Norges Bank Bicentenary Sverre Morken Is the Engraver of the Two Stamps for the Anniversary NEW STAMPS Page 4

No. 4/2016 Norway Post Stamps

Norges Bank Bicentenary Sverre Morken is the engraver of the two stamps for the anniversary NEW STAMPS Page 4

Lighthouses NEW STAMPS Page 5 Skibladner 160th anniversary PERSONALISED STAMPS Page 6 WEBSHOP

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2 EDITORIAL

Dear Customer! Contents NEW STAMPS Welcome to the Autumn issue Central Bank of Norway's 200th Anniversary of Stamp Magazine. Page 4 Lighthouses The philatelic Service had a busy summer. In July, we Page 5 participated in NRK's Summer programme and celebrated FOR COLLECTORS the world´s oldest paddle steamer Skibladner's 160th Personalised stamps anniversary. Both personalised stamps and cancellations Page 8 were received with enthusiasm.

Our autumn stamp issues start on 1 October as we commemorate the bicentenary of Norges Bank. Sverre Morken is the artist and engraver behind the stamps. One stamp shows an 1818 Speciedaler coin and several versions of Norwegian banknotes. The other stamp shows the Norges Bank head office in Oslo.

On the same day we will also issue two new stamps in our Lighthouse series. Sandvigodden Lighthouse in Aust-Agder and Sklinna Lighthouse in Nord-Trøndelag will both be featured. This issue marks the end of our popular Lighthouse series for Norway Post now. Inger Sandved Anfinsen undertook the design for the Philatelic Service final issues. P.O Box 250 The National Stamp Day will be celebrated in many places NO-0510 OSLO on 1 October. Many post offices and philatelic clubs have NORWAY special cancellations this day. For a full overview, see E-mail: posten.no/frimerker. [email protected] Internet: posten. no/frimerker Wishing you a lovely autumn! Telephone: +47 23 14 78 70 Telefax: +47 23 14 78 00

Bank details: Account no: 6003 06 35097 Nordea Bank, Oslo IBAN: NO25 6003 0635 097 SWIFT: NDEANOKK

Design: Posten Norge AS, Kind regards, Konsernkommunikasjon, Design Coverphoto: Ole Christian Frenning/ Aftenposten/NTB scanpix Print: Byråservice

Halvor Fasting Director

3 NEW STAMPS CENTRAL BANK OF NORWAY'S 200TH ANNIVERSARY

NK 1942 NK 1943 Speciedaler coin from 1819. Norges Bank building in Oslo. Older issues of Norwegian banknotes. Drawing by architects Lund and Slaatto. Photo: © Aleksander Andersen/NTB scanpix Aleksander © Photo: Central Bank of Norway's 200th Anniversary Date: 01/10/2016

First Day Cover NOK 77

First Day Cancellation

Number: NK 1942-1943 Price Motives: Speciedaler coin and old banknotes, Presentation Pack: NOK 86 Norges Bank building in Oslo Collector's Set: NOK 163 Design/engraving: Sverre Morken Golden FDC: NOK 99 Photo: Coin and banknotes loaned by Norges Bank Denomination: NOK 21.00 - NOK 50.00 Print run: NOK 21.00: 400,000 stamps. NOK 50.00: 380,000 stamps Issued as: Sheet of 50 stamps Print: Recess/offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, The Netherlands 4 NEW STAMPS LIGHTHOUSES

NK 1944 NK 1945 Sandvigodden Sklinna Lighthouse Lighthouse in in Nord-Trøndelag. Aust-Agder. Illustration: © Anniken Riiser Hølbakken Anniken Illustration: ©

Lighthouses Date: 01/10/2016

First Day Cover NOK 28

OSLO 01.10.2016

First Day Cancellation First Day Cancellation

Price Number: NK 1944-1945 Price Presentation Pack: NOK 86 Motives: Sandvigodden lighthouse, Sklinna lighthouse Presentation Pack: NOK 37 Collector's Set: NOK 163 Design: Inger Sandved Anfinsen Collector's Set: NOK 65 Golden FDC: NOK 99 Photo: ©Øystein Søbye/NN/Samfoto (NK 1944) Maximum Cards: NOK 44 ©Jon Arne Sæter/NN/Samfoto (NK 1945) Values: A (priority) domestic (NOK 11.00) x2 Print run: 7,630,000 of each stamp Issued as: Booklet of 10 self-adhesive stamps Print: Offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, The Netherlands 5 FOR COLLECTORS PERSONALISED STAMPS

Skibladner 160th anniversary Skibladner is the world's oldest paddle steamer still in operation.

Between 12 and 16 July, Norway Post was involved in NRK´s TV-show around the lake Mjøsa. The round trip was part of the celebrations of Skibladner's 160th anniversary. Personalised stamps, cancellations and special envelopes were produced for each day:

12 July: Eidsvoll 12 July: Kapp 13 July: Atlungstad 14 July: Lillehammer 15 July: Hamar 16 July: Gjøvik

Price per stamp NOK 14.50 Price per envelope NOK 50

Can be ordered in our web shop posten.no/frimerkebutikken

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"Skibladner" is the world´s oldest paddle steamer still in operation.

7 FOR COLLECTORS KIELER WOCHE

Kieler Woche The Christian Radich featured on a personal stamp for Kiel Week and the Windjammer Parade in June

The Christian Radich was a proud representative scanpix Svensson/scandinav/NTB © Mikael Photo of Norway in this year's Kiel Regatta, which took place from 18 - 26 June. The high point of the celebration was the traditional Windjammer Parade, in which all the beautiful sailing ships l eave Kiel and set out on their journey home. Norway Post was present for the entire event, ably represented by our colleagues at Deutsche Post. Price per stamp NOK 17.50 Exhibition card NOK 26

Order by sending in the coupon or visit posten.no/frimerkebutikken.

Reprint of NK 1773

The NOK 4 denomination in the Posthorn series has been reprinted. The stamp was printed on 16.06.2016 and was issued on 01.09.2016. The stamp was printed in sheets of 100 self-adhesive stamps with gutter pair strips in the middle. Subscribers to reprints will receive the stamp in October.

Price per stamp NOK 4 Price per gutter pair NOK 8 Price per gutter pair strip NOK 80