Bouvet Island. The Norvegia expedition in 1927/28 declared the world s most isolated island as Norwegian area. Birds. No. 1/2018 Norway Post Stamps

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1 No. 1/2018 Norway Post Stamps Bouvet Island The Norvegia expedition in 1927/28 declared the world s most isolated island as Norwegian area. NEW STAMPS Page 6 Birds NEW STAMPS Page 4

2 WEBSHOP Are you missing something for your collection? You now have the opportunity to fill the empty spaces in your collecton with both new and old Norwegian stamps. Visit our webshop today! posten.no/frimerkebutikken 2

3 EDITORIAL Dear Customer! This year, Norwegian stamps will take us almost all the way to the South Pole. The Wild Animals stamp series ended in It is now time to introduce a new series of definitive stamps in sheets. Over the next few years, the series will depict Norway s polar areas in both the Arctic and the Antarctic. The first two stamps will depict animal life on Bouvet Island. This is the first time Bouvet Island has been depicted on Norwegian stamps. The stamps will be issued in a new type of self-adhesive sheets, which will make them easier for customers to use. Magnus Rakeng has designed the stamps. Three new bird stamps had the honour of opening the 2018 stamp year. Artist Viggo Ree designed the motifs. The great grey owl, the snowy owl and the rough-legged hawk are pictured on the beautiful stamps. The nondenominational stamp in the series is for the first time only marked with Innland. This is because the consignment categories A and B have now been eliminated. Contents NEW STAMPS Birds Page 4 NEW STAMPS Bouvet Island Page 6 WILD ANIMALS Page 8 Norway Post Philatelic Service P.O Box 250 NO-0510 OSLO NORWAY frimerketjenesten@posten.no Internet: posten. no/frimerker Telephone: Telefax: Bank details: Account no: Nordea Bank, Oslo IBAN: NO SWIFT: NDEANOKK Kind regards, Design: Posten Norge AS, Konsernkommunikasjon, Design Coverphoto: «Norvegia» by Bouvet Island in Norsk Polarinstitutt Print: Byråservice Halvor Fasting Director 3

4 NEW STAMPS BIRDS Photo: Roy Mangersnes / NN / Samfoto / NTB scanpix Birds First Day Cover NOK 90 1/2018 1/2017 Tema Fugler Førstedagsbrev First Day Day Cover Cover First Day Cancellation Number: NK Motif: Great grey owl, Snowy owl, Rough-legged hawk Artist: Viggo Ree Arrangement: Enzo Finger Denomination: Domestic (NOK 14), NOK 21, NOK 48 Issued in: Rolls with 100 self-adhesive stamps Print: Offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, The Netherlands 4

5 NEW STAMPS BIRDS NK 1974 Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) NK 1975 Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) NK 1976 Rough-Legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) Date: 02/01/2018 Golden FDC NOK 99 FLYVENDE JEGERE 1/1000 Collector s Set NOK 189 Prices First Day Cover: NOK 90 Presentation Pack: NOK 99 Collector s Set: NOK 189 Golden FDC: NOK 99 Set of maximum cards: NOK 104 5

6 NEW STAMPS BOUVET ISLAND NK 1977 Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) NK 1978 Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) Bouvet Island First Day Cover NOK 69 2/2018 Bouvetøya Førstedagsbrev First Day Cover First Day Cancellation Number: NK Motif: Antarctic fur seal, chinstrap penguin Design: Magnus Rakeng Photos: Norsk Polarinstitutt Denomination: NOK 24, NOK 38 Issued in: Sheets with 50 self-adhesive stamps Print: Offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, The Netherlands 6

7 NEW STAMPS BOUVET ISLAND Polare motiv Bouve etøya Photo: Marius Bratrein, Norsk Polarinstitutt Date: 16/02/2018 Golden FDC NOK 99 1/1000 Collector s Set NOK 147 Prices First Day Cover: NOK 69 Presentation Pack: NOK 78 Collector s Set: NOK 147 Golden FDC: NOK 99 Set of maximum cards: NOK 76 7

8 FOR COLLECTORS WILD ANIMALS Wild Animals The entire stamp series in one folder. The Wild Animal series that started in 2006 and ended in 2015 includes 21 stamps. All of these stamps are now available in a beautiful folder for only NOK 389,00. Photo: Orsolya Haarberg/Samfoto/NTB scanpix Ville dyr i Noreg Order at Phone: frimerketjenesten@posten.no Reprint The NOK 2 denomination in the Posthorn series (NK 1422) has now been reprinted. This is the first time this denomination is issued on self-adhesive paper. The print date is 17/05/2017, and the stamps were first used on 30/11/2017. Price NOK 2,00