ENGLISH DANSK
NEW STAMP ISSUES OF 21th MAY 2007
New Series: CONTEMPORARY GREENLANDIC ART
POST Greenland’s stamp policy says, among other things”… to issue small images of Greenland’s nature, history, culture and society. And these small images shall, over time, reflect the development our society has experienced”. The creators of these images, the unique Greenlandic artists, are all lividly and vitally contributing to the realisation of this policy.
Consequently, POST Greenland is very proud to launch this new series entitled “Contemporary Greenlandic Art”. The series is expected to run for a couple of years since we have so many promising and creative artists in Greenland.
The first three stamps in the series are created by Jens Rosing, Anne-Birthe Hove and Linda Riber Sørensen. Each by themselves, they represent three different generations of Greenlandic artists. And each of them has created a different number of stamps for POST Greenland: Jens Rosing more than 130, Anne-Birthe Hove sixteen, while the stamp designed by Linda Riber Sørensen is her third Greenlandic stamp work. At the same time, the three artists each have their own line of approach to art and to Greenland.
At POST Greenland we hope this stamp series will provide interesting glimpses of the variety, which the Greenlandic artists create and represent through their works.
Fore more information on the three artists – see the article inside the magazine. Or buy the souvenir folder “Contemporary Greenlandic Art I”, which contains two of each stamp, as well as very informative texts and highly interesting examples of more artworks by the three artists. Item No. 01303031. DKK 44.00.
50 Years of Greenlandic Stamps Jens Rosing By Ilka Gerken
 More than 130 stamps in half a century: No other Greenlandic artist has created stamp designs for POST Greenland for so many years, and to such an extent, as Jens Rosing. To many collectors, Jens Rosing almost has become synonymous with Greenlandic stamps, an area on which he has left a significant mark through his work. “The Grand Old Man”, who turned 80 years in 2005, made his stamp debut back in 1957. Since then Jens Rosing has created many stamps depicting especially mythological themes, the Greenlandic fauna, Arctic Vikings, and many other interesting themes.
POST Greenland has specifically asked Jens Rosing to create the motif for a last stamp, as a gesture for his lifelong artistic commitment as the fantastic painter, story-teller and person he is. It is not visual art alone, which Jens Rosing is so acclaimed and popular for. For instance, he has also written about his experiences as a reindeer guard in Northern Norway, in the book “Den dragende flok” (1954), which formed his debut work as an author. He also wrote three books on the Arctic Vikings, the Norsemen who settled in Greenland. Moreover, he has collected – and retold – legends and stories from Greenland.
His interest in art, and his devotion, can be traced back to his ancestors. The early Rosings are wellknown in Greenland for their accomplishments within arts and crafts. Jens Rosing has passed this artistic heritage on to his daughter Ina, who has also contributed to Greenlandic stamp art, among others the series “Edible Plants in Greenland” and the commemorative G380, “West Nordic Council – Hydro Power”, issued in January.
From a postal administration’s viewpoint, it is essential to cooperate with artists who understand the tiny format, demanding greater and different competence from the artist in the creative process than ordinary painting. And like no one else, Jens Rosing has had the skills to profit from the tiny format to bring out precisely what Greenlandic stamps are supposed to reflect: Greenland’s culture, nature, history and present. The design of his last stamp, to be issued on 21st May, reflects in a classical way this extraordinary ability.
On top of this new art stamp Jens Rosing literally sets his mark on the whole series, since he has also created the design in the first day cancellation. With his permission, POST Greenland uses Jens Rosing’s private wax seal signature, depicting the Sun, the Cresent, a human and a Great Northern Diver as symbols. It is said that the Great Northern Diver provided us humans with language and songs, enabling us to interpret and tell about the world. No one but Jens Rosing has been gifted with the art of telling the world about Greenland, literarily as well as artistically.
Son of author, clergyman and painter Otto Rosing Married to Dagny Rosing Children: Aslak, Øyvind, Minik and Ina 1925 Born in Ilulissat (28th July) 1944 Lower secondary school leaving examination in Denmark 1944-46 Employment at Royal Greenland Trading Company 1947-1948 Academy of free and mercantile art 1948-1950 Art Academy’s painter school 1952 Married to Dagny Nielsen 1954 Debut in book form - ”Den dragende flok” (memoirs) 1957 First stamp designed for the Greenlandic postal administration 1976-1978 Head of Greenland’s National Museum in Nuuk 1979 The Danish Authors’ Association’s Specialist Literature Award 1985 Greenland Home Rule Culture Award 1989 The State’s Art Fund, lifelong performance 1999 Greenland Home Rule Decoration given for meritorious services 2004 Gurli and Charles Haugbøll-Award – the specialist literature group of the Danish Authors’ Association
01100384 Contemporary Art I/1 DKK 3.00 Issue date: 21.05.2007 8 stamps per sheet Size: double E – horizontal Artist: Jens Rosing Outside measurements: 101 x 43.26 mm Printing method: Offset Paper: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
Anne–Birthe Hove
 For over 30 years Anne-Birthe Hove has worked as an all-round and highly acclaimed graphic
designer and painter. On numerous trips to all parts of the world she has gained new inspiration to her art.
Anne-Birthe Hove is a brilliant artist, functionally and theoretically. She represents the artistic currents that followed in the wake of the introduction of Home Rule in Greenland in 1979. One of her sources for artistic inspiration is the father of Greenlandic pictorial art, “Aron of Kangeq” (1822-1869). In this way, the efforts of different artists merge in Anne Birthe Hove’s performances. In her artworks she comments on ideals, both on the archaeological finds from the Dorset culture, and on the colleagues of her own time.
Anne-Birthe Hove usually creates her paintings using several transparent layers, which is also evident in her new art stamp, her sixteenth stamp work for POST Greenland, which is issued on 21st May. Her earlier stamp works included among others the complete stamp series “Cultural Heritage”. Nature and the past are themes, which Anne - Birthe Hove often works on. But she rarely approaches these themes directly. Instead, she produces icons of them, e.g. the returning reindeer hunter, an umiaq (Inuit women’s boat), a tent, or contemporary blocks of flats. In one of her more recent series, Nuuk’s natural landmark and the artist’s daily view, Mount Sermitsiaq, is repeated in a range of varieties, some in combination with a declaration such as “Look!” or “Listen!”, with an eye or an ear glued on top, or fragments of something that could be an exercise about a trip, written below or right above the picture of the mountain. It is the reflection on the very experience of nature, which occupies Anne-Birthe Hove rather than the experience itself.
Her latest project was a decorating work, and Anne-Birthe recalls it being a big challenge since she worked in several metres length. “As a graphic designer I am used to working in much smaller scales”, she says. Designing stamps is at the very end of this scale. However, a stamp also needs to grab the viewers’ attention over a certain distance.
Born 1951 in Aasiaat Education: Copenhagen Art Academy School of Graphics 1980-82, lecturer: Prof. Dan Sterup-Hansen School of Art Pedagogy 1982-84, lecturer: Prof. Helge Bertram Grants and Awards: National Art Fund of Denmark 1976, 1991 and 2001 Greenland Home Rule Governments Artist in Residence Legate, 1996 and 1997 Legate in Memory of Hans Lynge, 1997 National Art Fund Artist in Residence Legate 2001 Travel Legate of Anne Marie Telmanyi née Carl-Nielsens Fond, 2002
01100385 Contemporary Art I/2 Value: DKK 8.50 Issue date: 21.05.2007 20 stamps per sheet Size: E – horizontal Artist: Anne-Birthe Hove Outside measurements: 50.50 x 43.26 mm Printing method: Offset Paper: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
Linda Riber Sørensen
 Linda Riber Sørensen is regarded one of the leading young Greenlandic artists who takes Greenlandic art one step further, using references from Greenland’s mythology, legends and tradition. Not surprisingly, Linda Riber made her stamp debut with two designs on the topic “Mythology - Mythical beings”, forming the second part in our current series “Nordic Mythology” issued in 2006.
The new art stamp is her third stamp work for POST Greenland. Greenland is what moves Linda Riber’s heart as a pictorial artist, and she has a yearning for expressing her Greenlandic relations through her artwork. She aims to combine past, present and thoughts about the future in a mixture of portraits, abstractions and symbols of the Arctic people. Linda Riber’s ambition of combing tradition with contemporary life is a way of recognising her own culture as well as embracing new values and thereby shed light on them in connection with present-day Greenland.
According to Linda Riber, the pictorial expressions are most the important elements, as well as illustrating and protecting the Greenlandic soul. Many changes are taking place, and the artist is concerned about in which direction Greenland is heading. Dignity and pride in the original Inuit people, combined with a search for present-day Greenland are often subjects, which are presented in her exhibitions. In Linda Riber’s universe, vitality is characteristic for the Inuit over time, and vitality will also be essential for Greenland’s future. In her eyes, vitality is not only crucial for a human’s survival, but also for its happiness and meaning of life.
As a contrast to Jens Rosing and Anne-Birthe Hove, who both went to art school at the beginning of their respective careers, Linda Riber Sørensen is a self-taught artist. She is a qualified ergotherapist who went on a study-leave to attend art school as late as 2000. For the past seven years, working as an artist has been Linda Riber’s part-time occupation. Despite her relatively short creative period some of Linda’s artworks have already been exhibited internationally. As a result she contributed to the travelling exhibition Nutaaliorneq (New Beginnings), which has been shown in the USA, Sweden, France, Germany, the Baltics and Belgium.
Born 1967 in Maniitsoq Daughter to a Greenlandic mother and a Danish father. Raised and settled in Denmark Since 1992, a qualified ergotherapist. Took studyleave in 2000 to attend art school. Has since then been a part-time pictorial artist. Member of The Danish Artists’ Union, BKF.
01100386 Contemporary Art I/3 Value: DKK 10.50 Issue date: 21.05.2007 20 stamps per sheet Size: E – horizontal Artist: Linda Riber Sørensen Outside measurements: 50.50 x 43.26 mm Printing method: Offset Paper: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
The PARCEL POST Stamps By Kenneth Liedtke
 In 2005, on the occasion of the centenary of the historic PARCEL POST stamps, POST Greenland launched a series of three high value stamps, and a PARCEL POST book on the subject. The stamp series is now completed with a souvenir sheet, containing all three PARCEL POST stamps. The anniversary stamps are issued as a replacement for the corresponding high values issued 1990 – 1992, which are close to being sold out. The first stamp of the anniversary series was issued on 31 October 2005, a reproduction of the original 10 Øre stamp from 1905.
This first anniversary stamp was denominated DKK 50.00. On the day of issue the book, “100th Anniversary of PARCEL POST Stamps in Greenland”, was also released. It deals with the unique historic circumstances, which led to the introduction of PARCEL POST stamps in 1905. Several historic pictures and details are presented, among others the fact that the original PARCEL POST stamps formed a vital piece in the puzzle of the politics concerning Greenland’s future at that time.
The second anniversary stamp, denominated DKK 25.00, was issued on 16 January 2006, a reproduction of the original 5 Øre stamp.
The last centenary stamp is denominated DKK 100.00. It is a reproduction of the original 20 Øre stamp from 1915, which, at that time, was the highest value PARCEL POST stamp. The new 100 Kroner stamp will be issued on 21 May, along with the souvenir sheet containing all three anniversary PARCEL POST stamps.
 This is the special souvenir sheet, which will be issued to round off the centenary of the historic PARCEL POST stamps. The souvenir sheet contains all three anniversary stamps from the series 2005 – 2007. The souvenir sheet is inserted a handy, white mount card. On the back of the card you will find a brief report on the original PARCEL POST stamps.
01106374 PARCEL POST Souvenir Sheet – 100th Anniversary III Value: DKK 175.00 Issue date: 21.05.2007 Printing method: Offset Paper: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
01100374 PARCEL POST Stamps – 100th Anniversary III Value: DKK 100.00 Issue date: 21.05.2007 20 stamps per sheet Size: E – horizontal Artist: Gerhard Heilmann Outside measurements: 50.50 mm x 43.26 mm Printing method: Offset Paper: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
NEW STAMP ISSUES OF 15th JANUARY 2007
Amnesty International: Additional Value Stamp and Souvenir Sheet
 Greenland has had its own branch of Amnesty International (AI) for about 15 years. Chairman for AI Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) Roland Thomsen writes about AI’s tireless work for increased respect for human rights. POST Greenland would like to support these efforts by issuing this year’s additional value stamp for the benefit of AI Greenland. The design on the stamp G377, value DKK 5.75+0.50 was created by artist and author Julie Edel Hardenberg from Nuuk. The stamp is printed offset and issued as traditional whole sheet with 50 stamps as well as a souvenir sheet with 4 stamps.
EUROPA-series 2007: Scouting: Stamps, Minisheet and Stamp Booklet
 POST Greenland resumes issuing of stamps in this popular series, initiated by PostEurop. This year’s joint theme is Scouting. In 1907 the world’s first scouting group was founded, which makes 2007 the 100-year-anniversary. This is celebrated by all the countries participating in this stamp issue, each with their own unique design representing their own scouting movement. The two beautiful Greenlandic stamps in this issue are the stamp debut work of Nuka K. Godtfredsen. POST Greenland is proud to introduce Nuka as a new stamp artist from Greenland – and we are sure that his two stamps will be well acknowledged. The stamps are offset and issued in traditional whole sheets of 50 stamps as well as in minisheets of 8 stamps each and a stamp booklet with each 6 self-adhesive stamps.
West-Nordic Co-operation: Hydro Power: Stamp
 This co-operation covers the 3 West-Nordic countries of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Chairman for the West-Nordic Council, Jonathan Motzfeld (former Greenland Home Rule Prime Minister and present Chairman of the Greenlandic Parliament) writes in Greenland Collector about the co-operation. In 2007 the 3 countries mark the 10th year of the West-Nordic co-operation. One of the aims within the co-operation is the extended use of hydro power. POST Greenland marks these efforts towards green and sustainable energy with a special stamp designed by Ina Rosing, daughter of Greenlandic stamps “Grand Old Man” Jens Rosing. The stamp is printed offset and issued in traditional whole sheets of 50 stamps.
International Polar Year (IPY): Stamps, Souvenir Sheet – and Souvenir Folder
 2007 has been declared International Polar Year. The Arctic Nations have joint to celebrate IPY with a joint stamp issue, which includes a series of really interesting stamp designs that show each country’s scientific efforts in the Arctic regions. POST Greenland’s 2 IPY stamps are engraved by Martin Mörck from Norway, and one of the designs is the artwork of Naja Abelsen from Greenland. The stamps are printed in combination print offset and steel engraving and are available in whole sheets of 40 stamps as well as a souvenir sheet with both stamps. All 8 of the participating countries’ souvenir sheets are also included in a special joint souvenir folder that will be issued on 22nd February.
The Crown Prince with his Family in Greenlandic National Costumes
 POST Greenland issues a beautiful offset stamp featuring TRH Crown Prince Frederik and Mary and HRH Prince Christian in Greenlandic national costumes. It is an honour for POST Greenland that the Crown Prince’s family in this way emphasizes the warm and hearty relationship between Greenland and the Royal Family, who are beloved in all of Greenland. At the same time the stamp also expresses the joy felt by Greenlanders who look forward to seeing the Crown Prince family grow with a new member in the first half of 2007. The photograph was taken by Photographer Steen Evald. The stamp is issued in whole sheets of 40 stamps.

NY FRIMÆRKEUDGIVELSE DEN 21. MAJ 2007
Ny serie MODERNE GRØNLANDSK KUNST
I POST Greenlands frimærkepolitik lyder det blandt andet, at vi skal: ”…udgive små billeder af Grønlands natur, historie, kultur og samfund. Og disse små billeder skal over tid afspejle den udvikling, vores samfund har været igennem.” Det er virkeliggørelsen af denne politik, som de helt unikke grønlandske kunstnere er en levende og uundværlig del af.
Hos POST Greenland er vi derfor meget stolt over, at kunne lancere denne nye serie, der har fået titlen ”Moderne grønlandsk kunst”. Serien skal løbe over en årrække, for Grønland har så mange spændende og kreative kunstnere at byde på. De første tre frimærker i serien er skabt af henholdsvis Jens Rosing, Anne-Birthe Hove og Linda Riber Sørensen. Hver for sig repræsenterer de tre forskellige generationer af grønlandske kunstnere. Og hver for sig har de skabt et vidt forskelligt antal frimærker for POST Greenland: Jens Rosing over 130, Anne-Birthe Hove hermed 13, mens Linda Riber Sørensen med denne udgivelse har tegnet sit tredje motiv til et grønlandsk frimærke. Samtidig besidder de tre kunstnere hver deres originale indfaldsvinkel til kunsten og til Grønland. POST Greenland håber, at denne frimærkeserie vil give et godt indblik i den mangfoldighed, de grønlandske kunstnere skaber og repræsenterer igennem deres værker.
Læs mere om de tre kunstnerne inde i bladet eller i souvenirmappen ”Moderne grønlandsk kunst”, som indeholder hver to eksemplarer af de tre nye kunstfrimærker, samt informative tekster - og ikke mindst interessante illustrationer fra de tre kunstneres øvrige produktioner. Varenr. 01303031. DKK 44,00.
Grønlandske frimærker i 50 år JENS ROSING af Ilka Gerken
 Over 130 frimærker i et halvt århundrede. Ingen anden grønlandsk billedkunstner har i så mange år, og i det omfang, tegnet frimærkemotiver for POST Greenland som Jens Rosing. For mange samlere er han derfor nærmest blevet synonym med de grønlandske frimærker, som han i stor grad har præget med sit arbejde. ”The Grand Old Man”, som fyldte 80 år i 2005, afleverede sit debutfrimærke i 1957. Og siden har han især gengivet flere mytologiske motiver, adskillige aspekter af Grønlands mangfoldige dyreliv, de arktiske nordboer, samt mange andre spændende temaer på sine frimærker.
POST Greenland har specifikt forespurgt, om Jens Rosing ville stå for motiv til et sidste frimærke som en gestus for hans livslange kunstneriske indsats, som den fantastiske kunstner, fortæller og person han er. Det er nemlig ikke blot billedkunst, Jens Rosing er kendt og vellidt for. Han har blandt andet nedskrevet sine oplevelser som rensdyrvogter i Nordnorge i debutbogen ”Den dragende flok” (1954) og skrevet tre bøger om arktiske vikinger, nordboerne, i Grønland. Derudover har han indsamlet og genfortalt mundtlige traditioner fra Grønland.
Interessen for og forbindelsen til kunst har Jens Rosing ikke fra fremmede. De tidligere Rosing’er er kendte i Grønland, ikke mindst for deres engagement i kunst og kunsthåndværk. Denne kunstneriske arv gav Jens Rosing videre til sin datter Ina, som også har bidraget med motiver til grønlandske frimærker, blandt andet med frimærkeserien ”Spiselige planter i Grønland” og senest ”Vestnorden Samarbejdet - Vandkraft” fra januar i år.
Fra et postvæsens synspunkt er det essentielt at samarbejde med kunstnere, der forstår det lille format, som stiller store og anderledes krav til kunstneren i den skabende proces. Og Jens Rosing har om nogen draget nytte af frimærkeformat til at formidle dét, de grønlandske frimærker skal formidle: Grønlands unikke kultur, natur, historie og samtid. Hans sidste frimærke med hundeslæde som motiv, der udgives den 21. maj, afspejler på en klassisk vis denne formidlingsevne.
Samtidig med det første frimærke i denne nye kunstserie sætter Jens Rosing bogstaveligt talt sit stempel på hele serien, idet han også har skabt motivet til førstedagsstemplet. Med hans tilladelse bruger POST Greenland nemlig Jens Rosings personlige lakseglsignatur med en sol, halvmåne, et menneske og en islom som symboler. Det siges, at islommen gav mennesket sproget og sangen, så det var i stand til at fortolke og fortælle om verdens forhold. Og Jens Rosing har i allerhøjeste grad formået at fortolke og fortælle verden om Grønland, litterært som kunstnerisk.
Søn af forfatter, præst og kunstmaler Otto Rosing Gift med Dagny Rosing Børn: Aslak, Øyvind, Minik og Ina 1925 Født i Ilulissat (28. juli) 1944 Realeksamen i Danmark 1944-46 Ansættelse i Kongelige Grønlandske Handel 1947-1948 Akademiet for fri og merkantil kunst 1948-1950 Kunstakademiets malerskole 1952 Gift med Dagny Nielsen 1954 Debut i bogform – ”Den dragende flok” (erindringer) 1957 Første frimærke tegnet til det grønlandske postvæsen 1976-1978 Leder af Grønlands Landsmuseum i Nuuk 1979 Dansk Forfatterforenings Faglitterære Pris 1985 Grønlands Hjemmestyres Kulturpris 1989 Statens Kunstfond. Livsvarig ydelse 1999 Grønlands Hjemmestyres Fortjenstmedalje 2004 Gurli og Charles Haugbøll-Prisen - den faglitterære gruppe i Dansk Forfatterforening
01100384 Moderne kunst I/1 Valør: DKK 3,00 Udgivelsesdag: 21.05.2007 8 mærker pr. ark Format: dobbelt E – liggende Kunstner: Jens Rosing Ydre mål: 101 x 43,26 mm Trykmetode: Offset Papir: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
Anne – Birthe Hove
 Anne-Birthe Hove har i mere end 30 år været en alsidig og højt anerkendt grafiker og billedkunstner med en meget stor produktion bag sig. På talrige rejser verden over har hun hentet ny inspiration til sin kunst.
Anne- Birthe er en funktionelt og teoretisk meget velfunderet kunstner, som repræsenterer blandt andet de strømninger, der fulgte i kølvandet på indførelsen af hjemmestyre i Grønland i 1979. Den kunstneriske inspiration henter hun også hos blandt andre den grønlandske billedkunsts ”fader”, Aron fra Kangeq (1822 - 1869). Flere kunstneres indsats smelter således sammen i Anne-Birthe Hoves udførelse, ligesom hun i andre billeder på én gang kommenterer forbilleder hentet i arkæologiske fund fra Dorsetkulturen, og i sine samtidige kunstnerkollegaers billeder.
Grafikeren og billedkunstneren bygger gerne sine billeder op af flere transparente lag, hvilket kan ses af hendes sekstende frimærke for POST Greenland, der udgives i første del af kunstserien 21. maj. Tidligere har hun blandt andet stået for hele frimærkeserien om ”Arv og kultur”. Naturen og fortiden er to emner, Anne-Birthe Hove ofte arbejder med. Men hun nærmer sig sjældent disse temaer direkte. I stedet går hun via ikoner af den, som f.eks. den hjemvendende rensdyrjæger, konebåden, teltet, men også de moderne etageblokke. Eller i en nyere serie, hvor fjeldet Sermitsiaq, Nuuks naturlige vartegn og kunstnerens daglige udsigt, gentages i en række variationer; nogle i kombination med udsagn som ”Se!” (takuuk!) eller ”Hør!” (tusaajuk!), ledsaget af et påklistret øje eller øre, eller af fragmenter af noget, der kunne være en skolestil om en udflugt, der skriver sig under, eller henover, selve billedet af fjeldet. Det er refleksionen over selve oplevelsen af naturen, der optager Anne-Birthe Hove, snarere end oplevelsen i sig selv.
Om sit seneste projekt fortæller Anne-Birthe, at det var en stor udfordring for hende, da det drejede sig om udsmykningsopgaver på flere meters længde. Som grafiker er man vant til at slå sig løs i mindre formater, siger hun, og det kan man godt sammenligne med den intime aflæsning af et frimærke. Det særlige ved frimærker er til gengæld, at de skal kunne fange beskuerens opmærksomhed på en vis afstand.
Født: 1951 i Aasiaat Uddannelse: Kunstakademiet, København Grafikskole 1980-82 under Prof. Dan Sterup-Hansen Kunstpædagogik 1982-84 under Prof. Helge Bertram Legater og æresbevisninger: Statens Kunstfond i 1976, 1991 og 2001 Grønlands Hjemmestyres arbejdslegat i 1996 og 1997 Hans Lynges Mindelegat 1997 Statens Kunstfonds arbejdslegat 2001 Rejselegat Anne Marie Telmanyi født Carl-Nielsens Fond, 2002
01100385 Moderne kunst I/2 Valør: DKK 8,50 Udgivelsesdag: 21.05.2007 20 mærker pr. ark Format: E – liggende Kunstner: Anne-Birthe Hove Ydre mål: 50,50 x 43,26 mm Trykmetode: Offset Papir: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
Linda Riber Sørensen
 Fra flere sider fremhæves det, at Linda Ribers kombination af tradition og det moderne gør hende til en af de markante yngre grønlandske billedkunstnere. Grønlandsk mytologi, sagn og tradition er de referencer, Linda Riber bruger til at videreføre grønlandsk kunst. Det er derfor ikke forbløffende, at hun fik sin frimærkedebut hos POST Greenland med to motiver i foråret 2006 - netop til temaet ”Mytologi – mytiske væsner”, som udgjorde anden del af serien ”Nordisk mytologi”.
Frimærket til første del af kunstserien er Lindas tredje frimærke, som hun har tegnet for POST Greenland. Grønland er det, som bevæger billedkunstnerens hjerte, og det ligger hende meget på sinde at udtrykke sine grønlandske relationer igennem maleriet. Linda søger at kombinere fortid, nutid og tanker om fremtid i en blanding af portrætter, abstraktion, og symboler for det arktiske folk. Målet med kombinationen af tradition og det moderne er både at vedkende sig sin kultur og at hente værdier frem og belyse dem i forhold til det nutidige Grønland. Ifølge hende selv er billedudtrykkene det væsentligste; at give udtryk for og værne om den grønlandske sjæl. Der sker mange forandringer, og det optager Linda, hvor Grønland bevæger sig hen. Stolthed og værdighed over det oprindelige inuitfolk, kombineret med nutidens søgen efter det samtidens Grønland, er ofte temaer, som går igen i hendes udstillinger. I Lindas univers kendetegner livskraft inuitfolket historisk set, og livskraft vil også være nødvendig for det fremtidige Grønland. Livskraft er i hendes øjne ikke kun nødvendig for et menneskes overlevelse, men også for livsglæden og meningen med tilværelsen.
I modsætning til Jens Rosing og Anne-Birthe Hove, som begge gik på kunstskoler i begyndelsen af deres karrierer, startede Linda Riber Sørensen som autodidakt. Hun er uddannet ergoterapeut og tog først i 2000 uddannelsesorlov for at gå på kunstskole. Hun har delvist ernæret sig som billedkunstner i de seneste 7 år. Til trods for hendes forholdsvis korte skabelsesperiode er nogle af Lindas værker allerede blevet udstillet internationalt. Hun bidrog nemlig til vandreudstillingen Nutaaliorneq (New Beginnings), der er blevet vist i USA, Sverige, Frankrig, Tyskland, de baltiske lande og i Belgien.
Født i Maniitsoq 1967. Har grønlandsk mor og dansk far. Opvokset og bosiddende i Danmark. Uddannet ergoterapeut i 1992. Tog uddannelsesorlov i år 2000 for at gå på kunstskole. Har siden da delvist ernæret sig som billedkunstner. Medlem af Billedkunstnernes Forbund (BKF)
01100386 Moderne kunst I/3 Valør: DKK 10,50 Udgivelsesdag: 21.05.2007 20 mærker pr. ark Format: E – liggende Kunstner: Linda Riber Sørensen Ydre mål: 50,50 x 43,26 mm Trykmetode: Offset Papir: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
PAKKE PORTO FRIMÆRKERNE Af Kenneth Liedtke
 I anledning af de grønlandske PAKKEPORTO - mærkers 100-års jubilæum i 2005 valgte POST Greenland at udgive en lille serie af frimærker, en tilhørende PAKKEPORTO bog – samt et miniark med alle tre PAKKEPORTO - frimærker. Mærkerne skulle samtidig afløse tilsvarende værdier, der blev udgivet i 1990 -1992 og som var ved at være opbrugt.
Det første frimærke i denne jubilæumsserie udkom den 31.10.2005 med en gengivelse af motivet af mærket til 10 øre fra 1905. Frimærket har en valør på DKK 50,00.
Sammen med frimærket blev bogen ”100-året for PAKKE-PORTO - MÆRKER I GRØNLAND” udgivet. Bogen fortæller historien og baggrunden for, at PAKKEPORTO - mærkerne blev udgivet netop på det tidspunkt. Bogen viser adskillige historiske billeder, samt at PAKKE PORTO-mærkerne var en vigtig brik i det politiske spil omkring Grønland, hvis fremtid var ved at blive formet for 100 år siden. Det andet frimærke i vores serie, til en valør af DKK 25,00, blev udgivet den 16.1.2006 og viser motivet af PAKKEPORTO- mærket fra 1905, med en valør på 5 øre.
Det sidste frimærke i serien er frimærket til DKK 100,00. Der er tale om en gengivelse af mærket fra 1915 med en valør på 20 øre, der på daværende tidspunkt var den højeste værdi. 100-kroner frimærket udgives den 21. maj, sammen med et miniark, hvori alle tre PAKKE-PORTO-frimærker indgår.
 Dette er det særlige miniark, som POST Greenland udgiver i anledning af PAKKE PORTO mærkets 100 års jubilæum. Miniarket indeholder alle tre PAKKE-PORTO-frimærker fra serien 2005 – 2007 og leveres i et praktisk, hvidt indstikskort. Bagpå indstikskortet findes en kort gengivelse af historien bag PAKKE-PORTO-mærkerne.
01106374 PAKKE-PORTO –miniark 100- års jubilæum III Valør: DKK 175,00 Udgivelsesdag: 21.05.2007 Trykmetode: Offset Papir: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA
01100374 PAKKE-PORTO –mærkerne 100-års jubilæum III Valør: DKK 100,00 Udgivelsesdag: 21.05.2007 20 mærker pr. ark Format: E – liggende Trykmetode: Offset Papir: TR8 Stamp Paper PVA Kunstner: Gerhard Heilmann Ydre mål: 50,50 mm x 43,26 mm
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