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Greenland: Covers: Cancellations By Town: G-H

Collecting Greenlandic covers with town and village cancellations is very popular. Even as far back as 1938, collectors and dealers were sending off covers to Greenland to obtain cancellations from each different town and village. The most recent catalog of Greenlandic cancellations (and all types of postmarks) is the DAKA GF6 Grønland 1997 Poststempler Efter 1938. When DAKA started to publish Greenland (and Faroe) catalogs, the editor completely revised the cancellation / postmark numbering system. I use that revised DAKA numbering system, but sometimes may additionally refer to the Wowern number.

Organizing and listing Greenland cancellations is particularly complicated because the cancellation town names mostly started with the early Danish names, but then around the mid-1980s the cancellations started to be changed to show the Greenlandic town names. There have also been spelling changes to the Greenlandic names (for example, K changed to Q). In some cases, mostly in the 1970s, the cancellations showed both names. Additionally, nearby sub-offices of larger towns also show two names, only sometimes separated by "PR" (meaning "located near"). The aforementioned DAKA GF6 1997 organizes and lists the towns under whatever version of name was FIRST USED for postmarks. The catalog organizes and lists any sub-offices of larger towns alphabetically under their own name (not under the larger town name). DAKA provides both Danish-to-Greenlandic and Greenlandic-to-Danish town name listings to assist the user.

Unfortunately, the DAKA GF6 1997 catalog sold out many years ago and is quite hard to find. I am always interested in buying used examples. If you are seeking an example, please tell me and I will let you know if/when one becomes available.

Cancellations By Town: G-H

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56, 79 [1964 35 øre red King; 1972 70 øre Mailboat] (VF) on 20 February 1974 philatelic cover, to West Germany, canceled GRØNNEDAL (DAKA #30.Bro.01), with three VF strikes including one away from the stamps (for clarity). Either this addressee sent off for different town postmarks or he subscribed to a postmark subscription service (which was often the only way to discover that a new version or variety of a postmark was being used). Because this particular postmark was in use from 1951 into 1988, the catalog value is modest, however this village actually handled very little mail and this postmark is fairly scarce in any particular year. A nice example.

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10.00

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