Charity and Christmas Seals
     1923:1983
1983 Reprint
1923 Danish Christmas Seal
1984 reprint of the 1923 Danish Christmas seal.  This seal is of particular interest to Faroe island collectors because the boat has the name Thorshavn on the bow.
 
1966 Barnaheim Charity Seal
Before the Faroese Christmas seals started to be sold in 1976, Danish Christmas Seals were sold at all Faroe Island Post Offices to raise money  to fight Tubereculosis.  However, there was also a need to raise money for local charity work.  The Faroese foundation, Barnahjalpargrunnurin, issued the seals and these were also sold through the Post Office.  The 1971 post card illustrated above was sent to Norway and contains a 1966 Barnaheim seal.
 

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