No. 1/2018 Norway Post Stamps
Bouvet Island The Norvegia expedition in 1927/28 declared the world‘s most isolated island as Norwegian area. NEW STAMPS Page 6
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Dear Customer! Contents NEW STAMPS This year, Norwegian stamps will take us almost Birds Page 4 all the way to the South Pole. NEW STAMPS The Wild Animals stamp series ended in 2015. It is now time Bouvet Island to introduce a new series of definitive stamps in sheets. Page 6 Over the next few years, the series will depict Norway’s polar WILD ANIMALS areas in both the Arctic and the Antarctic. The first two Page 8 stamps will depict animal life on Bouvet Island. This is the first time Bouvet Island has been depicted on Norwegian stamps. The stamps will be issued in a new type of self-adhesive sheets, which will make them easier for customers to use. Magnus Rakeng has designed the stamps.
Three new bird stamps had the honour of opening the 2018 stamp year. Artist Viggo Ree designed the motifs. The great grey owl, the snowy owl and the rough-legged hawk are pictured on the beautiful stamps. The non- denominational stamp in the series is for the first time only marked with “Innland”. This is because the consignment categories A and B have now been eliminated. Norway Post Philatelic Service
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Design: Posten Norge AS, Konsernkommunikasjon, Design Kind regards, Coverphoto: «Norvegia» by Bouvet Island in 1927. © Norsk Polarinstitutt Print: Byråservice
Halvor Fasting Director
3 NEW STAMPS BIRDS Photo: © Roy Mangersnes / NN / Samfoto / NTB scanpix Mangersnes / NN Samfoto © Roy Photo: Birds
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Number: NK 1974-1976 Motif: Great grey owl, Snowy owl, Rough-legged hawk Artist: Viggo Ree Arrangement: Enzo Finger Denomination: Domestic (NOK 14), NOK 21, NOK 48 Issued in: Rolls with 100 self-adhesive stamps Print: Offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, The Netherlands
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NK 1974 NK 1975 NK 1976 Great Grey Owl Snowy Owl Rough-Legged Hawk (Strix nebulosa) (Bubo scandiacus) (Buteo lagopus)
Date: 02/01/2018
Golden FDC NOK 99