Friday, March 31, 2017

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Friday, March 24, 2017

Thursday, March 23, 2017

USA postmark Warsaw

Warsaw is a city in Illinois with a population of just a little over 1,600 in 2010.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Faroe Islands paintings

The top stamp reproduces a painting by Ingálvur av Reyni and bottom pair is by Hans Hensen, both of Faroe Islands.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Faroe Islands Europa

"The Temptations of Saint Anthony" is an artwork of William Heinesen, a painter from the Faroe Islands.

Monday, March 20, 2017

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Faroe Islands parade

Clergymen and politicians on parade for Ólavsøka, the biggest summer festival in the Faroe Islands.

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Faroe Islands lay

Two stanzas with illustrations from Brynhild's Ballad, a long Faroese narrative poem referring to myths.

Friday, March 17, 2017

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Faroe Islands film

A set of four stamps was issued in 1997 picturing scenes from a film based on a novel.

Shown here is the 6.50kr value.

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Faroe Islands orca

This stamp was actually issued in 1998 and pictures a killer whale for the Year of the Ocean.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Faroe Islands coat of arms

The 600th year of the Kalmar Union was commemorated in 1997 with a Faroese stamp depicting the coat of arms of Eric of Pomerania.

You have to read up on the history of the Nordic countries to know more about these names.

Faroe Islands children's drawings

In 1996 a set of three stamps and a souvenir sheet were issued illustrating children's drawings for Nordatlantex 1996, a stamp exhibition.

Shown above is one of the stamps.

Monday, March 13, 2017

Faroe Islands rocks

Here's a view of Risin and Kellingin, the giant and the giantess.

Nice socked-on-the-nose cancel.

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Faroe Islands birds 1

The common crossbill and the waxwing are the birds pictured on these 1996 stamps.

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Faroe Islands church 2

The Church of Hvalvík is the oldest wooden church still in existence in the Faroes.

Friday, March 10, 2017

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Saturday, March 4, 2017

USA postmark Wahington, DC

Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia) is the capital city of the United States.

Friday, March 3, 2017

USA postmark Piedmont

The Piedmont Triad Area consists of three cities in North Carolina -- Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

USA postmark Kansas City

Kansas City in the state of Kansas is not the same Kansas City in Missouri, although both cities are adjacent to each other!

Wednesday, March 1, 2017