Greenland:Sepac 2021: Historical Maps

On 8 June 2021 Post Greenland issued its contribution to the SEPAC (Small European Postal Administrations Cooperations) Joint Issue entitled "Historical Maps" created by illustrator and graphic artist Nuka K. Godtfredsen. .

Issue Description
In his work designing the stamp, Godtfredsen was inspired by an historical map of Greenland with Gustav Holm's and G.C. Amdrup's shipping routes 1884-85 and 1900, as well as maps of the coast northeast of Tasiilaq according to the diagrams for Holm, Amdrup and Kruuse prepared by W. Thalbitzer. .

Blocks
Each Block of Four contains four stamps taken from the same sheet of ten (one block from the upper margin of the sheet and the other from the lower margin of the sheet); selvedges are retained and include the traffic lights.

Sheet
Each Sheet with margins contains 10 stamps (2 x 5) (one design).

First Day Covers
The first First Day Cover is a pictorial envelope with the stamp from the issue affixed and cancelled.

The second First Day Cover is a pictorial envelope with a Block of Four stamps from the issue affixed and cancelled.

SEPAC Folder
The stamps featured in the twelfth edition of the special folder entitled Old Maps 12 contain stamps from the participating postal administrations of Åland, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guernsey, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta and Monaco. All the stamps bear the official SEPAC logo.

SEPAC Series
Other Issues under the SEPAC theme include: