Faroese stamps 1996
In 1996, Postverk Føroya, the postal administration of the Faroe Islands, issued 19 stamps, including a miniature sheet of 3 stamps.
Contents
Seaweed[edit]
Date of issue: 12 February. Artist: Bárður Jákupsson.
FR 283: Thallus (Ptilota plumosa = Ptilota gunneri).
FR 284: Seaweed - Spiral- or Flat wrack (Fucus spiralis).
FR 285: Egg- or Knotted wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum).
FR 286: Cuvie or Forest kelp (Laminaria hyperborea).
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View of Risin and Kellingin[edit]
Date of issue: 2 January, Photographer: Palle Hatting. This stamp was voted the most beautiful Faroese stamp of 1996 in a poll of Faroe Islands collectors.
FR 287: Risin and Kellingin (The Giant and the Giantess).
Europe CEPT: Famous women[edit]
Date of issue: 15 April. Paintings by Sámal Joensen-Mikines of nameless women. Postverk Føroya decided to present the nameless seamen's wifes as the famous women to honour. FR 288 was voted the second most beautiful stamp of 1996.
FR 288: Teir leggja av landi (departure).
FR 289: Mykineskona (a woman from Mykines), 1934, 56*42cm, Listasavn Føroya (The Faroe Islands Art Museum).
Invasion Birds[edit]
Date of issue: 15 April. Artist: Astrid Andreasen.
FR 290: Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus).
FR 291: Common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra).
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Nordatlantex 1996 - children's drawings[edit]
Date of issue: 7 June. Artists: Búgvi, Guðrið and Herborg.
The stamp sheet FR 292-294.
FR 292.
FR 293.
FR 294.
Definitives[edit]
Date of issue: 7 June.
FR 295: Faroe map.
FR 296.
Janus Kamban[edit]
Date of issue: 16 September. Artist: Janus Kamban.
FR 297: Grazing Sheep. 1980, linocut.
FR 298: Birds and Fishing Boat. 1992, linocut.
FR 299: Tinganes, Tórshavn. 1991, linocut.
The Christians Church[edit]
Date of issue: 4 November.
FR 300: The Church in Klaksvík.
FR 301: Altarpiece.
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