Faroese stamps 2004
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In 2004, Postverk Føroya, the postal administration of the Faroe Islands, issued 40 stamps.
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[edit] Suðuroy
Date of issue 26 January 2004, artist Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen
 Stamp sheet FO 465-474: Suðuroy |
 FO 465: Sandvík |
 FO 466: Hvalba |
 FO 467: Froðba |
 FO 468: Øravík |
 FO 469: Fámjin |
 FO 470: Hov |
 FO 471: Porkeri |
 FO 472: Akrar |
 FO 473: Sumba |
 FO 474: Akraberg |
[edit] Stóra Dímun & Lítla Dímun
Date of issue: 26 January.
 FO 475: Stóra Dímun. |
 FO 476: Lítla Dímun. |
[edit] Nordic Mythology - Thor & Ran
Date of issue: 26 March. Artist: Anker Eli Petersen.
 Miniature sheet FO 477-478. |
 FO 477: Thor. |
 FO 478: Rán. |
[edit] The cruise on "Maria" 1854
Date of issue: 26 March. Design: Anker Eli Petersen after the lithographs of 1854 in the book A NARRATIVE OF THE CRUISE OF THE YACHT MARIA AMONG THE FEROE ISLANDS IN THE SUMMER OF 1854 by Samuel Rathbone and E. H. Greig. (In English and German)
 FO 479: Tindhólmur. |
 FO 480: Off the "Diamonds" (Stóra and Lítla Dímun). |
 FO 481: House of the better kind. |
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 FO 483: Mýlingur from north. |
 FO 484: Kalsoy from north. |
 FO 485: Trick on the natives of Mikladalur (in the Faroe boat (right), the two Englishmen wearing masks). |
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 The miniature sheet FO 479-486. |
[edit] Royal Wedding
Date of issue: 14 May 2004.
[edit] Europe CEPT: Tourism
 FO 489: West coast of Hestur. |
 FO 490: Coast of Stóra Dímun. |
[edit] FIFA 100 years
Date of issue : 24 May 2004.
 FO 491: KÍ vs. HB (both football clubs were founded in 1904). |
 FO 492: Faroes vs. Germany (June 2003). |
[edit] Poems by Janus Djurhuus
Date of issue: 20 September. Artist: Anker Eli Petersen. The mini sheet was in 2005 voted by the collectors of Faroese stamps as the most beautiful Faroese edition of 2004. In December 2005, it was voted in China as the most beautiful foreign stamp edition.
 FO 493: Atlantis. |
 FO 494: Grímur Kamban. |
 FO 495: Trónds chanting. |
 FO 496: To the Faroes I-III. |
 FO 497: Mín sorg. |
 FO 498: Loki Laufey's son. |
 FO 499: Songbird and Gossip. |
 FO 500: The return of Nólsoyar Páll. |
 FO 502: Cello. |
 The stamp sheet FO 493-503. |
 FO 498 and 499 on a letter. |
[edit] Christmas
Date of issue was 20 September 2004. The artist Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen designed two more stamps in the style of his mini sheet from January. These churches are also located on Suðuroy
 FO 504: Church of Tvøroyri |
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