Faroese Postal History
 

Faroese Bro II Postmarks (Danish Spellings)
1870-1975

Stamp reference numbers are as follows;
DK (Danish Postal Administration Period) - DAKA GF 10 · 2017 Edition
FO (Faroese Postal Administration Period) - DAKA GF 10 · 2017 Edition
SG - Stanley Gibbons Denmark and Norway · 2018
Bridge type cancels
These can be broken down as follows:
 Timestamps
These can be broken down as follows:
(*  F denotes a.m and E/ε denotes p.m.)
I


II


III


VII 
Two bridge lines, upper and lower inner circles, and vertical bars

Two bridge lines, upper and lower inner circles

No bridge lines, no inner circles


Double circle and bridge lines in inner circle only
a


b


c 

d 

g 
Time interval 0 to 12 followed by
F or E*

Time interval 0 to 12 followed by
F or ε*

Time interval 0 to 24

One time figure only (00.00-24.00)

Full year, and no additional time
information


Bridge Cancel - Bro II (Danish Spelling)
 Two bridge lines, upper and lower-inner circles.
In use from 1933 at sub-offices and Thorshavn in 1934. All other collecting offices received the new "pr." datestamps in 1953 as replacement for the star-removed type. These datestamps continued to be used until 31 May 1962.

Bro IIc - Time interval 0 to 24

TRANGISVAAG
dated 1944

Franked with a 20 øre Christian X stamp.

Datestamp No. 02.06
Type Bro IIc

20 øre was the Inland Letter rate applicable from 10.07.1940 until 31.05.1950.

This was the first Bro II type bridge canceller used at Trangisvaag and was recorded used from February 1933 until 17.09.1957.

VAAG
dated 19.01.1940

Franked with a scarlet 15 øre Caravel (SG277b).

Datestamp No. 12.03
Type Bro IIc

15 øre paid the Inland letter rate which was applicable from 01.01.1927 until 09.07.1940.



KLAKSVIG
dated 19.11.1940

Franked with a 20 øre on 15 øre caravel provisional stamp (FO 6) first issued on 02.11.1940.

Datestamp No. 03.05A
Type Bro IIc

Sent to Thorshavn at the 20 øre Inland Letter rate applicable from 10.07.1940 until 31.05.1950.



VAAG
dated 31.01.1943

Franked with a scarlet 20 øre Caravel (SG 278b).

Datestamp No. 12.03
Type Bro IIc

Inland letter rate of 20 øre applied from 10.07.1940 until 31.05.1950.



THORSHAVN
dated 23.05.1945

Franked with a range of stamps:
10 øre violet Tercentenary of the Round Tower (SG336).
Set (3) of the Danish Churches issue (SG339-341).
20 øre red-brown Birth Tercentenary of Römer (SG342).

Datestamp No. 01.08
Type Bro IIc

Airmail cover to Reykjavik with stamps totaling 75 øre.
The Nordic airmail rate during the period 10.07.1940 to 30.06.1946 was  øre  plus  øre Airmail surcharge.

Hence there has been an over payment of 20 øre on what is probably a philatelic cover.



THORSHAVN
dated 15.1.46

Franked with a 20 øre Christian X, scarlet SG329.

Datestamp No. 01.08
Type Bro IIc

Inland letter rate of 20 øre applied from 10.07.1940 until 31.05.1950.

This cancel was used from 1934 to 1951.

TRANGISVAAG
dated 03.06.1957

Franked with a 30 øre on 20 øre red Frederick IX stamp (SG403).

Datestamp No. 02.06
Type Bro IIc

30 øre was the (50g) Inland Letter rate applicable from 01.07.1952 until 14.04.1963.

This is a late usage of this postmark which has been recorded used from February 1933 until 17.09.1957.



Bro IId - One time figure only (00.00-24.00)
SOLMUNDEFJORD
dated 2.12.1953

Franked with a brown 20 ore Frederik IX stamp (SG 360).

Datestamp No. 14.04
Type Bro IId

20 ore was the Inland postcard rate applicable from 01.07.1952 until 14.04.1963

This first Solmundefjord bridge postmark (in use from 19.04.1953 until 31.05.1962) also ties a Danish 1953 Christmas seal, and the postcard was sent to Klaksvig.






THORSHAVN
dated 15.12.1953

Franked with a pair of green 10 øre Numeral stamps (SG271d).

Datestamp No. 01.10
Type Bro IId

20 ore was the Local letter rate (50g) applicable from 01.07.1952 until 30.04.1955 so relatively little mail will have been sent at this rate.

This datestamp was in use between 1951 and 17.11.1957.

Additionally the cover has two Barnahjalpin charity seals, a 1952 multi-coloured and a 1953 red bordered, blue background seal designed by Poul Arne Poulson. There is also a pair of different se-tenant  Danish 1953 Christmas seals.



SORVAAG
dated 23.6.1955

Franked with a brown-red 30 øre Frederik IX stamp (SG 363b).

Datestamp No. 19.03
Type Bro IId

30 øre was the Inland Letter rate applicable from 01.07.1952 until 14.04.1963

This was the first bridge datestamp used at Sorvaag and was used from 01.05.1953 until 17.09.1957.

A commercial cover sent to a Chemist in Torshavn.

In 1957 the Danish post office changed the danish spelling of the names in all Faroe cancellers for those towns with a double “ aa ” in their name. The double “ aa ”was changed to a circled “ å ”. This affected the following offices:

Sub offices: Trangisvaag, Vaag;
Receiving Houses : Midvaag, Saltangeraa, Sandevaag, Skaalevig, Skaale and Sorvaag.

The following two covers show an example of these changes.


SALTANGERAA
dated 01.07.1954

Franked with a brown-red 30 øre Frederik IX stamp (SG 363b).

Datestamp No. 27.03
Type Bro IId

Sent at the (50g) Inland letter rate of 30 øre which was applicable from 01.07.1952 until 14.04.1963.



SALTANGERÅ
dated 19.11.1960

Franked with a brown-red 30 øre Frederik IX stamp (SG 363b).

Datestamp No. 27.04
Type Bro IId

Sent at the (50g) Inland letter rate of 30 øre which was applicable from 01.07.1952 until 14.04.1963.




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