Norway Post Stamp Magazine No. 4-2017

No. 4/2017 Norway Post Stamps

Norwegian Cars A little known part of Norwegian industrial history NEW STAMPS Page 4

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EDITORIAL

Dear Customer!

Norwegian car production never reached great heights, but it wasn’t from a lack of trying.

Most Norwegians recognize Think, and many have heard of the Troll car, but Bjering and Mustad are two names in Norwegian car production that perhaps are not as wellknown even though they played a central role in the attempts to start the production of cars in Norway. In collaboration with the Norwegian Road Museum, Norway Post has selected four cars for this stamp series.

Contents NEW STAMPS Norwegian cars Page 4 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 Page 6 REPRINTS Page 8

Engineer Clarin Mustad is one of the pioneers in Norwegian car production. He built the Mustad Giant, a car that in 1917 was already well ahead of its time. Bjering in reality made a name for himself making mowers. In 1921, he made a two-seater car where the driver sat behind the passenger and the front tyres could be replaced with runners.

The Troll car was made in Lunde in Telemark at the end of the 1950s. Unfortunately, it was not a success and production ceased after only five cars. The Think electric car is the closest we come to a Norwegian car adventure. The concept was sold to Ford, but production was eventually stopped.

Enzo Finger designed both the stamps and the beautiful miniature sheet.

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Design: Posten Norge AS, Konsernkommunikasjon, Design Coverphoto: © Norsk Teknisk Museum Print: Byråservice

Halvor Fasting Director

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NEW STAMPS NORWEGIAN CARS

NK 1966

Mustad Giant was ahead of its time in 1917 with room for 12 people and the ability to steer the front rear axle (like today’s buses).

NK 1967

NK 1968

Bjering from 1921 was built to be narrow because the Norwegian roads were so poorly ploughed it was difficult to drive on them.

The car came with the option of switching out the front tyres with runners in the winter.

Troll was produced in Lunde in Telemark between 1956 and 1958. In total, five cars of this type were produced.

Norwegian Cars

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NK 1966-1969 Four cars produced in Norway Enzo Finger Mustad, Bjering, Troll: © Ole A. Flatmark, Norwegian Road Museum Think: © Jan Otto Ringdal A-Domestic (NOK 13.00) x 4 1,340,000 of each stamp 80,000 miniature sheets Coil of 100 self-adhesive stamps (25 of each motif) Miniature sheet with four stamps Offset from Joh. Enschedé Security Print, The Netherlands

NEW STAMPS NORWEGIAN CARS

NK 1969

Photo: © Enzo Finger

Think was the first car produced in Norway to have some success in that the concept and production were sold to Ford.

Date: 07/10/2017

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Golden FDC NOK 99

Price First Day Cover: First Day Cover miniaturesheet: Presentation pack: Presentation pack miniaturesheet: Collector´s set: Golden FDC: Set of maximum cards:

NOK 58 NOK 58 NOK 67 NOK 67 NOK 235 NOK 99 NOK 76

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FOR COLLECTORS UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

UCI Road World Championships Bergen Between the 16th and 24th of September, the UCI Road World Championships were held in Bergen and its surroundings.

Norway Post was there with special envelopes and cancellations for each day of the championships.

The price for the set of nine envelopes: NOK 450

Photo: © Arne Strømme / Samfoto / NTB scanpix

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FOR COLLECTORS REPRINTS

Reprints

The 1 kr and 40 kr denominations (NK 1421 and NK 1831) in our Posthorn series have been reprinted. This is the first time the 40 kr stamp is issued on self-adhesive paper. For the 1 kr stamp there are no known changes

to paper or perforation on this reprint.

The Lighthouse stamps with postage to Europe (NK 1910-1911) has also been reprinted. There are no known changes to paper or perforation on this reprint.

Stamp NK 1421, 1 kr NK 1831, 40 kr NK 1910-1911 A-Europa

First date of use 28.08.2017 17.08.2017 07.07.2017

Print date 17.05.2017 07.02.2017 15.05.2017

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