philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Jan 4, 2023 10:58:50 GMT
daniel Regarding the Pakke Porto Reprints you posted above - a large set of these accompanied a recent Greenland collection. There were several more sheets similar to the ones you posted, plus full sheets of individual stamps in a similar style. They were labeled as series 1-3. IMHO, I agree with you, these seem to be inexpensive and not produced in or by Greenland. They are mentioned in Facit as reprints. These do appear to be another of the 1980s philatelic confections created to capitalize on the booming philatelic market of those days. But, as with many reprints, they are cheap fun.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2023 23:10:12 GMT
I love the stamps of Kalaallit Nunaat!
Here's a closer version of a stamp previously posted: 1964, 35 öre, SG 55, depicting King Frederik IX in arctic clothing. I think it's a good example of Czesław Słania's skill in portraiture.
The postmark is from Greenland's capital city, which is Godthaab (in Danish) or Nuuk (in Greenlandic). It's interesting that the Greenlandic language was used on the postmarks before it was used on the stamps.
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Oct 26, 2023 10:10:23 GMT
Just landed in my album - a few of the 1945 alternate color American issue overprints;  |
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Jan 19, 2024 13:20:10 GMT
A book of Greenland was in the box lot Hubby bought me for Christmas. I thought that I had most of what I wanted for early Greenland (except for a few Polar Bear Parcel stamps and a few used copies of the other color overprints) but sometimes collections suggest new things to add. For example, this collection contained the special cancels associated with new issues. These cancels were nicely trimmed and placed with the stamps - something I’ve never seen. I’ve looked at quite a few Greenland collections and they are pretty cookie cutter, but the addition of the cancels added so much interest and in much less space than if you included entire covers. A pic follows. So I decided to rearrange parts of my collection and include those. Note that this collector also incorporated cancelled seals with the rest of the stamps from a given year. Nice!  I also found a few more “other color” overprints. Just three more used and i’ve completed the set - both mint and used. Almost all of my collections are “dual” ie both mint and used except for a few areas where I only collect used - USA and Modern Japan for example.  |
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Post by Catweazle on Feb 12, 2024 10:21:40 GMT
Have you ever seen this privately produced stamp or one on cover?  So the story goes, they were issued by the mining company in 1922. They were said to have enabled mail delivery to the small town, but others also claim they were printed by the American stamp collector Brad Arch in the 1960s. Jay Smith take on them is as follows:
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Post by rod222 on Feb 12, 2024 17:56:31 GMT
Have you ever seen this privately produced stamp or one on cover? Have not. Not listed (or mentioned) in the Denmark Local Posts catalogue, and I would think, any label of merit, (Bypost) would have been. Has overtones of the Viborg Bypost design, and the coins I'd agree with the common acceptance of the genesis of this label.   |
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