Faroese stamps 2002

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Faroese stamps of 2002 are listed below. In total, the Faroe Islands issued 22 stamps that year, including 3 mini sheets.

Viking Voyages on the Atlantic

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Date of issue: 11 February 2002, artist Martin Mörck

Molluscs

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Date of issue: 11 February 2002, artist Astrid Andreasen

Contemporary Nordic Art

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50th anniversary of the Nordic Council. The Faroes are represented with glas art by Tróndur Patursson. Date of issue was 8 April 2002

Europe 2002 - Circus

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Europe CEPT edition from 8 April 2002. Theme was circus. Artists were Anna Katrina Olsen (age 13) and Sára Zachariasardóttir (age 13). All school kids on the Faroes were invited to draw a stamp and 1,137 drawings were entered into the competition. These are the winners, voted in a ballot by the Faroese people:

Løgting 150 Years

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1852 the Løgting was reestablished by the Danish authorities. Actually, it dates back to 900 or at least 970. Date of issue: 17 June 2002. Artist was a clerk of the Philatelic Office: Kári Holm Olsen

Birds' Eggs

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Date of issue: 7 June 2002, artist: Edward Fuglø

ICES 100 Years

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The 100th anniversary of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) was celebrated by the postal administrations of Greenland, the Faroes and Denmark with a joined stamp edition. Artist was Martin Mörck, date of issue 23 September 2002.

Church of Gøta

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The new church of Gøta. Date of issue: 23 September 2002. These were also the Christmas stamps for 2002.

Merlin

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Date of issue: 23 September 2002, artist: Edward Fuglø. In 2004, this stamp was elected by 30.000 German collectors to the second most beautiful European stamp of 2002.


Stamps of the Faroe Islands
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