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Of Topical Interest

By Erik Jensen

Last chance

Until 26th June 1994 you have a chance to see the museum’s collection of Norwegian stamps from the years 1855-1992 and more recent stamps from Hungary (1983-1991). This is also the final call if you have not yet seen L.D. Hansen’s special collection "The Faroe Islands", which was mentioned in MuseumsPosten no. 1.

Icelandic Stamps

Among the selection from the museum’s Draft and Model Collection of stamps from Iceland (1873-1937), which is shown until 2nd October 1994 there is some material which has not previously been displayed. First and foremost, drafts for and proofs of the Icelandic definitive series and Government service stamps from 1902 (Christian the 9th), 1907 (Frederick the 8th and Christian the 9th), and 1920 (Christian the 10th). The designs and a number of sample prints come from the originator of these stamps, Professor Hans Tegner, whose collection was handed over to the P&T Museum after his death.

On display is also material from the Post and Telegraph Service’s own hideaway and from H.H. Thiele’s Printing House in Copenhagen, which was in charge of the printing of a large part of the Icelandic stamps until 1933, among other things sheets of the oldest Icelandic stamps, the "skilling" version from 1873 as well as designs for and approved sheets of the landscape series from 1925.

And finally, the exhibition shows photos, designs, engraving impressions, and sheets of Iceland’s definitive series of stamps from 1935-1937, printed in steel engraving in the stamp printing works of the Danish postal service. The motifs are the Dynjandi waterfall, the volcano Hekla, the poet Matthias Jochumsen, and Christian the 25th’s silver jubilee as a regent.

CEPT Stamps

The Europa stamps from 1960-1973 are likewise on display until 2nd October 1994. The occasion is the 35th anniversary of the foundation of CEPT (the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administration).

Strictly speaking the CEPT stamps from this period are probably the less interesting because the member countries were at that time obliged to issue stamps of a design which was common to the countries participating in the emission of the year. For the same reason Denmark only participated during the years 1960 and 1969 when the 1st and 10th anniversary of the CEPT were commemorated.

In 1974 the emission form was changed. Now the CEPT determines a common theme, preferably of topical interest, every year and leaves it to the countries to decide the motifs. But that is a completely different story.

Special Exhibition

On 9th June 1994 the Post and Telegraph Service is issuing a series of stamps featuring Danish tramcars. On the same day a stamp with a surcharge to the benefit of the Danish Red Cross is also issued on the occasion of Prince Henrik’s 60th birthday.

In this connection the Danish Red Cross has offered to exhibit their collection of Danish Red Cross stamps in the P&T Museum. It contains designs, entire sheets, variants, and mail items with this type of stamps. Furthermore, the Danish Red Cross has "magicked" a collection of stamps with motifs of tramcars from all over the world to accompany the organization’s own collection.

The Post and Telegraph Museum has, of course, accepted to house the two collections, which can be seen in the exhibition gallery on the 4th floor during the period 16th June to 14th August 1994.

Let the Visitors Judge for Themselves

From 28th of June to 2nd of October 1994 the museum is exhibiting a selection of French postage stamps from the recent years. Exactly this country’s postage stamps are often given prominence due to their artistically high level. Whether this is justified or not will be up to our visitors to decide. Like Denmark, France has many of its stamps printed in steel engraving and every year quite a lot of stamps are issued in large and diverging formats. The annual number of postage stamps in France is about twice as big as in Denmark.

Finland

The Nordic countries’ postage stamps are exhibited one after another for six months at a time. From the 28th of June 1994 the turn has come to Finland. The museum’s catalogue collection comprises the years 1856-1993 and includes the stamps from the new stamp country, the Aland Islands who got their own postage stamps in 1984.


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