ISSUE 181 - January 2, 2026 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Fabulous Firsts:
Norway 1854-1924
by Clifford A. Howes
(From Mekeel’s Weekly, August 6, 1928 with images added)
The Kingdom of Norway, from which most of the Norsemen came in the early ages, is the most northerly kingdom of Europe and in its comparatively narrow strip of mountainous territory along the western coast of the Scandinavian Peninsula it includes a hardy population of some two and a half million people.
Norway was independent in the middle ages, but was united with Denmark from 1450 to 1814. In the latter year it was ceded to Sweden but the . . .
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