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The international Women’s Day – Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands issued a stamp to mark 100 years of International Women’s Day. The first seeds for equal rights between men and women were sown in the 18th century. There had certainly been sporadic...
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Traditional Women’s professions – Faroe Islands
Faroe islands post issued a set of two stamps featuring Traditional Women’s Professions – The Midwife and The Nurse. The Midwife When talking about traditional female professions, the midwife probably...
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Cats – Faroe Islands
“The cat lies by the door dead, and can eat neither butter nor bread.” So begins an old Faroese rhyme about a poor cat that is so in love that it has completely lost its appetite. Nobody knows when...
View ArticleEuropa 2012 – Faroe Islands
Faroe islands issued a set of postage stamps inviting people of world to visit Faroe Islands, as a part of EUROPA 2012 series. The roar of the surf, the screams from the sea-birds – the ever changing...
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The old folklore often deals with issues on the borders between the known universe and a threatening outher world which people feared – or between right and wrong, defined by secular regulation and...
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Seafood – Faroese Islands
Faroese island post issued a set of stamps featuring various seafood. The cold North Atlantic with its strong currents, cold temperatures and a benign maritime flora and fauna are providing excellent...
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Europa 2011 – Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands issued a set of stamp to mark under EUROPA 2011 to mark this year as the international year of forest as declared by United Nations. Forests – not exactly what one associates with the...
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Knitted Art of Faroe Islands on Sepac 2015 stamps
Faroe Islands post issued a stamp featuring Knitted Art of Faroe Islands as a part of SEPAC 2015 stamps with the theme “Culture”. An ancient Faroese proverb says: “Ull er Foroya gull”, i.e. “Wool is...
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150 years of Jacobsen’s Bookstore
Faroe post issued two stamps to mark the 150 years of the foundation of H.N. Jacobsen’s Bookstore founded in 1865 in Gongin. H. N. Jacobsen stands for Hans Nicolai Jacobsen (1832-1919), colloquially...
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Norden 2016 stamps celebrating Nordic cuisine
Nordic cuisine is the theme of the Norden 2016 stamps, the joint Nordic stamp issue this year dedicated to Nordic food and termed as the “Nordic kitchen”. The eight Nordic countries: Denmark, Norway,...
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