Saint Brendan and his monks sailed past a couple of islands in the 6th
century that they named the
According to the Færinga Saga,
written in
In 1849 the Danish legislature officially incorporated the
When
Ten years after a serious recession in the early 1990s that saw
significant emigration to
Capital: Tórshavn
Government: self-governing
territory in the
Area: 1.399
km²
Population: 48.317
(2006)
Currency: Faroese
króna (100 oyrur)
Internet TLD: .fo
Dialling code: +298
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Stamp catalogue
International
Year of the Child
date:
designers: 1: Edel Davidsen (8 years), Czeslaw Slania (engraver)
2: Rasmus Fossá (7 years), Czeslaw Slania (engraver)
3: Snorri Petersen (8 years), Czeslaw
Slania (engraver)
printer: Post Denmark,
Copenhagen
perforated: 12¼:11¾
remark: stamps depict
children's drawings
1 110 girl in festive costume, IYC emblem
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 45/SG 44/Yvert 39)
2 150 man in a boat fishing, IYC emblem
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 46/SG 45/Yvert 40)
3 200 two boys, IYC emblem
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 47/SG 46/Yvert 41)
Amnesty
International 25th anniversary
date:
designers: 4: Olivur viđ Neyst
5: Eli
Smith
6: Rannvá Kunoy
printer: Post Denmark,
Copenhagen
perforated: 13¾:13¼
(4 and 6), 13¼:13¾ (5)
remark: stamps depict
paintings
4 300 peace doves behind bars and free
in the air, AI emblem, text "AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 1961-'86"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 136/SG 133/Yvert 130)
5 470 faces of prisoners, AI emblem,
text "AMNESTY / INTERNATIONAL 1961-'86"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 137/SG 134/Yvert 131)
6 550 family visiting a prisoner, AI
emblem, text "AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 1961-'86"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 138/SG 135/Yvert 132)
International
Year of the Ocean
date:
designer: Edward Fuglø
printer: Post Denmark,
Copenhagen
perforated: 14½:14
remark: the stamps are
issued in 1998 but have the year 1997 on the stamp edge; stamps depict a
painting of
whales and dolphins swimming on the left and a single animal
on the right
7 400 Atlantic White-sided Dolphin, IYO
emblem, text "Skjórutur springari
/ Lagenorhynchus acutus"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 334/SG 342/Yvert 330)
8 450 Orca (Killer whale), IYO emblem,
text "Bóghvítuhvalur / Orcinus
orca"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 335/SG 343/Yvert 331)
9 700 Common Bottlenose Dolphin, IYO emblem,
text "Hvessingur / Tursiops
truncatus"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 336/SG 344/Yvert 332)
10 900 Beluga (White Whale), IYO emblem,
text "Hvítfiskur / Delphinapterus
leucas"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 337/SG 345/Yvert 333)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 50th anniversary
date:
designer: Clive
Abbott
printer: Post
perforated: 14½:14¾
11 750 family between protecting hands,
HR jubilee emblem, text "Mannarættindi Human
Rights"
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 340/SG 348/Yvert 336)
International Year of Astronomy
date:
designer: Edward
Fuglø
printer: Post Denmark,
Copenhagen
perforated: 13:12½
12 10 KR Saturn over rock, Europa
emblem
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 675/SG /Yvert )
13 12 KR Jupiter over rock, Europa emblem
multicoloured
(cat. Michel 676/SG /Yvert )
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