Wikibooks: International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Iceland

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Iceland
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/International_Postage_Meter_Stamp_Catalog/Iceland

=Iceland= The first Iceland meters were used in 1929. All Icelandic meter stamps have “ÍSLAND” in the frank. The stamps are grouped according to appearance A Single straight line frank with panels at top and bottom B Horizontal frank with straight line ornaments at sides C Double straight line frank without inner panels PO – Generated by machines in Post Offices For specialized information about the meter stamps of Iceland see Icelandic Meters 1930 – 1993 by Thor Thorsteins self published Reykjavik 1994. = GROUP A Upright to nearly square rectangle with single straight line outer frame line= “ÍSLAND” in top panel and “PÓSTUR” in bottom panel above meter number A1. Francotyp “C” (MV) 1929. [$10] Internal panel lines do not touch sides of frank. Meter number without prefix. Wide spacing between TM and frank. With or without 4 digit impression counter number high between TM and frank. Meter numbers 1 4. TM DC with three stars at bottom V/F 000 (A O) A2. Neopost (LV 6) 1931. Similar to Type 1 but frank is wider and the spacing between TM and frank is narrower. Meter number 5 up. A . Frank 27/28 mm tall [$10] B . Frank 25 mm tall [$5] TM DC with three stars at bottom Values 7 10 15 20 35 40 45 50 1 Kr 2 Kr a . Unengraved block in place of meter number A3. Universal “MultiValue” (MV). [$5] Similar to Type A2 but internal panel lines touch the sides of the frank and the value figures are different. TM DC with arc at bottom V/F 00 00 (O) 000 00 (O) 0000 (O) 000 (A) A4. Universal “Teltax” (MV). Similar to Type A3 but the TM is lowered with a 4 digit impression counter number above Small date figures. TM DC V/F 00000 (O) 0000 (O) 000 (A O) a . Pre stamped by post office on aerograms. Letters in “ÍSLAND” are narrower and thinner. Meter numbers 12 and 15 seen. A5. Francotyp “Cc” (MV). [$25] Similar to Type A1 but much taller frank 24 25 x 37 38 mm. A . Wide spacing between TM and frank ~53mm B . Narrow spacing ~15mm TM DC V/F 000 ◆000 A6. Universal “Simplex” (LV 25) 1951. Frank ...