ISSUE 174 - June 6, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
The World of Stamps:
Greenland: Inuit, Norse, Danish and U.S. Heritage
By Geir Sør-Reime
The first Paleo-Inuit settlers, BC 2500-AD 1350
Humans seem to have reached the northern part of Greenland approximately 2500 BC. These people immigrated from Canada via Ellesmere Island, and they are labeled the Independent 1 culture and existed till around 1800 BC.
Another culture called the Saqqaq culture reached Greenland via the Nares Strait and settled on the west, south and east coasts. This culture seems to have disappeared around 700 BC. This culture was featured in a . . .
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