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Item No. Vørunavn Eind Mynd Prísur v/MVG
Date of issue: 30.01.1975. Value: 5, 10, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 120, 200, 250, 300, 350, 450 og 500 oyru. Number: Ø 001-014. Engraving: Cz. Slania.

Definitives - Set of mint

The first Faroese stamps were issued in January 1975.

Issue Date: 1/30/1975
Item No.: PPA300175
Value: 25,35


On the 30th January, 1975, the Post and Telegraph Office issued 14 different definitives for use in the Faroe Islands.

5, 50 and 90 öre: Map of the Faroe Islands from the book "Færoæ et Færoa reserata" (1673) by Lucas Jacobsøn Debes. Engraving by Cz. Slania.
10, 60, 80 and 120 öre: Section of a map of the North from 1573 by Abraham Ortelius. Engraving by Cz. Slania.
70 and 200 öre: The west side of Sandoy from a photograph by Ásmundur Poulsen. Engraving by Cz. Slania.
250 and 300 öreStreymoy and Vágar  from a photograph by Ásmundur Poulsen. Engraving by Cz. Slania.
350 öre: Viðoy and Svínoy from a painting by Eyvindur Mohr.
450 öre: Nes in Suðuroy from a painting by Ruth Smith.
500 öreHvítanes and Skálafjørður from a painting by S. Joensen-Mikines.

The figures and letters on the stamps are designed by Lydia Laksafoss. The engraving of the stamps is made in steel engraving by Czeslaw Slania.
The stamps in the denominations up to 300 öre are printed by the Stamp Printing Office of the Post and Telegraph Office in steel plate printing on ordinary stamps paper. The stamps in the denominations of 350, 450, and 500 öre are printed in photogravure by the printing office for bank notes of Finland's bank (Finlands Banks Sedeltryckeri).
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