Greenland courts India

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GREENLAND

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New Definitive series

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Greenland’s civil aviation history

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2010 Greenland stamp of the year

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Greenlandic comics III

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Contemporary Greenlandic Art V

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Subscription magazine for collectors of Greenland stamps • Vol. 16 • No. 2 • April 2011

Out of India’s population of nearly 1.2 billion it is estimated that several million collect stamps. So it is very natural that the postal administrations from around the world travel to India in their aim to cultivate new collectors’ markets for their stamps. POST Greenland is among the many stamp issuers who are on this quest in the world’s second most populous nation.

So, between 12th and 18th February 2011, POST Greenland attended an international stamp show and exhibition in India for the very first time - in the capital New Delhi. This exhibition was entitled ”IN-DIPEX 2011” and was organised by India Post, the Indian government, the Philatelic Congress of India, in collaboration with The Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (F.I.P.) and its Asian branch FIAP.

Indian woman president Pratibha Devisingh Pa-til attended the exhibition on Saturday 12th Feb-ruary at the opening of ”INDIPEX 2011”. At that time, collectors stood in long queues to be let into the large exhibition complex Pragati Maidan, which housed the exhibition halls for the event.

Trading in the opening weekend was very lively. POST Greenland’s booth representative was sup-plemented with a local sales assistant with good language skills in English and Hindi, and, therefore,

had his hands full as the many thousands of Indian collectors sought Greenland stamps and philately. Over the period of the exhibition ”INDIPEX 2011” more than 100,000 collectors and other interested stamp enthusiasts visited the show and exhibition, many of them schoolchildren and families.

POST Greenland would like to thank the many thousands of visitors to our stand. Namaste!

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POST Greenland courts stamp collectors in India By Pertti Frandsen and Inge S. Rasmussen

Country Facts: By 2030 India will overtake China as the most populous nation in the world. Measured in relation to purchasing power, India is already the world’s fourth largest economy. Before 2042 it is estimated that India will overtake the United States as the world’s second larg-est economy. India is thus experiencing a strong economic growth with a rapidly grow-ing middle class who demand all sorts of con-sumer goods and leisure activities.

Sources: The Danish Foreign Ministry’s inter-net publications; Wikipedia.

Photo: POST G

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Photo: Jörg Günther

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New Definitive series with the portrait of Her Majesty the Queen

01100464 Definitive 1 / 11 Value: DKK 0.50 Date of Issue: 9th May 2011 40 stamps per Sheet Engraver: Martin Mörck Photographer: Steen Brogaard Format: G - Horizontal Outer measurement: 39.52mm x 28.93 mm Printing Method: Intaglio Paper: TR4

01100465 Definitive 2 / 11 Value: DKK 1.00

By Per Svendsen, Managing Director

Besides the commemorative stamps that are issued by POST Greenland to celebrate and mark spe-cial events in Greenland, displaying a diversity of Greenland’s nature, culture, flora and fauna there are different kinds of stamps: the Definitive stamps. These stamps bear the nominal postage rates that are needed for the majority of the postal ship-ments.

The last Definitive series of stamps was launched in 2000 and this series will now be replaced with the issue of new Definitive stamps by POST Green-land. When our very first stamps were issued in Greenland in 1938, they featured the ruler’s por-trait. We are now continuing this old custom and it is again the ruler’s portrait that will grace Green-land’s Definitive stamps.

It is therefore with great pride that POST Green-land can present the new stamp series featuring Her Majesty the Queen. The first two stamps in the series will be issued on 9th May 2011 with the denominations DKK 0.50 and DKK 1.00. As with the stamps in the previous Definitive series, it is the renowned Norwegian illustrator and engraver Mar-tin Mörck who is responsible for creating both the portrait and the engraving.

The photograph used in the new Definitive stamp series was taken by The Royal Court photographer Steen Brogaard. The background of the image is Qimmeertaajaliip Qaqqartivaa (Polhems Mountain) in Tasiilaq

About Our QueenThere are genuine and sincere ties between the Crown and the people of Greenland. Many up here still remember the Queen’s parents, King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid, and the heartfelt commit-ment they showed to Greenland.

Margrethe Alexandrine Þorhildur Ingrid, Her Majesty the Queen, was born on 16th April 1940 at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen. On 10th June 1967, she married Henri Marie Jean André Count de Laborde de Monpezat ; at the marriage he became HRH Prince Henrik of Denmark. The Re-gent couple’s two sons HRH Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian and HRH Prince Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian were born on 26th May 1968 and 7th June 1969. Margrethe Alexan-drine Þorhildur Ingrid became Queen of Denmark in 1972.

The Queen in GreenlandThe first time the Queen visited Greenland was in 1960 in her then capacity as heir to the throne. Since then, the Queen has made countless visits to Greenland, filled with joy and mutual respect, most recently in 2009 in connection with the in-troduction of Self-Government for the people of Greenland.

The well-being of Greenlandic children holds a very special place in the Queen’s heart; she is pa-tron of the Association of Greenlandic children. The Association of Greenlandic children is inde-pendent of political and economic interests and re-ceives no public funding. The work of the Associa-tion is based solely on a large group of committed members and contributions from foundations and endowments as well as business enterprises. Due to the above mentioned interests and connections, there are obvious reasons why the Queen and the rest of the royal house are – and will continue to be – a natural focal point to modern-day Greenland.

Up here, we are all looking forward to welcom-ing our Queen back to Greenland when Her Majes-ty makes another visit to our country this summer.

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Greenland’s civil aviation history - from 1958 until today

The series will include a total of 12 stamps with images of planes and helicopters, which have been used in Greenland from the late 1950s until today. The stamps will be issued in normal sheets. The printing method will be intaglio at the beginning and will finish with offset. In a few years the series will be completed with a beautiful and exciting book about Greenland’s civil aviation history. The book will also include a mint copy of all 12 stamps in the series.

The history of Greenland’s civil aviation began in 1958. To tell the story we have been working with one of the greatest experts - former Area Manager in Air Greenland, Ole Dam. Mr. Dam worked for the airline from 1962 through 2003. Below is Ole Dam’s excit-ing report on the first two aircraft in Green-land civil aviation: the Catalina and the Otter.

By Ole Dam

PBY5A CANSO (Catalina) Catalina was the first plane that was used for do-mestic flights in Greenland. After an accident in April 1958 by the Royal Greenland Trade (KGH) ship M/S Umanak, in the ice off Ivigtut, it was nec-essary to add flights to complete the carriage of passengers within Greenland. About 90 passengers en route from Narsarsuaq and Denmark who were stranded in Ivigtut were instead transported by a chartered Canadian Catalina to Kangerlussuaq.

In addition, there was some air service between coastal towns and Kangerlussuaq.

After the loss of the M/S Hans Hedtof’s in Janu-ary 1959 the KGH lacked capacity for passenger services to and from Denmark, so again a Catalina aircraft was chartered in some summer months for ad hoc flights between Kangerlussuaq and coastal towns in West Greenland.

In the spring of 1960 the KGH established a scheduled flight to Greenland in cooperation with the Canadian company Eastern Provincial Airways, based on a Catalina and two De Havilland Otter air-craft. A timetable was prepared aimed at traveling between Kangerlussuaq and towns on the coast and costal traffic from Aasiaat in the north and to Qaqortoq in the south. In 1962 the newly formed company Grønlandsfly A/S, where KGH was a shareholder, took over the operational responsibil-ity for domestic flights in Greenland.

The Catalina flights continued in summer and in a few winters with up to two flights until June 1965 when the helicopter operation was introduced.

About the Catalina plane: A Consolidated PBY Catalina flew for the first time in March 1935 and was at that time purely a sea-plane. The type was used for surveillance, search and rescue and during World War II in search of enemy submarines. The type was further developed and, in 1941, a new type - the Consolidated PBY5A (an amphibious plane) - flew for the first time. The Ca-nadian Air Force called the type CANSO and it could

land on both water and land. In everyday language it has, nevertheless, always been called ‘Catalina’.

After World War II, many Canso’s were convert-ed to civilian transportation, the military equipment was removed and the interior was decorated with two cabins, where passengers sat sideways along the outer walls. The plane had two engines, a cruising speed of approx. 220 km / h and the crew consisted of two pilots and a mechanic. Originally, the aircraft included 20 passengers - this figure was reduced to 16 - 17 passengers (depending on the aircraft structure) for security reasons. During take-offs and landings the plane was sprayed with water that trickled down into the cabin, which frightened many passengers, especially first-time travelers.

De Havilland Otter DHC3The Otter was used on domestic flights in Green-land in 1960 when KGH had decided to begin a genuine timetable with Catalina and Otter planes leased by Eastern Provincial Airways. In 1960-61 there were two Otters in Greenland in the summer from May to November. They handled the flights between Kangerlussuaq Aasiaat, Sisimiut, Maniit-soq and to Nuuk. The aircraft was equipped with pontoons, which were equipped with landing gear that was unfolded when landing at airports. In all cities the plane landed at ports. From 1962, all the Disko Bay towns were served by the Otter.

From the winter of 1961-62 through to 1964-65 the Otter was also used in winter, the pontoons were replaced with ski / wheel base. In towns out-

Only five times previously have planes or helicopters appeared on Greenlandic stamps. These stamps were issued during the period 1976 - 2010. Therefore, POST Greenland is now launching a stamp series in order to tell the fascinating story of the Greenlandic Civil Aviation.

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01100466 Aviation Series I 1/2

Catalina Value: DKK 8.00

Date of Issue: 9th May 2011 20 stamps per. sheet

Stamp die size: 57.68mm x 33.44 mm

Format: Double F - vertical Design and engraving: Martin Mörck

Printing Method: Intaglio Paper: TR4

01100467 Aviation Series I 2/2

Otter Value: DKK 17.50

Greenland’s civil aviation history - from 1958 until today

side Kangerlussuaq the plane landed primarily on frozen reservoirs, possibly snowy land. If the sea ice was thick enough, they established runways on it. Until the winter of 1963-64, when the Catalina planes began to operate in winter, the Otter plane was the only means of transport in West Greenland between Kangerlussuaq and the town of Nuuk and the north. In Maniitsoq it was not possible to estab-lish a winter runway.

The plane had a cabin with 11 seats, but could only fly short distances to include a similar number of passengers. The crew consisted of a pilot and a mechanic. It was a STOL aircraft, which means that it could start and land on very short runways. So it was ideal for winter flight in Greenland, where the lakes used were often quite small. It was pleasant to fly and popular in Greenland.

The aircraft was built from 1951 to 1967 and a number of them are still flying around the world. It was fitted with an engine and had a cruising speed of approx. 220 km / h.

Photo: Paul Madsen Photo: Ole Dam

Background photo: Erling Christensen

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The competition to choose the 2010 Greenlandic stamp of the year began in mid-November and ran until 1st March this year. The competition was pro-moted in Greenland Collector, in the Greenlandic daily press and amongst other places at our web-site www.stamps.gl. This way votes came in from all over the world.

Voters could choose between a total of 20 stamps issued by POST Greenland in 2010.

The winner was stamp G446, a beautiful offset stamp by the royal photographer Steen Brogaard. The stamp was issued on 16th April when Her Maj-esty the Queen celebrated her seventieth birthday.

Dorit Olsen created the stamp design.The main prize was DKK 10,000. The winner of the

main prize was Jean-Claude Drouhin from Soissons in France. POST Greenland wishes the lucky winner many congratulations for winning the main prize.

It was Peter Møller Sørensen, Police Inspector in Tasiilaq, who drew the lucky winner; and another 10 lucky winners for a `consolation prize` in the form of the 2010 year pack.

The names of the ten lucky winners are:Jaume Cot, Barcelona, SpainBergeton Jensen, Ankenesstrand, NorwayIsak Poulsen, Nuussuaq, GreenlandLars-Erik Moden, Åkersberga, SwedenNajannguaq Sethsen, Maniitsoq, GreenlandRenate Ensthaler, Hamburg, GermanyLisa Jakobsen, Nuussuaq, GreenlandMona Mikaelsen, Ittoqqortoormiit, GreenlandNikolaj Dam-Bülow, Hinnerup, DenmarkHans Bey, Oldenburg, Germany

The `consolation prizes` have been sent to the re-cipients.

POST Greenland would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank everyone who participated in the vote and for making this a festive event.

Stamp. Global Warming01100414. 19.01.2009DKK 5.00

Stamp. Greenlandic Cancer Society01100415. 19.01.2009DKK 6.25 + 0.50

Stamp. Fossils in Greenland II 1/301100418. 19.01.2009DKK 2.00

Stamp. Fossils in Greenland II 2/301100419. 19.01.2009DKK 11.50

Stamp. Fossils in Greenland II 3/301100420. 19.01.2009DKK 22.00

Stamp. Contemporary Art III 1/301100424. 21.06.2009DKK 6.00

Souvenir SheetPARCEL POST Stamps100th Anniversary01106D74. 21.05.2007DKK 175.00

Souvenir Sheet“Norden”. Mythology III01106401. 27.03.2008DKK 15.00

Souvenir SheetScience IV01106407. 20.10.2008DKK 45.00

Souvenir SheetExpeditions VINordenskiöld01106410. 20.10.2008DKK 24.75

Mini Sheet. EUROPA 2009Astronomy 1/201107416. 19.01.2009DKK 50.00

Mini Sheet. EUROPA 2009Astronomy 2/201107417. 19.01.2009DKK 64.00

Souvenir FolderContemporary Art III01303041. 21.06.2009DKK 57.00

Souvenir FolderSEPAC II01303042. 16.09.2009DKK 112.00

The 2010 Greenlandic stamp of the year

Final sale on 30th April 2011The following stamps and philatelic products will be withdrawn from our sales list on 30th April 2011, provided that they are not sold out prior to this date. Any remaining stock will be shredded.

Police Inspector Peter Møller Sørensen drew the lucky win-ners under the supervision of Customer Service Manager Peder Friis Sørensen.

Photo: POST Greenland.

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01100468 Greenlandic Comics III: Kaassassuk

Value: DKK 20.00 Date of issue: 9th May 2011

20 stamps per sheet Artist: Christian Fleischer Rex

Typography: Dorit Olsen Size: E - horizontal

Stamp die size: 50.50 mm x 43.46 mm

Printing Method: Offset Paper: TR4

By Peder Friis Sørensen

The Greenlandic legend about Kaassassuk (The Or-phan) was published some years ago as a comic. It was drawn by the young Christian Fleischer Rex from Nuuk. The stamp with Kaassassuk represents the third and last part of POST Greenland stamp series on Greenland comics. This becomes Chris-tian Fleischer Rex’s first postage stamp for POST Greenland.

The ancient Inuit legend about the orphaned Kaassassuk is most suitable for the comic’s medi-um: A touching story filled with dramatic scenes. The 33-year-old animator, Christian Fleischer Rex, has taken up the challenge and he has created a cartoon based on the epic legend. The legend of Kaassassuk is so nice and manageable, says Chris-tian Fleischer Rex. It is about general human issues such as love and hate, forgiveness and vengeance and, therefore, it also speaks to people today. And the story of Kaassassuk is so filled with dramatic events that it causes the artist’s fingers to itch in anticipation of the images he will create. Christian Fleischer Rex has a dream: To develop the comic into a cartoon about the orphaned Kaassassuk.

The legend of Kaassassuk is found in a number of variations, but Christian Fleischer Rex lets his

story follow the story that Jaakkuaraq of God-thaab told Knud Rasmussen on the Danish literary Greenland Expedition in 1902-04. Thus we see the orphaned Kaassassuk, who has to go through so many terrible events, before he meets “The Lord of Force” and gets his immense strength. The legend can be read in Knud Rasmussen’s ”Myths and Leg-ends from Greenland ’, Volume II.

Christian Fleischer Rex has the technical and creative background to create this dream. He has always loved to draw and, after his A-levels in Nuuk, between 1997-2000, he was trained as an animator at the animation school - the Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark. This school has 20 years’ experience in developing skills and ideas to the international animation industry. After his train-ing, Christian Fleischer Rex worked at several car-toon productions in England, Germany and Den-mark, among others ”Asterix and the Vikings’.

Today Christian Fleischer Rex manages an ad-vertising agency called Deluxus Studio along with Lars Andersen, which has its office space in the “Telecom Tower” in Nuuk. Deluxus Studio solves communications and marketing functions for sev-eral companies in Greenland.

Greenlandic Comics III: Kaassassuk

01106468. Souvenir Sheet Greenlandic Comics III: Kaassassuk Value: DKK 20.00

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The fifth part in POST Greenland’s series - contem-porary Greenlandic art - features three very dif-ferent works of art. The women who created the works of art and the designs of the three stamps are Julie Hardenberg, Naja Rosing-Asvid and Anne-Lise Løvstrøm. The artists have each chosen very different paths with their art, as reflected in the three selected works by the artists now being is-sued on stamps.

As with the previous four parts in the art series, the stamps will be issued in normal sheets - and a souvenir folder. The souvenir folder, or booklet which it rightfully should be called, contains one of each of the mint stamps. In addition, the booklet outlines the individual artists’ other work, present-ed in pictures and text.

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By Pertti Frandsen

01100469 Contemporary Art V 1/3

Value: DKK 3.00 Issue: 9th May 2011

20 stamps per. sheets Format: E - horizontal

Stamp die size: 50.50mm x 43.26 mm Printing Method: Offset

Paper: TR4 Typography: Dorit Olsen

Artist: Julie Edel Hardenberg

Julie Edel Hardenberg Born in 1971 in Nuuk and received her training as an ar-tist from the Art Academy in Trondheim, Norway, 1999 and, later, took an MA in Art Theory and Communica-tion from the Danish Royal Academy in 2005.

Julie Edel Hardenberg is a versatile and highly active artist who, as well as numerous local and international exhibitions, has produced five books. Her works are characterized by being implemented conscious, quirky

and poetic with a humorous approach to concepts such as ethnic and cultural identity. In 2005 she was selected by the Musée de L’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland to be among the 50

most promising young photographers in the world. In addition, she was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2006 for her photo art book “Den Stille Mangfoldighed” (The silent diversity), Milik Publishing. Her book “ABCT” Milik Publishing, was in 2007 nominated as the year’s best book work by the Danish book craftsmanship association and she was also nominated for the West Nordic Children’s Literature price in 2008. In 2009, Julie Edel Hardenberg was nominated to receive the Livia Foundation award on the grounds that her works are conflict redemptive.

In the last five years, Julie has designed 10 stamps for POST Greenland. About her new stamp, which she has given the title “Commonwealth of the Realm Pause”, Julie herself says:

“I work with the tension between locality, globalism and ethnicity-internationality in continuation of cultural and national identity formation based on the individual. Work “Commonwealth of the Realm Pause” - straitjacket - is about the relationship between state and individual and the mutual struggle that is in anticipation of national identity and personal sense of disunity. The straitjacket hanging on the hanger symbolizes release from this tension “Realm”.

Souvenir folderContemporary Greenlandic Art V 01303048 Price DKK 44.00

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01100470 Contemporary Art V 2/3

Value: DKK 7.00 Typography: Dorit Olsen Artist: Naja Rosing-Asvid

01100471 Contemporary Art V 3/3

Value: DKK 34.00 Typography: Dorit Olsen

Artist: Anne-Lise Løvstrøm

Naja Rosing-Asvid Born in Aasiaat in 1966 and raised in Qaqortoq. After a stay at the Art School in Holbæk, Denmark, she trained as an architect in Copenhagen and Ca-nada. Today she lives in Nuuk, where she works as an independent artist and architect.

Her art spans from visual art and illustrations for ceramics and sculpture. Often she uses unconven-tional materials such as sheep’s wool and sand in-stead of paint, and combines such natural materi-

als with acrylic paintings. She gathers diligently natural materials and discarded objects and freight documents, which after many years of wind and weather have a beautiful pat-ina, and she is fascinated by the story that each store on.

In 2010, she finished her high decoration of the Bank of Green-land’s canteen in Nuuk, which was exclusively made out of discarded objects and freight documents she collected in waste places, road-sides, at the harbor and other places in town.

Her best known work is probably the bronze sculpture “Amisut” in Nuuk, unveiled at the introduction of the Self-Government on 21st June 2009.

Arts stamp is Naja’s fourth stamp for POST Greenland, since her two first appeared in 2009. About her new stamp design Naja writes:

“In the background is an egg shaped planet, sun or planet, and lines of the northern lights or paths which people follow. On the motif is a key that reflects my way of combining objects in my works. The key symbolizes “to lock in, shut and hold on” or otherwise “to lock up, shut-in and open up new opportunities”.

For me the picture of how we each live our lives, the paths we choose to go and whether we choose to shut up or open up when we encounter new opportunities and challenges in life. “

Anne-Lise Løvstrøm Born 1960 in Uummannaq and is now living in Nuuk. In 1986 she graduated as a teacher from college in Nuuk Greenland.

Anne-Lise Løvstrøm is a self-taught artist and has read books to obtain her painting skills. She began with graphic forms and designs inspired by the Greenlandic legends and myths. Two subjects, the mask and the animal, have had a particular significance for Anne-Lise. So it was natural that she in the early 1980s became fascinated by the Danish Asger Jorn’s works, which she saw in Silkeborg, Denmark.

However, she also began to abstract from reality, because she often paints memories. Some are narrative, such as “Drum Dancers”, now in the High Court in Nuuk. The drum dance was in the past, the conflict resolution factor in Greenland, since the audience was then judges through their positive or negative sentiment. Therefore, the drum consti-tutes the symbol of law in modern Green-land. Anne-Lise is also working with land-scape reproductions in the form of tearing pictures of torn watercolor paper, and with natural fantasies in green and gold colours in pure abstraction, but with clear reference to the inspiration.

The stamp is Anne-Lise Løvstrøm first. About the work, which constitutes her stamp debut, says Anne-Lise: “Nature has always inspired me in my art. It is the broadest theme in my works.”

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News from POST Greenland

Up until the end of August 2011, POST Greenland will participate in the following fairs and exhibitions: ”Nordia 2011”, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1st - 3rd April. ”21. Internationale Briefmarken-Messe ”, Essen, 5th - 7th May ”Philanippon 2011”, Yokohama, 28th July – 2nd August.

A special Greenlandic cachet will be produced for the above mentio-ned exhibitions. Envelopes to be cancelled with this cancellation must be received by POST Greenland, Filatelia, no later than the day before the opening of the respective exhibition. POST Greenland will also be represented at this stamp event: ”Samlermesse”, Nykøbing Falster, on 3rd April. Note: No special Greenlandic cachet will be produced for this Danish stamp event.

Item No. Title Value (DKK) Issue Date Sales Figures01100281 Definitive 1/01 0.25 09.05.2001 834,49301100298 Definitive 02 0.50 21.10.2002 728,97901100357 PARCEL - POST – 100th Anniversary 50.00 31.10.2005 242,71401100360 EUROPA – 50th Anniversary 26.50 16.01.2005 225,24001100401 ”Norden” - Mythology III 1/2 7.00 27.03.2008 108,73701100403 Fossils I 1/3 1.00 24.05.2008 253,56301100405 Fossils I 3/3 25.00 24.05.2008 123,53201100407 Science IV/1. IGY 50th Anniversary 6.50 20.10.2008 184,09901100408 Science IV/2. Fr. St. Scoresbysund 75th Anniversary 10.50 20.10.2008 88,56201100410 Expeditions VI. Nordenskiöld 1/2 8.50 20.10.2008 97,80601100411 Expeditions VI. Nordenskiöld 2/2 16.25 20.10.2008 77,53901100416 EUROPA 2009 - Astronomy 1/2 6.25 19.01.2009 216,75701100417 EUROPA 2009 - Astronomy 2/2 8.00 19.01.2009 209,30901100434 Christmas Stamp 2009 1/2 6.25 19.10.2009 132,24601100435 Christmas Stamp 2009 2/2 8.00 19.10.2009 127,50501106391 Souvenir Sheet. Charcot / Victor 13.25 08.11.2007 61,77201303030 Souvenir folder. International Polar Year 178.00 22.02.2007 1,35201303031 Souvenir folder. Contemporary Art I 44.00 21.05.2007 1,48901303033 Souvenir folder. Expeditions V - Charcot/Victor 22.00 08.11.2007 2,98101303034 Souvenir folder. Contemporary Art II 50.25 31.01.2008 1,23401303040 Souvenir folder. Expeditions VI - Otto Nordenskiöld 36.75 20.10.2008 1,20601301114 Stamp Booklet No. 14 - Christmas 85.50 19.10.2009 12,26501301217 Stamp Booklet No. 17 - EUROPA. Astronomy 85.50 19.01.2009 16,15601304006 2006 Year Pack 270.50 06.11.2006 25,36701304007 2007 Year Pack 276.00 08.11.2007 25,218

Sales figures from our final sale on 30th November 2010

Following our final sale in November, we can now publish the following sales figures:

The amazing Arctic achievements by Japanese Naomi UemuraThe stamp and souvenir sheet will be issued on 28th July 2011, on the opening day of “PHILANIP-PON 2011” in Yokohama. Due to the date of issue the stamp and souvenir sheet will be included in the next standing orders to be shipped on 17th October 2011. Read the exciting story about the expedition in the next edition of Greenland Collector.

01100475 Expeditions X

Naomi Uemura Value: DKK 36.50

Issue: 28th July 2011 20 stamps per sheet

Stamp die size: 57.68mm x 33.44 mm

Size: Double F - vertical Design and engraving: Martin Mörck

Printing method: Intaglio Paper: TR4

01106475 Souvenir sheet.

Expeditions X Naomi Uemura

Value: DKK 36.50

Wine stopperThe Thule Man01520504. DKK 200.00Gold-leafed wine stoppershaped as the Thule Man

New Day Cancellation for settlement

On 2nd May 2011 the settlement Iginniarfik near 3950 Aasiaat will have a new day cancellaton. The replacement is due to wear and tear of the old cancellation. Letters for final day cancellation with the old cancellation and/ or first day cancel-lation with the new one are to be sent to: POST Greenland, Filatelia, PO Box 121, 3913 Tasiilaq, Greenland. Please do not send these letters to the settlement.

l Uemura’s 1978 Greenland Expedition

l Report from ”Philanippon 2011”

l SEPAC 2011: Scenery III l Greenlandic mining II

l Countdown to ”HOFI 2011” and ”27th Asian International”

l The Christmas stamps l 2011 Year Pack l And much more

Read in the next issue

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Sales figures from our final sale on 30th November 2010

Following our final sale in November, we can now publish the following sales figures:

Please send your orders / amendments to:POST Greenland, FilateliaP. O. Box 121, 3913 Tasiilaq, GREENLANDTelephone: (0045) 70 26 05 50 and (00299) 98 11 55Fax: (00299) 98 14 32Email: stamps@tele.gl

Any change in name, address and/or subscription must be received by POST Greenland, Filatelia, no later than 5 weeks prior to a stamp issue.

NOTEPlease do not write your order on a giro transfer form as these are processed electronically.

How to payOn the payment – please make sure you always state your name and your customer number. Your payments can be made by giro to one of the accounts mentioned below, by credit card, by international reply coupon or by cash in Danish Kroner, Euro or US Dollars only.It is no longer possible to pay by cheque.

Automatic credit card charge:You can sign up for an automatic credit card charge from POST Greenland, Filatelia if you wish to use your credit card as payment when you buy stamps or when receiving your subscription. If you sign up to this new credit card service, the total amount will automatically be deducted each time we send your order or subscription shipment to you.All you have to do is create a user account at www.stamps-shop.gl, select the menu - ”Account” and follow the instruc-tions. Then we will charge the amount on your credit card, when we send the items to you.NOTE:- If you have a debit balance, you need to pay this outstanding amount before the automatic credit card charge will be activated.- If you get a new credit card, credit card number, expiry date or CVC-number, please delete your automatic credit card charge on www.stampsshop.gl and sign up again with the new information.Instructions can be found on www.stamps.gl -> About Filatelia -> Payment methods

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Sweden: Postgirot Bank AB (publ), Vasagatan 7, 105 06Stockholm. Account No.: 41 45-9.IBAN: SE9795000099602600041459, BIC (SWIFT code): NDEASESS

Norway: Postbanken, Kunderegister Bedrift, 0021 Oslo.Account No. 7878.06.55312IBAN: NO44 78780655312, BIC (SWIFT code): DNBANOKK

Finland: SAMPO BANK, UNIONINKATU 22, 00075,SAMPO. Account No.: 800016-70617928.IBAN: Fi2580001670617928, BIC (SWIFT code): PSPBFiHH

The Netherlands: ING Group N.V. Account No.: 3487172.IBAN: NL92 PSTB 0003 4871 72, BIC (SWIFT code): PSTBNL21

Switzerland: Postscheckamt, Office de cheques postaux,Ufficio dei conti correnti postali, 4040 Basel.Account No.: 40-6773-5.IBAN: CH37 0900 0000 4000 6773 5, BIC (SWIFT code): POFiCHBE

Germany: Postbank, Niederlassung Hamburg, Überseering 26, 22297 Hamburg. Account No.: 541414200 BLZ 200 100 20.IBAN: DE03 2001 0020 0541 414200, BIC (SWIFT code): PBNKDEFF

United Kingdom: Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank plc., Bridle Road, Bootle, Merseyside, Liverpool GIR 0AA. Account No.: 358 7118.IBAN: GB69GIRB72000003587118

Luxembourg: Postes et Telecommunications, Division des Postes, Service des Cheques Postaux, Secretariat, 38 Place de la Gare, 1090 Luxembourg. Account No.: 26606-28.IBAN: LU18 1111 0266 0628 0000, BIC (SWIFT code): CCPLLULL

France: La Poste, Centre Régional des Services Financiers, de la Poste en ile-de-France, 16 rue des Favorites, 75900 Paris. Account No.: 250.01 F020.IBAN: FR15 2004 1000 0100 2500 1 F02 047, BIC (SWIFT code): PSSTFRPPPAR

Credit card:MasterCard, VISA, JCB, Dankort, VISA Electron, Maestro. We kindly ask you to use one of the methods below: - the order form- pay through www.stamps.gl.- sign up for the automatic credit card charge on www.stamps.glInstructions can be found on www.stamps.gl -> About Filatelia -> Payment methods

Cash:Only banknotes in Danish kroner (DKK), euro (EUR) or US dollar (USD) are accepted and must be sent by registered mail.Postal order IRC (IBRS):International reply coupons: Value DKK 10.00 each.

One-year deadline for complaintsAny complaint concerning stamps or philatelic items purchased from POST Greenland must reach POST Greenland, Filatelia, no later than one year from the last day of the month in which the items were despatched. The date of the postmark, or possibly the invoice, indicates the date of despatch.

Fees for registered letters and parcels despatched from GreenlandThe fee for registered letters within Greenland or to Europe (including Denmark and the Faroes) is DKK 79.00. e.g.: Postage for a registered letter stamped with DKK 10.00 (max. 20 g.) amounts to DKK 89.00. For the postage charges for mail to other overseas countries, see: www.stamps.gl.

Handling FeeSubscription deliveries will be charged a handling fee of DKK 10.00. Other order deliveries, e.g. all orders received by phone, fax, email or letter, will be charged a handling fee of DKK 15.00. Online orders placed through our website www.stamps.gl are FREE of charge.

Net payment within 30 daysPayment of our invoices is to be made within 30 days from the date of the invoice.Please note that the registration of your payments will take approximately two weeks or more. Therefore, you may receive an invoice with a balance which does not include your recent payments.

Exchange of stampsPOST Greenland, Filatelia, exchanges only unused stamps (stamps no longer on our sales list) into new stamps (stamps on our sales list) at the customer’s choice. No more than 3 exchanges free of charge at maximum DKK 100.00 each, per customer per year are permitted. When exceeding a total of 3 x DKK 100.00, POST Greenland, Filatelia, will charge a fee of 45% of the nominal value.The fee of 45% must always be paid in cash and is not payable by other stamps. The maximum annual value of unused stamps for exchange per customer must not exceed DKK 50,000 in nominal value. For further information, please contact POST Greenland, Filatelia.

Handling fee on cancellations of old stampsFor each received batch of stamps for cancellation by POST Greenland, Filatelia a fee of DKK 15.00 will be charged. The amount can be paid by the payment methods listed on this page.

www.stamps.glOn www.stamps.gl it is possible to gain much information about Greenlandic stamps.It is possible to read Greenland Collector, sign up for our news-letter, read last news, buy stamps, participate in competitions, administrate your account and your subscription etc.

All information on prices, fees etc. is subject to printer’s errors.

Worth knowing

Publisher: POST Greenland · Editors: Søren Sand Kristensen, Kristian ”Karé” Pivat, Jason Greve Holbech, Peder Friis Sørensen, Dennis Fromberg. Chief Editor: Pertti Frandsen.Layout & Printing: HellasGrafisk A/S · Cover Photo: Erwin Reinthaler

We are the people you reach, whenever you write, fax, e-mail or telephone POST Greenland, Filatelia. We look forward to offering our continued assistance with your philatelic enquiries.

Søren Sand KristensenHead Clerk

Danish, Eng-lish, German

Kristian ”Karé” Pivat Senior ClerkGreenlandic,

Danish

Peder Friis Sørensen

Customer Service Manager. Danish, English, German

Pertti FrandsenPhilatelic Manager

Danish, English, German

Dennis FrombergAdministrative

Manager Danish, English,

German, Swedish

Jason GreveHolbech

Sales AssistantDanish, English,

German

Anitta KofoedSenior ClerkGreenlandic,

Danish

POST Greenland · Filatelia · Tel.: (0045) 7026 0550 · Fax: (00299) 98 14 32 · stamps@tele.gl · www.stamps.gl

New Franking Labels

On the 2nd May 2009 POST Greenland will replace the first Greenlandic franking labels, which were introduced back in August 2011.

The new designs, which adorn the four franking labels, have all been selected from the beautiful Greenlandic fauna, and will include a polar bear, a white-tailed eagle, a walrus and musk oxen.

The walrus was photographed by Carsten Egevang at Young Sound, NE Greenland. The muskoxen were photographed by Olivier Gilg in Inglefield Land, NW Greenland.

The white-tailed eagle was photographed by Lars Maltha Rasmussen at Saqqarliit,Nuuk.The polar bear was photographed by Olivier Gilg in Fram Strait, NE Greenland.

The first day cover features a beautiful scenery from Greenland’s nature, photographed by Erwin Reinthaler.

For You, the CollectorPOST Greenland offers these new franking labels to our philatelic customers too. Four different franking labels are available, however only in set, or multiple sets, of four. You can order them mint and/ or cancelled, either first day can-celled (3913 Tasiilaq) or day cancelled (3913 Tasiilaq). You can also buy the four franking labels on a First Day Cover. Or you can buy four First Day Covers, each franked with the different franking labels. These FDCs will only be available until 6 months after the launch. All values between DKK 7.00 and DKK 100.00 are available.

Note: Collectors’ orders for franking labels are produced on the office franking machine called “Frankie”, not in post-self kioks. Franking labels from the latter requires personal ap-pearance and the use of a creditcard. Please also note that the franking labels are not part of our normal stamp programme. Therefore, they are not included in our Year Pack. However, you can take out a subscription to the franking labels. The franking labels cannot be ordered from the Greenlandic TELE-POST Centres (post offices). All orders for these franking labels are therefore to be sent to: POST Greenland, Filatelia, PO Box 121, 3913 Tasiilaq. Of course they can also be ordered online at www.stamps.gl.

By Dennis Fromberg

The envelope which is being used for the FDCs.

Description/Subscription codes with themesIf you take out a subscription to a product with a theme, then remember to attach a theme from the list below to the subscription creation

100 Single stamps with theme101 Blocks of four with theme Blocks of four like connected stamps. 102 Half sheets with theme The number of stamps per half sheet varies, e.g. 50, 25, 20 or 10 pcs.103 Whole sheets with theme The number of stamps per whole sheet varies,

e.g. 100, 50, 40 or 20 pcs.104 Upper marginals with theme Upper marginal blocks of four.105 Lower marginals with theme Lower marginal blocks of four.106 Souvenir sheets with theme Including 1 to 6 stamps of an issue or a series.107 Mini sheets with theme Including 8 like stamps201 FDC/1 with theme First day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled.202 FDC/4 with theme First day covers franked with a block of four, cancelled.203 FDC/Series with theme First day covers franked with one of each

stamp of a series, cancelled.204 FDC/Souvenir First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled.sheets with theme301 Stamp Booklets with theme Booklets containing two blocks of 4 to 6 stamps each.303 Souvenir Folders with theme Complete series of stamps inserted in an illustrated folder. 401 Maxicards with theme Postcards pertaining to the stamp design franked and

cancelled with a first day cancellation on the picture side. 402 Postcards with theme Ordinary postcards pertaining to philately. Note: Same

design as maxicard.Themes Theme Id1 · Europa · 2 Royal · 3 Transportation · 4 Nature · 5 Science · 6 Art · 7 Anniversary / Event · 8 Intaglio

Description/Subscription codes for sets610 Single stamps in set 611 Blocks of four in set Blocks of four like connected stamps.612 Half sheets in set The number of stamps per half sheet varies,

e.g. 50, 25, 20 or 10 pcs.613 Whole sheets in set The number of stamps per whole sheet varies,

e.g. 100, 50, 40 or 20 pcs.614 Upper marginals in set Upper marginal blocks of four.615 Lower marginals in set Lower marginal blocks of four.616 Souvenir sheets in set Including 1 to 6 stamps of an issue or a series.617 Mini sheets in set Including 8 like stamps621 FDC/1 in set First day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled.622 FDC/4 in set First day covers franked with a block of four, cancelled.623 FDC/Series in set First day covers franked with one of each stamp of a

series, cancelled.624 FDC/Souvenir sheets in set First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled.205 FDC/1 Year Set A whole year’s FDC/1.631 Stamp Booklets in set Booklets containing two blocks of 4 to 6 stamps each.633 Souvenir Folders in set Complete series of stamps inserted in an illustrated

folder. 641 Maxicards in set Postcards pertaining to the stamp design franked and

cancelled with a first day cancellation on the picture side. 642 Postcards in set Ordinary postcards pertaining to philately. Note: Same

design as maxicard.645 Fair Cards in set Postcard franked and cancelled on the picture side with a fair’s special cancel.304 Year Pack A whole year’s issue of stamps plus souvenir sheets

inserted in an illustrated folder. Note: Stamp booklets not included.

520 DAVO pages Extra pages „GREENLAND” with mounts, for DAVO luxury albums.

700 Franking Labels701 FDC/1 Franking Labels702 FDC/Serie Franking Labels

Key to variants

0 Mint (i.e. uncancelled) stamps, blocks of four, etc. 1 Stamps, etc., cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date, mounted on cardboard.2 Stamps, etc., cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date.3 Stamps, etc., cancelled with first day cancellation. mounted on cardboard.4 Stamps, etc., cancelled with first day cancellation.5 Stamps, etc., centre cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date.6 Stamps, etc., centre cancelled with first day cancellation.

Franking labels (self-adhesive)Issue date: 2nd May 2011Values: From DKK 7.00 to DKK 100.00 with DKK 0.25 intervalsPrinter: Ganket A/SPaper: White topthermo E 80 g.Colurs: CMYK, blackPrinting method: UV flexoSize: 22.50 mm x 55.00 mm