Post horn series
The Norwegian post horn series is the oldest permanent stamp series in the world. Post horn stamps have been in constant use in Norway since 1872.
The numbers used in the following refer to the Norges catalog, the dealer catalog Norge (NK) and the Michel catalog (MI) in the latest edition.
history
First series
On July 10, 1871, the photographer P. Petersen received an order from the Norwegian Geographical Sign Office to print new stamps. To do this, he traveled to Copenhagen in order to acquire the knowledge necessary for the production of postage stamps. There he concluded an agreement with the engraver Philip Batz from the Danish postal system to engrave the first post horn stamps based on the design of the German-Norwegian graphic artist and architect Wilhelm von Hanno . On December 19, 1871, the Norwegian Postal Service received the first delivery of the three shilling post horn stamp (HK 18 / Wed 18).
The first post horn stamps (HK 16 ff) were sold on January 1, 1872. The design was based on existing brands in other countries. As typeface easy gradstrichige font that is sans serif font (in Norwegian Stolpeskrift used). The currency was the specialty with the subdivision in shillings, in Norwegian skilling. The pressure was unclear. This first series goes by the name of shaded post horn, norwegian skravert post horn .
New currency information
The law on the new currency and the replacement of specials and shillings by kronen and Øre required new stamps in 1875. In 1877 the first post horn stamps with Øre values were introduced and sold (HK 22 ff / Wed 22 ff).
In 1888 provisional solutions were issued for the first time, namely the earlier 12 Øre stamps with 2 Øre overprint (HK 48 / Mi 48) Later further temporary solutions followed with overprint on post horn stamps, in 1906 30 Øre appeared on 7 skilling (NK 21 / Mi 21) as NK 88 / Wed 65. 1907 appeared 15 ØERE on 4 Skilling (NK 19 / Wed 19) as NK 92 / Wed 70. Finally in 1922 5 ØERE appeared on 25 Øre (NK 104 / Wed 83) as NK 117 / Wed 104.
New cliché from 1892
In 1892 the printing block that was used to produce the brand clichés was used up. The engraver Ivar Throndsen from the Royal Mint in Kongsberg was commissioned to create a new cliché. The separated from the previous font (grotesque, so stolpeskrift) and used antiqua. This is still used today (NK 56 / MI 52 ff). In 1909 a new printing block was created. The first "modern" post horn stamps were created (HK 96 / Mi 75 ff).
Gravure printing from 1937
In 1937 the printing company Emil Mostue AS / Oslo introduced the gravure printing process (NK 197 / Mi 176 ff). The German occupation forces took over the post horn stamps in 1941 and had them provided with the "V" overprint. V stands for Viktoria "Germany wins on all fronts". In doing so, they overlooked the fact that the post horn stamps show the Norwegian royal crown: Although all king symbols were forbidden, the post horn stamps with the prohibited symbol were sold.
Rotogravure printing process from 1962
In 1962 Knut Løkke-Sørensen engraved a new printing block. The stamps were created in steel gravure printing (NK 513 / Mi 478 ff). In 1972 the Norwegian Posthorn postage stamp issued two special stamps with the imprint of the stamps NK 18 and 17 and the first block with these two stamps (NK 684-686 / Mi 637, 638) on its 100th birthday. The first two-tone post horn stamps NK 1127 / Mi 1078 ff) (draft Løkke-Sørensen) appeared on November 22, 1991. In the meantime, the value of the krona and the price of postage had changed in such a way that there were only kroner values and no more details. The post horn stamp appeared for the first time in 1997 in offset printing (HK 1284 / Mi 1237 ff) with decimal crown values in the post horn center, with the signature still in Øre (draft Sverre Morken ). In 2001, the post horn brand was given in addition to the usual gold and silver colors (design: Sverre Morken and Enzo Finger ).
See also
literature
- Norsk Frimer catalog,
- Norsk dealer catalog in the current edition,
- Michel catalog Europe West / Norway
- Finn Aune, Posthornnøkkel
- Carl H. Werenskiold: De norske posthorn frimerker - 100 ar ; o. O., 1979; Extent: 33 pages