Stamp FO 177 from the Faroe Islands, featuring a toy horse from the Viking Age

Title

Stamp FO 177 from the Faroe Islands, featuring a toy horse from the Viking Age

Subject

Stamps

Description

One of a pair of Faroese stamps released in 1989 and designed by Bárður Jákupsson, featuring a Viking Age toy horse found in at the Viking farm at Kvívík, Leirvík and now on display at The National Museum of the Faroe Islands. Listed as Stamp #FO 177.For the original artefact this stamp is based on, see here

Creator

Bárður Jákupsson / Postverk Føroya - Philatelic Office

Source

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Faroe_stamp_177_viking_toys_-_carved_horse.jpg

Publisher

Wikimedia Commons

Date

1989

Contributor

Administrator

Rights

Public Domain

Relation

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Faroe_stamp_177_viking_toys_-_carved_horse.jpg

Format

jpg

Language

Faroese

Type

Still Image

Identifier

FO 177

Coverage

Faroe Islands
Modern

Files

Faroe_stamp_177_viking_toys_-_carved_horse.jpg

Geolocation

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