Norway Post Stamp magazine No. 4-2014

Norway Post Stamps

Kristian Museet Helgesen / VG / NTB Scanpix Photo: Kon-Tiki

No. 4/2014

World Champion on stamps Posthorn

Also in this issue: n Reprint n Baltex 2014, Malmรถ n Convention of Moss Bicentenary

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Shop for at least NOK 600 before the end of September and receive a Year Set of stamps from 1981 as a complementary gift (catalogue value NOK 150)

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EDITORIAL

Dear Customer, Since Magnus Carlsen became the World Champion in chess in 2013, chess fever has gripped the country. When the Norwegian Chess Federation celebrated its centennial on the opening day of the Chess Olympiad in Tromsø on the 1st of August, it was natural for Magnus Carlsen to be part of the motif. Arild Yttri engraved the gorgeous stamp.

The time has come in the Posthorn series of stamps to focus on the denomination of NOK 70. New this year is that the stamps are issued on self-adhesive paper and that the sheets are divided into two blocks of 50 stamps each. The stamps in the series are designed by Enzo Finger and Sverre Morken.

Kind regards,

Halvor Fasting

Director

Norway Post Philatelic Service P.O. Box 9350 NO-0135 Oslo Norway

E-mail: frimerketjenesten@posten.no Internet: posten. no/frimerker Telephone: +47 23 14 78 70 Telefax: +47 23 14 78 00

Bank details: Account no: 6003 06 35097 Nordea Bank, Oslo IBAN: NO25 6003 0635 097 SWIFT: NDEANOKK

Design: Posten Norge AS, Konsernkommunikasjon, Design Print: Renessanse Media

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NEW STAMPS

NK 1890 Chess pieces. In the background Magnus Carlsen during the qualification to the World Chess Championship.

Norwegian Chess Federation Centenary

01.08.2014

First day cover NOK 21,-

10/2014 Norges Sjakkforbund 100 år Førstedagsbrev • First Day Cover

First day cancellation Part of a chess piece (the king).

Number: Motif: Engraver: Photo: Denomination: Print run: Issued in: Print:

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NK 1890 Magnus Carlsen and chess pieces Arild Yttri Oli Scarff / Getty Images NOK 15.00 500,000 stamps Sheets with 50 stamps Recess/offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, Netherlands

NEW STAMPS

NK 1891 Posthorn

Posthorn

12.09.2014 16.5.2014 First day cover NOK 76,-

First day cancellation Posthorn

Number: Motif: Design: Denomination: Issued in: Print:

NK 1891 Posthorn Enzo Finger and Sverre Morken NOK 70.00 Sheets with 100 stamps Offset from Joh. EnschedĂŠ Security Print, Netherlands

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FOR COLLECTORS

Posthorn on self-adhesive paper As of 2014 most of the posthorn stamps 2014, the posthorn stamps are being issued on self-adhesive paper.

This applies to both new issues as well as reprints of existing denominations. In addition, the sheets will be divided into two sections, each with 50 stamps, separated by an empty field.

The subscription will include new issues in the posthorn series (NOK 60 to NOK 90) as well as the first reprint of the other stamps in this series.

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Gutter pairs in subscription Dividing the sheets into two creates what in stamp lingo is called “gutter pairs�. Gutter pairs are two stamps that are separated by an empty field (gutter). It is now possible to subscribe to gutter pairs. You can choose between single pairs in the wished quantity or stripes from the complete sheet with margins. Use the included order form.

REPRINTS

Reprint The NOK 50 denomination in the Posthorn stamp series (NK 1802) has been issued in a new edition, with print date 21.04.2014. The first day of use was not known before the edit time limit.

Please note that the stamps in this edition are printed on self-adhesive paper, while the previous edition was printed on paper with regular glue.

Reprint

NOK

50

Correction!

In Stamp Magazines No. 1 and 2 we accidentally identified the new edition of the 2-kroner Posthorn stamp as NK 1455. The correct NK number should naturally be NK 1422. We apologize!

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Trondheim –Støren

150th anniversary Norway Post was there when the Trondheim – Støren stretch of railway celebrated its 150th anniversary.

Many railway enthusiasts had ridden along with the anniversary train from Trondheim to Støren on Saturday, 16 August.

In collaboration with the National Rail Administration, Norway Post has designed two personalised stamps and one cancellation for the ride. The cancellation depicts the Di 3.616 locomotive, which pulled the anniversary train, and the stamps depict steam locomotive type I no.

1, «Robert», and a train pulled by a steam locomotive on the Oxstadøi viaduct.

Order using the included order form or visit posten.no/frimerkebutikken.

Stamps

NOK

1350

NOK

32

Envelope

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Photo: Fie Johansen / Scanpix Denmark

FOR COLLECTORS

FOR COLLECTORS

Baltex 2014, Malmö In August, Norway Post participated in Baltex 2014 in Malmö with an exhibition card and a personalised stamp. Both the exhibition card and the stamp depict Malmö’s landmark, Turning Torso. Turning Torso is the Nordic region’s tallest high rise, at 190 m, and the second tallest residential building in Europe. The building was designed by architect Santiago Calatrava and inaugurated in 2005.

POSTEN NORGE MALMÖ 29.-31.08. 2014

BALTEX 2014, MALMÖ

Stamp

NOK

1650

NOK

22

Card

9

FOR COLLECTORS

Photo: Stian Eisenträger/ VG/ NTB Scanpix

Convention of Moss

Bicentenary

The Convention of Moss was an agreement reached on 14 August 1814 between Karl Johan and the Norwegian government. At the Convention of Moss, Norway agreed to the union with Sweden.

The Convention ended the war that had broken out when Swedish troops attacked Norway on 26 July 1814. The intention was to enact the provisions of the Treaty of Kiel, which had been signed in January of the same year between the Danish-Norwegian king, Frederik VI, and the Swedish Crown Prince, Karl Johan. The Treaty of Kiel established that as part of the SwedishNorwegian union Frederik VI would relinquish the Norwegian crown to the Swedish king.

The most important provisions of the Convention of Moss were that Christian Frederik agreed to abdicate and leave the country and that Norway would be allowed to keep the main principles of its constitution in the union with Sweden.

Source: snl.no

Order using the included order form or visit posten.no/frimerkebutikken.

Norge

Moss 14.08.2014

TAXE PERÇUE ● PORTO BETALT

Enige og tro til Dovre faller.

Mossekonvensjonen 200 år Utgitt av Posten Norge AS, Frimerketjenesten.

Motiv: «Höyvelbr. B. Anker Huus paa Moss» (Konvensjonsbygningen), håndkolorert kobberstikk av John William Edy (1800). Eier: Nasjonalbiblioteket.

Bakgrunnstekst fra Mossekonvensjonen 14. august 1814. Stortingsarkivet, foto: Vidar M. Husby.

Frimerke: Lakksegl fra Mossekonvensjonen (detalj).

Design: Posten Norge AS, Konsernkommunikasjon, Design. Trykk: Renessanse Media.

Mossekonvensjonen

Card

10

1814 2014

NOK

1814 2014

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