Monday, October 28, 2019

Sweden: FDC

FDC issued on 30.1.1991. Posted on Sept 2019. Arrived same month
Top left: Oldest map , Olaus Magnus, Scandinavian Map, Certa Marina, first printed in Venice in 1539. The stamp version printed in 1572. 
Top Center: Bureus map printed several times in 17th century and became the standard map of Nordic countries until 1704. The map shows Sweden, Denmark and Norway. 
Top right: Andreas Akerman's celestial globe was made in Uppasala in 1759, also known as star globe.
Bottom left: The Areskutan mountains in Jamtland are featured on a Swedish mountain map of 1938. 
Bottom Center: Stockholm map of 1989.
Bottom right: Stamp on Bedrock map issued in 1984 by the geological survey of Sweden.
Postmark: FDC Cancellation depicting the map.
Stamp engraved by P.Naszarkowski and c. Slania.
Print: Recess/ offset.

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