Collector Subscription magazine for collectors of Greenland stamps • Vol. 24 • No. 2 • May 2019

2018 GREENLANDIC 2 STAMP OF THE YEAR

2019 EUROPA stamps 4 featuring sounds

More Unesco World Heritage First ten years Sites in Greenland of Greenlandic 7 8 Self-Government Our 2018 Stamp of the Year has been announced The DKK 10,000 prize was won by a Danish collector By Allan D. I. Streymoy and Pertti Frandsen

Our G634 stamp was chosen as the 2018 Greenlandic Stamp of the Year. A total of 3,120 stamp collectors from all over the world voted for their favourite among the 24 stamps that were issued by POST Greenland in 2018.

The 2018 Greenland Stamp of the Year was issued on 25th May last year and featured a panoramic photograph taken by Erwin Reinthaler.

The Winning Stamp: G634. This Austrian photographer, artist, ski instructor and teacher is new to the world of stamps. Despite that, he has previously produced works of art and published a book about Greenland.

The winner of the DKK 10,000 main prize was Lillian Køhler from Denmark. Lillian has been collecting Greenlandic stamps for a long time and has participated many times before in this annual vote to select the Greenlandic Stamp of the Year. POST Greenland congratulates Lillian on winning the first prize, which she has already received.

The ten lucky winners of our runners-up prize - a 2018 Year Pack - are:

The winner, Lillian • Allan Whitrod, Canada Køhler, Denmark. • José Ortega Flores, Spain Private photo. • Igor Tonzetic, South Africa • Massimo Marescotto, Italy • Jens Bachlechner, Germany • Hans Gebhardt, Germany • Victoria Schaal, Italy • Colin Seymour, Denmark • Ronald Leroux, Canada • Felipe Pin Rinaldi, Brazil 2018 Year Pack.

We congratulate all the winners and, in addition, we thank everyone who took part.

The ‘2018 Greenlandic Stamp of the Year’ competition was conducted from 1st December 2018 to 1st March 2019. The vote took place here in the Greenland Collector, at www.stamps.gl, at www.facebook.com/stamps.gl and through our email newsletter.

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Old Greenlandic banknotes - part three By Pertti Frandsen

At the beginning of the twentieth century, KGH (Kongelige Grønlandske Handel – Trading) started using special banknotes. These were printed in stone presses and were valid currency in Greenland’s trading posts.

All the stamps in this series were drawn and engraved by artist Bertil Skov Jørgensen. Historical material and original old banknotes stored in Denmark’s National Bank, at the National Museum in Copenhagen and in POST Greenland’s archives in , were used as source material for the artwork.

The stamps, which reproduce the banknote designs, are printed in combined offset and laser etching and will be issued as full sheets and souvenir sheets. 01100652 01100653 In 2017 and 2018 we issued a total of four postage Old Greenlandic banknotes III 1/2 Old Greenlandic banknotes III 2/2 stamps, reproducing banknotes that were issued in Denomination: DKK 26.00 Denomination: DKK 56.00 1911. Our stamp series now continues with two addi- Date of issue: 21st June 2019 Exterior dimensions: 53.00 mm x 46.00 mm tional stamps that reproduce banknotes from the se- 10 stamps per sheet ries of banknotes that was issued in 1953. Exterior dimensions: 53.00 mm x 46.00 mm Artist and typography: Bertil Skov Jørgensen Banknote series from 1953 Printing method: Combined laser gravure/offset Money as a modern phenomenon was pretty much Paper: Swiss Stamp Paper dropped onto Greenlandic society. This happened as a 01106652 01106653 means of discouraging the trade in tusks. Souvenir sheet Souvenir sheet Credit notes, as they were then known, were not always Old Greenlandic Old Greenlandic regarded as legitimate or desirable means of payment, banknotes III 1/2 banknotes III 2/2 however. For example, German mineralogist Karl Ludwig Price: DKK 26.00 Price: DKK 56.00 Giesecke noted to his consternation during an expedition in 1809 that the local population refused to sell fish and game to the starving Europeans. “When we ourselves began to suffer shortages and were no longer able to series of banknotes that were issued after the 1953 Con- has been a frequent satisfy their wishes and claims, the indigenous people stitutional amendment, after which Greenland ceased participant at many became very nonchalant and unpleasant to us and would to have the status of a colony. Our account of the old exhibitions in Den- no longer take into account that we used money as a Greenlandic banknotes will continue in 2020, when we mark since 1992. means of payment.” issue the next postage stamp and souvenir sheet in the He made his stamp Giesecke’s description illustrates the general problem series. début in 2000 for that can arise when modern money is introduced to Danmark. His Source: ”Penge og national identitet i Grønland – et first stamp for POST exchange-based economy. In contrast to payment meth- blikpå den grønlandskepengehistorie”, (“Money and ods such as gold or silver coins, banknotes are highly Greenland was is- National Identity in Greenland – a look at the history of sued in 2009. He dependent on the user’s confidence in them as a means Greenlandic money”) by Anders Ravn Sørensen. of payment. Bertil Skov Jørgensen. produced the 75th About the artist Private photo. anniversary stamp Although the administrative conditions and Greenland as for POST Greenland a whole underwent a continuous process of change, KGH Bertil Skov Jørgensen was born in Kolding in 1968. in 2013. This series continued to issue the credit notes that were used as He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts about old Greenlandic banknotes is the first series of currency. The two banknotes which are reproduced on and has been learning the art of engraving since 2006 stamps that Bertil Skov Jørgensen has designed for these two new postage stamps both originate from the with the legendary Martin Mörck. Bertil Skov Jørgensen Greenland. Find out more at www.bertilskov.dk.

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Greenland’s 2019 EUROPA stamps – featuring the birdsong of national birds By Pertti Frandsen ’duck people’. The Ptarmigan is a sedentary bird and is biologically a land fowl. The Mallard is a common bird that breeds at lakes in Western Greenland, out to the North at Upernavik. It breeds more sparsely in South-East Green- land. The Mallard winters in the open water areas off Western Greenland at coasts, shallow fjords or in coves. 01100654 The second stamp depicts the Snow Bunting and the EUROPA 2019 Common Raven. The Snow Bunting is the messenger National birds 1/2 of the great sun. According to various myths, the Raven Denomination: DKK 15.00 helped to create the sun. When it arrives and begins to Date of issue: 21st June 2019 sing, it means that Spring and the return of the sun are 10 stamps per sheet drawing near. The Snow Bunting and the Raven also ap- Exterior dimensions: 28.80 mm x 40.00 mm pear alongside each other in some myths, such as ’The Format: G – vertical Raven that was desperate to get married’. Biologically, Artist: Naja Abelsen both species are passerines, or perching birds.” Typography: Lowe-Martin Group Printing method: Offset Paper: TR4 NEW 01100655 As something new for this year, you can use a free app EUROPA 2019 Stamps with sounds! This is the first time we have to scan the EUROPA stamps and hear the birdsong of the National birds 2/2 tried this innovation at POST Greenland. Read the birds that are depicted on the stamps. This is a feature Denomination: DKK 17.00 ’NEW’ section below to find out more. But, first of all, common to both the POST Greenland EUROPA stamps we would like to present this year’s EUROPA stamps and the corresponding stamps from various other mem- from POST Greenland. bers of PostEurop. The app here is a Cee-app.

As has become a tradition, our two annual EUROPA Install the Cee-app on your smart phone. It is available stamps will each be issued as full sheets, printed on for both iOS and Android. When you have downloaded gummed paper and as a self-adhesive booklet, con- the Cee-app and opened it, you will need to personalise taining six of each of the two EUROPA stamps your Cee-app by entering a few pieces of information. The Cee-app will then be ready to use. Remember to In Greenland we have no official national bird as such. activate the GPS function. You can then scan the stamps. We do, however, have a number of birds that are both You will then be able to hear the birdsong coming out of common and familiar. Some of them even appear in var- the speaker on your mobile phone. You can read more ious Greenlandic myths: Rock Ptarmigan, Mallard, Snow about the Cee-app here: http://cee-platform.com and Bunting and the Common Raven. EUROPA-frimærkit 2019: Nunatta timmiai Frimærkinut mappersagaq nr. 27 http://europa-stamps.blogspot.comFrimærkip aappaani aqisseq qeerlutoorlu assiliartaapput. Taamaammat ukiumi inunngortut aqqissit inuinik, aasakkullu inunngortut qeerlutuut inuinik taaneqartarput. Aqqissip kukkukuut ilaqutarai, nunanullu allanut ingerlaqqissanani. Qeerlutooq nalinginnaasumik piaqqiortarpoq tatsit eqqaani, Kalaallit Nunaata kitaani, avannamut Frimærkehæfte nr. 27 Kalaallit Nunaat Upernavik tikillugu. Kalaallit Nunaata kujataani siammasinnerusumik piaqqiortarpoq. Qeerlutooq Kalaallit Nunaata kitaata sineriaani sikuneq ajortumi, kangerlunni, Grønland kangerliumanernilu ikkattuni, ukiisarpoq. DKK 192,00 Few artists are better at depicting animal subjects than Frimærkip aappaani qupaloraarsuk tulugarlu assiliartaapput. Qupaloraarsuk seqinersuup oqariartortoraa. Tulugaq oqaluttuani arlalinni seqinermik pilersitseqataasarpoq. Takkukkaangat qarlulerlunilu, upernaap, seqernullu takkunnissaat qallisarpoq. Qupaloraarsuk tulugarlu aamma oqaluttuat ilaanni marluullutik ilaapput, soorlu uani “Tulugaq katikkusuttoq”. Taakku marluullutik qupaloraarsunnit aallaaveqarput.

Inussiarnersumik inuulluaqqusillunga, Nassiussat akii • Allakkat Naja Abelsen Naja Abelsen, which is why we entrusted her with the Posttakster • Breve EUROPA-frimærker 2019: Grønlandske fugle About the artist Oqimaassuseq Kal. Nun. Europa* Nunat allat** På det ene frimærke har jeg gengivet fjeldrypen og gråanden. Det skyldes, at man siges task of painting the four birds that are featured on these at tilhøre rypefolk, når man er født om vinteren og andefolk, hvis man er født om som- annerpaamik meren. Rypen er en standfugl og biologisk set en hønsefugl. Gråanden er en almindelig Vægt højst Grønland Europa* Øvr. udland** ynglefugl ved søer i Vestgrønland mod nord til Upernavik. I Sydøstgrønland yngler den 20 g 15,00 17,00 17,00 mere spredt. Gråanden overvintrer i åbenvandsområdet ud for Vestgrønland ved kyster, 100 g 25,00 30,00 59,00 stamps. In her own words, here are Naja’s own thoughts lavvandede fjorde eller i bugter. Naja Abelsen was born in 1964. She grew up in Denmark250 g 42,00 5 6,00 131,00 På det andet frimærke ses snespurven og ravnen. Snespurven er den store sols bud- bringer. Ravnen har i flere myter været med til at skabe solen. Når den ankommer og 500 g 76,00 104,00 220,00 begynder at synge, er foråret og solens genkomst nær. Snespurv og ravn optræder også 1.000 g 123,00 150,00 276,00 about her two attractive bird stamps, featuring these and Greenland. With asammen Danish i nogle myter, som fx “Den giftesygemother ravn”. Begge er biologisk and set spurvefugle. Greenlandic2.000 g 166,00 210 ,00 380,00 Med venlig hilsen Naja Abelsen * Taakkununnga ilaallutik / Herunder Danmark, Island og Færøerne four species father, she is inspired by both Danish and Greenlandic** Taakkununnga ilaalluni / Herunder Canada culture. She studied at the art school in Holbæk in 1985 By Naja Abelsen, artist. 01301227 Stamp Booklet No. 27 and continued her studies at Copenhagen’s School of EUROPA 2019 “On the first stamp, I depicted the Rock Ptarmigan and Visual Art from 1987 to 89. She trained at Denmark’s National birds the Mallard. I opted for this because there is a Green- School of Design from 1990 to 1996. Naja has exhibited Price: DKK 192.00 landic tradition that people born during the Winter are in Greenland, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and the United Date of issue: 21st June 2019 ’ptarmigan people’ and people during the Summer are States of America. Paper: AE419, Avery 92 g, 100 g backing paper, s20000n glue The booklet is printed on self-adhesive paper. It contains 6 4 | Greenland Collector of each of the two 2019 EUROPA stamps. 21062019B 21062019C

New denomination in the Queen Margrethe – Definitive series

By Per Svendsen, Managing Director of Customers & POST

We began this Definitive series in 2012 featuring the including on a private tuition basis at Amalienborg from visit to Greenland. The inaugura- portrait of Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark. The 1946 to 1949. As a result of a constitutional amendment, tion took place on 17th September stamp design was created by Norwegian Martin Mörck she became heir to the throne in 1953. After the death 1957. Princess Margrethe’s Children’s and is based on a photograph by the official photogra- of her father, King Frederik IX, in January 1972, she was Home has continued to be a very well-loved institution pher to the Danish Royal Family, Steen Brogaard. The proclaimed Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark. in this town, right up to the present day. The Princess Definitive series will be expanded on 21st June 2019 Margrethe School in Upernavik was also named after our with yet another denomination; the eighth in the se- The Queen and Greenland monarch. ries since it was first launched. Queen Margrethe has visited our country many times In general, the children of Greenland have been very About our Queen since her first visit to Greenland in 1960, especially after dear to the Queen’s heart. She is the patron of the she became Denmark’s Regent. Greenlandic Children’s Association. Therefore, there are Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid was born on 16th numerous reasons why the Queen and the rest of the April 1940 at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen. From Princess Margrethe’s Children’s Home in Tasiilaq had Royal Family are, and will continue to be, a natural point 1946 to 1955, Princess Margrethe attended Zahle’s school, already been inaugurated three years before her first of common interest to modern Greenland.

New Philatelic Service Centre in Otterup By Per Svendsen, Managing Director of Customers & POST

POST Greenland takes great pride in compiling an orders, the receipt of your payments and responding to annual stamp programme that conveys the culture, your customer enquiries. nature and history of Greenland in the best possible Your subscriptions to Greenlandic stamps will, howev- manner. We are proud to provide a Philatelic service to er, continue to be processed, packaged and despatched collectors in more than 50 counties across the world. from POST Greenland, Filatelia, in Tasiilaq. In addition, we are most pleased that our postage stamps attract so much international attention. The cooperation with Nordfrim A/S will bring POST Greenland even closer to our customers and improve our We constantly strive to make our service even better. For service in a number of areas. We also look forward to some time we have investigated how we can get closer presenting our stamps and collectables in a more effi- to our customers and provide a more efficient service. cient online web shop. Against this background, we have chosen to start a col- laboration with Nordfrim A/S in Denmark. For you, as a customer, the cooperation between POST Greenland and Nordfrim A/S means only a few practical With Nordfrim A/S we get a partner with a long-estab- changes: lished professional organisation and an in-depth know- 01100656 ledge of Philately. Since 1965, Nordfrim A/S has provided Definitive series 2019 • In future your letters must be sent to this address: POST Denomination: DKK 15.00 a Philatelic service to collectors in Scandinavia and to the Greenland Filatelia, Kvindevadet 42, 5450 Otterup, Date of issue: 21st June 2019 rest of the world. For more than 20 years, the company Denmark 10 stamps per sheet has also been a distributor of Greenlandic stamps to col- • Your emails are to be sent to @stamps.gl (not to Exterior dimensions: 28.50 mm x 40.00 mm lectors in many countries around the world. [email protected]) Format: G – vertical Accordingly, from 1st June 2019 a POST Greenland service Photo: Steen Brogaard • Our phone number +45 7026 0550 is unchanged, while centre will be set up in Denmark, under the name ’POST Portrait artwork: Martin Mörck +299 98 11 55 is now closed. Printing method: Combination of intaglio (laser Greenland Filatelia’. This service centre will be operated engraving) and offset by Nordfrim A/S and will perform all our customer ser- We look forward to providing an even better service to Paper: Swiss Stamp Paper vice tasks. In other words: the processing of casual sales all our loyal collectors.

Greenland Collector | 5 Old residential buildings on this year’s Sepac stamps By Pertti Frandsen

01100657 Sepac 2019: Old Residential Buildings Poul Egede’s House in Ilimanaq Photographer: Frants Frandsen Denomination: DKK 17.00 Date of issue: 21st June 2019 10 stamps per sheet Exterior dimensions: 40.00 mm x 28.5021062019D mm Buildings are an important part of our cultural herit- Interest in this small Greenlandic settlement - and not Size: G – horizontal age. They are a tangible reminder from the days of our least for two of the settlement’s wooden buildings Typography: Lowe-Martin Group forefathers; one which we have a duty to look after. which are some of Greenland’s oldest preserved and Print method: Offset It therefore makes good sense that “Old residential listed houses from the colonial period - began more Paper: TR4 buildings” should be the year’s common theme for than ten years ago. This was when Realdania By & Byg the Small European Postal Administration Co-opera- entered into a partnership with Greenland’s National tion (abbreviated to Sepac) postal network, of which Museum on the potential for revitalising Greenlandic Greenland is one of the thirteen member countries. cultural heritage. The partnership led to Realdania By & Byg buying these two buildings during the Summer does not stop with these two The house that we have chosen to reproduce on this of 2014: The house of missionary and tradesman Poul buildings. The entire settlement year’s Greenlandic Sepac stamp, was built back in 1751. Egede was constructed in 1751 and the colonial shop of Ilimanaq, local residents and the It was restored a few years ago, alongside another was built in 1778. Both buildings have great historical magnificent scenery that surrounds the house. and cultural importance for the settlement and for cul- tural heritage as a whole. natural area by Ilulissat Ice fjord, all play a crucial role Poul Egede’s Houses in Ilimanaq in the overall project. Work then began on the restoration, preservation and The buildings are located in Ilimanaq, which is a small transformation of the two buildings into an information Realdania By & Byg develops experimental new build- settlement about 15 km south of Ilulissat. The settle- centre, restaurant, conference room and shop trading in ings and neighbourhoods, while retaining historic build- ment is in Western Greenland, approximately 300 km local catches. The restoration of the two buildings as- ings through philanthropic investment and active owner- north of the Arctic Circle. It was once a traditional whal- sures the conservation and bringing to life of a piece of ship. The company builds and disseminates a collection ing town called Claushavn, which is nowadays a centre Greenlandic and global cultural heritage, allowing this of good examples of architecture and construction styles, for a unique blend of tourism, nature, fisheries, cultural cultural heritage to be communicated to as many peo- disseminating knowledge and solutions from all the pro- heritage and sustainability. ple as possible in the future. And this communication jects. Read more at www.realdaniabyogbyg.dk

6 | Greenland Collector More Unesco Global Heritage21062019E Sites in Greenland – on stamps By Allan D. I. Streymoy and Pertti Frandsen

01100658 Aasivissuit-Nipisat as UNESCO Global Heritage Artist: Julie Edel Hardenberg Denomination: DKK 14.00 Date of issue: 21st June 2019 10 stamps per sheet Exterior dimensions: 58.00 mm x 32.00 mm Size: double-F vertical Typography: Lowe-Martin Group Printing method: Offset Paper: TR4

The Aasivissuit-Nipisat hunting area in Western Green- More information is available at https://inuithunting.gl often made me think of the Inuit people, whose Arctic land was added to the UNESCO Global Heritage List in and https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1557 survival led them to become part of this unforgettable 2018. This is only the third time that an area in Green- and impressive landscape.” Below, the artist who created this attractive stamp design land has been added to this prestigious list. We are talks about her personal experience in this area, which About the artist commemorating this event in the form of an attractive has fortunately now been officially designated as a global stamp, designed by talented artist Julie Edel Harden- heritage area meriting conservation. Julie Edel Hardenberg was born in Nuuk and qualified as berg. a visual artist from the Nordic School of Art in Kokkola, “Aasivissuit – Nipisat, Inuit Hunting Area between Finland, the Academy of Art in Trondheim, Norway and The Unesco Global Heritage List contributes towards the Ice Caps and the Sea a student exchange at Norwich School of Art and Design. drawing positive attention to the Earth that we all share In 2005 she qualified in art theory at the Royal Danish and to human cultural and natural heritage. In Greenland, The Aasivissuit–Nipisat area, which is an Inuit hunting Academy of Art. She has also exhibited at numerous local we are especially proud to see our ice fjord at Ilulissat, area between the Ice Caps and the Sea, located in Qeqqa- and international exhibitions and public ornamentations, the rediscovered Norse settlements and agricultural ar- ta Kommunia was added to the Unesco Global Heritage produced books and has been nominated for the Nordic eas in Kujataa, and now also Aasivissuit–Nipisat as part List in 2018. The area represents an area which extends Council’s Literature Prize, the Danish Association for Qual- of this list. from the Greenland Ice Caps, across the tundra landscape, ity Books, the Western Nordic Prize for Children’s Liter- all the way to the sea. The area near Aasivissuit–Nipisat is a story that dates ature, White Raven Book – International Youth Library, back about 4,500 years that is all about how the populace I have covered the stretch from Kangerlussuaq to Sisimi- The Livia fund prize, Carnegie Art Award, and the Anna has sustainably exploited the available resources in this ut on skis and remember my impressions from the ex- Norlander prize. Her work is characterised as being quirky very hardy landscape. tensive frozen lakes and vast mountainous areas, which and poetic, with a humorous approach to identity.

Greenland Collector | 7 10th anniversary of Self-Government in Greenland By Pertti Frandsen

On 25th November 2008, a referendum was conducted in About the artist Greenland about greater autonomy for Greenland. There Born on 16th December 1947 in Qullissat, she was a clear majority for the proposal, more than 75% of studied for various periods at the Royal Danish the votes cast being in favour. Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Art was an Self-Government was officially introduced on 21st June 2009, important part of attempts to formulate a Green- Greenland’s national day, when Queen Margrethe II handed landic identity. In the early 1970s, Aka Høegh was 01100659 over the Self-Governance Act to Josef Motzfeldt, Greenland’s part of this, as she endeavoured to depict the Greenlandic 10th anniversary of Self-Government then chairman of the Landsting, the Greenlandic parliament. spirit, through its myths and lore. in Greenland Artist: Aka Høegh Greenland’s Self-Government replaced the Greenland Home Since 1974, she has exhibited at a large number of separate Denomination: DKK 11.00 Rule that had been in force since 1979. Greenland’s Self-Gov- exhibitions in Greenland and Denmark, as well as in Sweden, Date of issue: 21st June 2019 ernment is the name for the Greenlandic system of govern- Norway, Iceland and Germany. In addition to her paintings 10 stamps per sheet ment, which operates within the framework of the Rigsfael- and sculptures, Aka Høegh has contributed with illustrations Exterior dimensions: 58.00 mm x 32.00 mm lesskab or community of the Danish kingdom, which consists for books, including Knud Rasmussen’s ’Myths and Legends Size: double-F vertical of Denmark, the Faeroe Islands and Greenland. from Greenland’ trilogy from 1979 and ’Mythological Jour- Typography: Lowe-Martin Group neys in a Greenlandic Landscape’ by Vagn Lundby. Printing method: Offset The introduction of Self-Government was an official recog- Paper: TR4 nition of the people of Greenland as an independent people from the point of view of International Humanitarian Law. Humanitarian legal 21062019F status as an independent people is a Aka Høegh. Photo by Ivars Silis. condition of International Law for any lat- er declaration of independence and the formation of a new state. In Greenland’s Self-Government, however, Denmark continues to be responsible for foreign affairs and defence issues.

The celebration of Greenland’s national day is always an important occasion, but it will be even more special in 2019, as we shall also be celebrating the tenth an- niversary of Self-Government in Green- land. Ten years ago, one of the ways we celebrated the introduction of Self-Gov- ernment was with a beautiful stamp designed by the esteemed artist, Aka Høegh. She has also been given the task of designing the stamp to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Greenland’s Self-Government. We are very proud to be able to issue this stamp on our na- tional day.

8 | Greenland Collector th Product Title Item Issued on Value Final sales at 30 June 2019 Stamp Christmas in Greenland 2017 1/2 01100618 27.10.2017 DKK 13.00 Stamp ’Norden’ 2016. Food culture 01100619 27.10.2017 DKK 15.00 The following stamps and philatelic products will be deleted from our range on 30th June 2019, unless sold out beforehand. Any remaining stock will be shredded. Souvenir sheet Norden 2016. Madkultur 01106581 21.03.2016 DKK 25.50 Souvenir sheet Sports in Greenland I 01106585 12.05.2016 DKK 65.25 Product Title Item Issued on Value Souvenir sheet Sports in Greenland II 01106602 23.01.2017 DKK 57.50 Stamp Greenlandic Herbs I 2/2. Cranberry 01100463 17.01.2011 DKK 25.00 Additional value 2017. Kofoed’s Souvenir sheet 01106605 18.10.2017 DKK 56.00 Stamp Women’s national costume 3/4 East 01100576 18.01.2016 DKK 13.50 School Nuuk Stamp Women’s national costume 4/4 South 01100577 18.01.2016 DKK 48.50 Golden Wedding Anniversary of Stamp ’Norden’ 2016 1/2. Ammassak (Capelin) 01100581 21.03.2016 DKK 12.00 Souvenir sheet the Queen of Denmark and Prince 01106613 15.05.2017 DKK 50.00 Henrik ’Norden’ 2016 2/2. Mattak (Whale Stamp 01100582 21.03.2016 DKK 13.50 blubber) Souvenir sheet TAAF – 01106614 27.10.2017 DKK 37.50 Sports in Greenland II 1/3. Dogsled Mini sheet EUROPA 2017. Castles 1/2 01107606 15.05.2017 DKK 135.00 Stamp 01100602 23.01.2017 DKK 16.00 championships Mini sheet EUROPA 2017. Castles 2/2 01107607 15.05.2017 DKK 144.00 Sports in Greenland II 2/3. Kang-Nu Booklet Christmas stamp booklet no. 22 01301122 27.10.2017 DKK 168.00 Stamp 01100603 23.01.2017 DKK 19.50 Race Booklet of stamps no. 24 Booklet 01301224 18.01.2016 DKK 169.00 Sports in Greenland II 3/3. Town relay Women’s national costume Stamp 01100604 23.01.2017 DKK 22.00 race Booklet of stamps no. 25 Booklet 01301225 15.05.2017 DKK 186.00 Additional value 2017. Kofoed’s School EUROPA 2017. Castles Stamp 01100605 18.10.2017 DKK 14.00 Nuuk Greenland during the Second Souvenir folder 01303076 17.10.2016 DKK 72.75 Stamp EUROPA 2017. Castles 1/2 01100606 15.05.2017 DKK 15.00 World War I Stamp EUROPA 2017. Castles 2/2 01100607 15.05.2017 DKK 16.00 Souvenir folder Greenlandic Music I 01303077 23.01.2017 DKK 52.50 Stamp Abandoned stations I 1/2. Grønnedal 01100608 15.05.2017 DKK 5.00 Souvenir folder Sports in Greenland II 01303078 23.01.2017 DKK 57.50 Abandoned stations I 2/2. The Ikateq Additional value 2017. Kofoed’s Stamp 01100609 15.05.2017 DKK 14.00 Souvenir folder 01303079 18.10.2017 DKK 56.00 base School Nuuk Golden Wedding Anniversary of the Sepac 2017. ’Local handcrafts of Stamp 01100613 15.05.2017 DKK 50.00 Souvenir folder 01303081 18.10.2017 DKK 112.00 Queen of Denmark and Prince Henrik Europe’ Stamp TAAF – joint issue 1/2 01100614 27.10.2017 DKK 10.50 Souvenir folder Sports in Greenland III Dene Games 01303082 22.01.2018 DKK 43.50 Stamp TAAF – joint issue 2/2 01100615 27.10.2017 DKK 27.00 Year Pack 2015 Year Pack 01304015 19.10.2015 DKK 596.00

Sales figures from our final sales of 30th November 2018

Product Title Item Issued Value Sales figures

Stamp Mining VI 1/2 01100555 19/01/2015 kr. 3,00 57,186

Stamp Queen Margrethe II – 75 years 01100557 16/04/2015 kr. 23,50 48,328

Stamp Women’s national costume I 1/4 North 01100574 18/01/2016 kr. 10,50 72,451

Stamp Women’s national costume II 2/4 West 01100575 18/01/2016 kr. 12,00 42,534

Stamp Sport in Greenland I 2/3 Alpine Skiing 01100586 12/05/2016 kr. 25,50 35,403

Stamp Sport in Greenland I 3/3 Kayaking 01100587 12/05/2016 kr. 39,00 27,057

Souvenir folder Sports in Greenland I 01303074 12/05/2016 kr. 65,25 482

Mini sheet Zackenberg Research Station 1/2 01107590 17/10/2016 kr. 103,50 1,180

Mini sheet Zackenberg Research Station 2/2 01107591 17/10/2016 kr. 126,00 1,194

Greenland Collector | 9 NEWS from POST Greenland You can still buy our 2018 franking labels! These franking labels can be printed on both our normal ’Frankie’, aCon ma- chine, which we have had since 2009 and on ’GL01’, a com- New Date Stamp bined labelling machine and till from Intelligentar. The settlement of Sermiligaaq, north-east of With the GL01, you can receive the two Tasiilaq, received a new date stamp on 1st March prints you can see in these illustrations. 2019. It was replaced because of wear and tear to These are the ’Copenhagen 2018’ and the previous date stamp. ’Greenland Post’ collectors’ fair prints. The first label allows you to select 2018 Please send envelopes for postmarking by the new postage rates from DKK 14.00 upwards. date stamp to: POST Greenland, Filatelia, PO Box The second label allows you to select 2018 121, 3913 Tasiilaq, Greenland. postage rates from DKK 15.00 upwards.

As an EXTRA feature, the GL01 printer will also print out a receipt. This receipt Exhibitions and fair participation is enclosed with the postage labels you order and buy. Note: This type of During the period up to the end of September 2019, POST Greenland will be par- receipt is not available with the aCon ticipating at the following events for stamp collectors: ’Frankie’.

• 29th International ‘Briefmarken-Messe’, Essen, Germany, 9th to 11th May The GL01 allows you to select the same value on all four labels, e.g. DKK • ‘China 2017 - World Stamp Exhibition’, Wuhan, 11th to 17th June 15.00, a so-called ’Local Strip’. Alter- • Nordia 2019, Sarpsborg, Norway, 23rd to 25th August. natively, you can select four different ones, a so-called ’Collector Strip’. There are numerous options. A one-off Greenlandic exhibition cancellation will be produced for each of these three events. Envelopes for postmarking with these cancellations should be sent For enquiries about these postage labels printed on ’Frankie’ or ’GL01’, please contact our Service Centre by letter, email or telephone. We look forward to so that they are received by our Service Centre by the day before the opening of hearing from you. the respective fairs or exhibitions. Please send to: POST Greenland Filatelia, Kvindevadet 42, 5450 Otterup, Denmark. New Online Webshop Essen2019 11062019 Nordia2019 We look forward to presenting a new and better web site on stamps.gl, from the beginning of July. Here you will be able to buy current Green- ESSEN Sarpsborg landic stamp issues, previous issues and other exciting collectibles. If you aldready have an account at our present webshop,, you will receive infor-

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Next 9.-11.5.2019time, read about... • 2019 Sepac folder – Old Residential Buildings • UN indigenous languages day • 4 new franking labels • 50th anniversary of the UN’s World Post Day • The Environment in Greenland, part III • Coal bag tags in Greenland • Christmas tree ornaments No. 7 and our 2019 Christmas stamps • Our 2019 Year Pack

10 | Greenland Collector About payments etc. Please send your orders / amendments to: IMPORTANT To Denmark, Norway and Sweden: POST Greenland Filatelia - The automatic credit card debit will not be active until an Orders below DKK 150.00: DKK 15.00 Kvindevadet 42, 5450 Otterup, Denmark amount owed is paid. Orders above DKK 150.00 but below DKK 750.00: DKK 35.00 Phone: (+45) 70 26 05 50 - If you get a new credit card, credit card number, expi- Orders above DKK 750.00: No charge Fax: (+45) 64 82 10 66 ration date or CVC number, please contact us so that we E-mail: [email protected] can process your card information well in advance of your To the rest of the world: Website: www.stamps.gl next payment. Orders below EUR 20.00: EUR 2.50 Social media: www.facebook.com/stamps.gl Orders above EUR 20.00 but below EUR 100: EUR 5.25 BANK TRANSFER Orders above EUR 100.00: No charge Changes of name, address and/or subscription order must have been received by POST Greenland, Filatelia no later Payment deadline 30 days net than 5 weeks before an issue. Denmark – DKK: Danske Bank, Holmens Kanal 2-12, Payment of invoices must be made not later than 30 days DK-1092 Copenhagen K. from the invoice date. At the same time, we ask you to NOTE Account no. 9541 - 940 4120. bear in mind that the registration of your payments will Please do not write your order on a giro payment card, as IBAN: DK98 30000009404120, BIC (SWIFT code): DABADKKK take a minimum of two weeks. Therefore, you may receive these are processed electronically. an invoice with a balance that does not include your latest Norway – NOK: Danske Bank, Akersgaten 28, 0107 Oslo payments. Methods of payment Account: 86017434677 When paying, always remember to state your name IBAN: NO8886017434677, BIC/SWIFT: DABANO22 Exchange of postage stamps and customer number. Your payments can be made by POST Greenland Filatelia will only exchange unused postage bank transfer to one of the accounts listed on this page, Sweden – SEK: Danske Bank, Norrmalmstorg 1, 103 92, stamps for new stamps from our sale list, by your choice. A by credit card, using international reply coupons or cash Stockholm. maximum of 3 free annual exchanges to a maximum of DKK in Danish kroner, Euro or US Dollars. Cheque payments are Account: 12200157878 100.00 per customer are permitted. Where the total annual not possible. IBAN: SE6012000000012200157878, BIC/SWIFT: DABASESX value exceeds 3 x DKK 100.00, POST Greenland, Filatelia will charge a fee of 45% of the nominal value. The 45% 5% VAT for all residents of Denmark International - EUR: Danske Bank fee is always payable in cash. The cash payment cannot be 5% VAT will be charged for all purchases of postage stamps Account: 9541 2138816403 replaced by other postage stamps. The maximum annual that are sent to Denmark on invoices totalling over DKK IBAN: DK39 3000 2138 8164 03 exchange of unused stamps per customer must not exceed 79.99. This is a special service that we offer to our customers DKK 50,000 in nominal value. who reside in Denmark, so they do not have to pay customs Cash: Only Danish Kroner (DKK), Euros (EUR) or US dollars and excise on the imported products. (USD) – sent by Registered letter. For further information, contact POST Greenland Filatelia.

Credit cards By postal order: IRC international reply coupons to a sales Handling fee on cancellations of Greenlandic postage Dankort, MasterCard, Maestro, VISA, VISA Electron. price of DKK 25.00 each. Exchange price DKK 17.00 each. stamps Please use one of the following options: Per received package of Greenland stamps for postmark- • form in the order coupon One-year time limit for complaints ing by POST Greenland Filatelia, a handling fee of DKK • payment via www.stamps.gl Any complaints about stamps or philatelic items that 20.00 will be charged. • sign up for automatic credit card debit (please contact us you have been sent by POST Greenland, must have been per phone, email or letter). received by POST Greenland, Filatelia no later than a year At www.stamps.gl from the last day of the month in which the items were You can read the Greenland Collector, subscribe to our Automatic credit card debit sent. The date on the postmark or an invoice date indicates newsletter, read the latest news, purchase stamps, take If you wish to use your credit card as payment when pur- the date of despatch. part in competitions, manage your account and your chasing stamps or receiving your subscription, you can reg- subscription, etc. ister for automatic credit card debits with POST Greenland Fees for registered subscription packages sent from Filatelia. If you register your credit card for this service, the Greenland All prices, fees, etc. are subject to misprints. total amount will be automatically charged every time we Surcharge for registered letters in Greenland or to Europe send your order or subscription package out to you. (incl. Denmark and the Faroe Islands) is DKK 45.00. Example: NOTE: As we are in the process of switching to a new cred- Postage of a registered letter with DKK 17.00 postage costs Publisher: POST Greenland a total of DKK 62.00. For additional services for postage to it card payment provider, please contact us for automatic Editors: Kristian ”Karé” Pîvat, Allan D. I. Streymoy credit card setup. the rest of the world, see www.telepost.gl Chief Editor: Pertti Frandsen If you already have an automatick credit card debit agree- Handling Fee Layout and print: DAMgrafisk.dk ment with us, we will contact you for the purpose of setting All subscription packages are subject to a fee of DKK 15.00. Cover photo: Kevin O’Hara up with our new provider. Casual orders are subject to these handling fees:

Greenland Collector | 11 Product type explanation/Subscription with theme Return to: If you take out a subscription for a themed item, please remember to associate a theme from the list below POST GREENLAND when opening the subscription. FILATELIA KVINDEVADET 42 100 Stamps with theme Individual stamps. DK-5450 OTTERUP 101 Blocks of four with theme Blocks of four interconnecting postage stamps. DENMARK 102 Half sheet with theme 5 postage stamps per half sheet. 103 Full sheet with theme 10 postage stamps per sheet. 104 Upper marginal with theme Upper marginal four blocks. 105 Lower marginal with theme Lower marginal four blocks. 106 Souvenir sheet with theme Souvenir sheet with 1 to 7 stamps from an issue or series. 2018 Year Pack – keep your collection complete! 201 FDC/1 with theme First day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled. In addition to all 24 stamps issued last year, the Year Pack also contains all 202 FDC/4 with theme First day covers franked with one four-block, cancelled. six souvenir sheets of 2018. 203 FDC/Series with theme First day covers franked with one of each stamp in a series, cancelled. 204 FDC/Souvenir sheet with theme First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled. Item No.: 01304018 301 Stamp booklets with theme Booklet with self-adhesive stamps. Contains 8 to 12 stamps. Price: DKK 721.00 303 Souvenir folder with theme Series of stamps in illustrated folder

Date of issue: 22nd October 2018 Themes Theme Id Theme Year Packs can also be purchased 1 Europe • 2 Royalty • 3 Transport • 4 Nature • 5 Science • 6 Art • 7 Celebration/Event. • 8 Steel engraving online at www.stamps.gl. You can also subscribe to POST Green- Product type explanation/Subscription in set 610 Stamps in set Individual stamps. land’s Year Packs and other col- 611 Blocks of four in set Blocks of four interconnecting postage stamps. lectors’ items. 612 Half sheet in set 5 stamps per half sheet. 613 Full sheet in set 10 postage stamps per sheet. 614 Upper margin in set Upper margin four blocks. 615 Lower margin in set Lower margin four blocks. NOTE! As a thank you for taking out an (additional) Year 616 Souvenir sheet in set Souvenir sheet with 1 to 7 stamps from an issue or series. Pack subscription, you will receive a mint copy of one of our 621 FDC/1 in set First day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled. previously issued Year Packs. Free of charge! 622 FDC/4 in set First day covers franked with one block of four, cancelled. 623 FDC/Series in set First day covers franked with one of each stamp in a series, cancelled. 624 FDC/Souvenir sheet in set First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled. 205 FDC/1 year set All FDC/1 issued in the course of a calendar year, wrapped in transparent plastic. 631 Stamp booklets in set Booklet with self-adhesive stamps. Contains 8 to 12 stamps. Franking labels from 2009 to 2017 633 Souvenir folder as set Series of stamps in illustrated folder. – in one folder! 520 DAVO Sheets Additional sheets (with sleeves) for DAVO luxury album, ’Greenland’. 520 Christmas tree ornament A set of four ornaments, coated with gold foil, engraved with year of issue. Collected in an attractive little folder. All 5 sets of 4 franking labels 304 Year Pack A full year’s issued single postage stamps and souvenir sheets, issued by POST Greenland from collected in an illustrated folder. NB: Stamp booklets are not included. 2009 to 2017 are inserted in this 700 Franking labels Set of four franking stamps with different subjects, all with the folder. The price of the folder current value for domestic postage tariff for letters under 20g. corresponds to the total face va- 701 FDC/1 Franking labels Set of four first day covers, each franked with one of the frank- lue of all the franking labels in- ing labels in a set, cancelled with day cancel. POST Greenland’s cluded – with domestic postage logo envelope will be used. for letters up to 20 gms. 702 FDC/Series Franking labels First day covers, franked with one of the franking labels in a set, cancelled with day cancel. POST Greenland’s trademark envelope will be used. Item No.: 01700802 Variant explanation Price: DKK 193.00 0 Mint (i.e. uncancelled) postage stamps, blocks of four, etc. 1 Postage stamps, etc. cancelled with normal date cancellation on day of issue, affixed on cardboard. Date of issue: 22nd October 2018 2 Postage stamps, etc. cancelled with normal date cancellation on day of issue. 3 Postage stamps, etc. cancelled with first day cancellation, affixed on cardboard. 4 Postage stamps, etc. cancelled with first day cancellation. 5 Postage stamps, etc. cancelled with full date cancellation on day of issue. 6 Postage stamps, etc. cancelled with full first day cancellation.