Greenland Collector 1/2010 - Post Greenland - Filatelia

GREENLAND
Collector
Subscription magazine for collectors of Greenland stamps • Vol. 15 • No. 1 • January 2010
2010 Stamp
programme
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Win DKK 10,000 vote for
the stamp of the year
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Contemporary
Greenlandic Art IV
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EUROPA 2010
Children’s Books
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Air Greenland
50th Anniversary
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Additional Value to the
theater group SILAMIUT
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2010 Stamp programme from POST Greenland
By land, sea and air. This could also be the headline for the 20 new stamps POST Greenland will issue during
the year. The themes range from: Christmas, Polar Bears, Birds, Greenlandic Expeditions, Her Majesty
the Queen, Mining, The Arctic, Thule, Literature, Aviation, Theatre, Comics, International Women’s Day,
Mother Sun and our flag.
18th January 2010
The fourth part of the series “Contemporary Art”
displays the works of the three younger Greenlandic
artists: Maria Panínguak ‘Kjaerulff, Miki Jacobsen
and Bolatta Silis-Høegh.
This year’s EUROPA-stamps have been designed
with children’s books in mind, beautifully interpreted
by Julie Hardenberg, whilst this year’s additional value
stamp, created by Bolatta Silis-Høegh, will be issued
for the benefit of the theatre group Silamiut
which, in 2009, celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Air Greenland can this year celebrate their 50th
anniversary; POST Greenland celebrates this special
day with a beautiful commemorative postage
stamp created with breathtaking artistic strokes
by the talented artist Ina Rosing.
8th March 2010
The 100th anniversary of International Women’s
Day is celebrated around the world on
this day; the anniversary is also celebrated
in Greenland. Naja Rosing-Asvid´s stamp is a
highly imaginative interpretation of the theme.
24th March 2010
The new Norden-series, with the sea as the pivotal
element, commences on the same day with
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
all eight Nordic Postal Services. With the common
theme “Life by the sea” Aka Høegh has
created an immensely beautiful Greenlandic angle.
16th April 2010
Her Majesty the Queen will celebrate her seventieth
birthday in 2010. POST Greenland is very proud to
participate in the celebration with a beautiful offset
stamp by the royal photographer Steen Brogaard.
The stamp is released on the actual anniversary date.
1st May 2010
On this day in 1985 we hoisted our beloved flag
for the first time. In Greenlandic, we say: Erfalasorput.
The artist who created the flag design a
quarter of a century ago, Thue Christiansen, has
now created a very beautiful stamp to mark this
twenty-fifth anniversary. On the same day, Robert
Holmes has his stamp debut and he gives us a
glance into his humorous and satirical comic universe
from Boas & Co. In Greenlandic: Buuarsikkut.
18th October 2010
The 100th anniversary of the foundation of Knud
Rasmussen’s famous trading post at Thule is depicted
on a beautiful steel engraved stamp by
Bertil Skov Jørgensen, whilst an entirely new series
“Greenlandic Mining” begins with two colourful
offset stamps.
The acclaimed Expedition series by Martin Mörck
pays, this time, tribute to the Briton John Ross and
the Greenlander Hans Sakæus’ common Arctic
endeavours in 1818, whilst the cartoonist Nuka K.
Godtfredsen leaves his characteristic comic figure,
Andala, to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas
from Greenland.
All 20 stamps and 4 souvenir sheets will also be
available in POST Greenland’s 2010 Year Pack; the
Year Pack will be published on 18th of October.
With best wishes for a Happy New Year and
I hope that these new Greenlandic stamps will
arouse great curiosity, interest and joy with everyone.
It is a great pleasure to be able to present
and issue them.
Sincerely,
Per Svendsen,
Managing Director
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During 2009 POST Greenland has issued a total of
22 new stamps showing the diversity of Greenland’s
culture, nature, history and society.
Now you can vote for your favourite stamp – cast
your vote in the 2009 Greenlandic Stamp of the
Year poll. The Grand prize to be drawn amongst all
voters is worth DKK 10,000 in cash. Cut out this
side of the page, fill it in and send it to the below
address. Or cast your vote online on our website
www.stamps.gl. Your vote must be in by 1st March
2010. Please also note our special offer on the back
of the page!
Note: Only one vote per person.
The result of the poll and the winners names will be
published in Greenland Collector No. 3, September
2010 and on our website at www.stamps.gl
To the left, all the stamps from 2009 are displayed
with their G-No.
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The 2009 Year Pack contains all 22 stamps and 4 souvenir
sheets issued in 2009 which are inserted in a nicely illustrated
Folder. The price is DKK 376.25 corresponding to the total face
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Contemporary G
By Henrik Pötzsch
Much has happened since the first modern Greenlandic artists were noticed abroad. It happened
at the beginning of the last century. The naive, romantic landscape painting has almost
disappeared. Images with kayakers on walrus hunting expeditions and sailing ships coming into
port have disappeared in favour of themes, which revolve around identity and environmental
preservation, all whilst the aesthetic expression is undergoing a process in which new materials
and new techniques continue to be investigated.
Greenlandic artists of today now visualise just as well as the artists from other countries, not
only gaining inspiration in their own country but also from the metropoles of Europe and America.
Art has become a global affair
Two young female Greenlandic artists and an established male artist, represent this part of
POST Greenland’s art issue – Contemporary Art IV.
The three Greenlandic artists contributing to this art issue, use Greenlandic nature as a starting
point which is represented by a polar bear, three birds and a pulsing sun in a blue landscape.
It is a nature we live in, take nourishment from and, more than ever, have to deal with in a global
perspective.
None of the artists are pure naturalists. The influences are diverse and, magically, the artists
are able to set aside the usual visual concept. Is one image a duck with leopard spotted wings on
transparent ice? And the other two depict a polar bear in an abstract space looking into another
room and a landscape is dissolved, becoming ornamental and colourful in itself.
The three stamps are issued in normal sheets and as a souvenir folder. The souvenir folder
contains of course the three artists’ stamps and a brief description of each artist.
Maria Panínguak’ Kjærulff:
Landscape
Bolatta Silis-Høegh:
Qisunnguaq
Miki Jacobsen:
Kivioq
01303044
Contemporary Art IV
Souvenir Folder
Value: 64.00
Date of issue: 18th January 2010
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eenlandic Art IV
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Maria
Panínguak’
Kjærulff
Maria Panínguak‘ Kjærulff was born in 1980;
her art is created reflecting on modern Greenland.
Her designs reflect, often despite inputs of realism,
her inner states of mind and, therefore, express a
naturalistic genre. This expressionalism also can be
seen with the polar bear standing on a too small
block of ice - showing concern about the global
climate changes - which is clearly noted by us who
live close to the Arctic. A concern the artist shares
with the polar bear.
About the stamp:
A polar bear on a small block of ice in a dark room.
The brush strokes are roughly arranged using a
loose hand. The polar bear has a correct anatomical
shape, but becomes subordinate to the artist’s
desire to express herself.
A yellow and green light shines through a
wide open hatch. The polar bear gazes towards an
unknown destination on the other side of the square
opening where snowy icebergs are glistening.
01100436
Contemporary Art IV 1/3
Value: 6.50
Date of issue: 18th January 2010
20 stamps per sheet
Size: E - horizontal
Artist: Maria Panínguak ‘Kjærulff
Outer measurements: 50mm x 43.50mm
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: Sopal
Miki
Jacobsen
Miki Jacobsen was born in 1965. His art is often
characterised with a powerful expression that
takes the spectator back deep into Greenland’s cultural
history. He is able to follow the mythical track
and give it new life in his art, thus bridging the
gap between past and present. The importance of
the Greenlandic cultural heritage is transmitted by
the artist to his art; his works often has a special
aura of monumental timelessness. Meanwhile, his
work is of particular importance for the Inuit selfunderstanding
since Miki Jacobsen in his art raises
the question: Where do we come from and who
are we?
About the stamp:
A golden sun radiates energy. A spiral movement
of heat or shoals of fish in an otherwise cold room.
Where there is light there is life. In its form both
colouristically and ornamental.
01100437
Contemporary Art IV 2/3
Value: 7.50
Date of issue: 18th January 2010
Artist: Miki Jacobsen
Bolatta
Silis-Høegh
Bolatta Silis-Høegh was born in 1981. She was
educated at The Jutland Academy of Fine Arts, Aarhus.
One of the young artist’s themes is identity confusion,
the meeting between cultures, globalisation
and global warming, torn between outside cultural
influences (e.g. Americanisation) on the one hand
and an almost a national romantic quest for the
indigenous Greenlandic Culture on the other hand.
Bolatta put her thoughts into words on this occasion:
“Great identity-less concrete buildings are springing
up everywhere; an otherwise impressive cultural centre
will become a big cinema with a cafeteria, which
serves coca cola in plastic mugs; the cosy bakery is
replaced by charm-abandoned supermarkets - it feels
like people have forgotten aesthetics and this is out
of place in our beautiful country.”
About the stamp:
Three well-fed Greenland razorbills lie side by side.
The two feathery bellies are purple and blue. The bird
in the middle has leopard-patterned wings. “They
have sought away from their own culture and received
inspiration from outside and now have new
colours,” Bolatta explains about the image on the
stamp and continues, “it is also how I look at a lot
of modern Greenlandic art. We have for a long time
concerned ourselves with our original culture; we are
now “safe” with it and know where we come from,
so now we can be inspired from other mediums and
cultures.”
The strong and dark colours in the background
leading up to a brighter centre add depth and a certain
graphic effect to the stamp.
01100438
Contemporary Art IV 3/3
Value: 50.00
Date of issue:
18th January 2010
Artist: Bolatta Silis-Høegh

EUROPA-stamps 2010
This year’s theme for PostEurop’s EUROPAstamps
is children’s books. Books for
children hold great pleasure both to write
and read. Often the books reach far beyond
national borders through their rich
imagery and they delight children and
adults worldwide.
The artist who created POST Greenland’s
two EUROPA-stamps this year, Julie Edel
Hardenberg, is also a children’s books’
author and she well understands the sort
of artwork that captures children’s interest
in a world where imagination and senses
can reign free.
The magic of children’s books
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
By: Julie Edel Hardenberg
The two stamps are inspired
by moments in which I
have experienced how my
own and other children immerse
themselves into the
manifold universe of books.
There is nothing better than to sit and watch ones
child gripped by a book and how you, as parents,
through their facial expressions can read the variations
of both large and small impressions. I even
remember how as a child, I could sit for hours, captivated
by the illustrations and the stories, wherever
I could get to it. I forgot the time and place and
disappeared into my own universe where only the
book and I were present.
I remember the books that made a big impression
on me as a child and I still experience joy when
I am reunited with a book that I became acquainted
with as a child. Even today, I love looking at
children’s books especially the illustrations in narrative
form. When I buy books for children, it is
usually as much a pleasure for me as it is for the
children. Today our children read a lot of books that
they, themselves when they made their own family,
will be able to take with them.
Children’s Books
01100439
EUROPA 2010 1/2 - Children’s Books
Value: DKK 8.50
Date of issue: 18th January 2010
50 stamps per sheet
Format: B - horizontal
Artist: Julie Edel Hardenberg
Outer measurements:
20.10mm x 27.90mm
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: Sopal
01100440
EUROPA 2010 2/2 - Children’s Books
Value: DKK 9.50
Date of issue: 18th January 2010
50 stamps per sheet
Meeqqanut atuakkat Format: B - horizontal
Artist: Julie Edel Hardenberg
Outer measurements:
Børnebøger
Dette års tema for EUROPA-frimærker i PostEurop er Børne-
20.10mm x 27.90mm
bøger. Bøger til børn rummer stor glæde både at forfatte og annerpaamik
læse. Og ofte rækker bøgerne i kraft af deres rige billedmateriale
langt ud over nationale grænser og fornøjer børn og
Typography: voksne i hele verden. Dorit Olsen
Kunstneren bag POST Greenlands to EUROPA-frimærker i år,
Julie Edel Hardenberg, er selv børnebogsforfatter og ved om
Printing nogen, hvilke illustrationer der Method: fanger børns interesse i en Offset
verden, hvor fantasi og sanser kan få frit løb.
** Taakkununnga ilaallutik / Herunder Canada
Paper: Sopal
/
Ukioq manna PostEurop-imit EUROPA-frimærkinut qulequtaritinneqarpoq Meeqqanut atuakkat. Meeqqanut
atuakkiorneq atuarnerlu nuannaarnerujussuarmik pilersitsisarpoq. Assiliartaqarluariarlutillu nunagisap killeqarfii
qaangerujussuarlugit meeqqanik inersimasunillu nunarsuarmi tamarmi nuannaartitsisarput.
Ukioq manna POST Greenlandip EUROPA-frimærkiinik marlunnik suliarinnittuusoq Julie Edel Hardenberg meeqqanut
atuakkiortartuuvoq, taassumalu nalunngilluinnarpaa takorluukkat silarsuaanni misigissutsillu qanorsuaq
aniatinneqarfigisinnaasaanni assiliartaliussat suut meeqqanik soqutiginnitsitsilersarnersut.
Nassiussat akii • Allakkat
Posttakster • Breve
Oqimaassuseq Kal. Nun. Europa* Nunat allat**
Vægt højst Grønland Europa* Øvr. udland**
20 g 7,0 0 8,50 9,50
100 g 12,50 16,50 35,00
250 g 23,50 32,00 80,00
500 g 44,00 61,00 137,0 0
1.000 g 70,00 90,00 175,00
2.000 g 133,50 133,50 245,00
* Taakkununnga ilaallutik Herunder Danmark, Island og Færøerne
01107439
Mini sheet
EUROPA 2010 1/2 -
Children’s Books
Value: DKK 68.00
Date of issue:
18th January 2010
01107440
Mini sheet
EUROPA 2010 2/2 -
Children’s Books
Value: DKK 76.00
Date of issue:
18th January 2010
Kalaallit Nunaat
Grønland
Frimærkinut mappersagaq nr. 18
Frimærkehæfte nr. 18
DKK 108,00
europahaefte_no18.indd 1 04/06/09 12:54:10
01301218
Stamp Booklet No. 18
EUROPA 2010 - Children’s Books
Value DKK: 108.00
Date of issue: 18th January 2010
Paper: Avery 96 g/s2000 glue/130g
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Air Greenland is celebrating
the first 50 years!
By: Jesper Kunuk Egede, Corporate PR Manager
During its lifetime, Air Greenland has facilitated in transporting people
around Greenland and, in 2010, it is celebrating its 50 anniversary since the
company first operated aircraft in Greenland. The jubilee year commences
on 18th January 2010 when POST Greenland will issue a commemorative
postage stamp and Air Greenland will, at the same time, launch its commemorative
website www.airgreenland.gl this will be followed up with celebrations
around the coast during the jubilee year, and of course, aboard the
aircraft.
Grønlandsfly, (Air Greenland) as the company was previously
called, was created against a tragic background, namely
the sinking of the ship Hans Hedtoft south of Cape Farewell
in 1959. It became evident that an ice recognisance service
01100442
Air Greenland 50th anniversary
Value: DKK 16.50
Date of issue: 18th January 2010
40 stamps per sheet
Size: F - Vertical
Artist: Ina Rosing
Outer measurements:
33.44mm x 28.84mm
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Printing method: Offset
Paper: Sopal
was necessary to avoid further clashes with giant icebergs.
During the 1960s Grønlandsfly, (Air Greenland) established
the world’s largest civilian helicopter service but it was an
expensive solution and, in the late 1970s and 1980s, the
Dash 7 airplanes were introduced as more airports were
constructed in Greenland. Later, the Atlantic routes followed
and, together with TELE-POST Greenland, the company has
been the backbone of the modernisation of the Greenlandic
society.
Air Greenland is now facing new challenges because of
new competitors but, fortunately, the company is also facing
huge opportunities because of the ever-increasing mineral
exploration in Greenland and a greater interest from
tourists.

Photo: Pertti Frandsen
“Frimærkeforum 2009” in Roskilde.
by: Finn Ib Larsen
This year’s stamp exhibition, “Frimærkeforum
2009” was held in Roskilde, the city of the kings.
It was great, once again, to see so many happy
people who turned up when the exhibition was
opened on Friday 6th November at 10 o’clock
by the city’s mayor and the postal orchestra. During
the weekend the number of visitors reached
a total of 3,771 philatelists and other curious
visitors.
At POST Greenland’s fair booth there was
again this year a lively flow of happy people, who
came both to trade Greenlandic stamps and to
greet our Greenlandic artists, Naja Abelsen, Nuka
K. Godtfredsen and Ina Rosing as well as the Norwegian
engraver Martin Mörck and also Bertil
Skov Jørgensen, who told of their exciting work
in designing Greenlandic stamps.
GREENLAND COLLECTOR
During the fair Philatelic Manager, Pertti Frandsen,
also revealed POST Greenland’s 2010 stamp
programme, which again has many exciting and
beautiful stamps.
At POST Greenland’s
fair booth it
was this year possible
to vote on which
stamp should have
the title ”Stamp of
the year through 10
years”. It was G384,
Jens Rosing’s dog team, who won this fine title.
Amongst those who had voted, a draw was held
with the prize of a very nice East Greenlandic drum.
The lucky winner was Arne Hansen from Roskilde.
Greenlandic stamps - a big success at ITALIA 2009
By: Pertti Frandsen
For the first time in three years, POST Greenland participated
in a stamp show and exhibition in southern
Europe. It happened at the ”Festival Internazionale
della Filatelia”, held in Rome from 21st to 25th of October.
It was very well attended and we have to go
back several years to match the turnout of this year. A
total of 65,000 visitors streamed through the gates within
those five days, where everything evolved around
stamps and general philatelic matters.
The majority of the fair guests were obviously Italians.
But ’The Eternal City’ had also attracted thousands
of collectors from all corners of the world, as well
as dealers and postal administrations from all over the
world. Poste Italiane could thus, in collaboration with
the Italian collectors in FSFI, the Italian traders of AFIP
and Italian philately press USFI, witness a success at the
Palazzo dei Congressi in the suburb of Lazio, where the
exhibition grounds are so beautifully situated.
POST Greenland participated in the exhibition together
with 14 other postal administrations, where we
had joined forces with the other Nordic postal admini-
strations that, with one exception, all took part in the
fair. It was a great joy and a pleasure to welcome our
many predominantly Italian collectors, who all share a
great love of the Arctic and Greenland. The focus was
mainly on our recent Greenlandic issues, including our
SEPAC-stamp G428 with Greenland’s ”national flower”
Niviarsiaq, the new stamp G433 with Otto Nordenskjöld
from our popular expedition series and G429
the 100th anniversary stamp of the mission station at
Thule. Moreover, our new product, a Greenlandic fair
card was highly sort after.
The intense activity and delightful ambience of both
the fair and the exhibition halls contributed to the five
exhibition days just flying away. From POST Greenland’s
point of view we would like to say “thank you very
much for the warm welcome and a hearty welcome to
all our new subscribers who took up our good exhibition
offer in Rome”.
Grazie mille!
Ciao!
Read more on www.italia2009.it
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Photo: Steen Olsson

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The Additional Value stamp price in 2010
goes to the theatre group - SILAMIUT
In 2009 the Greenlandic theatre group Silamiut will
celebrate their 25th anniversary.
Greenlandic stage art is as important as other art
forms essential to our society’s self-understanding.
A number of Greenlandic actors are and have been
part of Silamiut. The actress who is best known
outside of Greenland is Nukâka Coster-Waldau.
She is the wife of the Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-
Waldau. But also names such as Bendo Schmidt,
Naja Rosing Olsen, Agga Olsen Dam, Anda Kristiansen,
Qisunnguaq Alaufsen and the musician
Rasmus Lyberth have been deeply involved both on
and off the stage.
Silamiut is today a purely project theatre. There
are no permanent technicians or actors. Project
support is sought from various foundations, relevant
to each project.
Read more at www.silamiut.gl
01100441
Additional Value 2010
Silamiut 25 years
Value: DKK 7.00 + DKK 0.50
Date of issue: 18th January 2010
40 stamps per sheet
Format: G - horizontal
Outer measurements:
40mm x 28.50mm
Printing Method: Offset
Artist: Bolatta Silis-Høegh
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Paper: Sopal
By: Svenn B. Syrin
In the summer of 1984 some former students from
Tukkaq theatre met and established Silamiut Theatre.
Silamiut’s first Theatre Manager was Simon
”Mooqqu” Løvstrøm.
Since 1985, Silamiut Theatre has been receiving
funds from the Government of Greenland.
From 2007, the Silamiut Theatre has signed an annual
service agreement with the Government of
Greenland which requires the theatre to produce
and perform four performances annually, including
at least two targeted to children. The contribution
from the Government of Greenland for 2009 is DKK
1,700,000.
Silamiut theatre is a theatre project with a
permanent staff consisting of a Theatre Manager,
Office Manager, PR/Marketing employee and one
stage hand, whom together generate three FTE
(Full-Time Employees).
Silamiut´s production costs are sought from
various foundations and endowments and complemented
with operational support from the
Government of Greenland. Silamiut Theatre has, in
collaboration with the Department for Culture, etc.
and the Greenlandic Actor Organization KAISKA,
drafted a bill on Greenlandic Theatres which were
granted Naalakkersuisut (Government of Greenland)
in early 2009. This bill aims to transform Silamiut
Theatre into Greenland’s National Theatre with a solid
actor staff and also an actor school for students.
Silamiut Theatre is both a stationary and a travelling
theatre. The theatre has a history of touring in Europe,
Australia, Canada and Alaska... Silamiut Theatre
has produced several music CDs and DVDs.
In recent years, Silamiut Theatre’s repertoire has
changed as the theatre has become more aware of
the surrounding world but it retains its roots in the
Greenlandic culture. Henrik Ibsen’s ”Terje Vigen”
theme is reconciliation. William Shakespeare’s ”Macbeth”
theme is that power can corrupt. Silamiut Theatre
has not given up hope that, one day, it will also
perform the play “Jeppe på bjerget” by Ludvig Holberg
in their own version: ”Jeppe the Greenlander.”
01106441
Souvenir Sheet, Additional Value
2010
Silamiut 25 years
Value: DKK 30.00
Date of issue:
18th January 2010
Svenn Bernhard Syrin
Born in Halden, Norway 1948
Actor trained at the National Theatre School, Oslo 1974
He is a member of the organisation Danish
Dramatists and the Norwegian Actors Association.
Theatre Manager at Silamiut Theatre since 2005.

News from POST Greenland
NEW:
Fair Cards
On 9th April 2010 POST Greenland presents a new
product: Fair Cards.
The fair cards are stamped on the front with the
special commemorative stamp and date stamp produced
for the fair/ exhibition.
Post Greenland will present our beautiful fair cards
for the first time in Belgium at ANTWERPIA 2010,
held from 9th to 12th of April, Unit price: Fair Card is
DKK 10.00.
It is possible to subscribe to the fair cards. POST
Greenland expects to issue 6 to 7 fair cards each year.
Read more at www.stamps.gl and in Greenland Collector,
No. 2 March 2010.
Correction of factual mistakes in the article ”Deep Sea
Animal” published in Greenland Collector No. 3 2009
1. ”The sea devil.” It is not correct to use the name ”sea devil” to
describe the fish on the stamp, which is actually a deep sea toadfish,
in Danish called “Reinhardts fakkelangler”. The sea devil is a
different species, (Lophius piscatorius), which lives in shallow waters
and which does not produce light.
Although it belongs to the same order of fish as the deep sea
toadfish, it will probably confuse many readers that the fish on the
stamp is referred to as “sea devil”.
2. It is not thought that there are more than 200 actual sea devil
fish remaining in the world. It is known that there are about 25 real
sea devils fish and more than 300 species in the sea devil order.
3. The deep sea toadfish is not found in the waters of the Artic
and Antarctica. Nearby to Greenland they are only caught in the
“warm waters” of the Atlantic, south of the submerged ridges between
Canada, Greenland and Iceland. They are never caught in waters
around the poles. The same applies to the entire sea devil order.
4. There is not much difference between the sexes for the sea
devils. But there is with the deep sea toadfish.
New prices for letters. From: 18th January 2010
(former prices are in italics)
Letters - Air Post (A Prioritaire) - New prices (old prices in italics)
Max. weight Greenland Europe Outside Europe
20 g. DKK 6,25 / 7,00 DKK 8,00 / 8,50 DKK 9,00 / 9,50
100 g. DKK 11,50 / 12,50 DKK 15,50 / 16,50 DKK 33,00 / 35,00
250 g. DKK 22,00 / 23,50 DKK 30,00 / 32,00 DKK 75,00 / 80,00
500 g. DKK 41,50 / 44,00 DKK 57,50 / 61,00 DKK 129,00 / 137,00
1000 g. DKK 66,00 / 70,00 DKK 94,50 / 90,00 DKK 180,00 / 175,00
2000 g. DKK 102,75 / 96,00 DKK 179,00 / 133,50 DKK 300,00 / 245,00
Letters - Air Post (A Prioritaire) - New prices (old prices in italics)
Max. weight Greenland Europe Outside Europe
20 g. DKK 6,00 / 6,50 DKK 7,00 / 7,50 DKK 8,00 / 8,50
100 g. DKK 9,00 / 9,50 DKK 11,50 / 12,50 DKK 18,00 / 19,00
250 g. DKK 15,25 / 16,50 DKK 23,50 / 25,00 DKK 48,00 / 51,00
500 g. DKK 25,00 / 26,50 DKK 39,00 / 41,50 DKK 95,00 / 101,00
1000 g. DKK 45,00 / 47,50 DKK 65,00 / 62,00 DKK 165,00 / 161,00
2000 g. DKK 56,00 / 52,00 DKK 85,00 / 74,00 DKK 285,00 / 229,00
Read in the next issue
l NORDEN stamps 2010: Scenes at the coast
l Sales figures from 30.11.2009 and the final sales at. 31.04.2010
l International Women’s Day 100th anniversary
l Erfalasorput (the Greenlandic flag) 25th anniversary
l Queen Margrethe II – 70th Birthday
l Greenland comics II
GREENLAND COLLECTOR 10

Worth knowing
Please send your orders / amendments to:
POST Greenland, Filatelia
P. O. Box 121, 3913 Tasiilaq, GREENLAND
Phone: (0045) 70 26 05 50 and (00299) 98 11 55
Fax: (00299) 98 14 32
Email: stamps@tele.gl
Any change in name, address and/or subscription
must be received by POST Greenland, Filatelia, no
later than 5 weeks prior to a stamp issue. Kindly
always state you account number, when you
contact us.
NOTE
Please do not write your order on a giro transfer form as
these are processed electronically.
How to pay
On the payment form – please make sure you always state
your name and your customer number. Your payments can
be made by giro to one of the accounts mentioned below,
by credit card, by international reply coupon or by cash
in Danish Kroner, Euro or US Dollars only. It is no longer
possible to pay by cheque.
GIRO BANK TRANSFER
Denmark: Danske Bank, Holmens Kanal 2-12, 1092
København K. Konto 9541 - 940 4120.
IBAN: DK98 30000009404120, BIC (SWIFT code):
DABADKKK
5 pct. Danish VAT for all customers in Denmark: On all
stamp deliveries sent to Denmark exceeding DKK 79.99 a
Danish VAT of 5% has been added. This is a special service
to our customers residing in Denmark so that you will not
be taxed for the imported stamps and philatelic items.
Sweden: Postgirot Bank AB (publ), Vasagatan 7, 105 06
Stockholm. Account No.: 41 45-9.
IBAN: SE9795000099602600041459, BIC (SWIFT code):
NDEASESS
Norway: Postbanken, Kunderegister Bedrift, 0021 Oslo.
Account No. 7878.06.55312
IBAN: NO44 78780655312, BIC (SWIFT code): DNBANOKK
Finland: SAMPO BANK, UNIONINKATU 22, 00075,
SAMPO. Account No.: 800016-70617928.
IBAN: Fi2580001670617928, BIC (SWIFT code): PSPBFiHH
11
The Netherlands: ING Group N.V. Account No.:
3487172.
IBAN: NL92 PSTB 0003 4871 72, BIC (SWIFT code):
PSTBNL21
Switzerland: Postscheckamt, Office de cheques postaux,
Ufficio dei conti correnti postali, 4040 Basel.
Account No.: 40-6773-5.
IBAN: CH37 0900 0000 4000 6773 5, BIC (SWIFT code):
POFiCHBE
Germany: Postbank, Niederlassung Hamburg, Überseering
26, 22297 Hamburg. Account No.: 541414200 BLZ
200 100 20.
IBAN: DE03 2001 0020 0541 414200, BIC (SWIFT code):
PBNKDEFF
United Kingdom: Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank
plc., Bridle Road, Bootle, Merseyside,
Liverpool GIR 0AA. Account No.: 358 7118.
IBAN: GB69GIRB72000003587118
Luxembourg: Postes et Telecommunications, Division des
Postes, Service des Cheques Postaux, Secretariat, 38 Place
de la Gare, 1090 Luxembourg. Account No.: 26606-28.
IBAN: LU18 1111 0266 0628 0000, BIC (SWIFT code):
CCPLLULL
France: La Poste, Centre Régional des Services Financiers,
de la Poste en ile-de-France, 16 rue des Favorites, 75900
Paris. Account No.: 250.01 F020.
IBAN: FR51 3004 1000 0100 2500 1 F02 022, BIC (SWIFT
code): PSSTFRPPPAR
Credit cards:
Eurocard/MasterCard, JCB, VISA, Dankort. We kindly ask
you to use the order form!
If you are enrolled in our service with automatic payment
by credit card direct debit, please always keep us informed
promptly when the date of the card changes, e.g. with a
new expiry date.
Cash:
Danish kroner (DKK), euro (EUR) or US dollar (USD) only –
to be sent by registered mail.
Postal order IRC (IBRS):
International reply coupons: Value DKK 8.00 each.
One-year deadline for complaints
Any complaint concerning stamps or philatelic items
purchased from POST Greenland must reach POST Greenland,
Filatelia, no later than one year from the last day of
the month in which the items were despatched. The date
of the postmark, or possibly the invoice, indicates the date
of despatch.
Fees for registered letters and parcels despatched
from Greenland
The fee for registered letters within Greenland or to
Europe (including Denmark and the Faroes) is DKK 56.00.
E.g.: Postage for a registered letter stamped with DKK
7.50 (max. 20 g.) amounts to a total of DKK 63.50. For the
surcharge of mail to overseas countries, see: www.post.gl.
Net payment within 30 days
Payment of our invoices is to be made within 30 days from
the date of the invoice.
Please note that the registration of your payments will take
approximately two weeks or more. Therefore, you may
receive an invoice with a balance which does not include
your recent payments.
Exchange of stamps
POST Greenland, Filatelia, exchanges only unused stamps
(stamps no longer on our sales list) into new stamps
(stamps on our sales list) at the customer’s choice. No
more than 3 exchanges free of charge at maximum DKK
100.00 each, per customer, per year are permitted. When
exceeding a total of 3 x DKK 100.00, POST Greenland,
Filatelia will charge a fee of 45% of the nominal value. The
fee of 45% must always be paid in cash and is not payable
by other stamps. The maximum annual value of unused
stamps for exchange per customer must not exceed DKK
50,000 in nominal value.
For further information, please contact
POST Greenland, Filatelia.
All information on prices, fees etc.
is subject to printer’s errors.
Publisher: POST Greenland Editors: Tina Vestergaard, Finn Ib Larsen, Henrik Pötzsch, Peder Friis Sørensen. Chief Editor: Pertti Frandsen. Layout & Printing: HellasGrafisk A/S Cover Photo: Olivier Gilg
We are the people you reach,
whenever you write, fax,
e-mail or telephone POST
Greenland, Filatelia. We
look forward to offering our
continued assistance with
your philatelic enquiries.
Søren Sand
Kristensen
Head Clerk
Danish, English,
German
Lotte Kristiansen
Junior Clerk
Greenlandic,
Danish
Kristian
”Karé” Pivat
Senior Clerk
Greenlandic,
Danish
Peder Friis
Sørensen
Sales Assistant
Danish, English,
German
Henrik Pötzsch
Sales Assistant
Danish, English,
German
Tina Vestergaard
Customer Service
Manager
Danish, English,
German
Finn Ib Larsen
Administration
and Logistics
Manager
Danish, English
Pertti Frandsen
Philatelic
Manager
Danish, English,
German

Juullimi
ukiortaassamilu
pilluaritsi
POST Greenland wish all our loyal collectors, readers and partners
a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We look forward to helping you in 2010!
POSTCARD CALENDAR 2010
12 beautiful images of Greenland
as a practical calendar.
Can also be used as postcards!
Item No. 01900430
Price: DKK 75.00
Large Calendar 2010
Item No. 01900431
Price: 125.00
Handling fee as of 18 th January 2010
In line with other postal administrations, POST Greenland introduces a handling fee per processed order.
Subscription deliveries will be charged a handling fee of DKK 10.00.
Other order deliveries, e.g. all orders received by phone, fax, email or letter, will be charged a handling fee of DKK
15.00.
These fees will come into effect by 18th January 2010, i.e. the subscription deliveries and other orders processed as
of 18th January 2010.
Note: Online orders placed through our website www.stamps.gl will remain FREE of charge.
Description/Subscription codes with themes
If you take out a subscription to a product with a theme, then remember to attach a theme
from the list below to the subscription creation
100 Single stamps with theme
101 Blocks of four with theme Blocks of four like connected stamps.
102 Half sheets with theme The number of stamps per half sheet varies,
e.g. 50, 25, 20 or 10 pcs.
103 Whole sheets with theme The number of stamps per whole sheet varies,
e.g. 100, 50, 40 or 20 pcs.
104 Upper marginals with theme Upper marginal blocks of four.
105 Lower marginals with theme Lower marginal blocks of four.
106 Souvenir sheets with theme Including 1 to 6 stamps of an issue or a series.
107 Mini sheets with theme Including 8 like stamps
201 FDC/1 with theme First day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled.
202 FDC/4 with theme First day covers franked with a block of four, cancelled.
203 FDC/Series with theme First day covers franked with one of each
stamp of a series, cancelled.
204 FDC/Souvenir First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled.
sheets with theme
301 Stamp Booklets with theme Booklets containing two blocks of 4 to 6 stamps each.
303 Souvenir Folders with theme Complete series of stamps inserted in an illustrated folder.
401 Maxicards with theme Postcards pertaining to the stamp design franked and
cancelled with a first day cancellation on the picture side.
402 Postcards with theme Ordinary postcards pertaining to philately. Note: Same
design as maxicard.
Themes Theme Id
1 · Europa · 2 Royal · 3 Transportation · 4 Nature · 5 Science · 6 Art · 7 Anniversary / Event · 8 Intaglio
Description/Subscription codes for sets
610 Single stamps in set
611 Blocks of four in set Blocks of four like connected stamps.
612 Half sheets in set The number of stamps per half sheet varies,
e.g. 50, 25, 20 or 10 pcs.
613 Whole sheets in set The number of stamps per whole sheet varies,
e.g. 100, 50, 40 or 20 pcs.
614 Upper marginals in set Upper marginal blocks of four.
615 Lower marginals in set Lower marginal blocks of four.
616 Souvenir sheets in set Including 1 to 6 stamps of an issue or a series.
617 Mini sheets in set Including 8 like stamps
621 FDC/1 in set First day covers franked with one stamp, cancelled.
622 FDC/4 in set First day covers franked with a block of four, cancelled.
623 FDC/Series in set First day covers franked with one of each stamp of a
series, cancelled.
624 FDC/Souvenir sheets in set First day covers franked with a souvenir sheet, cancelled.
205 FDC/1 Year Set A whole year’s FDC/1 in a transparent plastic cover.
631 Stamp Booklets in set Booklets containing two blocks of 4 to 6 stamps each.
633 Souvenir Folders in set Complete series of stamps inserted in an illustrated
folder.
641 Maxicards in set Postcards pertaining to the stamp design franked and
cancelled with a first day cancellation on the picture side.
642 Postcards in set Ordinary postcards pertaining to philately. Note: Same
design as maxicard.
304 Year Pack A whole year’s issue of stamps plus souvenir sheets
inserted in an illustrated folder. Note: Stamp booklets
not included.
520 DAVO pages Extra pages „GREENLAND” with mounts, for DAVO
luxury albums.
Key to variants
0 Mint (i.e. uncancelled) stamps, blocks of four, etc.
1 Stamps, etc., cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date, mounted on cardboard.
2 Stamps, etc., cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date.
3 Stamps, etc., cancelled with first day cancellation. mounted on cardboard.
4 Stamps, etc., cancelled with first day cancellation.
5 Stamps, etc., centre cancelled with ordinary day cancellation on issue date.
6 Stamps, etc., centre cancelled with first day cancellation.
POST Greenland · Filatelia · Phone.: (0045) 7026 0550 · Fax: (00299) 98 14 32 · stamps@tele.gl · www.stamps.gl