<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Faroe Islands Heraldic Cats</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html; charset=UTF-16> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE cellSpacing=6 cellPadding=0 width=780 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="58%"> <H1><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=blue>FAROE ISLANDS</FONT></H1></TD> <TD align=right width="50%"><IMG height=47 alt="" src="../../../design/Flags/FO.gif" width=66 border=1></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD colspan="2"> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Stamps inscribed 'F&oslash;royar'.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&lt; - 1975 Danish stamps used (local overprints issued in 1919 and 1940 - 45)<br> 1975 -&gt; Self-government<br> <img src="../../../design/spacer.jpg" alt="" height="12" width="12" border="0"></font></p> </TD></TR> <tr> <td colspan="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From 1919: 1 Kr&oacute;na/Krone (DKK/FOK) = 100 Oyrur/&Oslash;re (localized banknotes from 1940)<br> <img src="../../../design/spacer.jpg" alt="" height="12" width="12" border="0"></font></td> </tr> <TR> <TD width="58%"><I><A href="http://www.catstamps.org/Checklists_mainpage.html">Checklists</A> &gt; <A href="http://www.catstamps.org/countries_list.html">Countries</A> &gt; Faroe Islands Wild Cats</I></TD> <TD> <div align="right"> <i>Also see <a href="FO_D.html">Faroe Islands Domestic Cats</a><br> <a href="FO_H.html">Faroe Islands Heraldic Cats</a></i></div> </TD> </TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P><b>List status: Incomplete / under construction<br> </b><I>If you have corrections or addendae to this list, please send an e-mail to <A href="mailto:checklists@catstamps.org">checklists@catstamps.org</A>.</I></P> <H2><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">WILD CATS</FONT></H2> <TABLE width=780 border=1 cellPadding=4 cellSpacing=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="25%"><B>Issue</B></TD> <TD width="27%"><B>Item code</B></TD> <TD width="15%"><B>Item type</B></TD> <TD width="6%"><B>Face value</B></TD> <TD><B>Remarks</B></TD> <td width="3%"><B>SC</B></td> </TR> <tr> <td>1940 Overprinted Danish Definitives II</td> <td>FO19401206 ST 0_50</td> <td>Stamp</td> <td align="right">0.50<br> on 0.05</td> <td>Heraldic Lion<br> Two Lions Passant<br> DK 244<br> overprinted in black<br> <a href="../../../design/Michel.html">MI</a> 5</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1940 Overprinted Danish Definitives III</td> <td>FO19401221 ST 0_60</td> <td>Stamp</td> <td align="right">0.60<br> on 0.06</td> <td>Heraldic Lion<br> Two Lions Passant<br> DK 258<br> overprinted in black<br> <a href="../../../design/Michel.html">MI</a> 6</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1941 Overprinted Danish Definitives I</td> <td>FO19410317 ST 0_20</td> <td>Stamp</td> <td align="right">0.20<br> on 0.05</td> <td>Heraldic Lion<br> Two Lions Passant<br> DK 244<br> overprinted in blue<br> <a href="../../../design/Michel.html">MI</a> 3</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1941 Overprinted Danish Definitives II</td> <td>FO19410502 ST 0_20</td> <td>Stamp</td> <td align="right">0.20<br> on 0.01</td> <td>Heraldic Lion<br> Two Lions Passant<br> DK 195 II<br> overprinted in blue<br> <a href="../../../design/Michel.html">MI</a> 2</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1980 Church Pew Gables</td> <td><a href="../../../scans/Heraldics/FO/FO19801006 ST 1_40 HLIO.png">FO19801006 ST 1_40</a></td> <td>Stamp</td> <td align="right">1.40</td> <td>Heraldic Lion<br> Armed and Crowned Lion Rampant<br> <a href="../../Wild Cat Art/Wild Cat Art Start.html">Wild Cat Art</a><br> Wood carving from the Olaf Church in Kirkjub&oslash;ur<br> <a href="../../../design/Michel.html">MI</a> 56</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1997 500th Anniversary of the Kalmar Union</td> <td>FO19970520 ST 4_50</td> <td>Stamp</td> <td align="right">4.50</td> <td>Heradlic Lion<br> Lion Statant<br> Three Lions Passant<br> Heraldic Griffin (?)<br> <a href="../../Wild Cat Art/Wild Cat Art Start.html">Wild Cat Art</a><br> Wood carving of the <a href="../../../design/Heraldic/DK/DK_Eric_of_Pommerania_CoA.png">CoA of Eric of Pommerania</a> from the Olaf Church in Kirkjubøur<br> <a href="../../../design/Michel.html">MI</a> 319</td> <td></td> </tr> </TBODY> </TABLE> <i>Compiled by Geir Arveng. Additional information from Greg Balagian and Elisabeth Hallsj&ouml;.<br> Latest update: <!-- #BeginDate format:Sw1 -->10 April, 2016<!-- #EndDate --> </i> <p></p> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY></HTML>