half sheets with theme
Whole sheets with theme
Upper marginals with theme
Lower marginals with theme
Souvenir sheets with theme
Mini sheets with theme
FDC/1 with theme
202
203
204
301
FDC/4 with theme
FDC/Series with theme
FDC/Souvenir sheets with theme
Stamp Booklets with theme
303
Souvenir Folders with theme
The number of stamps per half sheet varies, e.g. 50, 25, 20
or 10 pcs.
The number of stamps per whole sheet varies, e.g. 100, 50,
40 or 20 pcs.
Upper marginal blocks of four.
Lower marginal blocks of four.
Including 1 to 4 stamps of an issue or a series.
Including 8 like stamps
First day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled.
First day covers franked with a block of four, cancelled.
First day covers franked with one of each stamp of a series,
cancelled.
First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled.
Booklets containing two blocks of 4 to 6 stamps each.
Complete series of stamps inserted in an illustrated folder.
Postcards pertaining to the stamp design franked and cancelled with a first day cancellation on the picture side.
Ordinary postcards pertaining to philately.
Note: Same design as maxicard.
Themes
Theme Id Theme
1 Europa · 2 Royal · 3 Transportation · 4 Nature · 5 Science · 6 Art · 7 Anniversary / Event · 8 Intaglio
To tell the story, we have been working with
one of the very best experts – former Area
Manager in Grønlandsfly/Air Greenland, Ole
Dam, who worked for the airline from 1962
to 2003.
Item no.: 01900444
100
POST Greenland, Filatelia
PO Box 121 · 3913 Tasiilaq · Greenland
Phone +45 7026 0550 · +299 98 11 55 · Fax +299 98 14 32
[email protected] · facebook.com/stamps.gl
Description/Subscription codes for sets
610
Single stamps in set
611
Blocks of four in set
612
Half sheets in set
613
Whole sheets in set
614
615
616
617
621
622
623
Upper marginals in set
Lower marginals in set
Souvenir sheets in set
Mini sheets in set
FDC/1 in set
FDC/4 in set
FDC/Series in set
624
205
631
633
304
FDC/Souvenir sheets in set
FDC/1 Year Set
Stamp Booklets in set
Souvenir Folders in set
Year Pack
520
700
701
702
DAVO pages
Franking labels
FDC/1 Franking labels
FDC/Series Franking labels
Blocks of four like connected stamps.
The number of stamps per half sheet varies,
e.g. 50, 25, 20 or 10 pcs.
The number of stamps per whole sheet varies,
we.g. 100, 50, 40 or 20 pcs.
Upper marginal blocks of four.
Lower marginal blocks of four.
Including 1 to 6 stamps of an issue or a series.
Including 8 like stamps
First day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled.
First day covers franked with a block of four, cancelled.
First day covers franked with one of each stamp of a series,
cancelled.
First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled.
A whole year’s FDC/1.
Booklets containing two blocks of 4 to 6 stamps each.
Complete series of stamps inserted in an illustrated folder.
A whole year’s issue of stamps plus souvenir sheets inserted
in an illustrated folder. Note: Stamp booklets not included.
Extra pages ”GREENLAND” with mounts, for DAVO luxury albums.
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.