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Subscription magazine for collectors of Greenland stamps • Vol. 14 • No. 3 • September 2009

GREENLAND

Collector

Science series: 5th and last part

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Thule Mission Station centenary

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Otto Nordenskjöld’s expeditions

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Royal Visit to POST Greenland

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2009 Christmas Stamps

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A private Queen Margrethe II photo session. The photo shoot involving HM the Queen Margrethe was arranged in preparation for two future Greenlandic stamps. The session took place on Greenland’s National Day, 21 June 2009, immediately after the Queen had entrusted the rule of Self-Governance to the Greenlandic people in Greenland’s parliament.Photo by Ida Svendsen.

SEPAC - Scenery II

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Small European Postal Administrations Cooperation

01100428 SEPAC - Scenery IIValue: DKK 7.00 Date of issue: 16.09.2009 40 stamps per sheetFormat: G - HorizontalPhotographer: John Rasmussen Outer target: 40,00 x 28,50 mm Typography: Dorit Olsen Print Method: Offset Paper: Sopal

On 16th September 2009 POST Greenland issues a stamp with the theme ’Scenery’ which is a common theme, for all the Small European Postal Services, in the SEPAC group. This joint issue places the spotlight on the unique Scenery landscapes that is characteristic of each country. This issue is the second part of the SEPAC series.

SEPAC, which stands for ’Small European Postal Administration Cooperation’ is a brand new collector area that, besides Greenland, includes Åland, The Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta and Monaco.

A total of 12 countries will issue the souvenir folder: Beautiful Corners of Europe 2, with all their stamps and beautiful images, as well as additional informative text on the dif-ferent countries. In the souvenir folder there is also included a gift coupon from each country.

The folder can be ordered as single copies through retail distribution from the release date, 16th September 2009. Item: 01303042. DKK 112.00

The souvenir folder will be sent out in subscription on 19th October 2009.

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POST Greenland’s series of scientific discoveries made in Greenland has reached the fifth and final part. The last three stamps, in this popular series, were issued on 19th October. This time, the focus is on the world of minerals and marine life, with the topics: Cryolite, Deep See Animals and Greenlandic gold.

Senior researcher at GEUS, Karsten Secher, tells of two of Greenland’s mining adventures - the extraction of the mineral Cryolite and construction of Greenland’s first gold mine, Nalunaq. Geologist and curator, Jesper Milán, takes us into the deep of the oceans and gives us the interesting report on one of the most fascinating sea creatures: the sea devil.

All three stamps are in combined intaglio and offset.On the third stamp, a metallic gold overprint has been applied. All the stamps have been engraved by Yves Beaujard and will be issued as whole sheets and in a beautiful souvenir sheet

Greenlandic gold completes the Science Series

01106430 Science V

Souvenir Sheet DKK: 40.00

Date of issue: 19.10.2009

The Ivittuut cryolite mine shortly before the closure in 1987.

Kirkespir Valley, Nalunaq Goldmine.

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The mineral, which became known as cryolite, was known since the late 1700s, when Danish missionaries and officials on several occasions had brought home from Greenland pieces of this white, unknown mineral, which undeniably reminded of ice. The name had already been given to the mine-ral in 1799 by the Danish researcher PC Abildgaard. The name comes from the Greek word for ice + stone. Not only is the mineral almost colourless-white, the refraction is as close to that of water, a piece of cryolite in water becomes almost invisible.

The description of this unique mineral is the re-sult of research, which led to a study of an extensive geological complexity of previously unknown mine-ral resources from Ivittuut. Cryolite is actually a na-tural chemical compound (Na3AlF6) of the elements sodium, aluminium and fluoride, which forms the mineral and crystallises into almost a cubic shape. The colour is unusually white, but brown and black types are also known in Ivittuut. The density of cryo-lite is 2 ½ -3 and the mineral is therefore so soft that it is easy to carve.

The presence of cryolite at Ivittuut is quite unique. The formation is closely linked to a granite mass from the 1300 million year old Gardar period. A similar formation does not exist elsewhere on the planet, but later cryolite has also been found in e.g. central Russia and in northern Brazil.

The cryolite in Greenland is accompanied with several closely-related minerals, many of which are named after notable people with relations to Ivit-tuut: Bøgvadit, Jarlit and Thomsenolit are some of the more notable examples hereof. All of these mi-nerals were found and described, for the first time, at Ivittuut. In total, there are 17 different minerals in the cryolite family, out of which 6 have not been found at other locations. The cryolite mass is also accompanied by a number of important, but com-

monly known minerals, and the sum of registered various minerals is now around 100.

The story of cryolite from Ivittuut, which as raw material became ’Greenland’s white gold’ is long and interesting, and it ended up being the story of a mining operation that lasted more than 130 years in Greenland - with success!

Since 1886, it was recognised that cryolite, as an indispensable catalyst, could be part of a pro-cess by melting clay soils (bauxite) from the rest of the world, which as an end product made the metal aluminium.

The government had since the first exploitation concession in 1859 requested a moderate fee for each ton of cryolite that was extracted. This says something about the earnings of the factory, when it was disclosed that the tax to the government in 1940 was equal to Denmark’s total operating ex-pense to administration and commerce in Green-land! The adventure was a reality!

In 1940, the government became a 51% shareholder in the restructured Cryolite Company Øresund A/S. The government now had secured a significant share of the revenue from the mine, which during World War II, would prove to be of great importance, to the outcome of war. It is part of the story that the cryolite mine at Ivit-tuut, throughout its lifetime, was the only one of its kind in the world. To mineralogists and other interested parties, the ’adventure’ fortunately con-tinues, as can be seen at exhibitions, at the local Ivittuut Museum - and at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen. In total there 3.7 million tonnes of ore was extracted from the mine which had the shape of a 70 m deep oval hole. The hole is now filled with invasive seawater, and the calm lake does not reveal much about the grea-test mineral adventure in Greenland.

By: Karsten Secher, Senior Geologist at GEUS (The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland)

01100430 Science V 1 / 3

Cryolite Value: DKK 1.00

Date of issue: 19.10.2009 40 stamps per sheet Format: G - Vertical

Outer target: 40,00 x 28,50Artist and engraver: Yves Beaujard

Printing Method: Combination,(offset and intaglio)

Paper: Sopal, white paper

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Cryolite - Greenland’s white gold

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The sea around Greenland is known for its rich amounts of fish and whales, and many anglers have, during time, benefited from the possibility of catching the big beautiful Arctic Char along the coast, while the high seas around Greenland offers both Greenland halibut, redfish and catfish. If you go further into the deep, where the light never pe-netrates, you will meet a whole different world.

Around the sea floor, starfish and sea lilies live among crabs and other crustaceans, and the sea is shared by cephalopods and fish that can withstand the high pressure at these depths. Many animals have fluorescent bodies, which can emit flashes to communicate with or to attract prey. These deep sea animals are among some of the most bizarre animals that we know on Earth.

The ugly sea devil In the deep darkness of the polar oceans, one of the world ugliest but also most fascinating fish lives - the sea devil.

There are known to be more than 200 species of sea devils in the world, and the vast majority of them, live in the deep waters of the Arctic and Antarctica, some in depths down to over one kilo-metre. The sea devils can be more than one me-tre long, and their most distinctive characteristic is the huge head and broad crescent-shaped mouth, which is filled with long sharp teeth.

As life in the depths of the polar oceans is dark and lonely, the sea devils have developed some special features to survive. With the females, the

anterior fin ray of the dorsal fin, is equipped with a slightly luminous growths and the fin can beam fluctuate in front of the mouth of the sea devil. Thus equipped with a ”fishing rod”, they can simp-ly wait for a prey, which will be attracted to the lights. When the prey approaches, the huge mouth opens rapidly and sucks the prey in between the long sharp teeth. The sea devil’s mouth is so big and its stomach so flexible that it is able to swallow prey almost larger than itself.

Another special feature of the sea devil is that there is a significant difference in size between the males and the females. The males remain small, and with some species, the male bites onto the female body and he grows together with the fema-le’s blood line. The male’s body is slowly reduced to only consist of a reproductive organ, so that the female never should spend time and energy to seek a mate in the dark lonely Ocean.

About the author: Jesper Milan has a PhD in palaeontology from the Institute of Geology and Geography, at Copenha-gen University and works primarily with prehistoric animal life and the dissemination of geology. He has participated in several international historic excava-tions of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals in Portugal, USA, Cyprus, Greece and Greenland. Sin-ce January 2009, he has worked as a curator and geologist at the newly opened Geomuseum Faxe.

01100431 Science V 2 / 3 Deep sea animals Value: DKK 15.50 Date of issue: 19.10.2009 40 stamps pr. sheet Format: G – VerticalOuter target: 40,00 x 28,50 Artist and engraver: Yves Beaujard Printing Method: Combination, (offset and intaglio)Paper: Sopal, white paper

By Jesper Milan, PhDCurator, Geomuseum Faxe

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Nalunaq - Greenland’s Goldmine

Nalunaq -the place that is difficult to find, (or: The Unknown) -was the name of Greenland’s first gold mine. Since the 1970s there have been found and described significant gold deposits in many parts of Greenland, without it having led to mining. The Nalu-naq deposit is the result of good and solid geologi-cal work that encompassed 10 years of studies prior to mining. The Nalunaq mine was opened on 26th August 2004 as the first gold mine in Greenland.

Gold has since almost forever been on the wish list of materials that people would like to mine in Greenland. The dream of a ”gold rush” like the one in Alaska and California by the second half of the 1800s has probably been present, but in Greenland they continued to be dreams, until 2004. Today, several gold deposits are known in Greenland - de-posits of gold in primary bedrock, i.e. where gold is found in solid rock (mountain gold). Deposits of gold in secondary bed, i.e. where the gold af-ter erosion of the mountains end up in the rivers gravel deposits, (washing gold) is not known from Greenland.

The geological basis for the Nalunaq gold mine is the bedrock of South Greenland, where rock from the nearly 2000 million years old Ketilidian mountain range, was formed, during the Archaean era, by the disintegration of the bedrock to the north. The disintegration products were deposited as sediments of sand and clay, mixed with lava from volcanoes, in a basin, ranging from Nanortalik in the west to Danell Fjord in the east. One must ima-gine that these processes occurred along the edge of the then continent. The metal content of the sediments has later been released by the proces-ses in the Earth’s crust and has been concentrated in particular quartz veins in cracks, controlled by regional faults zones. It is in such quartz veins that the gold has been located, and in the terrain one can find these gold quartz zones of more than 2 kilometres in length.

The mining company Nalunaq Gold Mine A/S was given the final authorisation to exploit the gold deposits at Nalunaq. The authorisation was given under the condition that the company would not extract the gold on the spot, but on the contrary that they would freight the entire broken volume to a reprocessing plant abroad, first in Spain and later in Canada. The wharf at Nalunaq has taken advantage of the fact that there is deep water close to shore, so that large ore carriers can dock and get cargo on board directly from storage. These are very big ships that can load some 40-50 000 ton-nes of ore per trip.

The basis for mining was a calculated ore re-serve that could result in the extraction of 10-12 tonnes of pure gold within the first 5-10 years. This meant that the ore had an average purity of up to just over 20 grams of gold per tonnes of ore. So there was talk about what could be referred to as a ”small mine with a rich ore”.

The minerals in the ore, where the gold by na-ture is located, is dominated by metallic gold. This means that the gold by extraction ”only” needs to be freed from the surrounding rock (wall rock). In practice, this is done by a grinding and subsequent gravitational separation, exploiting the gold’s high density (19.3 g/cm3). As the wall rock has a density of about 3 g/cm3, there is a very big difference bet-ween the two materials, so this separation is easy, with a high yield. When the gold is separated from the ore, it needs only in principle to be moulded into bars before it can be sold.

The gold production from Nalunaq has resulted in the extraction of almost 10 tonnes of pure gold, during the time the mine has been operating. Ne-arly 700 000 tonnes of ore, has been broken in or-der to achieve this result. The mining is undertaken by underground mining, from just more than 3000 meters of underground galleries, spread over four levels, situated between 300-450 meters above sea

level. The galleries are also linked together with a number of underground shafts.

After the success of establishing the mine, there was a natural desire to prolong the life of the mine.

The company decided against this and closed the mine at the end of 2008. The mine is now ope-rating under a new ownership after 1 July 2009

The number of local jobs has been about 25 people, all recruited from the nearby town of Na-nortalik and the surrounding communities.

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Greenlandic Gold Value: DKK 23.50

Date of issue: 19.10.2009 40 stamps per sheet Format: G - Vertical

Outer target: 40,00x 28,50mm Artist: Niels Motzfeldt

Engraver: Yves Beaujard Printing Method: Combination (offset and

intaglio and metallic gold overprint)Paper: Sopal, white paper

Mountain gold quartz ore, Nalunaq.

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For the very first time, POST Greenland participated in the 2009 annual in-ternational stamp exhibition in Asia. This year, Hong Kong Philatelic So-ciety hosted a tremendous stamp event, which took place between 14th - 17th May with the Fede-ration of Inter-Asia Philately (FIAP) as patron and Hong Kong Post, as

main sponsor. The exhibition and trade fair was held in the

impressive Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wanchai, opposite the famous town of Kowloon. Postal services, stamp dealers and exhi-bitors from all corners of the world were present, to the great joy and benefit of the many thousands of excited visitors. Postal services from countries as diverse as Pitcairn Islands, Macau, Vietnam, Ger-many and Greenland welcomed the many thou-sands of collectors, mostly from Hong Kong and surrounding countries.

We shared the exhibition arena with our col-leagues from three other SEPAC countries: Åland, Luxembourg and Gibraltar. We had brought with us, a 2 cubic meter piece of the Greenlandic ice cap, which attracted huge crowds. Many visitors therefore supplemented their family albums with photos of their children and their grandchildren in front of our chunk of ice, which melted rapidly in the humid early summer climate of the East.

It was great to meet so many new interested collectors of Greenlandic stamps. We are looking

forward to be able to present more stamps to our new collectors in the East.

Read more at www.hkpsoc.com/hk2009/HKstampex2009.html

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Report from the 23rd FIAP Asian International Stamp Expo in Hong Kong

Text and photos by Pertti Frandsen

Poste Italiane will be arranging this autumn’s lar-gest stamp show and exhibition in Europe. This is undertaken in cooperation with the Federation of the Italian Philatelic Societies (FSFI) and the Asso-ciation of Italian Philatelic Traders (AFIP).

Italia 2009 is a giant stamp and philately expe-rience in Rome, which will be held at Palazzo dei Congressi.

Italia 2009 will include many exciting exhibits from European collectors, collectors from other Mediterranean countries and from Canada, USA, Argentina, South Africa and Australia, all countries with strong links to Italy through their large shares of Italian immigrants and their descendants.

Italia 2009 will also host a major stamp exhi-bition with the participation of the major stamp dealers from around the world and a myriad of the world’s posts. POST Greenland will participate in

the exhibition in a beautiful fair ground with these 14 other postal administrations: Åland, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Faroes, Finland, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the USA.

We look forward to meeting our many sou-thern European collectors. We will, among other things, have available on sale the seven stamps from Greenland’s last issue of the year, and our long awaited 2009 Year Pack.

A presto!

Read more at www.italia2009.it

POST Greenland will participate from 21st to 25th October at ITALIA 2009 in Rome By Pertti Frandsen

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It was the legendary Danish Literary Greenland Expedition 1902 - 1904 which paved the

way for the North Star mis-sion station at Thule.

The reason for building the station was to link the area closer to the rest of Greenland and Denmark. The first move came in 1906

by the clerical conference in northern Greenland, where it was decided to establish a mission station at the North Star Bay in the Cape York district in northern Greenland. The Danish government did not want to challenge the other nations that were active in the area and had not been able to officially establish a mission or commercial station, despite repeated calls. Therefore, these were, quite unusu-ally, set up privately.

In Denmark, a private association, the Greenland Church Cause, was established the same year, with the aim to strengthen cooperation with the Danish church. The Danish Polar hero Knud Rasmussen, who had participated in the Danish Literary Green-land Expedition, also came to Thule to prepare his commercial station to be established the following year and to assist with contact to the Greenlanders whom he had met during the expedition in 1903 - 04, and subsequently kept in touch with.

Gustav Olsen became the first vicar in the Cape York area and was initially helped a great deal by the great hunter Ulloriaq who long had wanted a missionary in the area. In the summer of 1909 a storehouse and two missionary homes were built, and the first permanent contact with the local po-pulation had been established.

It was Knud Rasmussen and the Danish adven-turer Peter Freuchen who named the place ’Thule’, the Greek word for ”The Extreme External ’. The

approximately 200 Polar Eskimos, who at that time were living in the area, were thereby linked closer to the rest of Greenland. The joint initiatives which led to the establishment of the mission and trading station at Thule were an important step in the de-velopment of Greenland as we see it today. There-by, the private Danish initiative had successfully forestalled American and Norwegian plans for a fishing and trading station in the area.

The Committee for the Cape York Station Thule consisted of prominent businessmen, supple-mented by Knud Rasmussen’s father, vicar and se-nior lecturer Chr. Rasmussen. In addition, a scienti-fic committee consisting of people with specific scientific and Arctic experience was established. Besides a sincere idealism originating in a desire to involve the people of Greenland in the western civilization, the Danes had a number of commercial interests in Greenland, focused on mining and peat production.

The administration of the trade centre was transferred in 1927 to Knud Rasmussen’s brother-in-law, lawyer Rudolf Sand. During this time, the last two Thule expeditions to East Greenland, which secured the area for Denmark, were undertaken. In addition, the efforts were concentrated on impro-ving the infrastructure in the Thule area with maxi-mum consideration for Inuit culture and traditional lifestyle. A hospital, a church and shop were built. Moreover, an Inuit council was established which adopted a form of home rule, which in 1931 was upheld by the Greenland Office whereby Thule, so to speak, came under the official Denmark’s wings. That same year Knud Rasmussen was authorised to represent the Danish government and to exercise police authority. After his death in December 1933, the trading station was taken over in 1937 by the Danish government and the Greenland Office.

by Pertti Frandsen and Flemming Petersen

01100429 “The North Star” at Thule centennialValue: DKK 15.25 Date of issue: 19 October 2009 40 stamps per sheet Artist and engraver: Bertil Skov Jørgensen Format: F - Vertical Outer target: 33.44 x 28.84 mm Printing Method: Intaglio Paper: TR4

The graphic designer and engraver Bertil Skov Jørgensen was born in 1968 in Kolding, Denmark. EDUCATION 2006-2008 Studies with Martin’s Mörck. 1994-1999 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts with Professor Vibeke Mencke-Nielsen and Professor Erik Stef-fensen. 1992-1994 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, initial studies with lecturer Øvind v. Nygaard. 1990-1992 University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Theo-logy. Bertil has designed and engraved stamps for Post Danmark since 2000. The stamp ”100 Year anniversary of the Mission Station ‘The North Star’ at Thule” is Bertil Skov Jørgensen’s first Greenlandic stamp. Read more at www.bertilskov.dk.

About the artist and engraver

The 100th Anniversary of the Mission Station “The North Star” at Thule

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Otto Nordenskjöld’s expeditions to Greenland in 1900 and 1909

Otto Nordenskjöld was born on 6th December 1869 on the farm Sjögelö near Mariannelund in Småland, Sweden. He was the eldest and only son in a family of five. His father, Otto Gustaf, was a soldier and ser-ved as captain at the Regiment Eksjö.

Otto, as a child, already showed a great inte-rest in the surrounding countryside. One event that strongly influenced the then 10-year-old Otto was when his uncle Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld returned to Stockholm on 24th April 1880 with the vessel Vega. AE Nordenskiöld was, at that time, the first person who had successfully sailed through the Northeast Passage and around Eurasia.

Otto Nordenskjöld showed from a very early age that he would become an explorer, inspired primarily by his uncle. As soon as he had completed his studies in Uppsala with a doctorate in geology, he embarked in 1895 on a two-year long expedi-tion to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, in order to study questions of biology and quaternary geology, between two former ice covered areas. In 1898, Otto Nordenskjöld was requested to lead an expe-dition to the Klondike in Alaska in order to search for gold. The expedition was very adventurous with a strenuous ascent of the Chilcoot Pass and boating down the Yukon River to Dawson City. He made some small gold findings thereby making the expedition balance economically.

Otto Nordenskjöld’s first expedition to Green-land was as a member of Lieutenant Amdrup’s summer expedition on board the vessel Antarctic in 1900. He was hired as a geologist and participa-ted in the exploration and mapping of Greenland’s almost completely unknown east coast. The expe-dition had, with the assistance of the Carlsberg Foundation, acquired the whaling vessel Antarctic, and aboard this ship, the expedition sailed from Copenhagen on 14th June 1900. The voyage ini-tially went to Jan Mayen Island, where they went ashore, and then continued north, where they im-mediately encountered so much drift ice that they had to return to Jan Mayen Island, and then fol-low the ice edge on a north easterly course. After a four-day struggle against the ice, they came into open water and could then follow the Greenlandic coastline south. At Cape Dalton at 69 º N, Otto Nordenskjöld could begin to explore the area. He was so fortunate, already on the first day, to find a bedrock deposit from the Tertiary period, which was filled with fossils of both excrescences and sea animals. He found it strange to be able to date a prehistoric warm climate in these Polar Regions.

Together with the cartographer JP Koch and some assistants, Otto went, in a rowing boat, on a 120 km long journey to Jameson Land, which was completely unexplored. The broad fjord was filled with large icebergs and violent bangs were often heard, when the glaciers calved or the iceberg capsized. On land there was a rich wildlife, with among other things, flocks of muskoxen.

Before Otto Nordenskjöld returned to Green-land to carry out his own expedition, he completed Sweden’s first expedition to Antarctica from 1901 to 1903. The expedition became dramatic, as the expedition vessel Antarctic wrecked, and the crew was forced to make two winterings.

In the summer of 1909 Otto Nordenskjöld led

his own expedition to Greenland along with the conservator Hilmar Skoog from the Natural History Museum in Gothenburg. Otto wanted to study the morphology and geology of the Arctic landscape.

They first docked at Holsteinsborg (Sisimiut), where the district doctor, whom Otto had met during the Amdrup expedition in 1900, had engaged a group of Greenlanders to row the expedition to the ice cap in an umiak (a women’s boat). Later, the expedition headed towards the south-west of Greenland, from Holsteinsborg to Godthåb (Nuuk), in a larger seaworthy rowing boat. They rowed and sailed in all 350 km through the fjords. In order to reach the ice cap from the bottom of the fjords, Otto continued alone on foot for the remaining 70 kms which impressed the Greenlanders. The ro-wing boat journey took 25 days and gave him the opportunity to study the coastal belt and its nature, characterised by high glacier-clad mountains. Otto was also interested in the culture and living con-ditions of the Greenlanders. He believed that they should preserve their national culture.

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Fred Goldberg is an associate professor of welding techno-logy at the Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Stockholm. He has participated in expeditions in Antarctica and Svalbard. He is the author of several books on the subject and docu-mentaries for TV. He is also the organiser of several polar historical exhibitions in Sweden, Norway and Argentina. As well as secretary for Svenska Polar Club, a board member of the Travellers Club, Stockholm, and the Explorer’s Club, New York. Fred Goldberg is one of the world’s leading ex-perts on polar philately.

01303043 Souvenir Folder Expeditions VII

Otto Nordenskjöld centenary Value: DKK 30.00

Date of issue: 19th October 2009

Expeditions in Greenland VI:Joint issue between Post Greenland and Finland

Expeditions in Grönland VI:Gemeinschaftlich Darstellung zwischen Post Greenland und Finnland

1. Travelling in an Umiaq (Womens’ Boat), 1909.

2. Inuit woman doing the laundry, 1909.

3. Unknown glacier, 1909.

Front page: Small motorboat on the fjord, 1909.Otto Nordenskjöld with local helper, 1909. Drawing: Martin Mörck.

Back page: Unknown location between Sisimiut and Nuuk, 1909.

Middle page: Sailing with the wind, 1909. Drawing: Martin Mörck.

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Otto Nordenskjöld-ip aamma Hilmar Skoog-ip 1909-mi ilisimasassarsiorneratUlloq saqqummerfia: 19. oktober 2009Eqqumiitsuliortoq kigartuisorlu: Martin MörckNaqitseriaaseq: Stålstik aamma offsetNaqitserititsisoq: Post Danmark, FrimærkitPapirit: TR€

Otto Nordenskjölds og Hilmar Skoogs Grønlandsekspedition 1909Udgivelsesdag: 19. oktober 2009Kunstner og gravør: Martin MörckTrykkemetode: Stålstik og offsetTrykkeri: Post Danmark, FrimærkerPapir: TR4

Otto Nordenskjöld’s Greenland Expeditions 1900 and 1909 Issue date: 19 October 2009Artist and engraver: Martin MörckPrinting method: Intaglio and OffsetPrinter: Post Danmark, FrimærkerPaper: TR4

Otto Nordenskjölds Grönlandexpeditionen 1900 und 1909Ausgabetag: 19. Oktober 2009Künstler und Graveur: Martin MörckDruckverfahren: Stahlstich und OffsetDruckerei: Post Danmark, FrimærkerPapir: TR4

POST Greenland, FilateliaP.O. Box 1213913 Tasiilaq, GreenlandTel.: +299 98 11 55Fax: +299 98 14 32stamps@tele.glwww.stamps.gl

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01100433 Expeditions VII Otto Nordenskjöld centenary Value: DKK 30.00 Date of issue: 19th October 2009 40 stamps per sheet Artist and engraver: Martin Mörck Format: F - Horizontal Outer target: 33.44mm x 28.84 mm Printing Method: Intaglio and offset Paper: TR4

01106433 Souvenir Sheet Expeditions VII Otto Nordenskjöld centenary Value: DKK 30.00 Date of issue: 19th October 2009 Paper: TR4

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purpose, to be decorative. The imagination of the artist is allowed to run wild, as there are no limits as to how a Tuplipak has to look like.

Take out a subscription with Post Greenland, and then you will have a chance to win one of these beautiful designed Tulipaks.

Whatever type of item you choose to subscri-be to, you have a chance to win the competition prize. That being stamps, marginal blocks, souve-nir sheets, mini sheets, stamp booklets, souvenir folders – or our beautiful Year Pack, containing all stamps and souvenir sheets issued during the year. The price of your subscription is the denomination value of the stamps or souvenir sheets.

We are also happy to comply with special re-quirements for your subscription, for example, a certain cancellation. In other words: We customise your subscription. The winner of the competition will be informed directly and the name will be pub-lished in Greenland Collector No. 2 – 2010.

Now you can take out a subscription on the topic that interests just you! POST Greenland offers as something new a total of eight different themes to which you may subscribe. See the different themes on www.stamps.gl and take out a subscription or fill in the back of the order form. You will then receive the book „Stamps tell the story of Green-land” as a gift. Europa: Once a year, POST Greenland is-sues stamps with the common theme in the EUROPA series.

Royal: The royal family is very popular in Green-land and POST Greenland issues a stamp on every major royal event.

Transport: Transport in Greenland is an exciting collectors’ area which encompasses everything from aircraft to the traditional modes of transport such as kayaking and dog sledding.

Nature: In Greenland the nature is wild and mag-nificent. The theme nature from POST Greenland, will guide you around in all its forms of flora and fauna.

Science: Greenland is often the centre of the world’s scientific research and discoveries. It is al-ways exciting to be able to follow closely, with a subscription on this theme.

Art: Modern art in Greenland is characterised by constant evolution and dynamic. With a subscrip-tion to the theme ‘art’, one can keep up with this exciting process.

Anniversary/Event: POST Greenland participates in celebrating major events or anniversaries here in Greenland, by issuing a commemorative on the on the occasion.

Intaglio: POST Greenland appreciates the noble tradition of stamp production in intaglio and al-ways strives to have stamps in intaglio in the an-nual stamp programme.

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POST Greenland, FilateliaPO Box 1213913 TasiilaqGreenland

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HM the Queen and HRH the Prince Consort were received at the main entrance by Filatelia´s admini-strative manager Finn Ib Larsen.

The mayor of the municipality Sermersooq, Asii Chemnitz Narup, member of Inatsisartut Jens B. Frederiksen and High Commissioner Søren Hald Møller were among others, in the suite.

Eight-year-old Johanne Bianco from Ammassa-lik handed HM Queen Margrethe a colourful bou-quet, made mostly of yellow flowers.

Subsequently, the royal couple was led into Filatelia´s show room, where they were presented with the stamp issued on 11th June , HRH the Prince Consort’s special birthday stamp and also the issue

of 21th July 2009 . In the showroom each stamp was placed in large frames on the walls, so as to illustrate the story behind each stamp. This gave cause to a lot of interested looks and comments.

In the production department, the royal couple was presented with the above-mentioned special stamp, which was issued as a celebration of HRH Prince Henri’s 75th birthday, along with examples of why a safe hand and a good eye is needed, when handling stamps.

In the cancellation room they were shown how First Day Covers are produced.

Then the royal couple and their suite continued to the customer service department.

The employees at Filatelia´s customer service are trilingual in writing and speech in order to cover correspondence with a broad international custo-mer segment.

Administrative manager, Finn Ib Larsen ex- plained about work procedures in the customer service, while HM the Queen and HRH the Prince Consort asked the staff questions.

To conclude the visit at Filatelia, HM Queen Margrethe was presented with a model of a kayak, created by the East Greenlandic artist Paakanna Ig-natiussen, along with three souvenir folders from the series ”Contemporary Art”, which was recei-ved with joy. HRH the Prince Consort was presented with a collection of First Day Covers, on which with his own stamp had been affixed.

The royal couple thanked everyone warmly for the tour, which was their second visit to Filatelia. Their first visit was in August 1997. We hope to wel-come HM the Queen and HRH the Prince Consort back the next time the royal couple visit Tasiilaq.

Royal visit to POST Greenland, Filatelia

By Henrik Pötzsch · Photos Jørgen Chemnitz

Filatelia was visited by Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort on 23th June 2009.

This occured as part of the regent couple’s visit to Tasiilaq just two days after HM the Queen had entrusted the rule

of Self-Governance to the Greenlandic people during the visit in Nuuk on Greenland’s National Day.

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The 2009 Christmas stamp has been designed by Naja Rosing-Asvid.

She is a rising Greenlandic artist that in her work spans widely. Naja Rosing-Asvid was born in Aasiaat, but spent most of her childhood in Qaqor-toq. She graduated with a General Certificate of education from a school in Copenhagen, where she spent a number of years working with art and architecture. After 11 years abroad, she returned home to Greenland as a newly-qualified architect in 1994. Alongside his artistic career, she has been employed as an architect at the municipality of Qaqortoq and Nuuk, but since 2007 worked as an independent artist and architect.

It is characteristic of Naja Rosing-Asvid that when creating her works of different expression and material she is using her imagination. She is influenced in part by the Greenlandic history and her inspiration also comes from her time in Europe and Canada. Her works are made in material as dif-ferent as driftwood, cotton-grass or felted wool. Her expressionism ranges from bone creatures to depicting animals.

She is a talented artist who is able to use the modern day techniques, in order to express a world of motives ranging back, at times, to prehistoric time. She also has a great understanding of ma-terials, colours and shape and integrates this into her work which at times is tangible and at times an expression of the world of feelings.

The theme Naja Rosing-Asvid has chosen this year is love, closeness and togetherness.

At one of the stamps a child points towards a twinkling star and by doing so draws the attention of the adults to the fact that there is something very special on the night sky, a Christmas star.

The second stamp shows a child, who is safe and well in a uterus or a cosmic cradle where a beacon again is a key motif. The weaved sides of the cradle connects the small child with the star.

Naja Rosing-Asvid on Christmas When I think back on my childhood Christmas with baking, sweets, Christmas decorations and all the trimmings, what especially holds good memories is when my mother and I made candles. This was done in the kitchen, where we sat in front of a big tin can with burning hot wax and took turns to immerse the wick into liquid. The finished cand-les, in all their many colours, were hung up in the living room from the ceiling to the floor, where they decorated the room until they were used or given away.

Of the excess candle wax, we made ”Ice-candles”, this was done by pouring the wax over crushed ice into a carton with a wick in it. It was a fantastic candle filled with holes and channels, which provided an exciting light as the wick burned down through it.

We also made scent bags of Greenlandic herbs, which we had collected and dried in summer. The scent of tuparnaq, qajaasat and angelica spread in the rooms when we put it into the fine fabric bags with ties, along with homemade blackberry mar-malade, the candles were used as gifts.

Today, I celebrate Christmas with my partner and our 3 sons. Our Christmas is filled with gift shopping and the busy time of the holiday season, and it is often difficult to find time for the essential as time for each other and the time to do activities together. I had this in the back of my mind when I began working on the motives for the Christmas stamps. The motives should not be about gifts and goblins, but of love, closeness and togetherness.

I chose as a starting point, Jesus and the star which shined over Bethlehem. Jesus became the little loving baby. The star of Bethlehem was the father, mother and child who together enjoyed the beautiful night sky, the stars and the northern light.

2009 Christmas stamps By: Henrik Pötzsch

Naja Rosing-Asvid

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01100434 Christmas stamp 2009 1 / 2 Value: 6.25 Date of issue: 19th October 2009 50 stamps per sheet Format: B-Horizontal Artist: Naja Rosing-Asvid Printing Method: Offset Paper: Sopal, white paper

01301114 Christmas Stamp Booklet No. 14

Value: DKK 85.50 Date of issue: 19 October 2009

Artist: Naja Rosing-AsvidEach contains 6 self-adhesive

stamps of the two Christmas stamps

Paper: Avery 96 g/S2000 glue/ 130g paper.

01100435 Christmas stamp 2009 2 / 2 Value: DKK 8.00 Date of issue: 19th October 2009 50 stamps per sheetFormat: B- Horizontal Artist: Naja Rosing-Asvid Printing Method: Offset Paper: Sopal, white paper

Inside of Christmas Stamp Booklet No. 14

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Souvenir Sheet. Robert E. Peary01106351 31.10.2005 DKK 27.50 Souvenir Sheet. Alfred Wegener 01106371 22.05.2006 DKK 20.75 Mini Sheet. Scouts n Greenland 1/2 01107378 15.01.2007 DKK 46.00

Mini Sheet. Scouts in Greenland 2/2 01107379 15.01.2007 DKK 60.00

Stamp Booklet No. 1501301215 15.01.2007 DKK 79.50 Stamp Booklet No. 1601301216 31.01.2008 DKK 79.50 Christmas Stamp Booklet No. 13 01301113 20.10.2008 DKK 79.50 Souvenir Folder. Alfred Wegener 01303029 22.05.2006 DKK 20.75

2004 Year Pack 01304004 18.10.2004 DKK 222.75

Final sale on 30th November 2009 The following stamps and philatelic products will be withdrawn from our sales list on 30th November 2009, provided that they are not sold out prior to this date. Any remaining stock will be shredded.

Definitive 1/00 01100263 09.05.2000 DKK 4.50

Definitive 2/00 01100264 09.05.2000 DKK 4.75

Definitive 3/00 01100265 09.05.2000 DKK 8.00

Definitive 2/01 01100266 09.05.2001 DKK 12.00

Edible Plants. The Gypsy 01100354 31.10.2005 DKK 8.25 Edible Fungi. Saffron Milk Cap01100366 22.05.2006 DKK 7.00 Science II/2 Oldest Mountains 01100369 06.11.2006 DKK 8.00

Science II/3 Arctic Station 100 Years 01100370 06.11.2006 DKK 15.50 West-Nordic Corporation. Hydraulic Power 01100380 15.01.2007 DKK 5.00

International Polar Year 2/2 01100382 15.01.2007 DKK 8.00

Modern Art 1/3 01100386 21.05.2007 DKK 10.50

Science III/2 Soap Stone Mining 01100388 01.10.2007 DKK 2.00

Science III/3 Oldest Life on Earth 01100389 01.10.2007 DKK 10.25

Expeditions V. Charcot / Victor 01100391 08.11.2007 DKK 5.75 Expeditions V. PE Victor 01100392 08.11.2007 DKK 7.50 Additional Value ’08 Anti-TB 01100393 24.05.2008 DKK 5.75+0.50 EUROPA Letter Writing 1/2 01100396 31.01.2008 DKK 5.75 EUROPA Letter Writing 2/2 01100397 31.01.2008 DKK 7.50 Christmas Stamp 2008/101100412 20.10.2008 DKK 5.75

Christmas Stamp 2008/201100413 20.10.2008 DKK 7.50

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”Frimærkeforum 2009” in Roskilde! November 6th – 8th

It is now the second time in succession that Scan-dinavia’s largest stamp exhibition is held outside the capital of Copenhagen, this year it has been moved to Roskilde.

Many stamp dealers have requested to partici-pate at “Frimærkeforum” again this year – this fact is something that we and our co-organisers from Post Danmark and Postverk Føroya are very pleased with. You can also meet the other five Nordic Postal Services from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Åland at this year’s “Frimærkeforum”.

“Frimærkeforum” is based on a long line of great traditions, which naturally are being upheld.

You do not only have a wonderful opportunity to fill in the gaps in your collection, or start a new one as, according to tradition, you can also dig into the legendary “buffet”, take the children or grandchildren for a “stamp spin” in ”child-land” or network with other collectors.

You will also be able to meet some of our talented Greenlandic stamp artists and have your first day covers signed. etc. We will also bring to the fair a large quantity of our new 2009 Year Pack, and of course all our stamps from the issue of 19th October, including the Christmas stamps in whole sheets and also in the format of self-adhesive stamp booklets and also the new SEPAC souvenir folder.

Stamp of the year through 10 years Again this year, POST Greenland held a vote on

which of our 19 stamps issued in 2008 that should

have the title and honour to be called ”the most beautiful stamp of the year” The choice was, as you know, the stamp ”Modern art III 2/3”, with Buuti Pedersen’s beautiful polar bear.

This year, at POST Greenland’s stand, you can also see an exhibition of the stamps that have been chosen “stamp of the year” during the last 10 years, in their respective year of publication.

Can you “KAMIKPOST”“Kamik” is the Greenlandic word for a sealskin boot. ”Kamik post” was the way for the Green-landic hunters to deliver letters in the old days. The letter was folded in a special way, so that it would fit into a Kamik, and they would serve as a kind of postman, who took the letter from sender to per-cipient. At the stand of POST Greenland you will be able to make your own Kamik post, which you can fold in the correct way, ready for despatch.

Keep up to date at www.frimforum.dk until the fair opens, for a current update on the pro-gramme and activities. Have a good time!

Get closer to Greenland with

www.stamps.glPOST Greenland, Filatelia has a new and improved web shop!

Log on to www.stamps.gl and find every-thing from stamps to First Day Covers.

On www.stamps.gl you can get to the front of the line and: l Order your stamps online l Pay by credit card l Take out a new subscription lAdd or change your existing subscription l Change address l Check your balance and make payments into your account at Filatelia l See beautiful magnified images of all our products, including FDCs and Maxi Cards

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Up until the end of the year, POST Greenland will participate in the following stamp exhibitions:

• Italia International Stamp Expo 2009, Rome, October 21st – 25th • Tag der Briefmarke, Sindelfingen, October 23rd. – 25th • ”Frimærkeforum ’09”, Roskilde, November 6th – 8th A special Greenlandic cachet will be produced for the above mentioned ex-hibitions. Envelopes to be cancelled with this cancellation must be received by POST Greenland, Filatelia, no later that the day before the opening of the respective exhibition.

POST Greenland will also be represented at these stamp events: • INECOPIA 2009, Jönköping, Sweden, September 5th – 6th • Stamps in Svedala, Svedala, Sweden, September 12th - 13th • Deutsch-Dänische Ausstellung, Hamburg, October 11th – 12th • Expo Odder, Odder, October 24th – 25th • Christmas exhibition, Randers, “Kulturhuset”, November 25th – 29th. Note: No special Greenlandic cachets will be produced for the five above-mentioned stamp events.

”Early Mail for Christmas” The cancellation advertising “Send Juleposten I God Tid” (Early Mail for Christ-mas) will be used during the period 2nd – 30th November 2009 in the stamp cancellation machines at the following eight Greenlandic post offices. 3900 Nuuk (Godthab) 3910 Kangerlussuaq (Sondre Stromfjord ) 3911 Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg) 3912 Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen) 3920 Qaqortoq (Julianehåb) 3950 Aasiaat (Egedesminde) 3952 Ilulissat (Jakobshavn) 3970 Pituffik (Thule Air Base)

Please send franked and addressed letters to be cancelled with this cancellation to the post offices in the above towns. Furthermore, the cancellation will also be available at POST Greenland, Filatelia, 3913 Tasiilaq. During the period 1st – 31st December 2009 Santa Claus will be undertaking philatelic services. He uses this day cancellatio on all franked letter dispatches, being send to:POST Greenland Filatelia3913 Tasiilaq

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NOTE: In order to have the cancellations in good time, the final date for receiving letters for cancellation is Monday 30th November 2009. Remember to make a clear indication that it is the cancel of Santa Claus 2412, which is preferred.

During the period 1st – 25th December 2009 the post office in 3910 Kan-gerlussuaq will also use the advertisement cancellation ”Christmas Greetings from Greenland” on its stamp cancellation machine. Please send franked and addressed letters to be cancelled with this cancellation directly to the post of-fice in question by using the following ad-dress: TELE-POST Center, Bygning 1846, 3910 Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.

Sales figures from our final sale on 31st March 2009 From the final sale in March we have the following sales figures:Item No. Titel DKK Issue Date Sales Figures01100351 Robert Peary 27.50 31.10.2005 77,938 01100368 Kap København 0.50 06.11.2006 188,961 01100371 Alfred Wegener 20.75 22.05.2006 64,59601100381 Int. Polar Year 1/2 7.50 15.01.2007 99,510 01100385 Moderne Art I/2 8.50 21.05.2007 94,283 01100390 SEPAC - Landscape I 6.50 01.10.2007 95,380 01106362 Souvenir sheet, Norden Mythology II 21.00 29.03.2006 34,893 01107365 Mini sheet, Edible Fungi II/1 44.00 22.05.2006 3,067 01107366 Mini sheet, Edible Fungi II/2 56.00 22.05.2006 2,66101301214 Stamp Booklet No. 14 75.00 22.05.2006 14,015 01303018 Souvenir Folder, Frederik & Mary 35.00 14.05.2004 1,699

More awards for Greenlandic stamps The stamp G384 with Jens Rosing’s beautiful dog team, achieved in April a third place in the elections of the most beautiful stamp in Europe in the year 2007. The compe-tition was launched last year by the renowned German philatelic magazine Deutsche Briefmarken-Revue. POST Greenland is very proud of the fact that Jens Rosing’s last Greenlandic stamp has achieved this prestigious honour from collectors. The Finnish stamp depicting the Finn AE Nordenskiöld’s Greenland Expeditions 1870-1883, won in April the price as the most beautiful engraved stamp, issued in Europe in 2008. The stamp attended the internationally renowned ’Grand Prix de l’Art Philatélique’ in competition with over 100 other engra-ved stamps from the EU. The stamp is designed and engraved by Martin Mörck and was issued by Posten Finland as part of POST Greenland and Posten Finland’s shared issue on 20th October 2008. This same motif was also issued by POST Greenland on a stamp as part of the popular Expedition Series, also designed and engraved by Martin Mörck.

News from POST Greenland

Please send your orders/amendments to:POST Greenland, FilateliaP. O. Box 121, 3913 Tasiilaq, GREENLANDPhone: (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 an 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.

GIRO BANK TRANSFER

Denmark: Danske Bank, Holmens Kanal 2-12, 1092 København K. Konto 9541 - 940 4120.IBAN: DK98 30000009404120, BIC (SWIFT code): DABADKKK

Sweden: Postgirot Bank AB (publ), Vasagatan 7, 105 06 Stockholm. 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: Postbank 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: FR51 3004 1000 0100 2500 1 F02 022, BIC (SWIFT code): PSSTFRPPPAR

Credit cards:Eurocard/MasterCard, JCB, VISA, Dankort. We kindly ask you to use the order form!If you are enrolled in our service with automatic payment by credit card direct debit, please keep us informed when the date of the card changes, e.g. with a new expiry date.

Cash:Danish kroner (DKK), euro (EUR) or US dollar (USD) only – to be sent by registered mail.

Postal order IRC (IBRS):International reply coupons: Value DKK 8.00 each.

One-year deadline for complaintsAny complaint concerning stamps or philatelic items purchased from POST Greenland must reach POST Green-land, 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 56.00. E.g.: Postage for a registered letter stamped with DKK 7.50 (max. 20 g.) comes to a total of DKK 63.50. For the surcharge of mail to overseas countries, see: www.post.gl.

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 stamps for exchange per customer must not exceed DKK 50,000 in nominal value.For further information, please contact POST Greenland, Filatelia.

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

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Worth knowing

Publisher: POST Greenland · Editors: Søren Sand Kristensen, Henrik Pötzsch, Peder Friis Sørensen, Tina Vestergaard, Finn Ib Larsen. · Chief Editor: Pertti Frandsen · Layout & Printing: HellasGrafisk A/S · Cover Photo: Ida SvendsenISSN: 1397-8632

We are the people you reachwhenever 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, English, German

Lotte KristiansenJunior ClerkGreenlandic,

Danish

Kristian ”Karé” Pivat Senior ClerkGreenlandic,

Danish

Tina VestergaardCustomer Service

Manager Danish, English,

German

Peder Friis Sørensen

Sales AssistantDanish, English,

German

Finn Ib LarsenAdministrative

ManagerDanish, English

Pertti FrandsenPhilatelicManager

Danish, English,German

Henrik PötzschSales Assistant

Danish, English, German

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

POST Greenland, Filatelia is proud to present a total of 22 new stamps issued in 2009. The first stamps in 2009 were issued on 19th January. Global Warming was the theme on the first, the EUROPA series was continued with two stamps and three beautiful stamps were issued on the theme ”Fossils”, these were made in combined intaglio and offset.

On 11th June a stamp was issued on the occasion of the Danish Prince Consort’s 75th birthday. Queen Margrethe and Prince Henri honoured us, on this con-nection, with a visit on 23rd June . You can read more about the visit on page 13 in the magazine.

The next stamp in 2009 was of Matthew A. Hen-son, who along with Robert Peary reached the North Pole in 1909. We continue with a look into the car-toon world. The first stamp of the series Greenlandic Comics was born. The three artists, behind the stamps in the series “Contemporary Art III” had, once again, created some very beautiful motives, prior to the mo-ment, when the Greenlandic flag was run up, as a celebration of the introduction of Self-Government in

Greenland on 21st June, and Aka Høegh´s beautifully designed stamp that commemorates this important historic event was revealed.

When the darkness of the autumn closed in on Greenland and the wind took hold of the houses in the mountains, the last stamps of the year from POST Greenland, Filatelia were issued on 16th September and 19th October .

The first stamp, in this latest issue, was POST Greenland’s contribution to the SEPAC-Series, with an image of a beautiful Greenlandic spring fjord. The Centenary of the mission station, The North Star, in Thule, was celebrated with a classic commemorative stamp in intaglio. We continued with a semi profile of Otto Nordenskjöld made by the skilled engraver Martin Mörck, in the seventh part of the expedition series.

The first stamp in the last part of the series “Science” had as theme, the Cryolite extraction in Greenland, the second stamp in the series, was issued with the theme, Deep Sea Animals. There is gold in

Greenland - that is a certainty. Gold was the theme of the stamp in the Science series.

It will be Christmas once again. The artist, Naja Rosing-Asvid’s two Christmas stamps, with the motive child-family-star, completed this year’s beautiful stamp issues.

The above mentioned stamps are all available in the 2009 Year Pack.

Besides all the stamps, the 2009 Year Pack will also contain the souvenir sheets released during the year.

Item No. 01304009

2009 Year Pack

POST Greenland Filatelia • P.O. Box 121 • 3913 Tasiilaq • Greenland Tel. +299 98 11 55 • Fax +299 98 14 32

stamps@tele.gl • www.stamps.glLayout: Malene Guldager Thygesent, TMA 090313 • Fotos: Olivier Gilg, John Rasmussen, Narsaq Foto & Klaus T. Nedergaard

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The theme of the EUROPA series 2009 was Astronomy. POST Greenland issued two stamps, two mini sheets, and a stamp booklet with

self-adhesives, according to this enchanting theme.In the second and last part of the series “Fossils in Greenland” three beautiful stamps were issued in combined intaglio and offset.Moreover, POST Greenland put the current Global Warming debate on stamp. Along with several other postal admini-strations around the world we issued a commemorative accor-ding to the theme “Preserve the polar regions and glaciers”. The profi ts from the sale of the 2009 additional value stamp goes to Neriuffi it Kattuffi at – the Greenlandic equivalent to the Cancer Society. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort turned 75 years on 11th June 2009. POST Greenland issued a beautiful comme-morative stamp on the occasion.The series “Contemporary Greenlandic Art” continued with part three, showing works by the artists Ivalo Abelsen, Camilla Nielsen, and Naja Abelsen. The year 2009 was also the year in which the fi rst part of our new series “Greenlandic Comics” was launched.On 6th April 1909, Matthew A. Henson was, as the fi rst Afro-American ever, so close at reaching the North Pole as humanly possible. He and Robert E. Peary actually thought they had conquered the North Pole. The 100th anniversary was commemorated with a beautiful Greenlandic offset stamp.Greenland’s national day, 21st June, was extraordinary signi-fi cant this year, since it was the day of the introduction of Greenlandic Self-Governance. The artist Aka Høegh designed a very memorable stamp for the occasion. POST Greenland issued, along with the other SEPAC Postal Administrations, the second stamp in the series “Sceneries”.

”Astronomie“ war das Thema der EUROPA-Serie 2009. POST Greenland gab in diesem Anlass zwei Briefmarken, zwei Kleinbogen und ein Markenheftchen mit

selbstklebenden Marken zu diesem bezauberten Thema heraus.Der zweite und letzte Teil unserer Serie ”Fossilien in Grönland” erschien mit drei schönen Briefmarken im kombinierten offset und stahlstich.POST Greenland setzte, in Zusammenarbeit mit einer reihe von anderen Postverwaltungen der Welt, die Debatte der Globalen Aufwärmung auf Briefmarke. Dies geschah zum Thema ”Hütet die Polare Regionen und die Gletscher”.Der Gewinn des Verkaufes der Zuschlagsmarke 2009 ging an die Organisation Neriuffi it Kattuffi at – Grönlands Gegenstück zur Krebshilfe.Am 11. Juni 2009 wurde Seine Königliche Hoheit der Prinzgemahl 75 Jahre. POST Greenland gab in dieser Verbindung eine schöne Sondermarke heraus.Der dritte Teil der Serie ”Moderne grönländische Kunst” wurde mit Werken von Ivalo Abelsen, Camilla Nielsen und Naja Abelsen fortgesetzt.Darüber hinaus sah der erste Teil der neuen Serie über grönländische Comics das Tageslicht.Am 6. April 1909 war Matthew A. Henson, als erster Afro-Ameri-kaner, so nah am Nordpol als fast möglich. Tatsächlich glaubte er und Robert E. Peary, dass sie, als die ersten Menschen, den Nordpol erobert hatten. Das 100-jährige Jubiläum wurde mit einer schönen grönländischen Sondermarke, mit dem Porträt Hensons, gefeiert.

Ukioq manna EUROPA-mut atatillugu ulloriarsiorneq sammi-neqarpoq, POST Greenlandillu pisarnini malillugu frimærkinik marlunnik, pappiaqqanut ilivitsukkaanik mikisunik marlunnik

aammalu frimærkinik nipiteriaannarnik quppersagaaraliamik ataatsimik sam-misaq tiguartinnartoq taanna pillugu saqqummersitsivoq.

Saqqummersitat ’Kalaallit Nunaanni ujarannguussimasut’ immikkoortuisa aappaanni kingullersaannilu frimærkit kusanartut pingasut, offset-imik stålstik-imillu naqitat saqqummersinneqarput.

POST Greenlandimi frimærki atorlugu nunarsuup kissakkiartornera pillugu oqallinnermik maanna ingerlanneqartumik siuarsaaqataavugut, nunarsuar-mi allakkeriviit arlallit allat peqatigalugit sammisamut ”nunani issittuni nunat immikkoortui sermiilu tammatsaalisigit”-mut atatillugu frimærkimik saqqummersitsigatta.

2009-mi frimærkimik tapeqartinneqartumik tuniniaanermi sinneqartoorutit Neriuffi it Kattuffi annut – Kræftens Bekæmpelsep Kalaallit Nunaanni im-mikkoortortaanut – tutsinneqassapput.

Ataqqinartorsuup uia 11. juni 2009-mi 75-iliivoq. POST Greenland ullormi tassanerpiaq frimærkimik kusanartumik immikkut saqqummersitsivoq. Saqqummersitat ”Kalaallit eqqumiitsuliaat nutaaliaasut” nangeqqinne-qarpoq, saqqummersitat pingajuanni Ivalo Abelsenip, Camilla Nielsenip aamma Naja Abelsenip suliaat saqqummiunneqarlutik.

Kalaallit titartagaannik saqqummersitassani nutaani immikkoortoq siulleq 2009-mi saqqummiunneqarpoq. Frimærkini saqqummersitassani siullermut Nuka K. Godtfredsen titartaasuuvoq.

6. april 1909 Matthew A. Henson, afroamerikanerinit siullersaalluni Qala-sersuarmut Avannarlermut qanillisinnaanini tamakkingajallugu pivoq. Nam-mineerluni Robert Peary-lu isumaqarsimapput, siullersaallutik Qalasersuaq Avannarleq tikillugu. Ukiut 100-nngornerat malunnartinniarlugu kalaallit frimærkiat Henson-imik assitalik immikkut saqqummersinneqarpoq.

Årets tema for EUROPA-serien var astro-nomi og POST Greenland udgav vanen tro to frimærker, to småark, og et frimærkehæfte med

selvklæbende mærker, med dette fortryllende tema.Anden og sidste del af serien ”Fossiler i Grønland” udkom med tre fl otte frimærker trykt i kombineret offset og stålstik.

POST Greenland var med til at sætte den aktuelle debat om global opvarmning på frimærke, da vi sammen med en række andre postvæsner verden over udgav et frimær-ke til temaet ”Bevar de polare regioner og gletscherne”.Overskuddet fra salget af tillægsværdifrimærket år 2009 går til organisationen Neriuffi it Kattuffi at – Grønlands pendant til Kræftens Bekæmpelse.

H.K.H. Prinsgemalen fyldte 75 år den 11. juni 2009. POST Greenland udgav et smukt særfrimærke på selve dagen.

Serien ”Moderne grønlandsk kunst” fortsatte med tredje del med værker af Ivalo Abelsen, Camilla Nielsen og Naja Abelsen.

Første del af den nye serie om grønlandske tegneserier kom til verden i 2009. Nuka K. Godtfredsen skabte motivet til første frimærke i serien.

6. april 1909 var Matthew A. Henson, som første afroamerikaner nogensinde, så tæt på Nordpolen man næsten kunne komme. Faktisk troede han og Robert Peary, at de, som de første, havde erobret Nordpolen. 100-års jubilæet blev markeret med et fl ot grønlandsk særfrimærke med portræt af Henson.

Grønlands nationaldag 21. juni 2009 var ekstra særlig, da det også var dagen for indførelsen af grønlandsk selvstyre. Aka Høegh skabte et yderst mindeværdigt frimærke til lejligheden.

POST Greenland udgav sammen med de øvrige lande i SEPAC samarbejdet det andet frimærke i serien ”Landskaber”.

Den populære serie, Videnskabelige opdagelser i Grønland, blev afrundet med femte og sidste del i 2009. Emnerne var: Kryolit, Dybhavsdyr og Grøn-landsk Guld.

Den lige så populære serie om Grønlandsekspeditio-ner fortsatte med syvende del og omhandlede den svenske forsker, Otto Nordenskjöld.

100-året for missionsstationen ”Nordstjernen” ved Thule blev fejret med et smukt særfrimærke i stålstik.Året 2009 blev behørigt afrundet med to traditionsrige julefrimærker, samt frimærkehæftet med selvklæbende frimærker, udført af Naja Rosing-Asvid. Med disse glimt ønsker POST Greenland alle rigtig glædelig jul og godt nytår.

Kalaallit 21. juni 2009-mi inuiattut ullorsiornerat immikkut pisoqarfi uvoq, tassami kalaallit namminersornerat atuutsinneqalerpoq. Aka Høegh tama-tumunnga atatillugu frimærkimik eqqaamasariaqarluinnartumik suliaqarsi-mavoq.

POST Greenland SEPAC-imi suleqatigiinnermi nunat allat peqatigalugit fri-mærkinit ”Nunat isikkui”-nik taaguuserneqartunit tulleq saqqummersippaa.Saqqummersut nuannarineqarluartut, Kalaallit Nunaanni ilisimasassarsior-nermi nassaat, naggaserlugit saqqummersitat tallimaat kingullerlu 2009-mi saqqummersinneqarput.

Sammineqartut tassaapput: Orsugiak, Immap itinersaani uumasut aamma Kalaallit Nunaata Kuultia.

Aamma Kalaallit Nunaanni ilisimasassarsiornerit pillugit saqqummersut nuannarineqarluartut arfi neq aappaat saqqummerpoq, tassanilu svenskeq ilisimasassarsiortoq Otto Nordenskjöld saqqummersinneqarpoq..Avanersuarmi ilisimasassarsiorfi up ”Nordstjernen”-ip ukiunik 100-n ngor-torsiornera nalliussillugu frimærki stålstik atorlugu immikkut naqitaq kusanartoq saqqummersinneqarpoq.

Ukioq 2009 naggaserlugu juullip frimærkii marluk, kiisalu frimærkinik quppersagaaraq nipitiinnarissanik frimærkitalik, Naja Rosing-Asvid-imit titartarneqartoq saqqummersinneqarpoq. Kingumut qivialaarnerit taakku naggasiutigalugit POST Greenlandimiit tamassi juullimi pilluaritsi ukior-taarsiorluarisilu.

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POST-SELFOn 17th August 2009 the first Greenlandic franking labels were launched. It took place in the new POST-SELF kiosk placed just outside the TELE-POST Centre in Nuuk. The franking labels work like this: When you, the customer, wish to send a letter you place it on the scale, select the destination and the shipment required (Priority or Economy). Once the operations are completed, the system shows the total to pay, using the main credit cards. After payment, the POST-SELF machine prints and issues the variable value stamp in the shape of a franking label. All of these are on self-adhesive paper.

The POST-SELF machine thus works as a small post office where you can send letters and parcels, buy en-velopes, postcards and postal packaging. In the future, the features and the functionality of the machines will be developed.For You, the CollectorPOST Greenland offers these new franking labels to our philatelic customers too. Four different franking labels are available, however only in a set, or multiple sets, of four. You can order them mint and/or cancelled, either first day cancelled (3900 Nuuk) 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 Co-vers, each franked with the different franking labels. These FDCs will only be available until 6 months after the launch.

All values between DKK 6.25 and DKK 95.00 are available, provided it is one of our 36 different postal rates for a Priority or an Economy letter.

These values are available online at www.stamps.gl/uk/info/porto/porto2009.htm.

We intend to issue a new set of four franking la-bels every year, including a new First Day cover and a new First Day cancellation. Our customers will be made aware of this through the Greenland Collector and on www.stamps.gl

The four franking labels of 17th August 2009 are printed on thermal, self-adhesive paper and measure 22.50 x 55.00 mm each. All four labels were designed by illustrator and artist Kunuk Platou. Kunuk also desig-ned the FDC and the First Day cancellation.

Note: 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 sub-scription on the franking labels. Please contact POST Greenland, Filatelia.

The franking labels cannot be ordered from the

TELE-POST Centre in Nuuk. All orders for these fran-king labels must be sent to: POST Greenland, Filatelia, PO Box 121, 3913 Tasiilaq. Of course they can also be ordered online at www.stamps.gl.

Franking labels - flexible and quick postage of your mailOn the 17th August 2009 POST Greenland introduced the new postal Products in Greenland: Franking labels.

Franking labelsDate of issue: 17th August 2009

Values: From 6.25 DKK to 95.00 DKK Design: Kunuk Platou

Printing house: Ganket A/SPaper: White topthermo E 80 g.

Colour: CMYK, blackPrint: UV flexo

Format: 22.50mm x 55.00 mm

DKK 376.25