Faroese stamps 1998
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In 1998, Postverk Føroya, the postal administration of the Faroe Islands, issued 20 stamps. On 1 April, the country code changed from FR to FO (to avoid confusion with France) , but the margin numbers of stamps remained for a while as FR xxx.
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[edit] Brynhild's Ballad
Date of issue: 23 February. Artist: Anker Eli Petersen.
 FR 320: Brynhild and Buðli. |
 FR 321: Grani jumps the fire wall. |
 FR 322: Brynhild, Sigurd and the rings. |
 FR 323: Guðrun and Grani. |
[edit] Sedentary Birds
Date of issue: 23 February: Artist: Astrid Andreasen.
.jpg) FR 324: Blackbird (Turdus merula). |
.jpg) FR 325: Starling (Sturnus vulgaris faeroensis). |
[edit] Year of the Ocean: Toothed Whales
Date of issue: 18 May. Artist: Edward Fuglø.
.jpg) FR 326: Atlantic wide sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus). |
.jpg) FR 326: Killer whale (Orcinus orca). |
.jpg) FR 328: Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). |
.jpg) FR 329: White whale (Delphinapterus leucas). |
[edit] Europe CEPT: National Holidays
Date of issue: 18 May. Artist: Edward Fuglø.
 FR 330: Ólavsøka - Horses on parade. |
 FR 331: Ólavsøka - Clergymen and politicians on parade. |
[edit] Fifty years of human rights
Date of issue: 18 May.
 FR 332. |
[edit] Hans Hansen
Date of issue: 14 September. Artist: Hans Hansen.
 FR 333: The Heath, 1966. |
 FR 334: Village, 1965. |
 FR 335: Man (the farmer Ólavur í Útistovu from Mikladalur), 1968. |
 FR 336: Self portrait, 1968. |
[edit] The Frederickschurch
Date of issue: 14 September. Photographer: Per á Hædd.
 FR 337: The church in Nes (Eysturoy). |
 FR 338: Inside the church. |
[edit] Definitives
Date of issue: 14 September.
 FR 339. |
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