Bear Stamps, Cancellations, and Postal Stationary from Greenland

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Bear type - official polar
Year - 1916
Face value - 1o
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland
Scott # - Q 1 (from Q1-Q11 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - P4 (from P4-P14 set)
Michel # - (parcel post) 6
Bear type - official polar
Year - 1916
Face value - 2o
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland
Scott # - Q 2 (from Q1-Q11 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - P5 (from P4-P14 set)
Michel # - (parcel post) 12
Bear type - official polar
Year - 1916
Face value - 5o
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland
Scott # - Q 3 (from Q1-Q11 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - P6 (from P4-P14 set)
Michel # - (parcel post) 5
Bear type - official polar
Year - 1916
Face value - 15o
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland
Scott # - Q 5 (from Q1-Q11 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - P7 (from P4-P14 set)
Michel # - (parcel post) 4
Bear type - official polar
Year - 1916
Face value - 20o
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland
Scott # - Q 6 (from Q1-Q11 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - P8 (from P4-P14 set)
Michel # - (parcel post) 10
Bear type - official polar
Year - 1930
Face value - 3k
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland
Scott # - Q 9 (from Q1-Q11 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - P 12 (from P4-P14 set)
Michel # - (parcel post) 8
Bear type - official polar
Year - 1937
Face value - 10o
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland
Scott # - Q 4 (from Q1-Q11 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - P7 (from P4-P14 set)
Michel # - (parcel post) 11
Bear type - official polar
Year - 1937
Face value - 70o
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland
Scott # - Q 7 (from Q1-Q11 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - P 10 (from P4-P14 set)
Michel # - (parcel post) 7
Bear type - official polar
Year - 1937
Face value - 1k
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland
Scott # - Q 8 (from Q1-Q11 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - P 11 (from P4-P14 set)
Michel # - (parcel post) 9
Bear type - official polar
Year - 1937
Face value - 70o
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland
Scott # - Q10 (from Q1-Q11 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - P 13 (from P4-P14 set)
Michel # - (parcel post) 14 (from 13-14 set)
Bear type - official polar
Year - 1937
Face value - 1k
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland
Scott # - Q11 (from Q1-Q11 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - P 14 (from P4-P14 set)
Michel # - (parcel post) 13 (from 13-14 set)
Bear type - polar
Year - 1938
Face value - 30o
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - 7 (from 1-9 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 6 (from 1-7 set)
Michel # - 6 (from 1-7 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1938
Face value - 1k
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - 9 (from 1-9 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 7 (from 1-7 set)
Michel # - 7 (from 1-7 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1945
Face value - 1k
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - 16 (from 10-18 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 14 (from 8-16 set)
Michel # - 14 (from 8-16 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1945
Face value - 1k
Description - Polar bear (red overprint)
Scott # - 25 (from 19-27 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 23 (from 17-23 set)
Michel # - 23 (from 17-25 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1945
Face value - 1k
Description - Polar bear (blue overprint)
Scott # - 25a (from 19a-27a set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 23 (from 17-23 set)
Michel # - 23 L
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1946
Face value - 40o
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - 8 (from 1-9 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 6a (from 1-7 set)
Michel # - 27 (from 26-27 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1956
Face value - 60o on 40o
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - 39
Stanley Gibbons # - 37 (from 37-38 set)
Michel # - 37 (from 37-38 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1956
Face value - 60o on 1k
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - 40
Stanley Gibbons # - 38 (from 37-38 set)
Michel # - 38 (from 37-38 set)
 
need image Bear type - polar
Year - 1957
Face Value - 60o
Description - Polar bear (?) from "The Mother of the Sea"
Scott # - 43 (from 41-45 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 40 (from 39-42 set)
Michel # - 39
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1963
Face value - 1k
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - 62 (from 48-65 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 59 (from 48-62 set)
Michel # - 58 (from 58-61 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1963
Face value - 2k
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - 63 (from 48-65 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 60 (from 48-62 set)
Michel # - 59 (from 58-61 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1963
Face value - 5k
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - 64 (from 48-65 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 61 (from 48-62 set)
Michel # - 60 (from 58-61 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1963
Face value - 10k
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - 65 (from 48-65 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 62 (from 48-62 set)
Michel # - 61 (from 58-61 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1976
Face value - 5k
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - 73 (from 71-75 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - need number
Michel # - 96
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1979
Face value - 2k
Description - Polar bear, Eskimo [from International Year -of the Child issue]
Scott # - 111
Stanley Gibbons # - 112
Michel # - 118
 
Bear type - art, polar
Year - 1984
Face value - 3.70k
Description - "Polar Bear Killing Seal Hunter" [from 50th Death Anniversary of Karale Andreassen issue]
Scott # - 117 (from 112-118 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 144
Michel # - 147
 
Bear type - official polar
Year - 1989
Face value - 4.40k
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland [from 10th Anniversary of Greenland home rule issue]
Scott # - 201 (from 200-201 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 196 (from 195-196 set)
Michel # - 196 (from 195-196 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1995
Face value - 4k on 1k
Description - Polar bear [from America issue]
Scott # - 295b (from 295 sheet)
Stanley Gibbons # - need number
Michel # - 270 (from 269-272 set)
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1995
Face value - 4k
Description - Polar bear [from native animals issue]
Scott # - 296 (from 296-298 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - need number
Michel # - 274 (from 274-276 set)
 
Bear type - fictional, polar
Year - 1997
Face value - 4.75k
Description - Polar bear from "Bear of the Sea" story [from Europa issue]
Scott # - 323
Stanley Gibbons # - 317
Michel # - 309
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 1999
Face value - 6k
Description - Polar bear [from Europa issue]
Scott # - 348
Stanley Gibbons # - 352
Michel # - 338
 
Bear type - official, polar
Year - 1999
Face value - 5.75k
Description - Polar bear on coin [from Arctic Vikings issue]
Scott # - 353 (from 351-354 set), 354a (souvenir sheet)
Stanley Gibbons # - 357 (from 355-358 set)
Michel # - 341 (from 339-342 set), Block 17
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 2000
Face value - 21k
Description - Polar bear [from Arctic Vikings issue]
Scott # - 361 (from 358-361 set), 361a (from 361sheet)
Stanley Gibbons # - 366
Michel # - 350 (from 347-350 set), Block 18
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 2001
Face value - 21k
Description - Polar bear [from unissued stamps from the 1930s issue]
Scott # - 389 (from 387-389 set), 389a (from 389 sheet)
Stanley Gibbons # - 402 (from 400-402 set)
Michel # - 373 (from 371-373 set), Block 22
 
Bear type - polar
Year - 2002
Face value - 4.50k+50
Description - Polar bear [from surtax for Children Are People Two project issue]
Scott # - B 27, B27a (souvenir sheet of 4)
Stanley Gibbons # - 406, MS 407
Michel # - 378, Block 23
WNS # - GL003.02
 
Bear type - official, polar
Year - 2004
Face value - 11k
Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland [from 25th anniversary of Greenland home rule issue]
Scott # - 425
Stanley Gibbons # - 446
Michel # - 412
WNS # - GL002.04
 
Bear type - official, polar
Year - 2004
Face value - 10.50k
Description - Polar bear arms on label between stamps [from wedding of Prince Frederik and Mary Donaldson issue]
Scott # - 430a
Stanley Gibbons # - 453 MS
Michel # - 416-417 / Block 29
WNS # - sheet not listed
 
Bear type - official, polar
Year - 2005
Face Value - 50k
Description - Polar bear on Greenland arms [from 100th anniversary of parcel post issue]
Scott # - 464 (from 463-464 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 493
Michel # - 449
WNS # - GL016.05
 
(see image of souvenir sheet below) Bear type - official, polar
Face Value - 50k
Description - Polar bear on Greenland arms from souvenir sheet, perf 14x13.5 and dated 2007
Scott # - 464a (from 463-464 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - need number
Michel # - need number
WNS # - need number
 
Bear type - official polar
Year - 2006
Face Value - 25k
Description - Polar bear on Greenland arms [from 100th anniversary of parcel post issue]
Scott # - 463 (from 463-464 set)
Stanley Gibbons # - 495
Michel # - 449
WNS # - GL003.06
 
Bear type - polar, official
Face Value - 100k
Description - Polar bear on Arms of Greenland [from Pakke Porto jubilee issue]
Scott # - 497
Stanley Gibbons # - need number
Michel # - 488
WNS # - need number
 
Bear type - polar, official
Year - 2007
Face Value - 175k total
Description - Polar bears on Arms of Greenland souvenir sheet of 3 stamps [from Pakke Porto jubilee issue]
Scott # - 497a
Stanley Gibbons # - need number
Michel # - Block 38 (449IIC+460II+488)
WNS # - need number
image needed Bear type - polar, art
Year - 2008
Face Value - 14.25k
Description - Polar bear [from Modern Art issue]
Scott # - need number
Stanley Gibbons # - need number
Michel # - need number
WNS # - need number
image needed Bear type - polar
Face Value - 8k
Description - Polar bear [from Norse Mythology issue]
Scott # - need number
Stanley Gibbons # - need number
Michel # - need number
WNS # - need number
   

Cancellations

Where: Greenland - Nanortalik
Date:  August 15, 1997
Description: polar bear (first day cancellation for the bicentennial of the town of Nanotoralik, Scott #324)
Where: Greenland - Tasiilaq
Date: May 7, 1999
Description: polar bear (first day cancellation for the polar bear issue Scott #348)
Where: Greenland
Date: March 24, 2004
Description:  polar bear/arms of Greenland (first day cancellation for the 25th anniversary of Greenland home rule)
Where:  Greenland - Tasiilaq
Date: May 21, 2007
Description: Polar bear/arms of Greenland [first day of issue cancellation for the Pakke-Porto jubilee issue]
 

Postal Stationary

Image needed Bear type - Polar
Year - ?
Catalog Number -
Face Value -
Description - Polar bear on one of the photo panels
Stationary type - photo/air letter

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