VIKINGS
on stamps
| Country | Date (DD/MM/YYYY) | Denomination or number in set |
Gibbons or Facit numbers |
Subject | Notes |
| �land Islands | |||||
| Denmark | 05/09/1953 | 10�re | Facit 367 | Jellinge Stone | 10th Century stone from Jutland with runic inscriptions. |
| 13/11/1953 | 15�re | Facit 370 | Fort at Trelleborg, Denmark | . | |
| 28/02/1969 | set of 2 | Facit 501-2 |  Five Merchant Ships |
Ship designs from five different silver coins found at Bj�rk� in M�lar Lake, Sweden. This same design was used for issues from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, to mark Nordic postal co-operation, and the five ships signify the five countries. | |
| 24/09/1970 | 50�re | Facit 527 | Shipbuilding | Design from the Bayeaux Tapestry | |
| 22/01/1976 | 70�re + 20�re | Facit 636 | "Skuldelev I" viking longship | Issued for the Bicentenary of the USA Declaration of Independence. | |
| 14/06/1979 | set of 2 | Facit 713-4 | Pendant from Bornholm, and key | . | |
| 19/06/80 | 80�re | Facit 729 | Lindholm, H�je, Denmark | NEEDS CONFIRMATION ! Does this show a Viking burial site, with the stones in boat shape ? |
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| 21/05/1985 | set of 2 | Facit 866-7 | Canute the Holy, with Lund Cathedral (2kr80), and Helsingborg (3kr) | Joint issue with Sweden. 900th Anniversary of Knut's deed of gift to the see in Lund. | |
| 07/05/1992 | set of 2 | Facit 1052-3 | Potato and maize. | Issued for the anniversary of Columbus's re-discovery of America, Denmark chose to show some American plant life, compared to the Columbus-centred issues from so many other countries,. | |
| 19/08/1993 | 3kr75 | Facit 1088 | Viking ship prow. | Winner of a children's design competition. | |
| 26/03/1998 | 3kr75 | Facit 1205 | Viking ship and Roskilde Cathedral. | 1000th anniversary of Roskilde. | |
| Faroe Islands | 15/03/1982 | set of 2 | Facit 72-73 | Viking Sea-routes. Reconstruction over Viking house foundations. |
Europa issue "Historical Events". |
| 10/04/1989 | set of 2 | Facit 184-5 | Toy Boat. Toy Horse. |
Europa issue "Children's Toys" | |
| 06/04/1992 | 3kr70 | Facit 233A Facit BL5 |
Viking Ship with North Atlantic Map. | Europa Issue "Discovery of America". Other stamp in set shows Columbus's "Santa Maria", and the two stamps were issues together in a miniature sheet (in which the stamp margins are slightly different). | |
| Greenland | 02/08/1982 | 2kr + 40�re | Facit 137 |  Erik the Red's
ship in 982, at the discovery of Greenland. |
First in a series of stamps commemorating Greenland's Millenary. |
| 13/08/1999 | set of 4 | Facit 339-342 Facit BL17 |
Arctic Vikings. 4kr50 Ship 4kr75 Man with driftwood 5kr75 Indian arrow-head and Norwegian Coin (Olav Kyrre, c.1065-1080 AD) 8kr Tjodhilde's Church at Brattalid |
Commemorates the settlements in Greenland in the approximate period 1000AD to 1400 AD | |
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