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Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Norway has a total area of 385,252 Sq. KM and a population of about 4.8 million. It is one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east; and Denmark lies south of its southern tip across the Skagerrak Strait. The capital city of Norway is Oslo. Norway's extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is home to its famous fjords.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway

Location of Norway (dark green)on the European continent (dark grey) — [Legend]

#253-4

Scott: #253-4P

Issued: 12.10.1942

European Postal Congress

Inside #253: Norway #1O

Inside #254: Norway #B25O

#337-9

Scott: #337-9P

Issued: 3.1.1955

Norwegian Stamp Centenary

#1a Inside #337: Norway #1O

Inside #338: Norway #18P

Inside #339: Norway #103O

#341

Scott: #340-2O

Issued: 4.6.1955

Norway Philatelic Exhibition - Overprint #337-9 (in Black)

#584-585

Scott: #584-5P

Issued: 6.5.1972

Centenary of the Post Horn Stamp

Inside #584: Norway #18P

Inside #585: Norway #17P

Scott: #585aP

The Posthorn-type stamps were designed by architect Andreas Friedrich Wilhelm von Hanno in 1871 (18 years after the first trains were running in Norway). With only slight alterations to the design and inscription, re-engraving of the die, new printing methods, etc., the original design has remained unchanged until today. It is commonly acknowledged as the world’s longest uninterrupted stamp series. The design comprises the name of the country, the Royal Crown and Posthorn (indicating official postal activity), and small wheels and wings in each corner representing speedy transportation of mail by rail [almost prophetic for air mail]. The wheels bespeak the railways as carriers of the mails.

An additional interesting railway correlation to the Posthorns is that the designer of these stamps, architect A.F.W. von Hanno was a professional railway architect – he was the architect of the station buildings of the first Norwegian Railway (Hovedbanen) and the first state railway in Norway (Kongsvinger Railway), and together with a colleague, he designed the first railway station in Oslo. It is known also that in the same year as he created the stamp design (1871), von Hanno was working on a draft/sketch design project for the second station in Oslo, the Western Line Station.

By 2002, 153 main issues, in addition to seven stamps-on-stamps, had been issued. Numerous design differences exist in vertical shading lines, the size and shading of the posthorn, and in the corner wings of all these definitive stamps issued over the years. Norway Post has issued also much postal stationery franked with imprinted posthorn stamps as indicia.

http://home.online.no/~jdigrane/norway/stamps_A01.htm

http://home.online.no/~jdigrane/norway/posthorn_01.htm

Scott: #733P

Issued: 19.9.1978

NORWEX '80

[Polar bear, type S3] [Polar bear, type S4] [Norway's Takeover of Svalbard, type T]

[Polar bear, type S5] [Polar bear, type S6] [Norway's Takeover of Svalbard, type T2]

Inside #733a-h: Norway #107-10O, #111-4O

#765

Scott: #765PP

Issued: 13.6.1980

NORWEX '80

Inside #765 (In Margin): Norway #1O

Inside #765 (In Margin): Norway #65O or #68O or #71O (Type A11)

Inside #765 (In Margin): Norway #119P

[King Olav V, type II2] Inside #765 (In Margin): Norway #539P

[Postal work, type ST]

Scott: #834P

Issued: 24.2.1984

Postal Services

Inside #834: Stamps on envelope

#977

Scott: #977P

Issued: 9.4.1990

150^th Anniversary, Penny Black

Inside #977: G.B. #1 [S-C]

#1a Inside #977: Norway #1O

Visit: The Penny Black Plate project http://www.arcieriminerva.it/SOS/homeSOS.htm

#1112

Scott: #1111-2P

Issued: 22.9.1995

350^th Anniversary, Norway Post

Inside #1111: Norway #1O

Inside #1111: Norway #18P

Inside #1111: Norway #97P

Inside #1111: Norway #112O

Inside #1111: Norway #614P

Inside #1111: Norway #961P

Inside #1112: Norway Savings Book Stamps

NK1238-45S

Scott: #1112aP

(Thanks to Jan Van Lin for the scan)

Scott: #1126P, #1127O, #1128P, #1129P,

#1130P, #1131O, #1132P, #1133P

Issued: 20.9.1996

350th Anniversary, Norway Post

Inside #1131: Stamps on envelope

Inside #1132: Stamps TBI

Scan not available

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 1.1.2005 / 15.4.2005 / 7.6.2005

150^th Anniversary, First Stamp (imprinted envelope)

Inside #????: Norway #1O

#18 Inside #????: Norway #18P

Inside #????: Norway #34O

Scott: #1451P

Issued: 17.11.2005

150^th Anniversary, First Stamp

x12

Scott: #1451aP

Inside #1451a: Norway #1O

Scott: #????O

Issued: 23.08.2019

Nordia 2019 Stamp Exhibition

Inside #????: In margin: Stamps of Norway


Norway #122P	Norway #484P	Norway #1038P

Norway #18P	Norway #2O	Norway #1O


Norway #1699O	Norway #1310O	Norway #1057P

Norway #1742O	Norway #1668O	Norway #1784O

Norvegia BF 2019 FDC 586 su 1000 (5)


Norway #???? (2016)O	Norway #1678O	Norway #???? (2016)O

Norway #1737EO	Norway #????P	Norway #1742O

Norway #1691O	Norway #1451aO	Norway #1450O

Norway #1753O	Norway #1337O	Norway #????P (2017)

About Stamp Number 2000 / Nordia 2019 Stamp Exhibition (2,000 stamps!)

Norway issued its first stamp on 1 January 1855. The following year a stamp featured a person for the first time: King Oscar I. The Posthorn series is the world's longest running series of stamps, and 5.3 billion posthorn stamps have been issued in Norway since its start!

We have had round stamps and heart-shaped stamps, scented stamps, and stamps with Braille, meteorite dust and hidden messages. The stamps for the Lillehammer Olympics gave us the greatest stamp celebration of all times and were in demand all over the world. Norwegian stamps have received many awards, and the stamps for the Nobel Peace Prize centenary in 2001 were named the year's most beautiful stamps. Stamp no. 2,000 is celebrated with its own miniature sheet issued on the opening day of the Nordia 2019 stamp show, which is held in the city of Sarpsborg 23-25 August 2019.

Thanks to Plinio Richelmi, Lou Guadagno and Attilio Papio

Scott: #????O

Issued: 01.10.2022

150^th Anniversary - Posthorn Stamps

[Posthorn - Value in "SKILLING", type E4] Inside #????: Norway type A5

Worthy of celebration

In 1872, probably very few people knew of the event that took place in the history of philately that year. Now we know. Norway's posthorn stamps would eventually become the world’s oldest, unbroken series of stamps. The talented German-Norwegian architect Wilhelm von Hanno was commissioned to produce a design for the stamps. He was a well-known architect who designed the Trinity and Grønland churches, a school, fire station and police station in Oslo. He was also a sculptor and taught drawing to young students, one of whom was Theodor Kittelsen. Von Hanno worked with Heinrich Ernst Schirmer on a design for the new Parliament building. Although it won the competition in 1857, their proposal was later rejected.

In the first few years after 1872, the posthorn stamps had denominations in Skilling. Then in 1877, Norway started to issue them with denominations in Øre. There have been numerous different printers, printing techniques and designers over the years. The posthorn stamps were given a veritable facelift in 2001 by the stamp artists Sverre Morken and Enzo Finger. They combined the original motif of the stamp with modern, five- colour offset production. The new stamps were issued in all the colours of the rainbow with a metallic gold crown and horn and silver under the wings, creating a series that is simultaneously on-trend and classic – a worthy 150-year-old world record holder!

Best website related:

Norway Post

http://www.posten.no/Portal/English/NorwayPostPhilatelicServices/

Norwegian Railways in Philately

http://home.online.no/~jdigrane/norway/stamps_0.htm

Norske Posthorn

http://home.c2i.net/arvetaas/index.htm

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