100 Years of FIFA |
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Approximately 400 species of dipterous insects have been recorded in the Faroe Islands. This is what we call the order of insects to which blue-bottle flies, hoverflies and dung flies belong. Midges and crane flies also belong to this order of insects. |
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Bell Heather (Erica cinerea), which gives light green hues |
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Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), gives more dusty yellow hues than White Clover |
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Christmas |
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Definitive Stamp 202 II (DANMARK) with two-line value print (20 Öre over 15 Öre) |
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80473 |
Definitive Stamp Mi: Dk 195 II (DANMARK) with two-line value print (20 Öre auf 1 Öre)
12 mm between 0 and 0 in overprint |
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80477 |
Definitive Stamp Mi: Dk 195 II (DANMARK) with two-line value print (20 Öre auf 1 Öre)
13 mm between 0 and 0 in overprint |
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1336054 |
Definitive Stamp Mi: Dk 244 (DANMARK) with two-line value print (20 Öre auf 5 Öre) |
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80478 |
Definitive Stamp Mi: Dk 244 (DANMARK) with two-line value print (50 Öre auf 5 Öre)
12 mm between 0 and 0 in overprint |
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80474 |
Definitive Stamp Mi: Dk 244 (DANMARK) with two-line value print (50 Öre auf 5 Öre)
13 mm between 0 and 0 in overprint |
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1336055 |
Definitive Stamp Mi: Dk 258 (DANMARK) with two-line value print (60 Öre auf 6 Öre)
12 mm between 0 and 0 in overprint |
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80475 |
Definitive Stamp Mi: Dk 258 (DANMARK) with two-line value print (60 Öre auf 6 Öre)
13 mm between 0 and 0 in overprint |
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Definitive Stamp Mi: Dk 67 (DANMARK) with two-line value print (2 Öre over 5 Öre) |
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80471 |
Engravings by Max Müller |
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227970 227971 227972 227973 227974 |
Eyvindur Mohr (1926-2005) |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL1 |
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251682 251683 251684 |
From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL10 |
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313423 313424 313425 |
From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL11 |
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313426 313427 313428 313429 313430 313431 |
From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL13 |
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313459 313460 |
From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL14
Joint - Issue with DANMARK Mi: DK 1316
Joint - Issue with GREENLAND Mi: GL 387 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL14
Joint - Issue with DANMARK Mi: DK 1317
Joint - Issue with GREENLAND Mi: GL 388 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL16
Thor & Ran |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL17
Joint - Issue with DANMARK Mi: DK 1369
Joint - Issue with GREENLAND Mi: GL 416 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL17
Joint - Issue with DANMARK Mi: DK 1370
Joint - Issue with GREENLAND Mi: GL 417 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL18 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL19 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL2 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL20 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL21 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL22 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL23 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL24 and MINI - SHEET |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL25 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL26 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL27 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL28 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL3 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL30 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL31 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL33 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL34 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL35 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL4 |
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313198 313199 313200 |
From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL6 |
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From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL7
Without name of the designer
Joint - Issue with IRELAND Mi: IE 855
Joint - Issue with ISLAND Mi: IS 800 |
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313272 |
From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL7
Without name of the designer
Joint - Issue with IRELAND Mi: IE 856
Joint - Issue with ISLAND Mi: IS 801 |
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313271 |
From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL8 |
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313317 313318 313319 |
From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL9 |
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From booklet |
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Issued in booklet panes containing three sets of the two designs in this series |
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2319661 2319662 |
Issued in booklets of six containing 3 of each of the two designs in this series. |
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Issued in panes of 8 |
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Issued in self-adhesive booklets ccontaining 3 vertical se-tenant pairs of the 2 designs in this series. |
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Issued in self-adhesive booklets ccontaining 3 vertical se-tenant pairs. |
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Joint - Issue with DANMARK Mi: DK 1692
Joint - Issue with GREENLAND Mi: GL 601 |
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Joint - Issue with DANMARK Mi: DK 1740 |
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Joint - Issue with DANMARK Mi: DK BL47
Joint - Issue with GREENLAND Mi: GL BL56 |
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Joint - Issue with GREENLAND Mi: GL 484
Joint - Issue with ISLAND Mi: IS 1152 |
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Joint - Issue with GREENLAND Mi: GL 648 |
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Joint - Issue with GREENLAND Mi: GL BL64 |
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Joint - Issue with IRELAND Mi: IE BL12
Joint - Issue with ISLAND Mi: IS BL15 |
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Joint - Issue with ÅLAND ISLANDS Mi: AX 105 |
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Joint issue with Denmark Mi nr 1789 |
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Largest Lake in the Faroe Islands - Sørvágsvatn/Leitisvatn |
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Listed as souvenir sheet by S.Gibbons |
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Meadowsweet or Mead Wort (Filipendura ulmaria), which gives a slightly brighter purple than the Ochrolechia |
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Ochrolechia (Ochrolechia tartarea), a lichen that grows on rocks and stones and gives purple hues |
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SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL14
Joint - Issue with DANMARK Mi: DK BL19
Joint - Issue with GREENLAND Mi: GL BL24 |
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SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL17
Joint - Issue with DANMARK Mi: DK BL23
Joint - Issue with GREENLAND Mi: GL BL29 |
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Salted Shield Lichen or Crottle (Parmelia saxatilis), also a lichen that grows on rocks and stones, which gives brownish hues |
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Samuel Joensen-Mikines (1906-1979) |
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Sandsvatn is approximately 2 kilometres long and 640 meters at its widest point. The lake's surface area is 0.82 km2 and its deepest point about five meters. Originally, the elongated lake was a river basin created by eruption and erosion in the volcanic bedrock. Today a sandy shoreline, about 400m wide, separates the lake from the sea - hence the name of the town and the lake. On the shore, in close proximity to the lake, a grassy sand hill "Mølheyggjar" has emerged over time with thriving plants and insects not found elsewhere in the Faroes. Sandsvatn holds both trout and salmon and is a favourite place for anglers. |
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Scenes from the Bible |
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Self adhesive in booklet |
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Stamp from Miniature Sheet
It's a little difficult to say how common this 7-12 mm gleaming blue fly is in the Faroes. Large variations in numbers can be found from one year to another, from month to month and even from island to island. An analysis of 1900 blut-bottle flies collected in the Faroe Islands between 2005 and 2008, showed that only 76, or 4%, belonged to Protophormia terraenovae.
This species is very tolerant of low temperatures and can be found as far north as just 900 km from the North Pole. The eggs are laid in organic matter and hatch in about 2 days. The larva pupates in about 4 weeks, and some 2 weeks later the adult fly emerges from the co |
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Stamp from Miniature Sheet
The housefly has followed human settlements across the globe. As a result, this 6-7 mm fly is now the most common and widespread insect in the world. It can be found all over, from the Arctic to the tropics, and it is also very common in the Faroe Islands.
Each female fly can lay up to 500 eggs in its lifetime. The eggs are approximately 1.2 mm long white and are laid in organic matter, such as animal carcasses or excrement. Even if the eggs are laid in such material, it does not constitute the larvae's diet; they feed on bacteria found in the organic matter. The larva pupates when it is 2-5 weeks old. The adult fly usually lives fo |
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Stamp from Miniature Sheet
The name of the common dung fly is descriptive of this fly species, being one of the most common flies in the Northern Hemisphere. It is also very common on the Faroe Islands. The adult fly is between 5 and 11 mm, but the size varies greatly depending on temperature and diet.
The flies propagate in excrements, especially cow dung, on which the larvae feed. The adult fly can also, to a certain extent, feed on dung, but contrary to what one might think, the adult fly is a predator which hunts and eats other flies. The male spends most of the time on dung waiting for females and hunting other flies attracted to the dung. |
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Stamp from Miniature Sheet
This 10-13 mm species of midges can be seen from May to October, albeit mostly in late summer. Midges fly quite slowly and you can clearly see the long hind legs hanging a little down behind them in flight. It is quite uncertain when this species came to the Faroe Islands, but there are indications that in recent years it has become much more common.
The adult midge is shiny black with dark red "thighs". This species feeds mostly on nectar and can therefore be of major importance for plant propagation. The larva develops during the fall and winter. It feeds on grass roots, and also eats dead plant material and other decomposed organ |
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Stamp from Souvenir Sheet |
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Stamp from block |
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313448 313449 313450 465004 |
Stamp from souvenir sheet |
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1684336 1684337 1684338 |
Stamp of Denmark (Mi:DK 80H) |
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Stamp of Faroe Island (Mi:FO 1) |
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Stamp with fish skin |
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Stamp with white frame
Joint - Issue with ISLAND Mi: IS 762 |
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Stamp with white frame
Joint - Issue with ISLAND Mi: IS 763 |
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Stamps without white frame
From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL5
Joint - Issue with ISLAND Mi: IS 764 |
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Stamps without white frame
From SOUVENIER - SHEET Mi:FO BL5
Joint - Issue with ISLAND Mi: IS 765 |
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Stamps without white frame
Joint - Issue with ISLAND Mi: IS BL13 |
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The Faroese eider is a subspecies of Somateria mollissima , found only in the Faroe Islands. It is a non-migratory bird, seen along coastal areas in the islands all year round, being the Faroes’ most widespread and largest wild duck (size up to 58 cm). |
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The lake has a surface area of 0.50 km2. It is located approx. 75 meters above sea level and its deepest point is approx. 22 meters. Small rocky crags stick out along the shores of the lake, contributing to the lake's attractive features.
At the north end, the lake is divided by a man-made barrier of stones neatly stacked in the early 20th century. Since times of old, peat has been cut for fuel in the area and the barrier served as a shortcut when transporting the peat to the town of Toftir. |
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The renowned H. C. Müller - a Faroese official and politician who from 1843 until his death in 1897 served as a district magistrate in Streymoy, but whose interests and activities included an astonishing number of disciplines. "Old Muller", as he was also called, did not stand out among his contemporaries, neither in appearance nor in his way of life, but he was unusually well-read, linguistically gifted and well informed about conditions in the Faroes and abroad. |
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White Clover (Trifolium repens), which give pale yellow hues |
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With name of the designer left down
Joint issue with Ireland and Iceland |
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313270 313273 |
contains three sets of two designs. |
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2319686 |
horizontal perforated
stamp booklet 3 |
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251722 251723 251724 251725 251726 |
horizontally perforated |
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issued in booklets containing two panes of two with decorative label |
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2319670 |
sheet |
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313327 |
stamp booklet |
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313421 313422 313442 313443 |
stamp booklet 10 |
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313304 313305 |
stamp booklet 11 |
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stamp booklet 13 |
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stamp booklet 14 |
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stamp booklet 17 |
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stamp booklet 18 |
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stamp booklet 19 |
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stamp booklet 20 |
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stamp booklet 21 |
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stamp booklet 22 |
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stamp booklet 23 |
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stamp booklet 24 |
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stamp booklet 25 |
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stamp booklet 26 |
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stamp booklet 27 |
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stamp booklet 29 |
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465153 465154 |
stamp booklet 30 |
2 |
465181 465182 |
stamp booklet 31 |
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stamp booklet 32 |
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465219 465220 |
stamp booklet 4 |
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313222 313223 |
stamp booklet 5 |
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313236 313237 |
stamp booklet 6 |
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313253 313254 |
stamp booklet 7 |
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313274 313275 |
stamp booklet 8 |
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313282 313283 |
stamp booklet 9 |
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313298 313299 |
stamp from self-adhesive booklet |
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2319684 2319685 |
stamp from souvenir sheet |
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2083954 2083955 2319664 2319665 2319666 2319680 2319681 |
vertical perforated
stamp booklet 1 |
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2083974 |
vertical perforated
stamp booklet 1 |
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251674 251675 |
vertical perforated
stamp booklet 2 |
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251701 251702 251703 251704 251705 251706 |