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Wednesday, November 22

Sepac 2024

Europe - Sepac
Sepac 2024
"Main tourist attraction"

 

08.05.2024 Åland - 1 stamp (Europa value)
26.05.2024 Greenland - 1 stamp
27.05.2024 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp

03.06.2024 Liechtenstein
??.06.2024
Gibraltar

25.07.2024 Guernsey

10.09.2024 Luxembourg

Isle of Man

Jersey 

Malta 

Monaco

Vatican

Saturday, August 26

Sepac folder 2023

Europe - Sepac

"Traditional markets 14", this special folder contains the 9 Sepac stamps issued in 2023.


This folder will be on sale by any of the Sepac countries philatelic offices !



Sepac 2023

Europe - Sepac
Sepac 2023
"Traditional markets"

 

21.03.2023 Jersey - 1 stamp (0.98 GPB) - out of a set of 6 stamps

30.05.2023 Greenland - 1 stamp (23.- DKK)

05.06.2023 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.80 CHF)

03.07.2023 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.80 €)
19.07.2023 Guernsey - 1 stamp (2.42 GBP) - out of a set of 4 stamps
27.07.2023 Åland - 1 stamp (lokalpost value)

08.08.2023
Malta - 1 stamp (1.50 €) - out of a set of 2 stamps
11.08.2023
Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (31.- DKK) 

12.09.2023 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (1.40 €)

no issue
Gibraltar
no issue Isle of Man
no issue Vatican

Friday, August 11

Faroe Islands - Sepac 2023

Faroe Islands - Sepac

Date of Issue: 11th August 2023

one stamp (31.- DKK)


Sunday, April 30

Faroe Islands 2023

Faroe Islands

Date of Issue: 9th May 2023

one stamp (31.- DKK)

this stamp is also issued in a booklet of 6 stamps - NOTE the stamps from the booklet are self-adhesive


 

Wednesday, September 14

Sepac 2022

Europe - Sepac
Sepac 2022
"Local beverages"

16.05.2022 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (29.- DKK)
24.05.2022 Jersey - 1 stamp (0.91 GB) out of set of 6 stamps
31.05.2022
Greenland - 1 stamp (20.- DKK)

07.06.2022 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.80 CHF)
14.06.2022 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.65 €)
22.06.2022 Guernsey - 1 stamp (1.10 GBP) out of a set of 4 stamps

06.09.2022 Åland - 1 stamp (1.90 €)
13.09.2022 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (E50g value)
13.09.2022 Malta  - 1 stamp (0.37 €) out of a set of 4 stamps

no issue Gibraltar
no issue Isle of Man
no issue Vatican

Wednesday, September 7

Sepac folder 2022

Europe - Sepac

"Local beverages 13", this special folder contains the 9 Sepac stamps issued in 2022.


This folder will be on sale by any of the Sepac countries philatelic offices !


Saturday, May 14

Faroe Islands - Sepac 2022

Faroe Islands - Sepac

Date of Issue: 16th May 2022

one stamp (29.- DKK)


 

Friday, February 11

Faroe Islands 2022

Faroe Islands

Date of Issue: 16th May 2022

two stamps (19.- & 29.- DKK)


both stamps are also issued in a booklet of 6 stamps (3x 19.- DKK & 3x 29. DKK) - NOTE the stamps from the booklet are self-adhesive


Floating islands
In many island cultures we find legends of so-called floating islands - islands that have mysteriously drifted in from the sea, disappeared again, or run aground and conjoined with other islands, often as a result of witchcraft or similar phantasmic happenings.

The Faroe Islands are no exception in this regard. Most of our smallest islands have some form of floating island legends. In his work from 1673 ”FAROÆ ET FÆROA RESERATA” the priest Lucas Debes describes this phenomenon and attributes it to icebergs drifting past the islands, or a Satanic veiling of the superstitious population. A century later, in 1781-82, Jens Christian Svabo, a man of the Enlightenment, rejected Debes’ theories and attributes the phenomenon to rocklike clouds drifting on the horizon or even ”pollamjørki”, the Faroese term for heavy drifting sea-mist.

And there is little doubt that Svabo’s assumption was correct. Anyone who has seen dense sea fogs drift over and alongside these tiny islands, cannot help feeling that the island itself had begun floating over the sea and through the fog. But reality is usually less interesting than a good story, so let us stick to the legendary world’s colourful explanation of nature’s visual illusions - and look at a few examples of islands that have come floating with their mountains and valleys – and even with pigs and giants following in their wake.

Svínoy – Island of pigs
Just as many other islands Svínoy is said to have originally been a floating island. It often appeared in the north, but it was rarely seen because it was usually shrouded in fog. Now we need to tell you the story of how it came to be one of the permanent inhabited islands in the Faroes.

In the village of Viðareiði on Viðoy, a farmer kept a sow but had no boar, a mature male swine. Despite this, the sow became pregnant and had piglets every year. People were astounded and one could explain how this could have happened. It was well known that the sow occasionally disappeared from the village, but it was never gone for a long time.

One day the sow was seen running eastwards through the village - over the isthmus - and down towards a small bay called Eiðsvík. One of the women in the village got a hold of it and hastily tied a bundle of keys to its tail. The sow then ran into the sea and swam away from land.

A moment later an island was seen drifting from the south. The villagers quickly manned a boat and rowed to the island. This time it did not disappear from sight and they were able to go ashore. Since the sow had iron keys attached to its tail, it fastened to the seabed and the surrounding fog disappeared like dewdrops in the sun. And there the island has stayed ever since.

Ever since the island has been called Svínoy (Pig Island) because of its multitude of pigs - and it was there that the sow from Viðareiði found its mate.

(From Faroese Anthology by V. U. Hammershaimb, Copenhagen 1891)

Mykines island
Another legend deals with ”risi”, a kind of prehistoric giant or colossus who wanted to live in the Faroe Islands. But the islands he really liked were much too small for him. He therefore decided to join some of the smaller islands together in order to create some wiggle room for himself. First, he found the small island of Koltur and placed it where it is today. Then he headed down to Skúvoy and was about to move it up to Koltur. But people on Skúvoy did not like the idea and asked the giant if he really wanted to live on an island that used to belong to ”Kálvur lítli” (Little Calf). Kálvur lítli was a medieval priest, notorious for his evil and wicked ways. The giant did not quite know - he thought that the island had once belonged to a baby calf - and it would probably be beneath his dignity to live in such a place.

The giant then waded northwards and in the north of the Faroe Islands he finally found a reasonably large island that seemed to fit his fancy. He started pushing it southwards, in the direction of Koltur – and everything went reasonably well. But when he came to the shallow fish banks just west of Vágar, the island ran aground and got stuck. For a whole week he struggled to get the island free from the sandy banks, but it would not move an inch. Eventually, the giant became furious and shouted: ”My life! My death! If I only could dislodge this island, I would sink it into the sea!”

When he finally realized that he would not be able to have the island for himself, he certainly did not want anyone else to settle there. This is how the island of Mykines found its location in the Faroese archipelago – so now we know what happened.

Occasionally, people from Sørvágur can see another island floating in the north. It has high mountains, deep valleys and white foaming waterfalls. When people from Mykines hear this story, it raises their concern. Who knows, perhaps the giant is still roaming around and might want to sink Mykines into the ocean to make room for his own new island?

(Loosely retold: Faroese Anthology by V. U. Hammershaimb, Copenhagen 1891)

Anker Eli Petersen

Friday, August 27

Sepac 2021

Europe - Sepac
Sepac 2021
"Historical maps"



17.02.2021 Jersey - 1 stamp (0.70 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
25.03.2021 Åland - 1 stamp (4.- €)
26.04.2021
Faroe Is. - 1 souvenir-sheet (27.- DKK)
28.05.2021 Malta - 1 stamp (0.50 €) out of a set of 4 stamps
07.06.2021 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.50 CHF)
08.06.2021 Greenland - 1 stamp (19.- DKK)
19.07.2021 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.50 €)
01.09.2021 Guernsey - 1 stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
08.09.2021
Gibraltar - 1 stamp (1.- GBP) out of a set of 5 stamps
14.09.2021 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (1.05 €)

no issue Isle of Man
no issue Vatican

Thursday, August 26

Sepac folder 2021

Europe - Sepac

"Old maps 12", this special folder contains the 10 Sepac stamps issued in 2021.

This folder will be on sale by any of the Sepac countries philatelic offices !

Friday, February 19

Faroe Islands 2021

Faroe Islands

Date of Issue: 26th April 2021

two stamps (17.- & 27.- DKK)


both stamps are also issued in a booklet of 6 stamps (4x 17.- DKK & 2x 27. DKK) - NOTE the stamps from the booklet are self-adhesive


Faroe Islands - Sepac 2021

Faroe Islands - Sepac

Date of Issue: 26th April 2021

one souvenir-sheet (27.- DKK)

 NOTE : the Sepac logo isn't on the stamp.

Sunday, October 11

Norden stamps 2020

Europe - Norden


Norden 2020
 "Mammals"


02.01.2020 Denmark - 5 stamps (5x 10.- DKK)
24.02.2020 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (20.- DKK)
17.04.2020 Norway - 1 stamp (Europa 20g. value = 26.- NOK)
18.05.2020 Greenland - 2 stamps (16.- & 18.- DKK)
03.06.2020 Finland - 2 stamps (2x domestic value = 2x 1.60 €)
05.06.2020 Åland - 1 stamp (1.- €)
29.10.2020 Iceland - 1 stamp (50g til Evrópu value = 250.- ISK)
12.11.2020 Sweden - 1 stamp (Sverige brev value = 11.- SEK) out of a set of 5 stamps NEW

Thursday, June 11

Sepac stamps 2020

Europe - Sepac
Sepac 2020
"Art from the State collection"


12.02.2020 Jersey - 1 stamp (0.80 GBP) out of a set of eight stamps
05.03.2020 Åland - 1 stamp (1.40 €)
16.03.2020 Isle of Man - 1 stamp ("Large" value) out of a set of 10 stamps
27.04.2020 Faroe Is. - 1 stamp (20.- DKK)
18.05.2020 Greenland - 1 stamp (18.- DKK)
02.06.2020 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.50 CHF)
08.06.2020 Malta - 1 stamp (0.50 €) out of a set of 2 stamps
25.06.2020 Monaco - 1 stamp (1.90 €)
21.07.2020 Guernsey - 1 stamp (0.85 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
14.09.2020 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (0.80 €) NEW
29.10.2020 Iceland - 1 stamp (50g til Evrópu value = 250.- ISK)

no issue of Gibraltar this year
no issue of Vatican this year

Tuesday, April 21

Faroe Islands - Sepac 2020

Faroe Islands - Sepac

Date of Issue: 27th April 2020

one stamp (20.- DKK)

Tuesday, March 3

Faroe Islands 2020

Faroe Islands

Date of Issue: 27th April 2020

two stamps (17.- & 20.- DKK)


both stamps are also issued in a booklet of 6 stamps (2 of each) - NOTE the stamps from the booklet are self-adhesive

Friday, November 15

Faroe Islands - Norden 2020

Faroe Islands - Norden

Date of Issue: 20th February 2020

1 stamp (20.- DKK)


this stamp is also issued in a booklet of 6 stamps - NOTE the stamps from the booklet are self-adhesive

Monday, September 23

Sepac stamps 2019

Europe - Sepac
Sepac 2019
"Old residential houses"


25.02.2019 Faroe Islands - 1 stamp (19.- DKK)
07.05.2019 Luxembourg - 1 stamp (1.05 €)
09.05.2019 Åland - 1 stamp (Europa value = 1.50 €) 
11.06.2019 Jersey - 1 stamp (0.80 GBP) out of a set of six stamps
20.06.2019 Monaco - 1 stamp (0.86)
21.06.2019 Greenland - 1 stamp (17.- DKK) 
01.07.2019 Isle of Man - 1 stamp (1.10 GBP) out of a set of six stamps
24.07.2019 Guernsey - 1 stamp issued in a souvenir-sheet of three stamps
30.07.2019 Malta - 1 stamp (0.59 €) out of a set of four stamps
02.09.2019 Liechtenstein - 1 stamp (1.50 CHF)
12.09.2019 Iceland - 1 stamp (50g to Europe = 225 ISK)

no issue Gibraltar 
no issue Vatican

Monday, January 21

Faroe Islands - Sepac 2019

Faroe Islands - Sepac

Date of Issue: 25th February 2019

one stamp (19.- DKK)

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