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Bird stamps from Greenland

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1945.01  01.02.1945   Definitives      
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5k     27 133 000     Common Eider    Somateria mollissima     

1945.02  18.06.1945   Overprint DANMARK BEFRIET… on 1945.01      
5k     27 133 000     Common Eider    Somateria mollissima     ovp blue
5k     27 133 000     Common Eider    Somateria mollissima     ovp red

1967.01  23.11.1967   Greenland legends      
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90ø     8 004 000     Common Loon    Gavia immer     
and     187 119 000     Common Raven    Corvus corax     

1969.01  18.09.1969   Greenland legends      
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80ø     30 039 000     White-tailed Eagle    Haliaeetus albicilla     

1975.01  04.09.1975   Telecommunications service      
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90ø     32 060 000     Gyrfalcon    Falco rusticolus     

1981.01  03.09.1981   Peary land expeditions      
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1.60k     27 134 000     King Eider    Somateria spectabilis     

1982.01  02.08.1982   Greenland history      
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2k     11 060 000     Greater Shearwater    Puffinus gravis     

1987.01  23.01.1987   Hafnia 87   3v sheet   
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2.80k     11 003 000     Northern Fulmar    Fulmarus glacialis     
6.50k     11 003 000     Northern Fulmar    Fulmarus glacialis     

1987.02  03.09.1987   Birds      
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5k     36 007 000     Rock Ptarmigan    Lagopus muta     
10k     78 091 000     Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus     

1988.01  14.04.1988   Birds      
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Common Raven Corvus corax White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Common Loon Gavia immer
3k     32 060 000     Gyrfalcon    Falco rusticolus     
4.10k     187 119 000     Common Raven    Corvus corax     
5.50k     30 039 000     White-tailed Eagle    Haliaeetus albicilla     
7k     8 004 000     Common Loon    Gavia immer     

1989.01  16.03.1989   Birds      
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
3.20k     27 138 000     Long-tailed Duck    Clangula hyemalis     
4.40k     201 315 000     Snow Bunting    Plectrophenax nivalis     
5.50k     70 005 000     Black Guillemot    Cepphus grylle     
6.50k     70 003 000     Thick-billed Murre    Uria lomvia     

1990.01  15.01.1990   Birds      
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4k     27 025 000     Snow Goose    Chen caerulescens     
7.50k     69 007 000     Long-tailed Jaeger    Stercorarius longicaudus     

1990.02  06.09.1990   Greenland environmental foundation      
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4k     27 133 000     Common Eider    Somateria mollissima     

1995.01  05.05.1995   Anniversary   4v sheet   1945.01
4k     27 133 000     Common Eider    Somateria mollissima     

1999.01  08.02.1999   WWF, Snowy Owl   pho   
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1k     78 091 000     Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus     
4.75k     78 091 000     Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus     
5.50k     78 091 000     Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus     
5.75k     78 091 000     Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus     

1999.02  08.02.1999   WWF, Snowy Owl   Booklet, no pho   1999.01
1k     78 091 000     Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus     
4.75k     78 091 000     Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus     
5.50k     78 091 000     Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus     
5.75k     78 091 000     Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus     

2000.01  21.02.2000   Arctic vikings   4v set   
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21k     32 060 000     Gyrfalcon    Falco rusticolus     

2000.02  21.02.2000   Arctic vikings   4v sheet   2000.01
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21k     32 060 000     Gyrfalcon    Falco rusticolus     

2000.03  09.05.2000   Definitives      
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4.50k     30 039 000     White-tailed Eagle    Haliaeetus albicilla     
4.75k     30 039 000     White-tailed Eagle    Haliaeetus albicilla     = 4.50k
8k     30 039 000     White-tailed Eagle    Haliaeetus albicilla     = 4.50k
10k     30 039 000     White-tailed Eagle    Haliaeetus albicilla     = 4.50k

2001.01  05.02.2001   Arctic vikings   4v set   
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10k     187 119 000     Common Raven    Corvus corax     

2001.02  05.02.2001   Arctic vikings   4v sheet   2001.01
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10k     187 119 000     Common Raven    Corvus corax     

2001.03  09.05.2001   Definitives      2000.03
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0.25k     30 039 000     White-tailed Eagle    Haliaeetus albicilla     
12k     30 039 000     White-tailed Eagle    Haliaeetus albicilla     

2001.04  16.10.2001   Christmas      
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4.50k     36 007 000     Rock Ptarmigan    Lagopus muta     
4.75k     36 007 000     Rock Ptarmigan    Lagopus muta     

2001.05  16.10.2001   Christmas   Booklet   2001.04
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4.50k     36 007 000     Rock Ptarmigan    Lagopus muta     
4.75k     36 007 000     Rock Ptarmigan    Lagopus muta     

2002.01  21.10.2002   Definitives      2000.03
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0.50k     30 039 000     White-tailed Eagle    Haliaeetus albicilla     

Greenland map

Location: Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean
Population: 56,300
Climate: arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters
Terrain: flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast

Birds: 240 species

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13.05.2008