Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
NORGE and ØRE: Norway after the Scandinavian currency change.
- 1NORGE
- 2POSTFRIM. 3 ØRE
- Inscription
- NORGE · POSTFRIM. 3 ØRE
- Meaning
- POSTFRIM. is short for postfrimerke (postage stamp); 100 øre make one krone.
- Issued by
- Kingdom of Norway
- Today
- Norway
- Year
- 1877. First posthorn issue in øre, 1877.
- Made by
- Wilhelm von Hanno (design, died 1882)
One fact
From 1877 Norway’s posthorn stamps were valued in øre instead of skilling.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Designer died 1882. Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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