Bear Stamps, Cancellations, and Postal Stationery from Greenland

Bear Stamps from Greenland

	Bear type - official, polar Year - 1916 Face value - 1o Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland Scott # - Q1 (from Q1-Q11 set) Stanley Gibbons # - P4 (from P4-P14 set) Michel # - (Paketportomarken) 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 # - (Paketportomarken)2
	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 # - (Paketportomarken) 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 # - (Paketportomarken) 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 # - (Paketportomarken)0
	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 # - P2 (from P4-P14 set) Michel # - (Paketportomarken) 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 # - (Paketportomarken)1
	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 # - P0 (from P4-P14 set) Michel # - (Paketportomarken) 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 # - P1 (from P4-P14 set) Michel # - (Paketportomarken) 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 # - P3 (from P4-P14 set) Michel # - (Paketportomarken) 13 (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 # - P4 (from P4-P14 set) Michel # - (Paketportomarken) 14 (from 13-14 set)
	Bear type - polar Year - 1938 Face value - 30o Description - Polar bear Scott # - 7 (from 1- 19 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 I (from 20-25 set)
	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)
	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 (1969 in SG catalog) Face value - 5k Description - Polar bear Scott # - 73 (from 71-75 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 71 (from 69-73 set) 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) / Block 8
	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 361 sheet) 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 the930s 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 # - MS 453 Michel # - Block 29 WNS # - sheet not listed
	Bear type - official, polar Year - 2005 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 # - 460 WNS # - GL003.06
	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 IA WNS # - GL016.05
(see image of souvenir sheet below)	Bear type - official, polar Year - 2007 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 # - 449 IIC WNS # - need number
	Bear type - polar, official Face Value - 100k Year - 2007 Description - Polar bear on Arms of Greenland [from Pakke Porto jubilee issue] Scott # - 497 Stanley Gibbons # - 530 Michel # - 488 WNS # - GL008.07
	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 # - MS 531 Michel # - Block 38 (449IIC+460II+488) WNS # - sheet not listed
	Bear type - polar, art Year - 2008 Face Value - 14.25k Description - Polar bear [from Modern Art issue] Scott # - 516 (from 515-517 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 543 (from 542-544 set) Michel # - 507 (from 506-508 set) WNS # - GL004.08
	Bear type - polar Year - Face Value - 8k Description - Polar bear [from Norse Mythology issue] Scott # - 519 (from 518-519 set), 519a (sheet) Stanley Gibbons # - 550 (from 549-550 set), MS551 Michel # - 510 (from 509-510 set), Block 40 WNS # - GL007.08
	Bear type - polar Year - 2009 Face Value - 6.25k Description - Polar bear constellation (sheet stamp) [from astronomy/Europa issue] Scott # - 537 (from 537-538 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 572 (from 572-573 set) Michel # - 525 (from 525-526 set) WNS # - GL004.09
	Bear type - polar Year - 2009 Face Value - 8k Description - Polar bear constellation (sheet stamp) [from astronomy/Europa issue] Scott # - 538 (from 537-538 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 573 (from 572-573 set) Michel # - 526 (from 525-526 set) WNS # - GL004.09
	Bear type - polar Year - 2009 Face Value - 6.25k Description - Polar bear constellation (self-adhesive booklet stamp) [from astronomy/Europa issue] Scott # - 539 (from 539-540 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 575 (from 574-575 set) Michel # - 527 (from 527-528 set) WNS # - like GL004.09 Bear type - polar Year - 2009 Face Value - 8k Description - Polar bear constellation (self-adhesive booklet stamp) [from astronomy/Europa issue] Scott # - 540 (from 539-540 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 575 (from 574-575 set) Michel # - 528 (from 527-528 set) WNS # - like GL004.09
	Bear type - polar, art Year - 2009 Face Value - 6k Description - Polar Bears painting by Ivalo Abelsen (view of two polar bears from above) [from Greenlandic Artists issue] Scott # - 545 (from 545-547 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 578 (from 578-580 set) Michel # - 537 (from 537-539 set) WNS # - GL012.09
	Bear type - polar, art Year - 2010 Face Value - 6.50k Description - Polar bear painting by Maria Paninguak Kjaerulff [from contemporary art issue] Scott # - 560 (from 560-562 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 597 (from 597-599 set) Michel # - 551 (from 551-553 set) WNS # - GL002.10
	Bear type - polar, fictional Year - 2010 Face Value - 3.50k Description - Polar bear cartoon on stamp and sheet design [from Greenlandic Comics issue] Scott # - 572, 572a Stanley Gibbons # - 612, MS 613 Michel # - 565 WNS # - GL015.10
	Bear type - official, polar Year - 2010 Face Value - 26.50k Description - Polar bear on arms of Greenland, Ivittuut Cryolite Mine [from mining issue] Scott # - 577 (from 576-577 set) Stanley Gibbons # - 618 (from 617-618 set) Michel # - 568 (from 567-568 set) WNS # - need number
	Bear type - polar, fictional Year - 2011 Face Value - 20k Description - Cartoon polar bear on sheet margin [from Greenlandic Comics III issue] Scott # - 595a Stanley Gibbons # - 650 Michel # - 589 / Block 51 WNS # - need number
	Bear type - polar Year - 2011 Face Value - 7k through 95k [face value can vary] Description - Polar bear franking label Scott # - not listed Stanley Gibbons # - not listed Michel # - ATM 7 (from 5-8 set) WNS # - need number
	Type - official, polar Year - 2012 Face Value - 26.50 Description - Polar bear on Greenland arms on sheet margin [from Queen 40th Jubilee issue] Scott # - need number Stanley Gibbons # - need number Michel Catalog # - need number WNS # - need number

Cancellations

	Where: Greenland Date: February 19, 1976 Description: Polar bear paw prints [first day cancellation for the 1976 polar bear issue]
	Where: Greenland Date: December 1, 1980 Description: Polar bear
	Where: Greenland Date: August 19-23, 1985 Description: Polar bear
	Where: Tasilaq Date: October 12, 1995 Description: Polar bear on arms of Greenland
	Where: Nanortalik Date: August 15, 1997 Description: polar bear (first day cancellation for the bicentennial of the town of Nanotoralik, Scott #324)
	Where: Tasiilaq Date: May 7, 1999 Description: polar bear (first day cancellation for the polar bear issue Scott #348)
	Where: Tasiilaq Date: March 24, 2004 Description: polar bear/arms of Greenland (first day cancellation for the 25th anniversary of Greenland home rule)
	Where: Tasiilaq Date: May 21, 2007 Description: Polar bear/arms of Greenland [first day of issue cancellation for the Pakke-Porto jubilee issue]
	Where: Tasiilaq Date: January 18, 2010 Description: Book with a teddy bear on one page and a house on another page [first day of issue cancel for the Children's Books issue]