No. 2/2015 Norway Post Stamps
Legendary photographer In honour of the 150th anniversary of Anders Beer Wilse‘s birth, Norway Post is issuing four stamps.
City Anniversary Halden is celebrating 350 years and a stamp marks the occasion. NEW STAMPS Page 6
Photo: © Olav A. Saltbones/Røde Kors
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EDITORIAL
Contents NEW STAMPS Anders Beer Wilse 150th Anniversary Page 4 City of Halden 350th Anniversary Page 6 FOR COLLECTORS Page 7
Dear Customer, Both the city of Halden and the photographer Anders Beer Wilse have anniversaries in April. On the 10th of April, Halden celebrated its 350th year and Queen Sonja was one of many who came to the festivities. Fredriksten fortress plays a central role in Halden, and this holds true as well for the stamp that was issued on Halden's anniversary. The artist behind the beautiful engraving is Arild Yttri. Anders Beer Wilse is one of Norway's greatest photographers. During the first half of the 20th century he photographed large parts of Norway. He left behind an invaluable photographic treasure - more than 160,000 pictures. For the 150th anniversary of his birth, Norway Post is issuing four stamps and a prestige booklet. Kristin Granli has designed the stamps.
Norway Post Philatelic Service P.O. Box 9350 NO-0135 Oslo Norway
Svalbard was the only place in Norway that was able to see the total solar eclipse on the 20th of March. Norway Post has designed an envelope with a personalised stamp and a cancellation to mark the occasion.
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Kind regards,
Halvor Fasting Director
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NEW STAMPS ANDERS BEER WILSE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
NK 1904
NK 1905
NK 1906
Street view from Grensen in Oslo with Vår Frelsers kirke in the background (1924).
Kyrkja mountain at Leirvassbu in Lom (1933).
«Three large cod», from Lofoten fishery (1910)
Anders Beer Wilse 150th Anniversary First day covers (2) NOK 72,50
oslo 16.4.2015 First day cancellation Camera
Numbers: Motifs: Photos:
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NK 1904-1907 «Grensen, toward Vår Frelsers church», Oslo, «Kyrkja, at Leirvassbu, Lom», «Three large cod», from Lofoten fishery, «Setesdal, on the way to church» Anders Beer Wilse, © Oslo Museum (NK 1904,) Anders Beer Wilse, © Norsk Folkemuseum (NK 1905-1906), Anders Beer Wilse, © Dextra Foto/Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology (NK 1907)
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse, © Norsk Folkemuseum.
NEW STAMPS ANDERS BEER WILSE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
NK 1907 «Setesdal, on the way to church» (1934).
Date: 16.4.2015
Collector's set NOK 148
Presentation packs (2) NOK 90,50
Presentation Pack (2 ) NOK 90,50
Design: Denominations: Issued in: Print run: Print:
Kristin Granli A (priority) domestic – NOK 14.00 – NOK 16.00 Miniature sheet NOK 20.00. Sheets with 50 stamps 500,000 of each stamp. 130,000 miniature sheets Offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, The Netherlands
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Photo: © Thorfinn Bekkelund/Samfoto/NTB scanpix
NEW STAMPS CITY OF HALDEN 350TH ANNIVERSARY
NK 1903 Halden's guest harbour and Fredriksten fortress.
City of Halden 350th Anniversary
Date: 10.4.2015
First day cover NOK 26
First day cancellation Clock tower at Fredriksten fortress.
Number: Motif: Engraver: Photo: Denomination: Print run: Issued in: Print:
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NK 1903 Halden and the fortress Arild Yttri Lisa Gustavsen NOK 20.00 500,000 stamps Sheet with 50 stamps Recess/offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, The Netherlands
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The Tall Ships Races 2015 Ålesund and Kristiansand are the only Norwegian cities that will be visited by The Tall Ships Races in 2015. The Tall Ships Races will visit Ålesund 15-18 July and Kristiansand 25-28 July. Norway Post will be there with motif cancellations, personal stamps, collector's envelopes and pre-franked postcards.
Foto: © Luks / PlainPictures / Samfoto/NTB scanpix
On the 6th of April there will be only 100 days left until The Tall Ships Races arrive
in Ålesund and the 16th April will be 100 days until they arrive in Kristiansand. Both dates will be marked by personal stamps and their own cancellations. Join us from the start and place your order today at www.posten.no/frimerkebutikken or by sending in the order coupon.
Price stamp NOK 20,50 Price envelope NOK 25,50 7
FOR COLLECTORS
New prestige booklet:
A life in photos Anders Beer Wilse is Norway‘s greatest photographer of all times. His documentation of Norway during the first half of the 20th century consists of unique images of the era, which played a large role in making Norwegians proud of their country. Wilse left behind an archive of 160,000 pictures. Stamps Since 1930, Wilse›s pictures have been used for 36 Norwegian stamps. He has also delivered pictures for stamp proposals that were never issued. Only a few collectors have been aware of these pictures, but you now can see them in a prestige booklet. Included: • 36-page prestige booklet • Four exclusive stamp sheets that are only available in the prestige booklet • A short text about Wilse authored by Trond Erik Bjorli, curator at Norsk Folkemuseum • Unique photos from Wilse›s photography business • Images of stamp proposals never issued
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«Fader tid» Photo: Anders Beer Wilse, © Norsk Folkemuseum
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Anders Beer Wilse
Anders Beer Wilse is Norway’s greatest photographer of all times. He spearheaded a new type of photographic imagery in 1905 and in the process gave the people of Norway a modern self image. Wilse used his life and his career to create an enormous photo archive of Norwegian culture and society during the first half of the 1900s.
Anders Beer Wilse er Norges største fotograf g jennom alle tider. Han sto i spissen for et nytt fotografisk bildespråk i 1905, og ga dermed det norske folk et moderne selvbilde. Ingen annen fotograf har i like stor grad påvirket vår måte å ta bilder på, eller betydd så mye for norsk identitet. Han er også kjent for å ha reist og fotografert over alt i Norge. Wilse brukte sitt liv og sin karriere til å skape et enormt bildearkiv over norsk kultur og samfunnsliv g jennom første halvdel av 1900-tallet.
Fotokunstneren I 1907 kommer Wilses første fotobok, «Norske Vinterbilleder». I 1909 kommer boka «Bergensbanen: Kristiania – Bergen» med tekst av Roar Tank. Wilse hadde da arbeidet i to år med å fotografere og samle motiver fram mot åpningen av banen høsten 1909. Den blir tydeligvis en suksess, for samme vinter sender Narvesen ham til Finnmark og Nordland for å lage en ny bok. Dette blir til boka «Lofoten og Lofotfisket», med tekst av den kjente nordlandsforfatteren Bernt Lie. Samme år kommer også Wilses første fotografiske kunstmappe, «Norsk Natur», i teknikken fotogravyr. En ny kunstmappe kom i 1913, «Norsk Natur: Vinter» med 12 plansjer i utsøkt kobbertrykk.
In 1907, Wilse publishes his first photography book, «Norske Vinterbilleder» (Norwegian Winter Roads). In 1909 the book «Bergensbanen: Kristiania – Bergen» (The Bergen Railway: Kristiania – Bergen) is published. The same winter he was sent to Finnmark and Nordland in the north of Norway for a new book. The result is «Lofoten og Lofotfisket» (Lofoten and Lofot Fishing). During the same year, Wilse’s first photographic artistic folder, «Norsk Natur» (Norwegian Nature), was printed using the photogravure technique. A new artistic folder was printed in 1913, «Norsk Natur: Vinter» (Norwegian Nature: Winter), with 12 plates in exquisite intaglio.
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Total
solar eclipse The 20th of March marked the date of a world-unique event on Svalbard. A total solar eclipse occurs when the sun is completely covered by the moon. Svalbard was the only place in Norway that was able to see the total solar eclipse. There is considerable interest in this phenomenon throughout the world, and many of Svalbard›s hotels had been fully booked for a long time. Several cruise ship lines had also arranged to be in Svalbard on this day. Norway Post has now designed an envelope with a personal stamp and a cancellation from the occasion. The next time this will occur is 2061, so order your envelope today!
TOTAL SOLFORMØRKELSE | TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE LONGYEARBYEN - SVALBARD | 20.3.2015
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LONGYEARBYEN - SVALBARD 20.3.2015
LONGYEARBYEN - SVALBARD 20.3.2015
Photo: © spacephotos.com/AGE/NTB scanpix
FOR COLLECTORS
Reprint NK 1673 The NOK 14 stamp in the Wildlife in Norway series (NK 1673) has been reprinted. Print date: 15.12.2014 First date of use: 04.03.2015
Price stamp NOK 20,50 Price envelope NOK 50
Photo: © Tom Schandy / NN / Samfoto/NTB scanpix
This stamp is issued on self-adhesive paper this time, while earlier editions were issued on normal paper.
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Anders Beer Wilse | 1865 -2015
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