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Against the advice of the Head Postmaster, Sigurður Briem, the Icelandic government accepted the offer to produce 813,000 kronur's worth of stamps, 600,000 kronur's worth of which were to go to Iceland, and the rest to the Society for its trouble. Iceland's share of the stamps were delivered in December 1929, but in 1930 it became apparent ...
1959 Jón Þorkelsson Bicentenary of his death (2 stamps issued 5 May 1959) [4] 1961 Benedikt Sveinsson and Björn M. Ólsen, to celebrate the University of Iceland (3 stamps issued 6th Oct) 1961 Jón Sigurðsson 150th anniversary of his birth. [2] 1963 Sigurður Guðmundsson to celebrate the National Museum (2 stamps issued 20th Feb. 1963)
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [1] [2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2024.
It broke the price record four times, and while Sotheby's expected it to fetch $10 million to $15 million at auction in 2021, it ended up changing hands for $8.31 million.
Genuine LS6 convertibles typically fetch between $150,000 and $200,000, with some notable cars, such as the Ray Allen Truppi-Kling race car, reaching $1.2 million at auction. 6. 1971 Pontiac GTO ...
The Scandinavia Philatelic Society was founded in the United Kingdom in 1952 as the Scandinavian Collectors Club, to promote the collection of Stamps, Postcards and Postal History of greater Scandinavia. That is Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Danish West Indies, Åland and Spitsbergen.
Facit catalog for Sweden, 2017.. The Facit catalog is a specialized postage stamp catalog for the countries of Scandinavia. [1] First published in 1947, it is the most detailed and complete catalog available for philatelists interested in the stamps of Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Åland, and the Danish West Indies.
In 1998, postal services were again split from telecoms becoming Landssími Íslands (later called Síminn, Iceland Telecom) and Íslandspóstur (Iceland Post). [2] Automatic letter sorting commenced in 2001. [15] In 2005, Iceland Post acquired the telegram service from Síminn, having previously been operated jointly before the split ...