Modern Freight Stamps
	1961-1970
	Freight stamps were used as "receipt" for parcel post shipments made by boat employing domestic boat routes controlled by the Faroese Government.  It is possible that freight stamps were used prior to 1961, but these have remained the property of the shipping company.  When first used the stamps were canceled with straight-line name-cancels of the ship being used for transport, but later the cancellation was applied using a colored marker.  After 1970, cancellations seem to have been left out completely.  When first issued, freight stamps came in three different versions, each version bearing the name of the ship for which the stamp was to be used (Másin, Smiril, Ritan).  However, since the stamps were used on all ships, authorities deleted the name of the ship beginning with the 1973 issue.  Except for the emergency issues produced in 1965, the freight stamps were produced in rolls, with perforations at the top and bottom of each stamp.  Stamps in the rolls were numbered consecutively.  All stamps are printed in black on colored paper.
	1961 - 1964
	Freight Stamps used on the ship Ritan.  Printed  by Bireka, Copenhagen.  These stamps do not bear the imprint Bireka above the serial number.
	1965 - 1970
	Freight Stamps used on the ship Smiril.  Some of the Freight Stamps were stolen or lost.  To avoid use of these stamps, all freight stamps were reprinted with the imprint Bireka above the serial number
	Stamps used on the ship Ritan bearing the imprint Bireka.
	Stamps used on the ship Masin bearing the imprint Bireka
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