Greenland

Greenland stamps

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Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Physiographically, it is a part of the continent of North America. The largest island in Greenland is also named Greenland, and makes up most of the country's land area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland

FACTS ABOUT GREENLAND

#175

Scott: #175O

Issued: 23.1.1987

HAFNIA '87

Inside #175: Emblem in Margin

Scott: #291P

Issued: 5.5.1995

Peace & Liberty

Inside #291: Pseudo Stamp on Envelope

#293-5a

Scott: #293a-bO, #294a-cO, #295a-dO

Issued: 5.5.1995

Overprint America Series with New Values

#13-14

Inside #293a-b: Greenland #13O, #14O

#11

Inside #294a-c: Greenland #10O, #11O, #12O

Inside #295a-d: Greenland #15O, #16O, #17O, #18O

Scott: #293O, #294O, #295O

#388

Scott: #387-8P,#389O

Issued: 16.10.2001

HAFNIA '01 Exhibition

The Stamps That Were Never Issued

All Stamps modified: engraved stamp, not hand painting as original

Inside #387: Greenland, 5 o essay, 1932O

Inside #388: Greenland, 10 o essay, 1932O

Inside #389: Greenland, 15 o essay, 1932O

Scott: #389aO

Scott: #463O

Issued: 31.10.2005

100^th Anniversary of the PARCEL POST stamp (1^st part)

Inside #463: Greenland #Q4aO

Greenland celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the first PARCEL POST stamp, which was not an actual stamp, but purely to be used for franking parcel post. This stamp constitutes a significant contribution in acknowledging the history of Greenland. This anniversary stamp is the first in the series of a total of three stamps.

Scott: #464O

Issued: 16.1.2006

100^th Anniversary of the PARCEL POST stamp (2^nd part)

Inside #464: Greenland #Q3aO

Lou wrote: It has annoyed me for years that Scott lists the wrong IDs for two of the stamps on stamps. When the first two stamps were issued, I identified them as Q3a and Q4a, since, as per Scott, those stamps were issued in 1905 and the 2005 stamps commemorated the stamp centenary; again, per Scott, Q3 was issued in 1916 and Q4 in 1937! I questioned the new issue editor when their lists came out, and they replied with their standard answer--that they always used major #s for their IDs.

There is nothing more inconsistent than Scott's consistency, so I think you and I should have the right IDs.

Scott: #471P

Issued: 16.1.2006

50^th Anniversary EUROPA Stamps

Inside #471: Greenland #438O

For many years Greenland has issued stamps of the EUROPA-series. The idea of a joint stamp issue was first conceived in the beginning of the 1950s, when the ”Coal and Steel Community” (namely the Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France, West Germany, and Italy) decided to issue an annual special issue with a common design. The first stamp of the series was issued in 1956. This year Greenland issues a commemorative stamp for the 50th anniversary of the EUROPA-stamps that depicts the award-winning contribution of the series from 2004.

Scott: #497O

Issued: 21.5.2007

100th Anniversary of the PARCEL POST stamp (3rd part)

Inside #497: Greenland #Q6O

Scott: #497aO

100th Anniversary of the PARCEL POST stamp S/S

Greenland #463, 464, 497

greenland-- 9 17

Scott: #651O

Issued: 17.09.2013

75th Anniversary, First Stamps

sos greenland 7 1938 Inside #651: Greenland #7O

design component: polar bear motif only (background and color changed)

greenland ss--9 17

Scott: #651aO

sos greenland 5 1938 Inside #651a (in margin): Greenland #5O (modified: without perforations)

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

75th year jubilee of the American Issue - Mint - Souvenir sheet

Scott: #839P

Issued: 07.05.2020

75th Anniversary, American Issue

[American Edition, type D] Inside #839 (in margin): Greenland #13O

[American Edition, type D1] Inside #839 (in margin): Greenland #14O

Type G Inside #839a-b: Greenland #17O (Change)

[American Edition, type H] Inside #839b: Greenland #18O (Change)

The American Issue refers to a set of Greenlandic stamps that were designed and printed in New York, as the German occupation of Denmark had made transportation from Denmark to Greenland impossible.

The original stamps were designed and printed by the American Bank Note Company in New York after advice from the Greenlandic leaders, and the three new stamps issued in 2020, each display one of the proposed original designs, which was ultimately scrapped for something else. The three stamps depict a kayak with blue and red frame respectively, and a common Eider with a brown frame, and although these were part of the original proposal for the American Issue, they were ultimately replaced, in favor of stamps featuring an image of the Danish King Christian X on horseback. The image of the King that was used for the stamp, is the image shown above the three stamps in the new souvenir sheet.

https://mailchi.mp/stamps.gl/nyt-wwwstampsgl-dine-log-in-oplysninger-2724240?e=caca051fd4

Scott: #????O

Issued: 12.08.2021

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Cz. Slania

Inside #????: Stamp engraver

Czeslaw Slania, perhaps the greatest stamp engraver of all time. In this special article for Stamp Collector, engraved stamp specialist Armagan Ozdinc looks back on the career and remarkable stamp artwork produced by the Polish-born artist.

https://gb.readly.com/magazines/stamp-collector/2021-11-12-1/6193a372b8e1428f7a329dd9?srsltid=AfmBOorfOOjKXb23dE5vb5Uu3FO-g7KmMz9I3lpVc1AOKc_npEproOPa

A portrait of Czeslaw Slania, produced by Martin Mörck, the Norwegian-Swedish artist, who is considered to be Slania’s heir. The portrait, based on Wayne Chen's photo of Slania from 1997, recently featured on jointly issued stamps from the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Denmark

Scott: #????O

Issued: 28.07.2025

The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Jens Rosing

Inside #????: Stamp design

Martin Hirschbühl wrote: I don't know, if this is qualified to be a SoS? at least, here are the lines in English:

The Grand Old Man of Greenlandic Stamps

No other artist has designed as many stamp motifs as Jens Rosing. Over a period of 51 years, he created more than 150 stamp motifs. His characteristically clean lines and simple forms are expressed in the many small works of art that have adorned letters for generations and have been included in countless collections.

All of Jens Rosing's stamps were characterized by his deep respect and fascination for the original culture of Greenland and the Arctic landscape. A recurring theme in his works was traditional Greenlandic life—especially the hunting culture, sled dogs, kayaks, and hunting scenes—which he portrayed with great detail and authenticity. He himself had a deep understanding of the lives of the hunters and the Inuit way of life, which is reflected in the authenticity and warmth that his motifs still radiate today.

Among Jens Rosing's many stamps, it is difficult to highlight just a few without doing injustice to others. Nevertheless, his first stamp, from 1957, remains particularly memorable. His beautiful interpretation of the legend of the Mother of the Sea and the animal world over which she rules, gives today's viewer an idea of the rich treasure of cultural heritage and stamp art that Jens Rosing would create in the following half century. Technically, Rosing's works ranged from a more classical engraving style to watercolors and drawings, resulting in a great variety of expression over the years. What they all had in common, however, was his keen sense of proportion, composition, and narrative – all encapsulated in the small format of the stamp, which Jens Rosing mastered to perfection.

The stamp featuring Jens Rosing's portrait was designed by Martin Mörck based on a photograph by Ivars Silis.

Michael Merritt wrote: I think it is clear that on the stamp he is working on a stamp design…not sure if a specific stamp can be identified. (Lou, you’re on!) Similar comments for the images in the SS selvage.

Martin added: maybe the sketch of an existing stamp....... Lou is asked again. Here's the best possible photo: