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GREENLAND Collector Subscription magazine for collectors of Greenlandic postage stamps Vol. 25 | No. 2 | May 2020

2019 Greenlandic H.M. The Queen 75th jubilee of the Greenland during the 2 Stamp of the Year 3 of Denmark’s 4 American Issue 8 Second World War 80th birthday – final issue The 2019 stamp of the year has been named! By Pertti Frandsen

A total of 2,571 stamp collectors from all over the The DKK 10,000 main prize was world voted for their favourite of the 24 stamps that won by an American physician! were issued by POST Greenland in 2019. The winner of the competition’s main prize worth DKK 10,000 was Dr. Mark The winning stamp was G667, which received 463 Ravenscraft from Missouri, USA. As a votes, corresponding to 18% of votes cast. trained physician, he is currently active in the American emergency services in the This was one of our two Christmas stamps from last year. fight to stop the spread of the Corona virus. The stamp was drawn by artist Gukki Nuka and was given When Dr. Ravenscroft was informed in March that he had a special light effect during printing to make it look as if won the main prize, he told us that it had cheered him up Northern Lights are flaring over the town when you view rather a lot, adding: the stamp between your fingers. “I enjoy the Greenland Post annual stamp programs and the The voting for all 24 stamps was as follows: designs, also the Greenland Collector and information on the background of the stamps, culture and history of Greenland.

Number G-no. Title Percentage Place My father was a stamp collector and he encouraged my of votes brother and me. When I was a pre-teen, he suggested I G667 Christmas in Greenland 2019 2/2 - Northern Lights 463 18% 1 pick a country, or area to specialize in - and when asked if I might have an interest, I remember answering Greenland G652 Old Greenlandic banknotes III 1/2 264 10% 2 and Scandinavia. G645 Arctic deserts I (Uummannaq) 184 7% 3 When he passed away 6 years ago, I inherited his interna- G659 10 years of Greenlandic self-rule 174 7% 4 tional album which brought back memories, and I began G662 The Environment in Greenland III 1/2 161 6% 5 to browse the Greenland Post site - at that point started a Greenland during the Second World War IV - Weather Greenland album, gradually building - with hopes for a fairly G647 154 6% 6 stations complete mint album someday.” G663 The Environment in Greenland III 2/2 146 6% 7 POST Greenland would like to congratulate Dr. Ravenscraft G657 Sepac 2019: Old residential buildings 132 5% 8 on winning the main prize. We also wish him all the best in G666 Christmas in Greenland 2019 1/2 - Christmas star 126 5% 9 the ongoing battle for public health in these difficult times. G655 EUROPA-postage stamp 2019: Snow bunting and raven 121 5% 10 True to tradition, we also drew the ten lucky winners of our G660 UN International Day of Indigenous Peoples 113 4% 11 additional prize of a year pack. The ten lucky winners of the 2019 POST Greenland year pack are: G653 Old Greenlandic banknotes III 2/2 86 3% 12 G648 Deserted stations - Loranstaton “Angissoq” 81 3% 13 Gorka Miranda Donostia, Spain Jim Fenton Peachland, Canada G654 EUROPA-postage stamp 2019: Rock ptarmigan and mallard 62 2% 14 Karsten Jensen Lystrup, Denmark G658 Unesco Global Heritage: Aasivissuit-Nipisat 58 2% 15 Patrick Moriarty Renmore, Ireland G661 UN World Post Day 54 2% 16 Javier Becerra Candás, Spain Jozef Stefanik Bratislava, Slovakia G656 Daily series 2019: H.R.H. The Queen of Denmark 39 2% 17 Harry McCulloch Wheaton, USA G650 Fish in Greenlandic waters II - Blue Whiting 31 1% 18 Danny Van den Reeck Evergem, Belgium G651 Fish in Greenland III - American Plaice 27 1% 19 Søren Gleerup Hansen Copenhagen, Denmark Olaf Weng Wismar, Germany G664 Coalfields in Greenland - Foreign coal 23 1% 20 G646 Greenland during the Second World War IV - Communication 23 1% 20 We would like to congratulate all our winners. We would also G644 Additional value 2019: The Salvation Army in Greenland 21 1% 22 like to thank everyone who took part.

G649 Deserted stations - DYE-2 radar station 18 1% 23 The vote to select the “2019 Greenlandic Stamp of the Year” G665 Coalfields in Greenland - Greenlandic coal 10 0% 24 was conducted in the period 13th January to 15th March 2020 here at Greenland Collector, on www.stamps.gl – and at Total number of votes 2,571 100% www.facebook.com/stamps.gl and through our e-newsletter.

2 | Greenland Collector th HAPPY 80 BIRTHDAY to Her Majesty 16042020the Queen of Denmark! By Pertti Frandsen

POST Greenland is very proud to present this beautiful stamp, which was issued on 16th April 2020 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen of Den- Stamp 01100674 mark. The stamp was issued on the Queen’s H.M. the Queen of Denmark’s actual birthday. 80th birthday Denomination: DKK 25.00 The portrait of the Queen dressed in Greenlan- Date of issue: 16th April 2020 dic national costume was painted by the highly Artist: Aka Høegh esteemed and internationally recognised artist Print method: Offset Aka Høegh. The artist was inspired by her var- Exterior dimensions: 50 x 44.09 mm ious meetings with the Queen over the years. Format: E - horizontal The mountain peaks in the background also 10 stamps per sheet form a sort of crown above the Queen’s head, Typography: The Lowe-Martin Group an entirely deliberate choice by Aka Høegh. Paper: TR4

Our Queen and Greenland Buy this stamp There is a genuine deep bond between the Dan- ish Royal Family and the people of Greenland, a relationship that is firmly rooted. Many Green- landers still remember the sincere commitment Greenlandic children occupy a place close to central role in Greenland’s art scene. Long be- that was shown to Greenland by the Queen’s the Queen’s heart as protector of the Green- fore her 1987 stamp début, her work had been parents, King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid. landic Children’s Association. Therefore, there the subject of well-deserved attention outside Queen Margrethe II’s first visit to Greenland are numerous reasons why the Queen and the of Greenland. She has exhibited at a large was in 1960 when she was heir to the throne. rest of the Royal Family are, and will continue number of separate exhibitions in Greenland The Queen has visited Greenland numerous to be, a natural point of common interest to and Denmark, as well as in Sweden, Norway, times since then, visits that have been char- modern Greenland. Iceland and Germany. In addition to her paint- acterised by mutual pleasure and respect. ings and sculptures, her contribution to culture We would like to wish Her Majesty the Queen Queen Margrethe II has a fond place in the also includes book illustrations. of Denmark a very happy birthday. heart of the people of Greenland. Her art is influenced by nature and the Green- About the artist The Queen is also famous for her many visits to landic myths and legends. Humanity also plays Greenland, where she has gone to great lengths Aka Høegh was born on 16th December 1947 in a central role in her numerous works. She finds inspiration in people, their joie de vivre and the to visit towns and settlements on the West and Qullissat on Disko Island. She has lived in Qa- experience they share. She is encouraged by East coasts, as well as southern and northern qortoq in Southern Greenland for many years. Greenland. We should also mention that the the beauty of the social encounter and simple She is largely self-taught, with periodic guest Princess Margrethe Children’s Home in Tasiilaq presence and, not least, by the inner voice of studies at Copenhagen’s Academy of Fine Arts. and the Princess Margrethe School in Uperna- the soul. “Everything we can see has a soul” is vik are both named after our monarch. For a number of years, Aka Høegh has had a one of Aka’s most appropriate quotes.

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75th Jubilee of the American Issue By Pertti Frandsen

The very first Greenlandic stamps were printed in Denmark and issued in Greenland in 1938. These stamps were, therefore, in use in Greenland when the Second World War broke out the following year.

Greenland’s links to Denmark were severed when Denmark was occupied by Germany on 9th April 1940, as all Danish territory was considered hostile territory by the Allies. All supply lines to Greenland were, therefore, blocked - including by ship.

By 1943, various stamp denominations were becoming scarce in Greenland. In addition, higher values were required for airmail post. Work began to supply Greenland with new postage stamps. This work continued until the stamps were issued in 1945.

‘The American Issue’ covers the nine stamps that were issued in Greenland in February 1945 when the Second World War had entered its final phase. Unlike all other Greenlandic stamps from this period, the American Issue was printed in the USA instead of in Denmark. Hence the name.

The American Issue is very popular with collectors to this day,

4 | Greenland Collector with increased demand for historic rarities. (the Greenland office at the Danish General We have already written about this here in Consulate in New York) and the USA - and the magazine. Danish collector Flemming their eventual printing and issue in Greenland Petersen gave us a very interesting account in 1945 (also being sold from the USA to its in the Greenland Collector, February 2002 allies and neutral countries), to finally being edition. One of the things he mentioned was used as postage in Greenland, eventually at- the then-recent discovery of the first draft of tracting attention from both broader and new- the American Issue in the Danish National Ar- er collector circles. chives in Copenhagen. How it came to be On 5th May 2020 POST Greenland shall be celebrating the 75th Jubilee of the American A letter dated 20th November 1943 sent by Issue. This takes the form of an attractive Eske Brun, Greenland’s national administrator, souvenir sheet, reproducing the original art- to the American Bank Note Company in New work of the 1945 American Issue. The first York stated that a new series of postage stamps three artworks were altered during the ini- was required and enclosed the following pro- tial process between 1943 and 1945 before posals for stamp designs and franking values. the nine stamps of the American Issue were 1 øre, design: seal printed and issued in Greenland. You can read the story of the other designs that had been 5 øre, design: seal considered for the American Issue below. 7 øre, design: seal The American Issue - background 10 øre, design: kayak The USA officially entered the Second World 15 øre, design: kayak War after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941 and all post from the 30 øre, design: dog sled USA to Denmark stopped. 1 kroner, design: polar bear The population of Greenland would, however, New value 2 kroner, design: common eider receive all its supplies of food and consumer goods from the USA and eventually Canada, New value 5 kroner, design: common eider from the date of the German occupation onwards. This situation has also been described Enclosed were original photographs and a and depicted in the ‘Greenland during the few books from which the American Bank Second World War - as seen by Greenlanders’ Note Company could find images that would series of stamps. See for example pages 8 to be suitable to use on the stamps. A memo of 11 in this edition of the magazine. 19th April 1944 shows that the initial designs had been altered slightly. A few of the art- One matter that was not presented in that se- works were altered before the stamps’ layout ries was Greenland’s need for postage and new was finalised and they were printed and is- stamps as the war drew to an end. The Ameri- sued. The initial artworks of 10th May 1944 nine American Issue stamps were sent to the can Issue should be seen from this perspective. show, for example: Greendel representation for approval, addressed to Director G. Blackmore. What makes the American Issue particularly 10 øre, man in kayak with blue frame interesting is the process from and including Director Tage Nielsen commented to the 1943 onwards, when it was recognised that 15 øre, man in kayak with red frame American Bank Note Company about the first there was a need for new Greenlandic postage artworks, pointing out that some of the dogs 2 kroner, common eider with brown frame stamps, to their design - negotiated over a co- in the dog harness appeared to be running pious mail correspondence between Greendel Two samples of the first artworks for the loose. Changes were also requested to the 10

Greenland Collector | 5 The first period of use is, therefore, calculat- ed as being from February 1945 until the first ship of the following year sailed from Green- land to Copenhagen in the spring of 1946, 75-året for Amerika-udgaven when Danish collectors had been well-supplied with these stamps that were now being sent to Greenland for postmarking.

After the February and March 1946 sales in Kunngi Christian X Kong Christian X Kunngi Christian X Kong Christian X Kunngi Christian X Kong Christian X Copenhagen, during which the American Is- sue was sold to dealers and collectors, there was an excess of the 1, 2 and 5 kroner value stamps. These would eventually be used in Greenland, where the 1 krone stamp did not sell out until about 1950 and the 2 and 5 kroner stamps were still in use as late as in 1962. This period can be called the second period of Ukiut 75-it Amerikami naqinneqarnerannit Ukiut 75-it DKK 45,00 use for these three values. Addressed letters etc. from this period have also become interesting collectors’ items. 01106D45. Souvenir sheet. The 10 and 15 øre and 2 kroner values thus 75th Jubilee of the American Issue ended up being printed with other stamp de- Other variants of the American Issue Price: DKK 45.00 signs than those that were originally planned. Date of issue: 5th May 2020 The American Bank Note Company would later Souvenir sheet dimensions: 140 x 80 mm First and second period of use be declared bankrupt and some of the historical Layout: Robert Dam / DAMgrafisk material would be subsequently sold at auction. After printing, the nine stamps were both Print method: Offset sold from New York and sailed to Greenland, Other matters related to the American Issue Printer: The Lowe-Martin Group Paper: TR4 where they were issued on 1st February 1945. that were not covered by this article include The stamps were then available for purchase the American Issue with ‘Denmark liberated in Greenland and from the Greenland office on 5th May 1945’ overprint, a specimen issue Buy this souvenir sheet of the Danish consulate in New York. The that was not sent to UPU countries because of earliest post from Greenland franked with the the war, and the so-called ‘mother plate im- American Issue are known to be from Febru- pression’, which first appeared in 1950. The and 15 øre and 2 kroner values and a popular ary 1945, when it was possible to send mail ‘American Issue’ therefore has many facets original picture of King Christian X on horse- to allied and neutral countries via the USA. that are of interest to collectors and others. back was supplied, the kayak design now being used for the 2 kroner value. The changes Danish collectors became very interested in Souvenir sheet ‘75th Jubilee of the Ameri- at this point were thus: the American Issue after the end of the Sec- can Issue’ ond World War. This was because many col- 10 øre man in kayak with blue frame was Our ’75th anniversary souvenir sheet’ includes lectors in neutral Sweden had acquired these changed to King Christian X on horseback the three original images for the 10 and 15 stamps. KGH, the Royal Greenlandic Trading with blue frame. øre and 2 kroner value stamps, with new up- Company, stopped selling the stamps in Green- to-date denominations of DKK 11, 16 and 18 15 øre man in kayak with red frame was land, after which all stamp supplies were to be respectively. changed to King Christian X on horseback returned to Copenhagen. The normal period of with red frame. use of the American Issue in Greenland was, The total price for the souvenir sheet is DKK 2 kroner common eider with brown frame was therefore, very brief. Ordinary letters from 1945 45, corresponding to the total face value of changed to man in kayak with brown frame. exist only in very limited numbers. the three stamps.

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The 2020 Sepac stamp By Pertti Frandsen

For more than twenty years, POST Green- thirteen, where she would paint and land has been a member of the Small Euro- study for twelve years until she mar- pean Postal Administrations’ Co-operation ried Doctor Henrik Deichmann in 1894. network, abbreviated Sepac. The 13 Sepac The couple’s only child, a daughter whom members are: The Faeroe Islands, Gibral- they named Elisabeth, was born during the tar, Greenland, Guernsey, Iceland, the Isle summer of 1896. The family lived in Green- of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, land from 1901 to 1910, where her husband Malta, Monaco, the Vatican and Aland. was the district doctor for Qaqortoq, Sisimiut These small European postal services largely and Uummannaq. As the wife of their doctor, face the same challenges with small domes- Christine Deichmann was able to study close- tic postal markets and a large export market ly the local populations of various locations among stamp collectors. in Greenland. This led to a prolific production of everyday portraits. She also painted many Every other year from 2007 to 2012, and watercolours and drew many pictures of land- every year since 2013, the Sepac countries scapes and animal life. Christine Deichmann’s have issued a stamp as part of a joint series. most famous images from Greenland depict- Sepac stamps are characterised by the special ed Greenlanders’ everyday life, in which she Sepac logo, which is incorporated into their was very interested. Christine Deichmann was design. The joint theme changes from year a well-known artist during her own lifetime. to year. The 2020 joint Sepac theme is ’Art- Over the course of her career she exhibited in works in National Collections’. Denmark, Sweden and Italy, doing so from POST Greenland’s 2020 Sepac stamp 1898 to 1931, always as part of prominent Stamp 01100677 contemporary art exhibitions. When she was The 2020 Sepac stamp: Artworks in The artwork depicted on the 2020 Greenlan- widowed in 1939, she followed in her daugh- national collections dic Sepac stamp was selected in collaboration ter’s footsteps and emigrated to the USA, ‘Mother pulling off her daughter’s boots’ with Nunatta Katersugaasivia Allagaateqarfi- where she lived until her death in 1945. She Artist: Christine Elisabeth Lund Deichmann alu / The Greenland National Museum & Ar- was buried in Copenhagen. Christine Deich- Denomination: DKK 18.00 chive in Nuuk. The piece, titled ‘Mother pulling mann is still considered an important artist in Date of issue: 18th May 2020 off her daughter’s boots’, is a watercolour that Greenland, as her naturalistic works portray 10 stamps per sheet was painted at the beginning of the 20th cen- family lives in Greenland just after the turn of Exterior dimensions: 28.80 x 40.00 mm tury by Christine Elisabeth Lund Deichmann. the century. Reproductions of her art still ap- Format: G – vertical We are very grateful to curator Frederik Fuuja pear on greetings cards, postcards and post- Typography: Lowe-Martin Group Larsen and the director of the Greenland Na- ers in Greenland and in Denmark. The Nuuk Print method: Offset tional Museum & Archive, Daniel Thorleifsen, Art Museum and Greenland National Muse- Paper: TR4 for their enormous help in the selection pro- um continue to exhibit her work. Her pictures cess. Read more about the Greenland National are still sold at international auctions. Museum here: https://da.nka.gl/. You can learn more about Christine Deich- Buy this stamp The painter and her importance mann at www.nuukkunstmuseum.com

Christine Elisabeth Lund Deichmann (1869 – True to tradition, a joint Sepac folder will be 1945) was one of the first female students to issued in September. This will contain one folder with the final subscription shipment attend the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts mint copy of each of the 13 Sepac members’ that will be sent out on 6th November 2020. in Copenhagen. She was accepted to study at respective Sepac stamps of 2020. Our sou- the academy of fine arts at the age of just venir folder subscribers will receive this Sepac Read more on www.sepacstamps.eu

Greenland Collector | 7 The liberation is celebrated on the fjord at Nuuk, 5th May 1945. Photo ©Arktisk Institut.

Greenland during the Second World War – as seen by Greenlanders. Fifth and final part

By Pertti Frandsen

This issue sees the conclusion of an important All ten stamps in the series are printed as com- from the war, while the hand-drawn sections series of Greenlandic stamps. We have now bined offset and laser etching. Naja Rosing-As- are the fruit of Naja Rosing-Asvid’s own ar- reached the fifth and final part of ’Greenland vid from Nuuk is the artist who produced all tistic expression. It has been very interesting during the Second World War - as seen by the designs in the series. Engraver and illustra- to examine the historic material and to be in- Greenlanders’. The final two stamps in the tor Martin Mörck undertook all the engraving volved in communicating this part of history to series will be issued on 18th May 2020. work. All stamps in the series include photos the readers of this magazine and to the people

8 | Greenland Collector Stamp 01100675 Stamp 01100676 18052020B Greenland during the Second World War – part V 1/2 Greenland during the Second World War – part V 2/2 The Liberation Links are re-established Denomination: DKK 26.00 Denomination: DKK 41.00 Date of issue: 18th May 2020 10 stamps per sheet Exterior dimensions: 57.68 mm x 33.44 mm Buy this set Format: Double F – vertical Design: Naja Rosing-Asvid Engraving: Martin Mörck These two stamps are available as a set. Your Print method: Combination, i.e. intaglio (laser etching) and offset minimum order for these stamps will, therefore, Paper: Swiss Stamp Paper be DKK 67.00 + handling fee

who collect our stamps. We would like to extend our enormous thanks from this stamp series. The paper was also the basis for the following to Naja for all the amazing stamps she has designed for this series. account of the liberation and re-establishment of links between Green- She says that she has her basic knowledge of the subject through her land and Denmark after the end of the war. work on designing exhibitions at the Greenland National Museum and The Liberation her colleagues at the museum were helpful with information along the way. She also received first-hand descriptions from her mother, who The war had strengthened the Greenlandic sense of loyalty towards was a child in Greenland during the war. In addition, Jens Heinrich’s Denmark. There is nothing to suggest that Greenlanders were particu- PhD dissertation from 2010 ‘Eske Brun og det moderne Grønlands larly motivated towards independence from Denmark, neither during tilblivelse’ (Eske Brun and how modern Greenland came to be), was the war nor the years immediately afterwards. What was apparent important source material. Also, both the National Museum of Green- from Greenland, however, was a desire for increased involvement in the decision-making process and greater equality with the Danes. land and the Arctic Institute in Copenhagen have made available the pictorial materials included in the series. Jens Heinrich’s dissertation The most important wartime duties for national administrators Eske was the source material for all of the articles we have published in pre- Brun and Aksel Svane had been to maintain Greenland, both with re- vious issues of this magazine, when presenting the previous stamps gard to the USA and, in part, with regard to Greenlandic confidence in

Greenland Collector | 9 ployees in Greenland in 1942. This pay rise was justified because of the increased wartime living costs.

The founding of the weekly periodical ‘Grøn- landsposten’, broadcasting services, the cen- tralised administration and the national councils, changes to the supply system and, finally, the North East Greenland Sled Patrol can all be considered significant changes to former practices. These could all be categorised as “necessitated by the extraordinary situation”.

The result was that Greenland had throughout the Second World War worked against the Axis Powers and, thus, contributed to Denmark’s liberation. In addition, since Greenland was made available to the USA, this was considered a Danish contribution to the Allied war effort too.

When he arrived back in Denmark, Brun told the Politiken daily newspaper that Greenland had not suffered shortages during the war, but that it had been upsetting to hear all the terrible The liberation celebration in Maniitsoq. Photo © Arktisk Institut. news from Denmark. Greenland was, therefore, Denmark’s ability to prevent Greenland from the guiding principles would be continued dur- very happy that Denmark was free once again. suffering shortages. ing the war, but: A few days later it was also confirmed in the Social-Demokraten daily paper that: Building supply lines to and from the USA and, “I still felt that I had plenty of freedom with later on to and from Canada, required one of regard to how I dealt with “Greenlanders, despite having been distanced the national administrators to be located in the more detailed issues when USA. Initially, Eske Brun was posted as leader the extraordinary situation of the Greenland delegation. He would, how- required unorthodox solu- ever, see himself largely outmanoeuvred by tions, but stubbornly pur- Henrik von Kauffmann, the Danish representa- sued the same objective, tive in Washington. Compared to Brun, Kauff- which was to return home mann was a bigger cog in a large machine. and be able to truthfully say that nothing happened Kauffmann was recognised as the independent to interrupt Danish work Danish representative in autumn 1941, which projects in Greenland that meant that he outranked the national adminis- would prevent their re- trators from Greenland. Aksel Svane travelled sumption from where they to Washington later on where, against every were left in 1940.” expectation, he would spend the rest of the war as Kaufmann’s subordinate. This meant One example of Brun’s that Eske Brun was the only remaining nation- decision to make auton- al administrator in Greenland for the remain- omous decisions was the der of the war. Here, he would be the big cog 15% pay rise that was in a small machine. According to Eske Brun, awarded to salaried em- Greenlandic scouts in Nuuk celebrate the liberation of Denmark, 5th May 1945. Photo © Arktisk Institut.

10 | Greenland Collector for so long from Denmark, had a greater sense of attachment to Denmark than ever before.”

Links are re-established

There was plenty of joy and optimism among the Greenlandic population that links had been restored between Denmark and Greenland. For the entire duration of the war, Greenland had seen developments that were due to the extraordinary conditions and had proved itself to be ready to take on every new challenge that was presented. Souvenir folder 01303090 Brun’s two reports from 1945 recommended a Greenland during the Second World thorough investigation of policy for Greenland, War – part V but no radical reforms and, for example, no Price: DKK 67.00 + handling fee.

Contains a mint set of the two stamps 01100675 and 01100676.

Buy this souvenir folder

negotiating piece for Denmark, with regard to the rest of the world. The USA was highly motivated towards maintaining a continued presence in Greenland, which would eventually become Eske Brun attends the celebration in Nuuk, 5th apparent to Denmark. Greenland was, thus, a May 1945. Photo © Arktisk Institut. high-value card in Denmark’s hand with regard to NATO and related security guarantees. recommendation that a commission should be set up. Both Greenland National Councils did Source: ‘Eske Brun og det moderne Grønlands not want to see radical changes either but was tilblivelse 1932-64’ (Eske Brun and how mod- unambiguous when it expressed that policy ern Greenland came to be 1932-64), PhD dis- changes should be the result of a commission. sertation by Jens Heinrich, June 2010. Brun participated in some of the meetings that About the artist were conducted during the negotiations at the beginning of 1946, but to the disappointment Naja Rosing-Asvid is a qualified architect and of some of the Greenlandic delegates he did has spent the last twelve years working as an not support radical changes to current policy. artist, exhibition designer, children’s author, scenographer and plenty of other things. Her The 1946 considerations expressed a cautious art exploits various forms of expression, exper- course of action, the idea being that policy imenting with materials such as waste frag- would be reviewed within five years. Private photo of Naja Rosing-Asvid. ments and natural materials. See some of her Greenland became an increasingly important works here www.NajaRosingAsvid.dk

Greenland Collector | 11 Nordic series 2020: Mammals in Scandinavia By Pertti Frandsen

This is the final occasion upon which we shall be issuing stamps in the joint Nordic ‘Norden’ series. The decision that this year’s 01100678 Nordic stamps will be the last was reached Nordic series 2020 1/2 Mammals: Musk oxen by unanimous agreement among all eight Artist: Miki Jacobsen Nordic postal administrations. Denomination: DKK 16.00 Over the years, we have seen many notable Date of issue: 18th May 2020 joint Nordic stamp issues of which we have Stamps per sheet: 10 been very proud. The theme for our 2020 Ext. dimensions: 40.00 x 28.80 mm Nordic stamps is ‘Mammals’ and you should Format: G – horizontal expect to see some very attractive stamps Typography: The Lowe-Martin Group in this joint Nordic issue. These stamps will Print method: Offset form an attractive final curtain for the Nor- Paper: TR4 18052020D dic series, which will then become an historical collector area.

Mammals in Greenland

Aficionados of Greenlandic stamps will already be aware that POST Greenland has depicted numerous different animals on our stamps - and mammals in particular - since the very first Greenlandic stamps were issued in 1938. Selecting the two species to depict on these two Nordic stamps, therefore, 01100679 meant having to limit our options. We ended Nordic series 2020 2/2 up choosing one significant land animal and Mammals: Walruses one significant sea mammal that have not Artist: Miki Jacobsen been depicted on our stamps very often. Denomination: DKK 18.00 POST Greenland’s final two stamps in the Nordic series will be issued on 18th May 2020. They are the creation of multi-artist These two stamps are available as a set. Your Buy this set minimum order for these stamps will, therefore, Miki Jacobsen. His heavy yet intricate line- be DKK 34.00 + handling fee. work has truly captured the raw power of the two Greenlandic mammals he has depicted.

Musk oxen gether at the brow. Musk oxen have light- troduced to various parts of West Greenland. Musk oxen are best known for their horns er-coloured fur on the back and a hump above Musk oxen normally live in herds and can be and shaggy pelt, which is composed of a thick, grey inner wool and thick brown outer their shoulders. They are closely related to dangerous to approach. the goat-like goral, which lives in Asia. hair. They have fur and a snout resembling a Musk oxen are bovines. They feed on grass, sheep, but their horns are those of an ox. Their natural habitat is in North and North- shrubs, lichens and mosses as well as Arctic Males’ horns are thick and have grown to- east Greenland but they have also been in- willow and other woody shoots.

12 | Greenland Collector Walrusses th The walrus is a species of seal with a large, Final Sale on 30 June 2020 broad front body and neck and a small The following stamps and philatelic products will be deleted from our range on 30th June flat-snouted head with tusks up to 50 cm 2020 unless sold out beforehand. Any remaining stocks will be destroyed. in length. Males are largest and often have scars and lumps on their front section, the re- Product Title Item No. Issue date Value sult of violent pre-mating fights. Stamp Greenlandic Music I 1/3 Drum Singing 01100599 23.01.2017 DKK 1.00 There are three separate Atlantic walrus pop- Stamp EUROPA 2018. Bridges 1/2 01100623 22.01.2018 DKK 16.00 ulations in Greenland: The Northern Waters population, the West Greenland population Stamp EUROPA 2018. Bridges 2/2 01100624 22.01.2018 DKK 17.00 and the East Greenland population. Stamp Abandoned Stations II 1/2 – Camp Century 01100627 25.05.2018 DKK 11.00

Walruses live near the coast or polynyas, i.e. Stamp Abandoned Stations II 2/2 – Narsaq Point 01100627 25.05.2018 DKK 40.50 areas of open water surrounded by sea ice. The Stamp Christmas in Greenland 2018 1/2 01100642 22.10.2018 DKK 14.00 walrus population of East Greenland has per- Stamp Christmas in Greenland 2018 2/2 01100643 22.10.2018 DKK 16.00 manent resting places on land. Walruses live in herds and communicate with each other. Christmas Stamp Booklet Christmas Stamp Booklet No. 23 01301123 22.10.2018 DKK 180.00 Stamp Booklet No. 26 EUROPA 2018. Bridges 01301226 22.01.2018 DKK 198.00 Source: http://asimi.gl/ Souvenir Folder Sepac 2018 – ’Spectacular views of Europe’ 01303084 13.09.2018 DKK 125.00

About the artist Souvenir Folder Greenlandic Music II 01303085 22.10.2018 DKK 38.50 Greenland during the Second World War Miki Jacobsen was Souvenir Folder 01303086 22.10.2018 DKK 62.00 – parts II and III born in Paamiut in 1965. He has illus- 2016 Year Pack 01304016 17.10.2016 DKK 627.25 trated several children’s books and has exhibited in locations which include Green- th land, Scandinavia, Sales figures from our final sales as of 30 November 2019 Ireland, the USA and Sales Canada. He has also Product Title Item No. Issue date Value/price attended residential figures art courses at: Green- Stamp Sports in Greenland I 1/3 Arctic Circle Race 01100585 12.05.2016 DKK 0.75 29,835 land’s School of Art, the Danish Design School Stamp Copper Wedding, Frederik & Mary 01100595 17.10.2016 DKK 20.50 30,266 and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Stamp Greenlandic Music I - Choral singing 01100600 23.01.2017 DKK 24.50 21,056 Halifax. Stamp Greenlandic Music I - Accordion Music 01100601 23.01.2017 DKK 27.00 21,677 Miki Jacobsen is skilled in several different Stamp Sepac 2017 - Local Handcrafts 01100612 15.05.2017 DKK 15.00 41,521 techniques and means of expression, which he usually combines in his projects: painting, Stamp The Queen's Watercolours - Greenlandic Children 01100629 16.04.2018 DKK 14 + 1 15,812 graphics, photography, computer graphics, Souvenir Sheet Copper Wedding, Frederik & Mary 01106595 17.10.2016 DKK 20.50 16,731 sound and performance. Miki Jacobsen has Souvenir Sheet Sports in Greenland III 01106620 22.01.2018 DKK 43.50 11,842 been designing stamps since 1992. These two stamps are the 27th and 28th he has de- Souvenir Sheet The Queen's Watercolours - Greenlandic Children 01106629 16.04.2018 DKK 52.00 17,392 signed for POST Greenland. Mini Sheet EUROPA 2018. Bridges 1/2 01107623 15.05.2017 DKK 144.00 967

Read more about the artist here. Mini Sheet EUROPA 2018. Bridges 2/2 01107624 15.05.2017 DKK 153.00 979 Souvenir Folder Regent Couple's Golden Wedding Anniversary 01303080 15.05.2017 DKK 150.00 629

Souvenir Folder The Queen's Watercolours - Greenlandic Children 01303083 16.04.2018 DDK 52.00 669

Greenland Collector | 13 NEWS from POST Greenland Consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic One of the consequences of the global corona crisis has been the shut- down of all scheduled air traffic to and from Greenland. POST Greenland donated DKK 100,000 to This has led to significant delays in the shipment of new stamps and raw Kofoed’s School in Nuuk materials for the manufacture of our products for collectors. Producing and selling these products to collectors like you is the very reason for our Once a year POST Greenland issues an added value stamp for the ben- existence. The crisis has also led to significant delays to our outgoing efit of a charitable or cultural cause in Greenland. postal shipments. Fortunately, we can continue to deliver individual orders from our Ser- vice Center in Denmark, however, with the risk of delay in new issues and articles where our stock in Denmark is sold out. Unfortunately, with regard to subscription shipments, we cannot guar- antee at this time that all new stamps and accompanying products for our next subscription of 18th May 2020 will be ready on time, but we are doing our very best to achieve it. We are following the instructions issued by the authorities and doing all we can to ensure that incoming orders are processed as quickly as possible. We apologise for these negative consequences and invite you to keep yourself updated on our website www.stamps.gl and Facebook page https://facebook.com/stamps.gl/ or to contact our Service Center.

Handing over the cheque on Thursday, 5th March 2020 in Nuuk. School project leader ‘Gujo’ Thorsteinsson receives the cheque and a framed souvenir sheet from Philatelic Manager Pertti Frandsen. Photo: Else Olsvig/TELE-POST. Next time, read about... • First day at school in Greenland In autumn 2017 we issued an added value stamp to benefit Kofoed’s School in Nuuk. This stamp has been a popular purchase, for both • The 2020 additional value stamp Greenlandic stamp buyers and stamp collectors all over the world. The • 2020 EUROPA stamps - ancient postal routes stamp was beautifully drawn by multi-artist Miki Jacobsen. • Savings stamps in Greenland – new series The total added-value sale revenue from this stamp was DKK 100,000 and was donated to Kofoed’s School in Nuuk in the beginning of March • And much more... 2020. Philatelic Manager Pertti Frandsen had the following to say: “Because of the great social contribution the school makes to Green- land, it is a genuine pleasure to be the person responsible for handing 2019 Franking Labels – Mint Set this sum over to the school. The pupils and employees of the school truly 4 values. Total face value: DKK 60.00. deserve this financial donation.” Date of issue: 21st October 2019. Item No.: Kofoed’s School in Nuuk was also very pleased. After the handover, 01700061 the school’s project leader Gudmundur ‘Gujo’ Thorsteinsson announced: Obtain all franking labels issued by POST Green- “On behalf of all our pupils, staff and external associates of the Ko- land; from the first ones in 2009 to these lat- foed School in Nuuk, I would like to express my enormous gratitude to est ones from 2019. Find them at our website POST Greenland and their customers. The enormous sum we have just https://www.stamps.gl. Search under the menu received will be used to benefit the school’s non-curricular activities.” item ‘Stamps’, then ‘Franking Labels’. Or contact The school’s pupils and employees attended the cheque presentation at our Service Center. Contact information can be Kofoed’s School in Nuuk, as did Miki Jacobsen, who very much enjoyed found at the top of the next page. seeing the fruits of his artistic endeavours and the happiness that they The next set of franking labels from POST Green- had brought about. land will be issued on 6th November 2020.

14 | Greenland Collector About payments etc.

Please send your orders / amendments to: BANK TRANSFER: Payment deadline 30 days net POST Greenland Filatelia Service Center Payment of invoices must be made not later than 30 Kvindevadet 42, 5450 Otterup, Denmark Denmark – DKK: Danske Bank, Holmens Kanal 2-12, days from the invoice date. At the same time, we ask Phone (+45) 70 26 05 50 DK-1092 Copenhagen K. you to bear in mind that the registration of your pay- Fax (+45) 64 82 10 56 Account no. 9541 - 940 4120. ments will take a minimum of two weeks. Therefore, E-mail: [email protected] IBAN: DK98 30000009404120 you may receive an invoice with a balance that does Website: www.stamps.gl BIC (SWIFT code): DABADKKK not include your latest payments. 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Greenland Collector | 15 Product type explanation/Subscription with theme 2019 YEAR PACK – keep your collection complete! If you take out a subscription for a themed item, please remember to associate a theme from the list below when opening the subscription. In addition to all 24 stamps issued during this year, the Year Pack also features all four souvenir sheets from 2019. 100 Stamps with theme Individual stamps. 101 Blocks of four with theme Blocks of four interconnecting postage stamps. 102 Half sheet with theme 5 postage stamps per half sheet. Item No.: 01304019 103 Full sheet with theme 10 postage stamps per sheet. 104 Upper marginal with theme Upper marginal four blocks. Price: DKK 686.00 105 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. 201 FDC/1 with theme First day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled. Date of issue: 202 FDC/4 with theme First day covers franked with one four-block, cancelled. 203 FDC/Series with theme First day covers franked with one of each stamp in a series, 21st October 2019 cancelled. 204 FDC/Souvenir sheet with theme First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled. 301 Stamp booklets with theme Booklet with self-adhesive stamps. Contains 8 to 12 stamps. 303 Souvenir folder with theme Series of stamps in illustrated folder

Themes Buy Year Pack Theme Id 1 Europa • 2 Royalty • 3 Transport • 4 Nature • 5 Science • 6 Art • 7 Celebration/Event. • 8 Steel engraving

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