Between 1983 and 1985 the Danish Ministry for Greenland reprinted the iconic Polar Bear parcel post "Pakke-Porto" stamps, printed from the original clichés. In all, 13 minature sheets were issued, printed by Thottrups Bogtrykken, Farum. Three of the panes were based on the original colour proofs. Six sheets of reprints were also issued. I'm not showing these here.
The text on the first three images reads: "
In June 1905 the Thiele printing works supplied colour proofs of the first Pakke-Porto stamps, the 1 ore, the 5 ore and the 10 ore, to the Royal Greenland Trade Company. The original block in copper was used for the printing of these proofs. The very same block has now been used for reprinting in exactly the same colour which was later used for the first printing of the 1 ore (5 ore, 10 ore) denomination."
The next 8 miniature sheets give printing information for these issues. You can use Google translate or whatever to get the information, but it's pretty self-explanatory even if you don't read Danish.
The next sheet shows the designs for the 1937 (Schultz) printing of the stamps, in the issued colours.
The final sheet shows new higher values from 1930, "
...produced from special blocks which were used for producing the colour proofs for the board of Gronlands Styrelse to choose from. The stamps are shown in the colours finally selected."
Posted 04/28/2018 11:54 pm
