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Regular mail service in Iceland was first
established by a charter of 13 May 1776, and on 1 January 1873, Iceland
issued its first postage stamps.
In 1876 the currency changed to
eyrir and new stamps, which were issued with he same basic design and
continued in use through 1901.
In 1902 the numeral stamps were reissued, overprinted
Í GILDI / '02--'03 in red or black.
In 1906 following King Christian death, a new series of stamps came out.
1911 saw Iceland's first commemorative stamps.
King Christian X first appeared on Icelandic stamps in a new set of
1920. when locally surcharged stamps had to be produced until 1930. The
first pictorial, non-portrait stamps were issued in 1925, a set of five
showing views of Iceland. Iceland's first airmail stamp was issued in
1928.
In 1930, Iceland celebrated the 1000th anniversary of the Althing with
an attractive series of 15 regular and 5 airmail stamps .
In 1931, stamps were overprinted Zeppelin / 1931 for use on mail sent
via the airship Graf Zeppelin, which visited Reykjavík .
Iceland's first semi-postal stamps appeared in 1933.
In 1938 a dramatic series featured images of Geysir, the namesake of all
other geysers.In 1944 Iceland again honored Jon Sigurðsson on its issue
marking the independent republic In 1948, the eruption of the volcano
Hekla was marked by another set of dramatic images.
Since independence, Iceland has been issuing about 20 new stamps each
year.
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