Kingdom Of Elleore

These are one of my favorite Christmas seals issued in 1967 in both perforate and imperforate.



The Kingdom of Elleore is a micronation located on the island of Elleore in the Roskilde Fjord, north of Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand.
The island was purchased by a group of Copenhagen schoolteachers in 1944 for use as a summer camp. They proclaimed the island's tongue-in-cheek "independence" as a Kingdom as a gentle parody of the government structure and royal traditions of Denmark.
Numerous traditions peculiar to the kingdom have evolved over the subsequent decades, including a ban on the novel Robinson Crusoe, and the use of "Elleore Standard Time", which is 12 minutes behind Danish time. Many of the place names on the island, the kingdom's "government" and the titles assumed by its "nobility" are parodies of Danish equivalents.
Elleore is unoccupied save for a week-long annual gathering attended by dozens of its "citizens" and known as the "Elleuge" (meaning "Elle week"). The ceremonial enthronement of the reigning monarch takes place at this time.
List of kings and queens of Elleore
• Erik I (1945-1949)
• Leo I den Lille (1949-1960)
• Erik II den Storartede (1961-1972)
• Leo II den Folkekære (1972-1983)
• Leodora den Dydige (1983-2003)
• Leo III (2003-Present)

Excellent Russ.
Not seen these before,
I wont even begin to pronounce the names of the monarchs.

I think its LEE-oh.

ok ok ok!

It must have been an interesting place to be during the '60s!

Let's see, summer, private island, Denmark,----does the phrase clothing optional make sense? Just wondering.

Were you thinking of something like this?

http://www.postbeeld.com/media/seri.../dep1003.jpg

Very nice 22 crows :)
very apt for Denmark....A big "No No" for Australia
(It is NOT cool to have a tan)...skin cancer.