COVER N.157 -  DENMARK - FAROE ISLANDS

Postmark: Klaksvik Føroyar 16.08.22
Posted on 16th August; received on the 22th August 2022
__________________________________________________________________________________

A kind soul! "I saw your blog and I send you this cover so that you may have another cover from the Faroe Islands"... Thank you so much Eric. A nicer gesture could not there be,.. the problem is how to reciprocate given that we roam on the same geographic unit.. I'll find a way, somehow someday, I'm sure!

And thank you also for the beautiful cards inside.

The theme of the 1987 EUROPA  issue was modern Architecture. In accordance to it, the Postal Services of the Faroe Islands issued on 06APR1987 the two stamp set (300 and 500 Faroese oyra) of which some multiples  that can be seen on my cover. The masters for the very beautiful in taglio printed stamps were engraved by master engraver  Czeslaw Slania and the images depict details of the Nordic House (Norðurlandahúsiðin Faroese) a cultural centre whose mission is to support and disseminate the Nordic and Faroese Cultures in the region. The amazing building, inaugurated in 1983,was conceived by Architects Ola Steen from Norway and  Kollbrún Ragnarsdóttir, from Iceland,.

On 19OCT1981, the Faroese  Post issued a 5 stamp definitive set  themed on "Ancient Documents". On my cover Eric used the 3 Faroese króna stamp, illustrated with the reproduction of part of  a page from a 1298 book, and the 5 Faroese króna stamp (illustrated with a 1553 seal)

The postmark tells us that the cover was sent from Klaksvik, the second largest city of the Archipelago, in the Island of Borðoy.