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| 1954: SAS First Flight Cover |
On 15 November 1954 the SAS airline flew the first regular 'polar shortcut' service to Los Angeles and this cover is of the Greenland-Denmark leg. They produced a dizzying number of different cover designs and stamps for the event. The polar bear may find the iceberg melting now but in 1954 we had never heard of global warming.
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| 1938-1946: Definitive (Design - Harald Moltke; Engraver - J Britze |
The stamp is called 'Wandering Polar Bear' and it was one of the first Greenland letter stamps, the only stamps before this were for parcel post as letter postage was free of charge within Greenland and to Denmark.
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| 1963: Polar Bear (Design - V Bang; Engraver - Cz Slania) |
The Polar Bear is Greenland's symbol and has been on their coat of arms since 1666 but in 1819 it was changed to an upright bear as seen on the stamps.
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| 1970: Greenland Whale (Design - J Rosing; Engraver- Cz Slania) |
Head offshore and mighty whales are swimming
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| 2000: Animal Kings (Design - A Helgestad and H Strager) |
I love the water pouring off the tail of this sperm whale
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| 1954-1961 Definitives: Wild Animals |
Travelling onto land for two powerful animals - the white rhino and african elephant.
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| 1997-2000: Endangered Fauna (3rd Series) |
and the endlessly fascinating giraffe at the waterhole.
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| illustration from Wild Adventures in Wild Places' by Gordon Stables (1911) |
Sunday Stamps II theme this week is - Big Animals - roaming at See It On A Postcard
4 comments:
You chose to share a wonderful variety of animals today. I have to say I love the definitives from Greenland with the polar bears.
The water dripping off the whale's tail makes it look more alive. And I always love the somehow elegant awkwardness of a giraffe bending down!
Imagine, free postage within your own country!
Very beautiful stamps and animals, indeed. I love the water on the Norwegian stamp, and also the almost impossible position of the giraffe.
A fine collection and it's the South Africa giraffe that holds my attention.
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