Norway Post Stamp Magazine No. 3-2015

No. 3/2015 Norway Post Stamps

Old toys on stamps The theme for this year‘s Europa stamps is old toys.

NEW STAMPS Page 4

Norwegian Lighthouses NEW STAMPS Page 10

Romance and Erotica NEW STAMPS Page 16 Photo: © Bladet Samler & Antikkbørsen/Atle Kildebo

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EDITORIAL

Dear Customer!

On the 5th of June we will be issuing three new stamp series.

The theme for this year's Europa stamps is old toys. In the Norwegian toy industry, it is impossible to miss the name Åsmund S. Lærdal. The motifs on the two stamps are the Anne doll and Tomte cars from Lærdal. The stamps were designed by Madeleine M. Karlstrøm.

Contents NEW STAMPS Old Toys Side 4 Personal Anniversaries Side 5 Norwegian Lighthouses Side 6 FOR COLLECTORS Page 8

Four new lighthouses are the motifs on the new stamps in booklets.This time the issue of these definitive stamps covers the denominations to Europe and the rest of the world.

Inger Sandved Anfinsen has designed the stamps.

The 5th of June also marks two jubilees: Halfdan Kjerulf's 200th and Agnar Mykle's 100th. Kjerulf (1815-1868) was the first Norwegian composer to achieve international status. He laid the groundwork for Norwegian romanticism and Norwegian men's choirs. Composers Nordraak and Grieg later followed in Halfdan Kjerulf's footsteps.

Author Agnar Mykle (1915-1994) is considered one of the most important Norwegian authors of the post-war era. He is most known for his controversial books, «Lasso Round the Moon» and «The Song of the Red Ruby». These novels are viewed as high points in Norwegian literary history and their publication played an important role in the freedom of speech in Norway.

Enzo Finger has designed this issue.

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Foto: © Bartomeu Amengual/AGE/NTB scanpix

NEW STAMPS OLD TOYS

NK 1908

NK 1909

The first Anne doll in all three sizes.

Firetruck and Ford F-100 pick-up from Tomte.

Old Toys

Date: 5.6.2015

First day cover NOK 37

6/2015 Gammelt leketøy Førstedagsbrev • First Day Cover

First day cancellation A child’s drawing

Number: Motifs: Design: Photo: Denominations: Print run: Issued in: Print:

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NK 1908-1909 Anne dolls, Tomte cars Madeleine M. Karlstrøm © Atle Kildebo NOK 14.00-NOK 17.00 500,000 of each stamp Sheets of 50 stamps Offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, The Netherlands

NEW STAMPS PERSONAL ANNIVERSARIES

NK 1914

NK 1915

Portrait of Halfdan Kjerulf. The Norwegian Student Choir Association and sheet music in the background.

Portrait of Agnar Mykle. Red ruby facets and a nude woman in the background.

Personal Anniversaries

Date: 5.6.2015

First day cover NOK 27

First day cancellation G key with a heart

Number: Motifs: Design: Denominations: Print run: Issued in: Print:

NK 1914-1915 Halfdan Kjerulf, Agnar Mykle Enzo Finger A-Domestic (NOK 10,50) x 2 3,080,000 of each stamp Two self-adhesive stamps in sequence in rolls of 100 stamps Offset from Joh. EnschedĂŠ Security Print, The Netherlands

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NEW STAMPS NORWEGIAN LIGHTHOUSES

NK 1910

NK 1911

Kvitsøy Lighthouse in Rogaland.

Slåtterøy Lighthouse in Hordaland.

Norwegian Lighthouses First day cover NOK 68

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First day cancellation The star with a dot in the middle that is the symbol for a lighthouse on a nautical chart.

Number: Motifs: Design: Photos:

Denominations:

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NK 1910-1913 Kvitsøy Lighthouse, Slåtterøy Lighthouse, Lindesnes Lighthouse, Kjeungskjæret Lighthouse Inger Sandved Anfinsen © Helge Sunde/Samfoto (NK 1910, NK 1911, NK 1913): © Inger Sandved Anfinsen (NK 1912) A-Europe (NOK 14.00) x 2 - A Worldwide (NOK 17.00) x 2

NK 1912

NK 1913

Lindesnes Lighthouse in Vest-Agder.

Kjeungskjæret Lighthouse in Sør-Trøndelag.

Photo: © Kai-Wilhelm Nessler / NN / Samfoto / NTB scanpix

NEW STAMPS NORWEGIAN LIGHTHOUSES

Date: 5.6.2015

Collector's set NOK 145

Presentation pack NOK 77

Print run:

Issued in: Print:

Value A Europe: 336,000 stamp booklets Value A World: 286,000 stamp booklets Bookelts of 10 self-adhesive stamps Offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, Netherlands

Price: Collector's Sheet Stamps: Collector's Sheet First Day Cover: Maximum Cards Set:

NOK 87 NOK 93 NOK 22

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FOR COLLECTORS

Reprint NK 1805 Norwegian art V, B-Domestic was reprinted on 11/12/2014. There are no known changes to the paper or the perforation compared to the first edition.

On the rolls from the first edition in 2012, a B Economy sticker was added between each of the stamps in the roll. The rolls issued this time are without the sticker.

The reprint was first used on 4 May 2015.

Stamp exhibitions In April and May Norway Post participated in stamp exhibitions in Taiwan and Germany.

We issued exhibition cards and personal stamps to mark both these occasions. The personal stamps were used for the first time to frank the exhibition cards. This was very popular among the visitors at the exhibitions.

Please order in our webshop posten.no/frimerkebutikken or use the order coupon.

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Photo: Š Luks / PlainPictures / Samfoto/NTB scanpix

Price stamp NOK 9.50

FOR COLLECTORS

Taipei 2015 | 24-28/04/2015 Taipei is the largest city in Taiwan and home to the world's second-largest building, Taipei 101. As we see on the stamp, the skyscraper, which is 508 m tall, towers over the rest of the city. On the exhibition card we zoomed in on the nightlife in one of the streets in downtown Taipei.

Price stamp NOK 20,50 Price exhibition card NOK 26

Int. Briefmarken-Messe Essen 07-09/05/2014 This is the 25th time the traditional stamp exhibition has been organised in Essen.

Essen is the second-largest city in the densely populated Ruhr area of Germany.

On the stamp and the exhibition card we see the city›s cathedral from different angles and the City Hall towering in the background. The City Hall in Essen is the tallest city hall in all of Germany.

Price stamp NOK 17,50 Price exhibition card NOK 26

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FOR COLLECTORS

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THOR HEYERDAHL

100 책r I 1914-2014

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Anders Beer Wilse | 1865 -2015

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