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Registered 15 Aug 1950 first day cover addressed to Denmark, franked by 1-kr, 50-ore, 25-ore & 10-ore stamps, attractive cachet in shades of blue depicts an Eskimo in kayak. Scuff on bottom of 10-ore stamp is hard to notice because dial cancel goes over most of it, other stamps are fine-very fine. $30.00 g NEW / NEU / NUOVO

2. MAJ 1957 first day cover with 60-ore stamp, clear cancels & attractive dark blue cachet for the Royal Greenland Trade Department, neatly addressed to Denmark. $13.50 g NEW / NEU / NUOVO

5 / 2 / 58 cacheted first day cover with 60 ore stamp to Copenhagen. $15.00

11 / 5 / 58 cacheted first day cover with pair of 30-ore Hans Egede stamps, neatly addressed to the USA. Only 23,6000 FDC's were prepared. $9.50

22 -5 1958 cacheted FDC for pair of 30-ore + 10-ore on 50-ore semipostal stamps (ship by iceberg design), to Ontario, tiny spot of ink on bottom edge. $28.00 gs

Bold 23-2-1959 cancels tie pair of 30+10 overprint stamps franking first day cover for Grønlandsfonden (blue cachet well struck) neatly addressed to the United States. Only 27,600 FDC's were prepared. $12.50 g& NEW / NEU / NUOVO

"Dear Doctor: / In vast and sparsely / populated Greenland..." continental advertising postcard for Abbott Pentothal® Sodium, mailed 11-3-1959 from Godthåb Greenland (bold hand cancel ties 15-ore brown King stamp), forwarded on arrival at Columbus Ohio, trivial wear at one corner, small corner crease. $12.00 m-mg

"Dear Doctor: / In vast and sparsely / populated Greenland..." continental advertising postcard for Abbott Pentothal® Sodium, mailed 11-3-1959 from Godthåb Greenland (clear hand cancel ties 15-ore brown King stamp), sent to Columbus Ohio, trivial wear at one corner, small corner crease. $12.00 m-mg

2 / 23 / 59 cacheted first day cover with pair of 30+10 overprints mailed to the United States. $14.00

8 / 15 / 60 registered (Godthåb) cacheted first day cover with Facit 30, 32, 33 & 34 to Denmark. Scuff on bottom of 10 ore stamp, rest fine-very fine. $31.00

7 / 3 / 63 cacheted first day cover to USA with block of four 15-ore aurora stamps, attractive large blue & green cachet. Small tear at top does not affect stamps or clear cancels and is hard to see. $5.50 g

1963 very light Thule Air Force Base Greenland APO 23 cancel on 5-flag over White House stamp franking #6 cover from Camp Century (nuclear-powered city under the ice, 100 miles from the North Pole) to Tennessee, 2 violet cachets as well struck as we have ever seen from there, small but distracting smudge of cachet ink in the killer lines of the cancel. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ga%!^!

US STAMPS USED IN GREENLAND 1965 - 1986

Group of 12 Greenland covers franked only by US stamps cancelled at bases & camps there, 1965 - 1986, all mailed to the US: Camp Tuto 1965 APO, Camp Tuto 1966 APO, Qaqatoqaq 1974 APO, Sondiestrum flight 1974, AFCRL Geopole Observatory 1974 (shown above left), Camp Century 1985, USNS Maumee with special Military Sealift Command Atlantic cachet 1980, flight to Søndre Strømfjord AFB 1986. return flight from Søndre Strømfjord AFB 1986, Sondrestom AB musk ox roundup by helicopter flight 1986, flight from Søndre Strømfjord AFB to New Jersey 1986 & 1986 dog sled over North Star Bay (shown above right with enclosure showing a photo of the participants!). $46.00 gets them all.

GREENLANDIC COVERS 1970 - DATE

13.-2.-1970 Jakobshavn Ilulíssat / Redebay-Ok'aitsut hand cancel with dog cancel on block of four 12-ore aurora stamps franking #6 cover to Denmark, blue Greenland cachet, Jakobshavn transit marking with faint doubling, rare dogsled mail. $15.00 gd

4-5-1970 FDC for 60-ore hut stamp franks #6 cover with multicolor cachet & Jacobshavn Ilulísat cancels, pencil addressing erased. $1.75 g-

2.-11.-1970 clear Frederikshåb hand cancel ties 60-ore hut stamp franking #6 cover airmailed at the printed matter rate from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Erika Dan (violet handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear purple cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. The population of Frederikshåb is less than 300 people. $8.50 g% NEW / NEU / NUOVO

11.-7.-1970 Kobenhavn K. cancel ties 60-ore cabin stamp franking postal card to England from the Ladies Scottish East Greenland Expedition (2 clear blue handstamps on back). Signatures of 9 members include: Helen C. Steven, A. Ann Winning, Helen C. Nisbet, A. Dunnwoodie & Anne Cordiner. $9.00 gs-g

$\Cover_Greenland_9-22-1970-200_small.JPG Greenland cover available from Judnick.com$ Clear Nanortalik -9.-11.1970 hand cancel ties 60 Greenland hut & flag stamp franking #6 envelope airmailed to Ohio at the Tryksager rate, large well-struck red cachet for the Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Edith Nielsen (violet handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission, never sealed. $8.50 gs NEW / NEU / NUOVO

-9.-11.-1970 clear Julianehåb hand cancel ties 10-ore aurora & 50-ore boy & fox (Eskimo legend) stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Edith Nielsen (blue handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear red cachet) to Ohio, short edge near stamps a little ragged & lightly toned, never sealed, as is. $4.00 g

11.-11.-1970 cacheted cover for the 1970 Greenland Arctic Supply season from the MS NANOK S (purple two-line marking well struck) sent at tryksager rate (tied 60-ore king & map stamp) to Ohio, Last 3 letters in the cancel place name are too light for us, but the specialist will know from the rest. $7.50 g

14 -11 1970 clear Narssarssuaq-Barrow Alaska first flight cover franked by 60-ore King's birthday stamp, cover eventually returned to Ohio as attested by 3 different backstamps, dark red cachet has simple map of route, Poseidon with trident handstamp in purple at front center, hint of cancel ink near top of stamp, $8.50 gf(a)

17.-11.-1970 crisp Jakobshavn Ilulissat hand cancel ties 60-ore king facing map stamp franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Frida Dan (green handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear violet cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

18.-11.-1970 Mis Disco hand cancel with crossed arrows ties 60-ore hut stamp franking #6 cover airmailed to Ohio, clear violet SEASON 1970 / GREENLAND ARCTIC SUPPLY cachet with polar bear, never sealed. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 g

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21.-11.-1970 clear Egedesminde hand cancel ties 10-ore aurora & 50-ore boy & fox (Eskimo legend) stamps franking #6 cover airmailed at the printed matter rate from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Grønland (red handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear blue cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 g

21.-11.-1970 clear Egedesminde hand cancel ties 60-ore king facing map stamp franking #6 cover airmailed at the printed matter rate from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Anna Johanne (red handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear green cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.50 g NEW / NEU / NUOVO

23.-11.-1970 clear Godhavn hand cancel ties 60-ore king facing map stamp franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Grønland (blue handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear purple cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.50 g%

24.11.1970 Grønnedal hand cancel ties 10-ore aurora & 50-ore boy & fox (Eskimo legend) stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Nanok S (violet handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear green cachet) to Ohio, lower right corner crinkled with 2 / 3" tear, never sealed. $5.50 g

25.-11.-1970 clear Christianshåb hand cancel ties 10-ore aurora & 50-ore boy & fox (Eskimo legend) stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Frida Dan (green handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear blue cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

-3 12 1970 clear Gothåb / Nûk cancels tie 10-ore aurora & 50-ore boy and fox (Eskimo legend) stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Mayumbe (red handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear blue cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 g

Clear 31.-12.-1970 Ivigtut hand cancel ties 10-ore aurora & 50-ore fox stamps franking #6 cover sent at the Tryksager rate to Ohio from the ship Ms. Mogens S (clear red linear handstamp) on its Greenland Arctic Supply mission (large blue cachet well struck), never sealed, 2 tiny corner bends affect nothing. $8.00 g NEW / NEU / NUOVO

Group of five different ship covers, each bearing a 60 ore stamp to the US, all cacheted, from the 1970 Greenland Arctic Supply season. Cancels from different sites. $34.00 for all. g

6.MAJ 1971 first day cover for the 60-ore Hans Egede stamp, unaddressed, multicolor cachet. Egede was a Lutheran missionary to the Inuit of Greenland, translating Christian literature into their language. $5.50 gr

29.5.71 cacheted cover for the 1970 Greenland Arctic Supply season from the m / s Kununguak (black straight-line marking well struck) sent at tryksager rate (tied 60-ore king & map stamp) to Tennessee, First 3 letters in the cancel place name are too light for us, but the specialist will know from the rest. $8.00 g NEW / NEU / NUOVO

-9.-3.-1972 clear Holsteinsborg hand cancel ties 40-ore & 25-ore king stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Svendborg (dark red handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (blue cachet just a bit light) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

14.-3.-1972 clear Gødthåb Nûk hand cancel ties 25-ore & 40-ore king stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Edith Nielsen (green handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear green cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

14.-3.-1972 Gødthåb Nûk hand cancel ties 5-ore aurora & 60-ore king stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Svendborg (dark red handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear blue cachet) to Ohio, upper right front edge & a good deal of the back is lightly toned, never sealed. $4.75 g

-5.-4.-1972 clear Frederikshåb hand cancel ties 40-ore & 25-ore king stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Nanok S (violet handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear rusty red cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

12.-4.-1972 Julianehåb K'ak'ortok hand cancels tie 5-ore aurora & 60-ore ship deck stamps franking #6 flight cover returned to sender from Barrow Alaska (clear May 10 1972 backstamp over large well struck blue Greenland Arctic Supply cachet) to Ohio, violet pointing finger RETURNED TO SENDER Unclaimed auxiliary mark of Barrow neatly struck on the font. $10.00 ga

14.-4.-1972 crisp Nanortalik hand cancel ties 5-ore aurora & 60-ore ship deck stamp franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Svendborg (blue handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear violet cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

19.-4.-1972 clear Sukkertoppen hand cancel ties 5-ore aurora & 60-ore ship deck stamp franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Nanok S (violet handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear rusty red cachet) to Ohio, minor short-edge crinkling furthest from stamps hard to detect except from back, never sealed. $7.50 g

27.-4.-1972 clear Mis Disko hand cancel ties 5-ore aurora & 60-ore king stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from ship on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear violet cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

-8 6 72 sharp M / S Kununguak fancy cancels tie 5 aurora & 60 King Frederik IX stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Greenland Arctic Supply / Gronlands Forsyningen (clear violet cachet) to Ohio, never sealed, corner creases near stamp. $7.50 g

21.-7.-1972 clear Scoresbysund hand cancel ties 40-ore king & 5-ore aurora & 35-ore Kleinschmidt stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Nella Dan (violet handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear violet cachet) to Ohio, tiny bends at lower corners, never sealed. $8.00 g%

24.-7.-1972 clear Grønnedal hand cancel ties 25-ore & 40-ore king stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Anna Johanne (purple handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear purple cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

27.-7.-1972 Julianshåb hand cancel ties 5-ore aurora & 60-ore king stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Ritva Dan (green handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear green cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

-1.-8.-72 Egedesminde hand cancel ties 5-ore aurora & 60-ore ship deck stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Grønland (red handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (light red cachet) to Ohio, never sealed, back lightly toned with ink from similar covers. $7.50 g

-7.-8.-1972 cacheted cover for the 1972 Greenland Arctic Supply season from the Danske Polar Skibet MS. BRITANIA (clear purple two-lone marking) sent at tryksager rate (tied 25-ore & 40-ore king stamps) to Ohio, A couple of letters in the cancel place name are too light for us, but the specialist will know from the rest. $7.50 g

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-8.-8.-1972 clear Frederikshåb hand cancel ties 5-ore aurora & 60-ore ship deck stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Lotte Nielsen (green handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (clear green cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. The population of Frederikshåb is less than 300 people. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 g

15-8-1972 crisp Upernavik hand cancel ties 5-ore aurora & 60-ore ship deck stamp franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Saima Dan (red handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (red cachet) to Ohio, tiny bottom corner crease affects nothing, never sealed. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 g

22.-8.-1972 clear Sukkertoppen hand cancel ties 5-ore aurora & 60-ore ship deck stamp franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Frida Dan (purple handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (purple cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

23.-8.-1972 crisp Nanortalik hand cancel ties 5-ore aurora & 60-ore ship deck stamp franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Erika Dan (blue handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (blue cachet) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

30-8 1972 fancy Julianehåb Kak'ortok' Tasiussak' cancel ties pair of 50 kayaking stamps to continental postcard to Ohio, 2-color cachet indicates 'by kayak', much pertinent information on back. Gorgeous! $7.50 g-g%

-5.-9.-1972 clear Scoresbysund hand cancel ties 5-ore aurora & 60-ore ship deck stamps franking #6 cover airmailed from Danske Polar Skibet Ms. Thala Dan (violet handstamp) on Greenland Arctic Supply mission (violet cachet somewhat light) to Ohio, never sealed. $8.00 g

5 / 16 / 74 cacheted cover with block of four 2.00 stamps, sent to New Zealand. $8.50

Bold 16 MAJ 1974 fancy Godthåb-Nûk cancels with flag inside tie block of four 2.00 KGH 1774-1974 stamps franking #6 cover neatly addressed to New Zealand, large black & red Holsteinsborgs / Nye KGH Butick cachet depicts some buildings & automobiles. $7.00 g NEW / NEU / NUOVO

13.-9.-1975 Lindblad Explorer cover from the ship on their 1975 arctic voyages cruise (small blue world map cachet in lower right corner) to Ohio, franked by 90-ore & 1.20 Queen stamps tied by light cancel (Prinschristian...), neatly addressed, never sealed, small violet US Y6 routing mark on back. $4.50 g NEW / NEU / NUOVO

13.-9.-1975 Lindblad Explorer cover from the ship on their Summer 1975 Angmagssalik--East Greenland cruise (small cachet with harpooning native well struck in corner card area) to Ohio, franked by 1.50 sailing ship stamp tied by light Prinschristiansund cancel, neatly addressed, never sealed. $4.50 gs

13.-9.-1975 Lindblad Explorer cover from the ship on their Summer 1975 Scoresbysund--East Greenland cruise (small cachet with polar bear well struck in corner card area) to Ohio, franked by 1.50 sailing ship stamp tied by light cancel (Prinschristian...), neatly addressed, never sealed. $4.50 g NEW / NEU / NUOVO

Bold -8.-12.-1977 SDR. STRØMFJORD / KANGERDLUGSSUAK / JULI GRØNLAND-KALÂTDLIT-NUNÄNE JÛTDLE cancel with star & flying bird ties 1,50 ship near coast stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, block of 4 Føroyar Jol 1976 Christmas seals provide eye-catching cachet (showing all se-tenant pair possibilities). 2 small corner bends affect nothing. $4.50 gfc%

Two covers with clear SEP 29 1979 PM cancels of the USCGC Westwind (WAGB-281) to different people in Ohio, both with blue cachet & handwritten notes of its Captain R. T. Nelson, each with seeing-eye dog 15-c stamp. Differences are interesting: one noted "East Greenland Sea...12^o 21' W" the other "East Greenland Survey...12-37W" indicating the personalized nature of the service to collectors when time permitted. Both for $9.00. gcd

14.-9.-1982 Scoresbysund hand cancels tie 90-ore flying bird & 10-ore Queen & 1,50-or Grundloven scenery stamps franking #6 cover to Ohio, large blue cachet depicts Neptune surrounded by 'ISLAND-GRÕNLAND-ARKTISCHES NORDMEER / WORLD / DISCOVERER", small US KA & R6 routing marks on back. Attractive. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 g

14-12 1982 FDC for 2,70 harpooning from kayak stamp on cacheted (snowman design in monochromatic blue) #6 cover with SDR. STRØMFJORD fancy cancel (slogan translates send Christmas mail in good time') to Ohio, small US Z5 routing mark on back. $2.75 gc

25-7-1963 first day cover with block of four 20-ore blue King stamps tied by Egedesminde cancel, neatly addressed to the USA, attractive brown & blue-gray cachet depicts kayaker, never sealed. $22.00 g

Three different 1983 covers from the ship M. S. Lindblad Explorer, each franked with uncancelled 2,70 Swedish stamps and 'Paquebot' written in pencil, each franked with a 2,50 Greenland Queen stamp that is tied. neatly addressed to Ohio, unsealed, red ship cachet on front & back. Post offices: Jakobshavn (shown), Holsteinsborg & Godthab. [Recipient's docketing in pencil indicates he was trying for Gothab, Narsarsuaq & Angmagssalik--but such is par for the course when collecting paquebot covers.] All 3 for $12.50 g

-1.-2.-1984 Mesters Vis hand cancels tie 35-ore king & 1,50 Grundloven & 90-ore bird stamps franking dog team cover to Ohio, green cachet, somewhat light large blue Sirius cachet on back, light haze of cachet ink at left front, never sealed. $4.50 gd

12.-7.-1984 clear Jakobshavn hand cancel ties 3,70 polar bear stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, large dark violet cachet of M. S. Nordbrise well struck, neatly addressed, small US T7 routing marks on front & back, never opened. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 ga

19.-7.-1984 clear Jakobshavn hand cancel ties 3,70 polar bear stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, large dark violet cachet of M. S. Nordbrise well struck, neatly addressed, never opened. $4.00 g

19.-7.-1984 clear Christianshåb hand cancel ties 3,70 polar bear stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, large dark violet cachet of M. S. Nordbrise well struck, neatly addressed, never opened, long paper bend near edge furthest from stamp. Ironing candidate. $3.75 g

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23.-7.-1984 fairly clear Egedesminde hand cancel ties 3,70 polar bear stamp (with control number in corner selvedge) franking #6 cover to Ohio, large dark violet cachet of M. S. Nordbrise well struck, neatly addressed, never sealed, small US G8 & P6 & AA routing marks on back. $4.75 ga

23.-7.-1984 M.S. NORDBRISE cacheted cover from the ship to Ohio, franked by 3.70 polar bear stamp tied by clear Godhabn cancel, neatly addressed, small blue US K5 routing mark on backflap. $4.75 g% NEW / NEU / NUOVO

26.-7.-1984 bold Narssarssuaq / Narssarssuak hand cancel ties 3.70 polar bear stamp franking #6 cover from Artic Hotel (small blue boxed return address cachet) to Ohio, small US K9 routing mark on back, vertical paper bend in center misses everything. Ironing candidate. $2.75 g

10.-12.-1984 Godhavn cancel ties 3.70 polar bear stamp franking #6 cover from 'Universitetets Arktiske Station / 3953 Godhavn, Grønland" (clear blue 2-line handstamp) to Ohio, corner crease nicks one perf on stamp. $3.00 ga

25 12 1984 clear fancy Kangerlussuaq dial cancel with snowflake & star design ties 10-ore Queen (tough on cover!) & 10-ore aurora & 2.00+.40 bird / ship semi-postal franking #6 cover to Ohio at the printed matter rate, multicolor Christmas cachet dates to 1964. $6.00 gc

11.11.1985 first flight cover for Reykjavík-Nuuk flight of Greenlandair Inc., neatly addressed to Nuuk Greenland, clear Godthåb backstamp, fresh appearance, franked by 8,00 Rubus saxatilis Iceland stamp which is neatly tied. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 100-dpi scan (almost doubles the cover's actual surface area) in .jpg or .tif format for $2.00

Two covers from the Army peregrine falcon survey of July 1985: one shown left bearing a 3.70 Greenland stamp with tab and signed by numerous expedition members (Thomas D. Ray DVM, R. N. Rosenfield, etc.); the other shown right a flight cover from Scotia NY to Søndre Strømfjord Greenland, piloted by Lt. Col. Tom Leonard, co-pilot Maj. Tom Maechtle, again signed multiple times. SALE IN PROGRESS gba

16-8-1985 GODTHÅB hand cancel ties 2,30 & 1,00 Queen Greenland stamps franking #6 cover from the University of Exeter geological expedition at Ivisârtoq, Inner Godthåbsfjord to Ohio, unsealed, neatly addressed, recipient's penciled docketing on back, autographed by expedition member Brian Chadwick. $6.00 gg

clear -2.-9.-1985 Sdr.-Stromfjord Kangefoligssauk cancel ties 1.00 Queen & 2.30 Queen stamps franking #6 envelope sent at the printed matter rate to Ohio, form cachet for a flight from Jakobshavn 30/8/85 in a Bell aircraft to glacier's edge filled out by the pilot, never sealed, small green US RC routing mark on back. $6.50 g NEW / NEU / NUOVO

-5-9-1985 GODTHÅB hand cancel ties 2,30 & 1,00 Queen Greenland stamps franking #6 cover from QAMANARSSUP SERMIA geological research station to Ohio, unsealed, neatly addressed, recipient's penciled docketing on back. Straight-line black handstamp over their location at 64º28'N 49º28;W. 1985 was their sixth year. $5.00 gg

Two 1985 cacheted covers from the ship M.S. NORDBRISE to Ohio, collectively franked by five Queen stamps (4 different denominations) which are tied. Each has a well=struck cachet & is neatly addressed. One bears the signature of the captain on front. Both for $9.00 g

Clear 14.-7.-1986 Godhavn K'ekertarssuak cancel on 3.70 polar bear stamp franking #6 cover sent at the printed matter rate to Ohio, autographed by 3 members of the Department of Geography expedition of the University of Copenhagen, never sealed, small light corner crease that affects nothing, small US K7 & R3 routing marks on back. $4.25 ga NEW / NEU / NUOVO

Clear 14.-7.1986 Narssarssuaq Harssarssuak cancel ties 3.70 centenary stamp to #6 cover sent at the printed matter rate to Ohio, message by member of a excursion there (in South Greenland) by the Botanical Institute of Denmark, additional clear cancels there dated 28.-7.1986 presumably on their return, clear Alborg 17.-7.86 cancel from an intermediate point, recipient's annotation of receipt 4 August 1986. A few stray speckles of cancel ink on front miss everything. $5.00 gfc NEW / NEU / NUOVO

24 July 1986 helicopter flight cacheted cover to Ohio franked by 3.00 harpooning stamp (printed matter rate) which is tied by a cancel on the 28th. Cachet style is similar to the one shown below with details of the flight such as the pilot (Lars Wejlin), point of origination (Sindre Stromfjord), mission, etc. filled in by hand. Two unimportant water spots at lower left corner obscure nothing. $4.50 g

28 -7 86 light Kangerdlugssuak' cancel with date inverted in dial ties 3,70 Apostle spoons stamp franking helicopter flight cover at printed matter rate to Ohio, never sealed, large ink smear on back. Flight details in green cachet--originated at Sondre Stromfjord, dropped Rosenfield & Kaale Siegstad, co-pilot Dennis Sullivan, etc. SALE IN PROGRESS ga

Clear -6.-8.-1986 Godhavn hand cancel ties 10-ore Queen & 3.70-ore centenary stamp franking #6 cover sent at the printed matter rate to Ohio, handwritten cachet from participants in the University of Copenhagen course in arctic biology (there from 15.7 - 12.8.86), autographs including author Peter Milan Petersen, never sealed, small violet US U1 routing mark on back, recipient's docketing on back indicates received 15 August 1986. Petersen's books include Investigations on the Ecology and Phenology of the Macromycetes in the Arctic & Variation of the Population Structure of Polygonum Viviparum L. in Relation to Certain Environmental Conditions--the later published by the Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland. $8.50 ga NEW / NEU / NUOVO

Before September 1990, Airmailed official post-card size folded announcement & order form of their semi-postal environmental stamp showing the sledge dog & common eider; sent POSTSAG / Service des postes to Ohio. In our opinion, the design of the stamp requires this explanation for an understanding of it. $1.00 ge

30-7 1991 partially light but clear Umanak cancel ties 3,70-kr Andreassen drawing of polar bear stamp to #6 cover from M.S. Nordbris (clear large blue cachet) to Ohio, neatly addressed, small AB & P6 US routing marks on back. $4.75 g

Before 25.10.93 POSTSAG (Service des postes) philatelic account billing card from Tasiilaq, corner crease, small red US j5 routing mark on back. $2.00 g

1994 A Prioritaire philatelic account billing card from Tasiilaq. Corner creased. $2.00 (g)

08/11/1995 A Prioritaire philatelic account billing card from Tasiilaq. Small corner bend. $2.25 g NEW / NEU / NUOVO

4 Official A Prioritaire covers used to convey philatelic account billing from Tasiilaq, plus a similar item from Ammassalik (official taped over return address correction), plus 2 without the A Prioritaire also from Ammassalik (no correction necessary). At least 2 different printings of the basic envelopes. The group of 7 for study $10.00. g NEW / NEU / NUOVO

GREENLAND MAXIMUM CARDS 1990 - 2001

7.6.90 wildflower issue: 4,00 "Tikiusaaq / Grønlandsk blåklokke"; 5,50 "Qajaasaq / Grønlandsk post"; & 6,50 "Issutit / Kantlyng" (shown). Complete set of three maximum cards: $7.50 gf-gf

25 marts 1993 crabbing issue: 4,00 "Peqquk / Troldkrabbe / Lithodes" (above left); 7,25 Saatauq / Den store grønlandske krabbe / The Large crab" (above right); & 8,50 "Assagiarsuk / Sandkrabbe / Stonecrab" (at left). Set of three $10.50 gf-gf

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14.10.93 wildlife issue: 5,00 "Polarulv (Amaroq) Canis Lupus" (above left); 8,50 Polarræv (Terianniaq) Alopex Lagop" (above right); & 10,00 "Ren (Tuttu) Rangifer Tarandus" (at left). Set of three $11.50 ga-ga

29 February 1996 Greenland orchids issue: 4,25 "Isigammaasaaraq Corallorhiza trifida / Koralrod" (shown right) & 7,50 "Asiarpak Platanthera hyperborea / Grønlandsk gøgelilje" (at left). Pair of maximum cards: $7.50 go-go

13 August 1999 Viking artifacts issue: 4,50 "Puugutaq ukkusissamik sanaaq. / Skål af klæbersten (fedtsten)." (not shown) ; 4,75 "Sanningasoq quisummik kigartugaq / ... / Krucifiks skåret i træ fra Vesterbygden 21,3 cm." (above left); 5,75 "Uumasup niaqua qisummik kigartugaq / Vesterbygdenimeersoq. / ..." (above right); & 8,00 "Biskopip ajaappiaata nuua aarrup tuugaanik / sanaaq romamiusut alutornarsagaq. / ..." (lower left). Complete set of four maximum cards: $13.50 ga-ga

18 August 2000 cultural heritage issue with Müller photography: 4,50 "Qajartortup iluliaq avaqqukka. / Kajakroer runder isbjerg." (shown left); & 4,75 "Arnaq qapiartoq. / Kvinde bearbejder sælskind med / den traditionelle grønlandske kniv, ulo'en." (shown right). Complete set of two maximum cards: $5.75 g-g

18 August 2000 drum dancer semi-postal stamp issue complete on maximum card. $3.50 gmdi-gmd

9 November 2000 Christmas issue with Rolf Müller images: 4,50 "Nuummi juulli I. / Jul i Nuuk (Godthåb) I." (shown left) & 4,75 "Nuummi juulli II. / Jul i Nuuk (Godthåb) II." (shown right). Complete set of 2 maximum cards: $4.75 gc-gc

5 February 2001 Viking issue: 1,00 "Qallunaatsiap atisaasa assingi Magga Karlsenimit / ikaartitikkat Narsap katersugaasivianut / ..." (not shown); 4,50 "Vikinngit umiarsuaat Saga Siglar. / Vikingeskibet Saga Siglar." (above left); 5,00 Igalikumi qallunaatsiaat illusia sinnikui. / Nordboruiner ved Igliku, Sydgrønland." (above center); & 10,00 "Illukut 'Nunataaq'-nut isikkivillit (Nuna nutaaq) / Tasiusami Ikersuup qinnguani. / ..." (above right). Complete set of four maximum cards: $11.50 g-g

5 February 2001 Arctic Winter Games 4,50+0,50 semi-postal issue on maximum card. $3.25 complete. g-gs

9 Mai 2001 cultural heritage issue with Hove art, stamps denominated 4,50 (above left) & 4,75 (above right). Complete as shown. $4.75 g-g

9 Mai 2001 Europa issue with Rosing art depicting the importance of shrimp to fishermen & whales, stamp denominated 15,00. Complete as shown. $5.50 gf-gf

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9 Mai 2001 3,25 Queen definitive issue on maximum card. $2.50 gr-gr

16.10.2001 Christmas issue with Buuti art on double postcard, stamps denominated 4,75 & 4,50 depicting ptarmigans. Complete as shown: $5.75 gc-gc

16.10.2001 essay stamp issue: 5,75 Northern lights 5-øre essay (above left); 8,00 seal 10-øre essay (above right); & 21,00 polar bear 15-øre essay (left). Complete set of three maximum cards: $13.50 g-gs

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