Iceland 1991 Stamp Day. Ships

• Issue date: 9th October 1991
• four values
• Designed by: Þrostur Magnússon
• Printed by: BDT, Ireland
• Print process: offset lithography
• Perforations: 13.9 x 13.9

Stamp Day 1991. Mail Ships

30.00kr ~ Sölöven (mail ship, a two-masted schooner built 1841)
30.00kr ~ Arcturus (steamer with sails (cargo liner), from 1858
30.00kr ~ Gullfoss cargo steamer built in 1915
30.00kr ~ Esja II steamer built in 1939

• Issued se-tenant in blocks/sheetlets of eight stamps containing horizontal strips or blocks of four

Stamps from sheetlet

30kr x 4

Sheetlet of eight stamps

30kr sheetlet

• Note. The sheetlet was also issued as a booklet pane...these have a vertical line of roulettes near left edge of sheetlet. This booklet is very scarce