Postverk Føroya

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Postverk Føroya is the postal administration of the Faroe Islands.

Contents

1 Photos
2 Logos
3 Postal history on stamps
4 Stamp artists
5 Stamp volumes

Photos [edit]

Old post office in downtown Tórshavn
A typical village scene: house with blue postbox of Postverk Føroya. This one was seen in Hellur.
Post office in Skálavík

Logos [edit]

Postal history on stamps [edit]

Provisional stamps after World War I [edit]

See also: Faroese stamps 1919.
See also: Faroese stamps 1979.

Original stamp from 1919 with 2 Øre overprint.
FR 37: Europe CEPT 1979 - Postal History. Provisional stamp from 1919, diagnonally cut.
FR 38: Europe CEPT 1979 - Postal History. Provisional stamp from 1919, overprint.

First stamp series under home rule act of 1976 [edit]

Ø 15: The traditional Faroese boat was means of postal transport between the islands.
Ø 16: "Merkið", the Faroese flag.
Ø 17: the old postman Jákup Andreas Henriksen from Gásadalur.

Europe CEPT 1990 - Post Offices [edit]

See also: Faroese stamps 1990

FR 192: Old post office in Gjógv.
FR 193: Modern post office in Klaksvík.

Old Postal Vessels [edit]

See also: Faroese stamps 1992

FR 221: Ruth.
FR 222: Ritan.
FR 223: Sigmundur.
FR 224: Masin.

25th Anniversary of Postverk Føroya [edit]

See also: Faroese stamps 2001

FR 385: Conscripted post boat.
FR 386: Old Tórshavn post office.
FR 387: Old postman Mørkabóndin.

Eight postal centenaries [edit]

See also: Faroese stamps 2003

FO 454: Fuglafjørður.
FO 455: Strendur.
FO 456: Sandur.
FO 457: Eiði.
FO 458: Vestmanna.
FO 459: Vágur.
FO 460: Miðvágur.
FO 461: Hvalba.
The miniature sheet FO 454-461.

Stamp artists [edit]

Each with his/her latest work:

Astrid Andreasen: Storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) - stamp FO 525 of 2005.
Edward Fuglø: The Faroese Hare - stamp FO 519 of 2005.
Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen: Porkeri - stamp FO 471 of 2004.
Bárður Jákupsson: Smiril I - stamp FR 340 of 1999.
Elinborg Lützen: "The Boy and the Ox" - stamp FR 105 of 1984.
Martin Mörck: Everyday life in the Viking Age - stamp FO 515 of 2005.
Anker Eli Petersen: Jólavísan (showing the Madonna statue of Kirkjubøur) - stamp FO 537 of 2005.
Ingálvur av Reyni: Leypanagjógv at Oyrargjógv - stamp FR 137 of 1986.
Czeslaw Slania: Faroese dance at Viðareiði - stamp FO 462 of 2003.
Eli Smith: Gásadalur - stamp FO 506 of 2005.

For further artists on stamps, see: Category:Faroese stamps by artist

Stamp volumes [edit]

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