FÆROES – “AL MITTENTE” “SERVIZO SOSPESO” An interesting envelope recently seen is one sent from Trangisvaag, datestamped 11th March 1941, addressed to Nørre Søby, Fyn, Denmark. It bears three copies of the 50 øre on 5 øre 1940- 41 surcharge…...
Mail from Japan to the Faeroes is rare enough, and I do not recall having seen any such covers in recent years, so this rather tatty wreck cover, above, from 1940 struck me as being an unusual item worth pursuing.…...
The envelope written off Green Harbour, Spitsbergen, in late August 1881, by a member of the crew of the “U.S.S.Alliance” whilst searching for the wreckage of the “U.S.S. Jeanette” and the “Rogers”. The envelope was put into the post at…...
by R. King-Farlow Illustrations Susan Oliver Questioned suddenly, the only thing that the average Englishman could say about the Faroe Islands is that, to judge from the weather reports, they share with Iceland the distinction of being the point of…...
