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Iceland Stamps

Definitives of 1920-1930

The definitive Iceland stamps of 1920 to 1930 feature portrait issues for a new monarch and many re-valued definitive postage stamps, necessitated by periodic shortages of certain definitive stamp denominations.

WMK 113
Crown

WMK 114
Crosses

Two paper watermarks were used for the stamps of Iceland between 1920 and 1926, and they are shown above.  They will be referred to by their WMK numbers in the text descriptions below.



The twenty-one portrait definitive Iceland stamps shown above were issued between 1920 and 1922.  They are all printed on paper with WMK 114, and they are perforated 14 x 14 1/2.

These portrait definitives feature a portrait of King Christian X of Denmark.

The catalog attributes are as follows:

  • 01 E.  (1920 - Sc. #108) - Yellow Green & Red.
  • 03 A.  (1920 - Sc. #109) - Bister Brown.
  • 04 A.  (1920 - Sc. #110) - Gray & Red.
  • 05 A.  (1920 - Sc. #111) - Green.
  • 05 A.  (1922 - Sc. #112) - Olive Green.
  • 06 A.  (1920 - Sc. #113) - Dark Gray.
  • 08 A.  (1920 - Sc. #114) - Dark Brown.
  • 10 A.  (1920 - Sc. #115) - Red.
  • 10 A.  (1921 - Sc. #116) - Green.
  • 15 A.  (1920 - Sc. #117) - Violet.
  • 20 A.  (1920 - Sc. #118) - Deep Blue.
  • 20 A.  (1922 - Sc. #119) - Chocolate.
  • 25 A.  (1920 - Sc. #120) - Brown & Green.
  • 25 A.  (1921 - Sc. #121) - Red.
  • 30 A.  (1920 - Sc. #122) - Red & Green.
  • 40 A.  (1920 - Sc. #123) - Claret.
  • 40 A.  (1921 - Sc. #124) - Dark Blue.
  • 50 A.  (1920 - Sc. #125) - Dark Gray & Claret.
  • 01 K.  (1920 - Sc. #126) - Deep Blue & Dark Brown.
  • 02 K.  (1920 - Sc. #127) - Olive Brown & Myrtle Green.
  • 05 K.  (1920 - Sc. #128) - Brown & Indigo.



During the 1920's the Icelandic postal service was frequently plagued with definitive postage stamp shortages.  This necessitated the overprinting and revaluation of existing stocks of definitive postage stamps, in order to provide the urgently needed definitive postage stamp denominations.

The eight overprinted and re-valued Iceland stamps shown above were issued between 1921 and 1925.

The catalog attributes, presented in the order shown in the image above, are as follows:

  • 05 A. on 16 A.  (1921 - Sc. #130) - Brown.
  • 05 A. on 16 A.  (1921 - Sc. #131) - Brown.
  • 20 A. on 25 A.  (1921 - Sc. #132) - Brown & Green.
  • 20 A. on 25 A.  (1921 - Sc. #133) - Bister Brown & Green.
  • 20 A. on 40 A.  (1921 - Sc. #134) - Violet.
  • 20 A. on 40 A.  (1921 - Sc. #135) - Claret & Violet.
  • 30 A. on 50 A.  (1925 - Sc. #137) - Gray & Bluish Black.
  • 50 A. on 05 K.  (1925 - Sc. #138) - Orange Brown & Slate Blue.



The four overprinted and re-valued Iceland stamps shown above were issued between 1924 and 1930.

The catalog attributes, presented in the order shown in the image above, are as follows:

  • 10 K. on 50 A.  (1925 - Sc. #140) - Claret.
  • 10 K. on 01 K.  (1924 - Sc. #141) - Yellow.
  • 10 K. on 02 K.  (1929 - Sc. #142) - Olive Brown & Bright Blue.
  • 10 K. on 05 K.  (1930 - Sc. #143) - Brown & Slate.



High denomination definitive Iceland stamps, with revenue cancellations consisting of a boxed "TOLLUR", were used to pay the import fees on parcels arriving in Iceland.  An example is shown above.  Stamps with these revenue cancels are only worth a small fraction of the same stamps with postal cancellations.

The four 10 Kr. stamps shown above, with postal cancellations, have a catalog value of over $3,000.00.  The same stamps, as shown above with revenue cancels, have a catalog value of about $180.00.





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The 5 A. denomination  stamp shown above (Sc. #139) was overprinted and re-valued to 10 A. during 1922.



The 25 A. denomination  stamp shown above (Sc. #149) was overprinted and re-valued to 2 K. during 1925.



The 40 A. denomination  stamp shown above (Sc. #150) was overprinted and re-valued to 1 K. during 1926.