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Frimærkeudgave den 24. maj

Frimærkeudgave den 27. marts

Nordisk fællesudgave - Klipperne og Søens Bjørn

Op til 1950’erne var kajakken den grønlandske fangers mest anvendte fartøj. Sagnet om kajakroeren, der fanges af ånden i klipperne, er ikke det mest kendte grønlandske sagn. Til gengæld er det meget dramatisk. Som verdens største rovdyr på landjord har isbjørnen den største mytiske plads i den gamle inuitkultur. Søens Bjørn er fortællingen om åndemanerlærlingens drabelige men samtidig dybt spirituelle møde med isbjørnen.

01100401 og 01100402
Norden-Mytologi III/1-2 – Mytiske steder i landskabet
Valør: DKK 7,00
Udgivelsesdag: 27.03.2008
50 mærker pr. ark
Format: B-liggende
Trykmetode: Offset
Papir: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
Hvidt papir
Kunstner: Naja Abelsen
Typografi : Dorit Olsen
Ydre mål: 31,08 X 23,60 mm

01106401
Miniark, Norden-Mytologi III
Valør: DKK 15,00
Udgivelsesdag: 27.03.2008

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Frimærkeudgave den 31. januar

EUROPA 2008 – Brevskrivning

Temaet for årets EUROPAudgivelse er ”Brevskrivning”, et fænomen som er værd at kaste lys over.

Ordet brev defineres undertiden som en skriftlig meddelelse, der sendes til en anden person. Med et brev kan man dele noget dyrebart og dybtfølt med andre mennesker, og mulighederne er mangfoldige.

Brevskrivningens historie går langt tilbage. Helt tilbage fra oldtiden kender man f.eks. til skriftlige meddelelser i form af inskriptioner på lertavler, og siden har man også anvendt vokstavler og papyrus. Fællesnævneren er en meddelelse, som er udformet i skrift, påført en destinationsangivelse og afsendt til den heldige modtager.
Brevskrivningen åbnede for nye muligheder for kommunikation, end dem man hidtil havde kendt. Nu kunne man sende sine budskaber over store afstande. Op gennem middelalderen udvikledes denne form for kommunikation mellem mennesker, og efterhånden som materialet i form af pergament og papir også blev lettere, blev brevskrivning en udbredt og yndet disciplin.
Gennem breve kan selv de mest inderste og fortrolige tanker få udtryk, og vi kan dele dem med vore kære og nærmeste. Brevskrivningen udvikler sig stadig, og i dag har den fået elektronisk form, når vi ”e-mailer” hinanden.

Men der er alligevel noget særligt over at skrive et godt gammeldags brev med pen og papir. Det synes også kunstneren bag POST Greenlands to EUROPAfrimærker, Julie Edel Hardenberg. Hun forbinder en særlig stemning med brevskrivningen, noget der kan foregå når familien sætter sig sammen – børn og voksne – og skriver til nogen, de holder af. Også når de bagefter udvælger det frimærke, som bliver ”kronen på værket”. Julies to frimærker udkommer i traditionelle helark, småark, samt i et frimærkehæfte indeholdende 6 selvklæbende eksemplarer af hvert frimærke. Måske bliver det kronen på værket på dit næste brev?

01100396
EUROPA Brevskrivning 1/2
Valør: 5,75

01100397
EUROPA Brevskrivning 2/2
Valør: 7,50

Udgivelsesdag: 31.01.2008
50 mærker pr. ark
Format: B-liggende
Trykmetode: Offset
Papir TRP Stamp Paper PVA
Hvidt papir
Kunstner: Julie Edel Hardenberg
Typografi : Dorit Olsen
Ydre mål: 31,08 X 23,60 mm

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Moderne grønlandsk kunst – del 2
Et af Grønlands kendetegn og varemærker verden over er det levende kunstliv, hvorigennem kulturen og samfundet illustreres og får liv af de mange kreative grønlandske kunstnere.  Det var med det udgangspunkt, POST Greenland i 2007 indledte den kunstserie, som nu fortsættes med tre nye frimærker og en flot souvenirmappe.

Frimærkerne er denne gang kreeret af tre internationalt anerkendte kvindelige kunstnere: Ina Rosing, Buuti Pedersen og Aka Høegh. Ina Rosing er datter af Jens Rosing, der var kunstneren bag det ene mærke i første del af kunstserien. Inas værker er kendetegnet ved et kraftfuldt og temperamentsfuldt udtryk. Buuti Pedersen delte i en årrække hjemby med POST Greenland, Filatelia, og har også tidligere skabt motiver til grønlandske frimærker. Hendes værker har ofte stærke farver og et mytisk udtryk. Sidst, men ikke mindst, præsenterer vi et frimærke af Aka Høegh, der oftest lader sig inspirere af naturen og de gamle myter. Hermed åbnes dørene til endnu et spændende stykke af den grønlandske kultur, sådan som den kommer til udtryk i den moderne kunst.

Ina Rosing
Af Line Brændstrup

De yngre grønlandske kunstnere markerer sig i disse år stærkere og stærkere på den dansk-grønlandske kunstscene.  Deres værker afspejler styrke og selvstændighed foruden friskhed og nytænkning.

Dansk-grønlandske Ina Rosing er en stor del af denne kunstverden. Ina er født i 1965 i Danmark, hvor hun også er opvokset.  Siden har hun rejst og boet en periode i Grønland.  Fra 1984 til 1991 uddannede hun sig på Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, og siden har hun udstillet i mange dele af verden.

Ina Rosing er datter af de grønlandske frimærkers ”Grand Old Man” Jens Rosing, men har for længst flyttet sig ud af sin fars skygge, bl.a. da hun skabte motiverne til årets grønlandske julefrimærker i 1996, EUROPA-frimærket i 2001, og senest et frimærke i vores videnskabsserie den 1. oktober.  Kendetegnet for hendes værker er ofte kraftfuldhed og dynamik; hendes billeder er spontane og temperamentsfulde.

Nu er hun skaberen af det ene af POST Greenlands tre frimærker i kunstseriens anden del, hvor hun især har beskæftiget sig med sit forhold til Grønland og det at være grønlænder.  Frimærkets motiv afspejler på mange måder den kraftfuldhed og det temperament, der kendetegner Inas værker.  Selv siger hun om billedet: ”Jeg elsker det store vidtstrakte land. Forbundenheden med naturen, og naturens suveræne overlegenhed, giver både styrke og ydmyghed.  Grønland har stærke rødder, ”gamle dage” er ikke ret længe siden, samtidig er Grønland en del af Verden og tager i stigende grad Verden til sig og bidrager med sine unikke styrker.  Pigen på billedet løber, hårtoppen er løsnet. Hun er åben og nysgerrig, hun har fødderne på jorden og hovedet oppe i den friske vind.  Hun repræsenterer den livskraft, som jeg oplever, er Grønlands vigtigste ressource.”

01100398
Moderne Kunst II/1
Valør: DKK 5,50
Udgivelsesdag:
31. januar 2008
20 mærker pr. ark
Format: E – liggende
Kunstner: Ina Rosing
Ydre mål: 50,50 x 43,26 mm
Trykmetode: Offset
Papir: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
Hvidt papir
Typografi : Dorit Olsen

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Bodil ”Buuti” Pedersen
af Allan Pertti Frandsen

Som en af Grønlands mest etablerede kunstnere har Bodil ”Buuti” Pedersen også slået sit navn fast indenfor frimærkeverdenen. Dette kunstfrimærke er således hendes sjette frimærke for POST Greenland siden hendes frimærkedebut i 1995.

Buuti Pedersen er født 1955 i Qaqortoq (Julianehåb). I en årrække boede hun med sin mand og børn i Tasiilaq, og delte derved hjemby med POST Greenland, Filatelia. I 2006 flyttede Buuti og familien tilbage til Qaqortoq, hvorfra hun fortsætter sit kunstneriske virke i hjemlige sydgrønlandske omgivelser.
Buuti nærer en stor forkærlighed for Grønlands natur. Især dyrelivet portrætterer hun i harmoniske og ofte legesyge situationer. Billederne er følsomme og drømmeagtige. Tryghed, ro og sammenhold er nøgleordene. Desuden spiller det ubevidste kraftigt ind i, og særligt i hendes ikonserie – et yndet Buuti tema – toner symbolerne frem.

Isbjørnen er et centralt tema i Buutis billedkunst. Mange læsere af Greenland Collector og samlere af grønlandske frimærker vil således kunne nikke genkendende til den karakteristiske isbjørn med de lukkede, drømmende øjne, som også pryder hendes nye frimærke.
Fra POST Greenlands side var der da heller ingen tvivl, da vi skulle foreslå et egnet frimærkemotiv blandt alle de prægtige kunstværker i Buutis omfattende samling.  Isbjørnen på den blå baggrund udstråler en betagende kombination af drømme og naturens indbyggede magi. Heldigvis var Buuti enig i vores vurdering af, hvilket af hendes værker der ville gøre sig bedst på hendes frimærke i denne kunstserie.

01100399
Moderne kunst II/2
Valør: DKK 14,25
Udgivelsesdag:
31. januar 2008
20 mærker pr. ark
Format: E – liggende
Kunstner: Buuti Pedersen
Ydre mål: 50,50 x 43,26 mm
Trykmetode: Offset
Papir: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
Hvidt papir
Typografi: Dorit Olsen

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Aka Høegh
af Allan Pertti Frandsen

I en årrække har Aka Høegh indtaget en central placering på Grønlands kunstneriske scene. Længe før hendes frimærkedebut i 1986 havde hendes kunst således vakt berettiget opsigt langt udenfor Grønlands grænser. Garvede læsere af dette blad vil desuden huske hendes opmuntringer til kreativt samarbejde og udfoldelse, blandt andet gennem projektet ”Sten og Menneske” i Qaqortoq, omtalt i Greenland Collector, nr. 1, februar 2002.

Aka Høegh er født i Qullisaat på Disko Ø i 1947. Hun er hovedsagelig autodidakt, med periodevise gæstestudier på Københavns Kunstakademi.
Hendes udtryksformer er mangfoldige indenfor maleri, stenskulpturer, træudskæringer, mosaik, grafik, m.m. Hendes billeder har meget ofte en drømmende karakter, udtrykt gennem flydende penselstrøg af bevægelser og strømninger.

Akas kunst er influeret af naturen og de grønlandske myter og sagn. Desuden spiller mennesket en central rolle i hendes talrige værker.  Inspirationen finder hun i mennesket, dets livsånd og uddelte erfaringer.  Hun opmuntres af skønheden i det sociale møde og blotte nærvær, og ikke mindst af sjælens indre stemme. ”Alt, hvad vi ser, indeholder en sjæl”, er et meget dækkende citat af Aka.
Hendes værker er aldrig direkte politiske, men folkelivet og de dårligt stillede tilskynder hende til kunstneriske udtryk. Således gengives Grønlands sociale hjerterytme gennem hendes kunst. Aka er modtager af flere æresbevisninger, blandt andet er hun Ridder af Dannebrog.

01100400
Moderne kunst II/3
Valør: DKK 30,50
Udgivelsesdag: 31. januar 2008
20 mærker pr. ark
Format: E – liggende
Kunstner: Aka Høegh
Ydre mål: 50,50 x 43,26 mm
Trykmetode: Offset
Papir: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
Hvidt papir
Typografi: Dorit Olsen

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New Stamps 24 May

The fight against Tuberculosis in Greenland
By Doctor in Chief Jens Otto Veje, Costal Management, Queen Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk

History

The disease Tuberculosis has been known in Greenland for hundreds of years.  It is not known for certain when the first case was found, but it is believed that the disease gained ground in Greenland at the time of the Whalers between 1500 – 1700.

The ship misigssût, a ship proceeding X-rays, carried out an important mission in the 1950’ies following years of visiting all the towns and settlements along the coast.  Radiography of lungs and collecting expectorate for examination for Tuberculosis was the main task.  The ship was known everywhere on the coastline and its appearance every year over a number of years was a positive signal to the population that now was the chance for examination – and help.

Tuberculosis was an affliction to the Greenlandic people right up until the beginning of the 1960’ies.  2.000 new cases per 100.000 inhabitants were instrumental in making Tuberculosis the most frequent cause of death at that time in Greenland.  The chances in Greenland of vaccination, tracing the infected, treatment and isolation of the patients were only improved in the late 1950’ies. With the introduction of the BCG vaccination for the 0 – 15 year olds, the building of Queen Ingrid’s Hospital (SANA) in Nuuk, new cures and the procurement of the X-ray ship Misigssût, one managed to bring down the prevalence and the large number of death caused by the Tuberculosis infection.  Since 1990 there has been an increasing amount of causes of Tuberculosis that have not reduced despite great efforts.

National strategy for fighting Tuberculosis in Greenland 2007 – 2012
It is a fact that a health service is incapable of exterminating a disease like Tuberculosis on its own. Both the individual and society as a whole carry a responsibility of limiting the spread of the infection.

The principle elements of the required procedures for the national strategy are of informing the population about the disease, making an annual screening for Tuberculosis among schoolchildren in the beginning and end of every school year, creating a post as a Tuberculosis nurse in South Greenland, plus X-raying the lungs of the entire population in South Greenland every second year. South Greenland is the area, where Tuberculosis has appeared to have the largest prevalence during these years. We have good treatment and a reliable medical supply, but one of thedifficulties exists in tracing the infected and those who are sick already.

Misigss ût will patrol again!
In order to provide radiography in all towns and districts in South Greenland, it is necessary for Misisgssût to return. The population remembers the ship Misigssût, which no longer exists. It should be replaced by another ship and equipped like Misigssût. The task that this ship will carry out will have important significance in determining our chances of finding the people infected with Tuberculosis and so be successful in breaking the chain of infection.

01100393
Additional value, Against Tuberculosis
Value: DKK 5.75 + 0.50
Date of issue: 24th May 2008
50 stamps per sheet
Size: B-Horizontal
Outside meassurements: 30.08 x 23.60 mm
Printing Methode: Offset
Paper: TR-Offset
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Artist: Miki Jacobsen

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Greenlandic Fossils on Stamps
By David Harper, Professor & Mona Elmgaard, Conservator

The geology of Greenland has a remarkable large number of rock structures that stretches over almost four billion years of history of the Earth.  In fact, sedimentary deposits from Isua in West Greenland reveal the earliest proof of known life, in the shape of micro organisms, existing 3,8 billion years ago.  Life developed later in species and numbers and left its marks on geological history. Rocks and fossils in Greenland have given us an insight into the development of animals and plants throughout the history of the Earth.

The first series of stamps on this subject illustrates important events in life on Earth by showing unique fossils from Greenland.  In the geological Age, Cambrium, a riot of different species arose, which later lead to the inhabitation of the earth and the sky by toads and pterodactyls respectively.

Halkrieria evangelista is an astonishing animal.  It looks like a worm with two shells, one at each end of its body.  It was first found in Cambric rocks on Bornholm; only a few shells were found which, for the most part made it look like a sea shell. The fossil from the Pass of Sirius in North Greenland was collected by The Geological Institute of Greenland in 1980.  The find was complete with two shells and it showed that it belonged to the mollusc but it did not look at all like something we know of today. The fauna of Sirius contains many strange and undiscovered animals and that testifies to a world-wide development of new kinds of life, e.g. during the Cambric Explosion 250 billion years ago, when a high amount of new complex organisms developed very fast.

Ichthyostega stensioei is one of the first amphibians. In the geological age, Devon, the land was already green and contained different species of spiders, insects and molluscs.  At the end of Devon about 360 millions ago, the vertebrates followed.  The first specimen of Ichthyostega was collectedby Swedish expeditions in East Greenland in the 1920’ies and 1930’ies.  At first it was taken for a terrestrial toad, but later it came to show that it lived in water; however, sometimes it would pull itself ashore, where it most likely fed on insects.

Eudimorphodon cromptonellus is a small pterodactyl that was one of the first vertebrate to develop the ability of flying.  The specimen was found by the Carlsberg Fjord in East Greenland in the 1990’ies by an expedition from Harvard University.  Eudimorphodon existed in Greenland at the same time as the first dinosaurs (such as Plateosaurus), toads, fish and mammals.  The sky was crowded with flying insects and hovering lizards but proper pterodactyls were the first to develop flying at own force in Sen Trias, 220 billion years ago.
The mentioned fossils are to be found at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen.

01100403
Fossils in Greenland I/1 – Halkieria Evangelista
Value: DKK 1.00
Date of Issue: 24.5.2008
40 stamps per sheets
Size: B-horizontal
Paper: TR4
Printing method: Combination
Artist and engraver: Martin Mörck

01100404
Fossils in Greenland I/2 – Ichthyostega Stensioei
Value: DKK 20.50
Date of Issue: 24.5.2008
40 stamps per sheet
Size: G-horizontal
Paper: TR4
Printing method: Combination
Artist and engraver: Martin Mörck

01100405
Fossils in Greenland I/3 – Eudimorphodon
Cromptonellus
Value: DKK 25.00
Date of Issue: 24.5.2008
40 stamps per sheet
Size: G-horizontal
Paper: TR4
Printing method: Combination
Artist and engraver: Martin Mörck
All three stamps have the outside meassurements 39.52 x 28.84 mm

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Royal Wedding
By Tina Vestergaard

Royal weddings are one of the very favourite events amongst the Greenlandic people.  There is great respect for and devotion to the Danish royal family in Greenland.  We simply love our own royal family and fortunately it is now the occation of another festive event.  We can now look forward to yet another royal wedding, when Prince Joachim is going to seal his love to French Marie Cavallier with the holy matrimony.
On that occasion, POST Greenland is proud to honour the royal family presenting a very special stamp.

Joachim and Marie have made a couple since 2005 and finally engaged 3. October 2007. Marie says in an interview with the Danish magazine “Se&Hør” that she most certainly would like to have a child so who knows? The two little Princes, Nikolaj and Felix, might have a new brother or sister to look forward to.

Beautiful Marie Cavallier has never made a secret of her fondness of the 6 years older Prince Joachim and has on several occasions praised his open mind and good looks! That
happened most recently at the press conference linked to the engagement, where the Princess to be expressed her excitement about becoming a Danish Princess, but foremost to be Joachim’s wife.

Likewise it was impossible for the prince to cover up how in love he is.
“I realized that there was no going back, that this was the right person – the right to become a loving wife”, said Prince Joachim and then he made the entire press melt by giving beaming Marie a big kiss.

The wedding is set to 24th May 2008 in Møgeltønder church, not far from Schackenborg Castle, which will be the new home for the newly wed after the wedding.  Untill then, Marie Cavallier will stay in Genève, where she works in the investment company, RE Invest.

Even if Marie Cavallier wishes to be ‘just’ the wife of Price Joachim, she still has to leave her civil position behind.  From the wedding date, she will be entitled Her Royal Highness Princesses Marie of Denmark.  Not only does she give up her name, but also her French citizenship in order to become a Danish princess.  On top of that, she must convert to the Danish National Evangelical Lutheran Church and learn to speak Danish.  In spite of all these changes, Marie does not loose the connections to her French roots, as also the Prince Consort Henrik, the husband of Queen Margrethe II., is French.  And it so happens, that Prince Henrik and the father of Marie come from the same region in Southern France.

Getting married in quiet South Jutland, Joachim comes through with the message that he whish to celebrate his happiness under private circumstances.  The entire kingdom will still be able to follow the wedding, though, and enjoy the ‘usual’ media covering from the living rooms 24th May when Joachim gets his Marie.

01100406
Royal Wedding – Joachim & Marie
Value: DKK 10,25
Date of issue: 24. May 2008
40 stamps per sheet
Size: G-vertical
Outside meassurements: 28,84x39,52 mm
Printing method: Offset
Paper: Sopal, white paper
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Photo: Steen Brogaard

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New Stamps 27 March

Joint Nordic Issue - The Rocks and The Bear of the Lake

Until the 1950’s the kayak was the Inuit sealer’s most important vessel. The legend of the kayaker, who is captured by the spirit of the rocks, is not the most famous Greenlandic legend. However, it is very dramatic. Being the world’s largest predator on land the polar bear is the most important mythical figure in the old Inuit culture. The Bear of the Lake is the legend of a shaman trainee’s dramatic, yet highly spiritual encounter with a polar bear.

01100401 - 01100402
Norden Mythology III/1 - 2 – Mythical places in the landscape
Value: DKK 7.00
Issue Date: 27.03.2008
50 stamps per sheet
Format: B-horizontal
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
White Paper
Artist: Naja Abelsen
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Outside measurements: 31.08 X 23.60 mm

01106401
Souvenir Sheet, Norden-Mythology III
Value: DKK 15.00
Issue Date: 27.03.2008
New Stamps 31 January

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New Stamps 31 January

EUROPA 2008 – Letter Writing

The theme of the 2008 EUROPA issue is ”Letter Writing”, a theme it is worth emphasising.

The word letter is from time to time defined as a written announcement, which is delivered to another person. Through a letter, something precious and sincere can be shared with other people, and the possibilities are numerous.

The history of writing letters goes far back. From ancient times, we know of written messages in the form of inscriptions on clay tables and since then, wax tables and papyrus sheets have also been used.

All letters have a common thread – the fact that a written message is labelled with a destination and sent off to the lucky receiver.  The introduction of letter writing gave whole new possibilities to communication between people than was the case before. Messages could now be delivered over far distances. Right through the Middle Ages this form of communication between people developed and, as the material in the form of parchment and paper became lighter, letter writing became a popular activity.

Through letters even the most personal and intimate thoughts can be expressed, and we can share them with our loved ones. Letter writing as an activity is still developing, and has even become electronical when we “e-mail” each other.

Still, there is something special about writing a real old-fashioned letter with pen and paper. The artist behind POST Greenland’s two EUROPA-stamps, Julie Edel Hardenberg, also thinks so. She senses a certain atmosphere in connection with writing letters; something that goes on when the family – children and grown-ups – sit down together and write to someone they love. And also when they afterwards select the stamp, which then becomes the crowning glory of the letter.
Julie’s two stamps are issued in traditional whole sheets, in mini sheets and in a stamp booklet containing 6 self adhesive copies of each stamp. Perhaps the crowning glory of your next letter?

01100396
EUROPA Letter Writing 1/2
Value: 5.75

01100397
EUROPA Letter Writing 2/2
Value: 7.50

Issue date: 31st January 2008
50 stamps per sheet
Size: B-horizontal
Printing method: Offset
Paper: TRP Stamp Paper PVA
White Paper
Artist: Julie Edel Hardenberg
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Outside meassurements:
31.08 X 23.60 mm

You can order the stamps at: www.stamps.gl
Or by sending an E-mail to: stamps@tele.gl

Modern Greenlandic Art – part two
One of Greenland’s brands and marks throughout the world is the vivid artists’ life, through which the culture and the society are expressed and given life by the many creative Greenlandic artists.
This was the starting point when POST Greenland in 2007 began the art series that is now continued with three new stamps and an illustrative souvenir folder.

The stamps are this time created by three internationally reputable female artists: Ina Rosing, Buuti Pedersen and Aka Høegh. Ina Rosing is the daughter of Jens Rosing, who was the artist behind one of the stamps in the first part of the series. Ina’s works are characterized by a vigorous and temperamental expression. Buuti Pedersen shared her hometown with POST Greenland, Filatelia for a number of years, and has earlier created motives for Greenlandic stamps. Her works are mostly done in strong colours and have often got a mythical expression. Last, but not least, we present a stamp by Aka Høegh, who is mostly inspired by nature and the old Greenlandic myths. With these stamps, we present to you yet another exiting piece of Greenland in the eyes of the modern art.

Ina Rosing
by Line brændstrup

In recent years a young increasing generation of Greenlandic artists have made their marks in the world of Danish-Greenlandic art. Their works express strength and independence besides freshness and new thinking.

Danish/Greenlandic Ina Rosing is a very significant part of this artistic environment. Ina was born in 1965 in Denmark, where she also grew up. Since then, she has travelled and lived in Greenland for a period of time. From 1984 to 1991 she took an education at the school of architecture in the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and has since then exhibited her works in many different parts of the world.

Ina Rosing is the daughter of the “grand old man” of Greenlandic stamps, Jens Rosing, but long ago stepped out of her fathers shades, for instance when she created the motives of Greenland’s Christmas stamps in 1996, the EUROPA stamp in 2001 as well as a stamp in our science series on 1st October. Characteristic for her works is often vigorousness and dynamic; her pictures are spontaneous and temperamental.

Now, she is the creator of one of POST Greenland’s three stamps in the second part of our art series, and this time she has dealt with her relationship to Greenland and her being Greenlandic. The stamp’s motive in many ways reflects the vigorousness and temperament, which is so characteristic for Ina’s works. She says about her own picture: ”I love the great vast country.  The connection with nature, and the total superiority of nature, provides both strength and humility. Greenland has strong roots, “the good old days” are not far away, and yet Greenland is a part of the world and increasingly embraces the world and contributes with its own unique strengths. The girl in the picture runs with her hair loose. She is open and curious; she has her feet in the ground and her head up in the fresh wind. She represents the life force that I find is Greenland’s most important resource.”

01100398
Modern Art II/1
Value: DKK 5.50
Issue Date: 31st January 2008
20 stamps per sheet
Size: E-horizontal
Artist: Ina Rosing
Outside Measurements:
50.50 x 43.26 mm
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
White Paper
Typography: Dorit Olsen

You can order the stamps at: www.stamps.gl
Or by sending an E-mail to: stamps@tele.gl

Bodil ”Buuti” Pedersen
by Allan Pertti Frandsen

As one of the most established artists in Greenland, Bodil ”Buuti” Pedersen’s name has become well-known in the world of stamps. This stamp is her sixth design for POST Greenland since her stamp debut in 1995.

Buuti Pedersen was born in 1955 in Qaqortoq (Julianehåb). For a number of years, she lived in Tasiilaq with her husband and children, and thus shared her hometown with POST Greenland, Filatelia.  In 2006 Buuti and her family moved back to Qaqortoq, where she continues her artistic work in homely South Greenlandic surroundings.

Buuti has a strong preference for the nature of Greenland. Especially, she likes to portray the animal life in harmonic and often playful situations. Her pictures are sensitive and dreamy. Security, calmness and unity are the key words.  Furthermore, the unconscious come into play, and especially in her icon series – a popular Buuti-theme – the symbols appear.

The polar bear is a central theme in Buuti’s visual art. Many readers of Greenland Collector and collectors of Greenlandic stamps will be able to recognise the characteristic polar bear with the closed, dreamy eyes, which is also the motive of her new stamp.
POST Greenland had no difficulty in suggesting a suitable stamp-motive among all the magnificent works in Buutis wide-ranging art collection. The polar bear on the blue background radiates a breathtaking combination of dreams and the inherent magic of nature. Luckily, Buuti agreed with us in deciding which one of her works would look best on a stamp in this modern art series.

01100399
Modern Art II/2
Value: DKK 14.25
Issue Date: 31st January 2008
20 stamps per sheet
Size: E – horizontal
Artist: Buuti Pedersen
Outside meassurements:
50.50 x 43.26 mm
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
Typography: Dorit Olsen

You can order the stamps at: www.stamps.gl
Or by sending an E-mail to: stamps@tele.gl

Aka Høegh
by Allan Pertti Frandsen

For a number of years, Aka Høegh has taken up a significant position in the world of Greenlandic art.  Long before her stamp-debut in 1986, her art had attracted well-deserved attention far beyond Greenland’s borders.  Readers of this magazine will perhaps also remember her encouragement to creative cooperation and display, among other things through the project ”Stone and Man” in Qaqortoq, mentioned in Greenland Collector No. 1, Feb. 2002.

Aka Høegh was born in Qullisaat on Disco Island in 1947.  She is mainly self-taught, and has from time to time taken up guest studies on the Copenhagen Art Academy.  Her artistic displays are numerous in the areas of painting, stone sculpturing, wood carving, mosaics, graphics etc.  Her pictures often have a dreamy expression, expressed through floating
brushstrokes of movement and flows.

Aka’s art is influenced by nature and the Greenlandic myths and legends.  Furthermore, man is the centre of her numerous works.  She finds inspiration in man and in man’s life spirit and experiences.  She is encouraged by the beauty in social meeting and the mere presence of man, and no less in the inner voice of the soul. ”All we see has a spirit”, is a well known quote of Aka.  Her works are never political, but the life of the common man, as well as those badly off, encourage her to artistic display.  As such the social heart beat of Greenland is expressed through the art of Aka Høegh.  Aka has received various awards, for instance she is a Danish knight.

01100400
Moderne Art II/3
Value: DKK 30.50
Issue date: 31st January 2008
20 stamps per sheet
Size: E – horizontal
Artist: Aka Høegh
Outside measurements:
50.50 x 43.26 mm
White Paper
Typography: Dorit Olsen
Printing Method: Offset
Paper: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA

You can order the stamps at: www.stamps.gl
Or by sending an E-mail to: stamps@tele.gl