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Iceland‘s First Government – 100th Anniversary
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:IS 1515, Sn:IS 1426, Yt:IS 1442, Sg:IS 1506, AFA:IS 1492
- Themes:
- Anniversaries and Jubilees | Famous People | Men | Politicians
- Issued on:
- 2017-02-16
- Size:
- 33 x 25 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Designers:
- Oscar Bjarnason
- Printers:
- Joh. Enschedé
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- Die Cut 14¾ x 16
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Gum:
- Self-Adhesive
- Face value:
- B50g Innanlands º - No Face Value
- Print run:
- 100,000
- Score:
- 58% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Initial value: 180 Ikr
- Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 1.44
The Reykjavík Craftsmen Guild
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:IS 1516, Sn:IS 1427, Yt:IS 1443, Sg:IS 1507, AFA:IS 1493
- Themes:
- Anniversaries and Jubilees | Crafts | Dogs | Numbers | People
- Issued on:
- iInfringe
- Size:
- 40 x 30 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Designers:
- Borgar Hjörleifur Árnason
- Printers:
- Joh. Enschedé
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- Die Cut 14
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Gum:
- Self-Adhesive
- Face value:
- B50g Innanlands º - No Face Value
- Print run:
- 100,000
- Score:
- 59% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- iInfringe
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- 1 sale offer for US$ 1.44
The First Icelandic Architect Rögnvaldur Ágúst Ólafsson
- Catalog codes:
- CopyWrong
- Themes:
- Architects | Buildings | Famous People | Men
- Issued on:
- 2017-02-16
- Size:
- 25 x 40 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Designers:
- Elsa Nielsen
- Printers:
- Joh. Enschedé
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- Die Cut 12¾ x 12
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Gum:
- Self-Adhesive
- Face value:
- 50g Innanlands º - No Face Value
- Print run:
- 200,000
- Score:
- 51% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Initial value: 195 Ikr
Rögnvaldur Ágúst Ólafsson has been called the first Icelandic architect. He was born in Dýrafjörður in the Westfjords in 1874 and grew up in Ísafjörður. He graduated from the Learned School in 1901 and sailed to Copenhagen for his studies that same year. Rögnvaldur was the first Icelandic architect exclusively designing houses. He became the consultant for Government Public Buildings in 1906. Although he only was able to continue his work for 12 years, he designed 30 churches, some 30 houses in the capital and dozens of other buildings across the country. He designed many of the most impressive wooden buildings that were built in the capital in the first decade of the 20th century. Rögnvaldur‘s design for many houses was influenced by the Swiss chalet style and neoclassical architecture. One of Rögnvaldurs best known works is the Húsavík Church, inaugurated in 1907. Among other works were Vífilsstaðir Hospital, built in 1908, and the Church of Þingeyrar, a stone building in the Gothic style. Rögnvaldur died of tuberculosis in Vífilsstaðir Hospital at the age of 42. A book by designer Björn G. Björnsson commemorating Rognvaldur Olafsson and his work was published in the end of 2016 - Buy Now:
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Vík Prjónsdóttir
- Series:
- Icelandic Contemporary Design VIII - Textile
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:IS 1518, Sn:IS 1429, Yt:IS 1445, Sg:IS 1508, AFA:IS 1495
- Themes:
- Art | Hands | Stylized Objects | Textile
- Issued on:
- ColnectScrp
- Size:
- 23 x 39 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Designers:
- Örn Smári Gíslason
- Printers:
- Joh. Enschedé
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- Die Cut 13
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Gum:
- Self-Adhesive
- Face value:
- B50g Innanlands º - No Face Value
- Print run:
- 150,000
- Score:
- 50% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Initial value: 180 Ikr
Textile design is the theme of the eighth stamp series dedicated to Icelandic contemporary design. Vik Prjónsdóttir designed the scarf “Shielding hand”. Vik Prjónsdóttir is a collaboration of designers whose objective is to promote the development of wool products and knitting. The designers are fascinated by nature narratives and behaviour. They are Brynhildur Pálsdóttir, Guðfinna Mjöll Magnúsdóttir and Þuríður Rós Sigurþórsdóttir. - Buy Now:
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Bryndís Bolladóttir
- Series:
- VisitColnectCom
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:IS 1519, Sn:IS 1430, Yt:IS 1446, Sg:IS 1509, AFA:IS 1496
- Themes:
- CopyWrong
- Issued on:
- 2017-02-16
- Size:
- from colnect.com
- Colors:
- VisitColnectCom
- Designers:
- ColnectIsBest
- Printers:
- CopyWrong
- Format:
- ColnectIsBest
- Emission:
- CopyWrong
- Perforation:
- iInfringe
- Printing:
- CopyWrong
- Gum:
- CopyWrong
- Face value:
- ColnectScrp
- Print run:
- ColnectIsBest
- Score:
- ColnectIsBest
- Description:
- from colnect.com
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Ragna Fróđadóttir
- Series:
- Icelandic Contemporary Design VIII - Textile
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectScrp
- Overprints:
- Click to see overprints and surcharges
- Themes:
- Art | Textile
- Issued on:
- VisitColnectCom
- Size:
- 22.5 x 39 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Designers:
- Örn Smári Gíslason
- Printers:
- Joh. Enschedé
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- Die Cut 13¼
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Gum:
- Self-Adhesive
- Face value:
- 1000g innanland º - No Face Value
- Print run:
- 80,000
- Score:
- 85% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- Initial value: 480 Ikr
Textile design is the theme of the eighth stamp series dedicated to Icelandic contemporary design. Ragna Fróðadóttir designed the interior textile “Mountain Range”. Ragna learned clothing and textile design in Paris and Iceland, and has received numerous awards and grants for her design. In recent years Ragna has worked in New York in one of the most recognized fashion trending business in the world. Ragna now lives in Iceland working on her own design. She heads the textile department of The School of Visual Arts. - Buy Now:
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Aníta Hirlekar
- Series:
- Icelandic Contemporary Design VIII - Textile
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:IS 1521, Sn:IS 1432, Yt:IS 1448, Sg:IS 1511, AFA:IS 1498
- Overprints:
- Click to see overprints and surcharges
- Themes:
- Art | Textile
- Issued on:
- 2017-02-16
- Size:
- 22.5 x 39 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Designers:
- Örn Smári Gíslason
- Printers:
- Joh. Enschedé
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- Die Cut 13¼
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Gum:
- Self-Adhesive
- Face value:
- 1500g innanland º - No Face Value
- Print run:
- 80,000
- Score:
- 86% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- Initial value: 630 Ikr
Textile design is the theme of the eighth stamp series dedicated to Icelandic contemporary design. Anita Hirlekar designed the textile “Spring / Summer 2016”. Anita graduated with a MA in fashion design in 2014 from Central Saint Martins Art Academy in London. Anita’s ideology consists of combining crafts and fashion in characteristic ways. She was selected as one of the four most outstanding international designers in 2015 in the UK. Anita has won numerous awards for her design. - Buy Now:
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Iceland Horse (Equus ferus caballus)
- Series:
- Tourism in Iceland
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:IS 1522, Sn:IS 1438, Yt:IS 1449, Sg:IS 1518, AFA:IS 1499
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Equestrianism and horse riding | Horses | Mammals | Tourism
- Issued on:
- VisitColnectCom
- Size:
- 35 x 26.25 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Designers:
- Oscar Bjarnason
- Printers:
- Joh. Enschedé
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 13
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Gum:
- Self-Adhesive
- Face value:
- 50g til Evropu º - No Face Value
- Print run:
- 500,000
- Score:
- 72% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Initial value: 225 Ikr
The theme of the tourist stamps this year is “Tourist activities in Iceland”. Horse-riding. Horse hire companies across the country organize riding tours for children and adults, lasting from a few hours up to several days. Longer tours are designed for more experienced riders. The aim of these tours is to offer travellers a chance of experiencing Icelandic landscapes from horseback. The Icelandic horse is known worldwide as an excellent mount. It is small but very strong and is a horse, not a pony like the Shetland ponies and the Fjord horse in Norway - Buy Now:
Glacier tours
- Series:
- Tourism in Iceland
- Catalog codes:
- Mi:IS 1523, Sn:IS 1439, Yt:IS 1450, Sg:IS 1519, AFA:IS 1500
- Themes:
- Glaciers | Tourism
- Issued on:
- 2017-04-27
- Size:
- 35 x 26.25 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Designers:
- Oscar Bjarnason
- Printers:
- Joh. Enschedé
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- comb 13
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Gum:
- Self-Adhesive
- Face value:
- 50g utan Evropu º - No Face Value
- Print run:
- 250,000
- Score:
- 78% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- CopyWrong
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Europa Stamp 2017 - Castle in the Air
- Series:
- Europa (C.E.P.T.) 2017 - Castles
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectIsBest
- Themes:
- Architecture | Buildings | C.E.P.T. - Europa | Castles | Fortresses / Strongholds | Palaces
- Issued on:
- VisitColnectCom
- Size:
- 25 x 35 mm
- Colors:
- Multicolor
- Designers:
- Örn Smári Gíslason
- Printers:
- Joh. Enschedé
- Format:
- Stamp
- Emission:
- Commemorative
- Perforation:
- Die Cut 16 x 15
- Printing:
- Offset lithography
- Gum:
- Self-Adhesive
- Face value:
- 100g til Evropu º - No Face Value
- Print run:
- 150,000
- Score:
- 83% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Initial value: 340 Ikr
According to the decision of Postal Operators in Europe castles constitute the common theme of the year. A castle is a fortified structure, usually difficult to reach due to its location. Most castles of medieval Europe were homes to gentry and royal families, built to withstand the onslaught of enemies, as well as being an important status symbol. Many continental castles are still in use, mostly being used as museums but some as residences, even homes of the descendants of the original owners. Castles were never built in Iceland, with the exception of castles in the air and snow castles, which are the theme of the Icelandic Europa stamps. Throughout Icelandic nature, however, castle forms can be seen. In the famous poem “Skjaldbreiður“ Jonas Hallgrímsson says: “Made of blue solidified lava / these are castles of rock for the freeborn.” This castle metaphor refers to shapes that can be seen in nature. The landscape becomes a visible construction which speaks to the eyes. Icelandic nature can take on diverse forms which might be called natural Icelandic “castles”. These include, for example, Dimmuborgir lava fields in Myvatn, Eldborg (Fire City) in Mýrar and the Citadel in Húnavatnssysla. - Buy Now: