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Member Content Countries Archive by category "Norway" (Page 13)

Category Archives: Norway

Spitzbergen Early History

Salo Heimann • 1st September 1958Articles - General, Member Content, Norway

Edited and corrected by Patricia Adams Illustrations by Alan Totten Unlike Greenland there are no records of the discovery of the archipelago of Svalbard by the very early sea-faring adventures, but it is assumed that the Island must have been…...

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Norway The Story behind the Stikelstat Stamps

Salo Heimann • 1st December 1957Articles - General, Member Content, Norway

By W.K.S. (Translated.R. King-Farlow) Originally Published December 1957 Reprinted with permission from “Norsk Filatelistisk Tidskrift” No. 12/1952 As an individual, King Olay Haraldsson (995-1030) was a typical Viking king brave, cunning and cruel yet in Norway his fame can never…...

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Norway Missionary Post In Madagascar

Salo Heimann • 1st December 1955Articles - General, Member Content, Norway

By Rene van Rompay Originally Published December 1955 In the second half of the 19th century, the Norwegians Missionary Society (Det Norske Missionsselskab), opened a number of mission stations on the tropical island of Madagascar, and in order to expedite…...

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Norway State Railway Postal Markings

Salo Heimann • 1st December 1954Articles - General, Member Content, Norway

Illustrative Credits: Nigel Steer The Norwegian State Railways celebrated their 100th Anniversary on the 1st of September, 1954, with a set of 3 postage stamps. The 20 Øre grey-green shows “Hovedbanens Locomotive No. 1” in its earliest employment – carrying…...

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