Polar Bear FDC from GREENLAND

FDC Name:Vulnerable Animals
Issue Date:11th JUNE'2013
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The 2013 Greenlandic stamp of the year was the stamp with the attractive polar bear with the title “Vulnerable Animals”. Stamp collectors from all over the world voted for their favorite among the 24 stamps issued by TELE-POST in 2013.

It is the artist Naja Abelsen, who has created the beautiful stamp. Naja has earlier been behind no less than 16 stamps issued by TELE-POST. The stamp “Vulnerable Animals” was issued 11th June 2013. It was a joint issue with the Israeli Post and the point of the issue was to create awareness about vulnerable animals.

The stamp is enhanced with the Augmented Reality technology. This means that you can see a short video of a live polar bear, if you download the “Sepac App” and install it on your tablet or smartphone and scan the stamp.

The winner of this monetary prize of DKK 10,000 chosen in the draw was Philippe Kocielkowski from Saint-George-sur-Meuse in Belgium. TELE-POST congratulates the winner.

The ten lucky winners of the extra prices of a year pack from 2013 are Esa Kallio in Sweden, Gert Kragh Andreasen, Camilla Nissen Toftdal, Jørgen Rasmussen and Jørgen Vesth-Hansen in Denmark, Bezazel Ferhat in Algeria, Pastorimi Massimo and Francesco Magnani in Italy, Tor Nygaard in Norway and finally Uda Yanuhardi in Indonesia.

The competition for the “2013 Greenlandic stamp of the yea” ran in the period from 1st December 2013 to the 1st March 2014.

The 2011 Greenland stamp of the year

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From December until 1st March 2012 stamp collectors from all over the world have been able to participate in the vote for "The 2011 Greenlandic stamp of the year". And many have used this opportunity.

The winning stamp was G472, the beautiful scenery stamp based on a photo by author and photographer Ivars Silis, born 1940. Even though Ivars Silis has reached 71 years of age; this is actually his stamp debut. The stamp was issued on 28th September 2011 and was POST Greenland's contribution to last year's joint issue with the SEPAC-countries in the cooperation between the Small European Postal Services, of which Greenland is a member.

Coming second in the competition was the stamp G471 by Anne-Lise Lovstrom and the third was G475 by Martin Morck

NAKUUSA Stamps from GREENLAND

Stamp Name:NAKUUSA

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Greenland's Home Rule (Naalakkersuisut) and Unicef Danmark have started a collaboration on the project "NAKUUSA" ("Let us be strong"). Camilla Nielsen has drawn the humorous stamp, which is also issued as a souvenir sheet.

Nina Spore Kreutzmann has once again created two beautiful designs of Greenlandic herbs, this time with Northern Bilberry and Labrador tea. The series, which began in 2011, consists of a total of six stamps of which the last two will be issued in 2013.

In 1962 Knud Rasmussen's Folk High School was founded in Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg). The beautiful design, which marks the 50th anniversary of the folk high school and its great importance to Greenland, was drawn by its former student Miki Rasmussen.

Jessie Kleemann, Frederik "Kunngi" Kristensen and the cooperative partners Inuk Silis Hoegh and Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen are the artists who created the three works of art, which make up the sixth part of the "Contemporary Greenlandic Art" series. The three stamps were issued in a stylish souvenir folder with presentations of the individual artists and their other works. In addition, the artwork of Inuk Silis Hoegh and Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen was issued as a souvenir sheet.(Source-Stampnews)