Showing posts with label Norway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norway. Show all posts

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Norway: Svalbard - Longyearbyen

This great Cover arrived from the far north. Many thanks to Henrik, who send this cover from his latest trip to Svalbard. There are two points to mention on this cover. First the stamp seems to be a personalised issue from Svalbard (from the offical 'Postal Norge'). The second point is the cancel. Its not from the local post office (you can see it here). As I'm told you can ask for the cancel at the local Radisson Blue Hotel. You can try to make your own cover and send a prepared letter to: Radisson Blue Polar Hotel, Box 554, NO-9171, Longyearbyen.

Stamp:

Personalised Issue "Svalbard" - Issued: unknown



♁ 78° 12′ N, 15° 38′ O



Thursday, December 21, 2023

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Norway: Nordkapp (North Cape) "Northernmost Point of mainland Europe"

The steep cliff of the North Cape is located at 71°10′21″N 25°47′04″E, about 2,102.3 km (1,306.3 mi) from the North Pole. Nordkapp is often inaccurately referred to as the northernmost point of Europe. However, the neighbouring Knivskjellodden Cape actually extends 1,450 m (4,760 ft) further north.


Stamp:

Personalized Stamp "NordKapp"

 

Many thanks to my friends Michael and Sabrina and their Family for this nice Card!


 

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Norway: The 50th Anniversary of the Decriminalization of Homosexuality

 

Stamps:

2x The 50th Anniversary of the Decriminalization of Homosexuality - Issued: 17-06-2022


I sent this cover to myself during the International Stamp Fair in Ulm 2022!

Sunday, May 22, 2022

Norway: EUROPA 2022 - "Stories & Myths”

 

Stamps:

EUROPA 2022 - "Stories & Myths” (full set) - Issued: 22-04-2022


Many thanks to Rune!

Friday, April 22, 2022

Norway: Jan Mayen - "2. Cover"

My second cover from this tiny volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean. Many thanks to Rune for sending me this! 

You can find my first one here!

 

Stamps:

"Jan Mayen" - Issued: 21-02-2020

Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Friday, September 11, 2020

Norway: EUROPA 2020 "Ancient Postal Routes"


Stamp:
EUROPA 2020  "Ancient Postal Routes" (m/s) - Issued: 17-04-2020


Many thanks to Rune!

Monday, September 23, 2019

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Norway: EUROPA 2018 "Bridges"

On the norwegian stamp for this year's EUROPA theme you can see Hardanger Bridge. The Hardanger Bridge is not just Norway’s longest suspension bridge - it is also the eighth longest bridge of its type in the entire world. The main span is an impressive 30 m longer than that of the famous Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The Hardanger Bridge is one of the most spectacular bridge projects in Norway’s history. The towers reach 200 m above sea level, and the maximum deck height is 55 m. It was officially opened in August 2013.


Stamp:
EUROPA 2018 "Bridges" (m/s) - Issued: 20-04-2018


Thanks a lot Rune for this great cover!

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Norway: UCI Road World Championships 2017

The 2017 UCI Road World Championships were held in 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 90th UCI Road World Championships and the second to be held in Norway, after the 1993 world championships in Oslo. Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands won the women's road race and Peter Sagan of Slovakia won the men's road race. Sagan became the first man to win three successive world road race championships.


Stamps:
Cycling - UCI Road World Championships 2017 (full Set) - Issued: 16-06-2017

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Norway: Jan Mayen

Finally, after over half a year of waiting, my cover from Jan Mayen, Norway arrived. Jan Mayen is a volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean and a part of Norway. It is 55 km (34 mi) long (southwest-northeast) and 373 km2 (144 sq mi) in area, partly covered by glaciers. It has two parts: larger northeast Nord-Jan and smaller Sør-Jan, linked by a 2.5 km (1.6 mi) wide isthmus. It lies 600 km (370 mi) northeast of Iceland, 500 km (310 mi) east of central Greenland and 1,000 km (620 mi) west of the North Cape, Norway.

The cover was canceled with the updated Jan Mayen-Postmark on its First Day (01.04.2016)



Stamp:
Tourism - Oslo Viking Ship Museum (from a set of 3) - Issued: 28-04-2014



♁ 71°00′N 8°30′W

Friday, December 04, 2015

Norway: Longyearbyen

Today I received another cover I sent to myself. Its from Longyearbyen. Longyearbyen is the largest settlement and the administrative center of Svalbard, Norway. As of 2008, the town had a population of 2,040. Longyearbyen is located in the valley of Longyeardalen and on the shore of Adventfjorden, a bay of Isfjorden located on the west coast of Spitsbergen. It is the world's northernmost settlement of any kind with greater than 1,000 permanent residents.


Stamp:
Tourism - Oslo Viking Ship Museum (from a set of 3) - Issued: 28-04-2014


♁ 78° 12′ N, 15° 38′ O

Friday, October 09, 2015

Norway: Tromsø

Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The municipality has a population of (2015) 72,066, but with influx of students it has over 75,000 most of the year. It is the largest urban area in Northern Norway and the third largest north of the Arctic Circle (following Murmansk and Norilsk). As you can see from this card, most of Tromsø, including the city centre, is located on the island of Tromsøya.  Tromsøya is connected to the mainland by the Tromsø Bridge and the Tromsøysund Tunnel.



Stamps:
right: Posthorn - New values - Issued: 07-02-2001
mid: Wildlife in Norway "Vulpus lagopus" - Issued: 29-03-2006
left: Posthorn - New values - Issued: 02-01-1997


♁ 69° 39′ N, 18° 57′ O