Front side of the gift folder
Issue date: 11. March 2004
Official code of Icelandic Post: G 29
Mini sheet included in the booklet
Size (when closed): 165 x 95 mm
Size of the mini sheet: 164 x 95 mm
Design: Tryggvi T. Tryggvason
Printer: Cartor Security Print, Canada
Total quantity: 9000 gift folders
Price of the booklet: 750 ISK
Face value of the stamps: 505 ISK
Michel-Catalogue: MH 16 (1055-1059)
Facit-Catalogue: GM 2 (BL 44; 1088-1092)
Rear side
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The booklet has 16 pages with text and photographs in 5 sections, bilingual icelandic and english
- Geothermal heat in Iceland (pages 2-3)
- What is Geothermal Warming (pages 4-5)
- Low-temperature Areas (pages 6-7)
- High-temperature Areas (pages 8-9)
- Exploitation of Geothermal Energy (pages 10-15)
- The stamps are between pages 6 and 7.
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Stamps issued as block only in the booklets, otherwise issued separately as 5 sheets of 10 stamps each.
for comparison
Note: The stamps were also printed in sheets of 10, a total of 150000 of each stamp. The perforation of the stamps with the face value of 50 ISK, 60 ISK and 90 ISK is different for the sheets and booklets.
Normal sheet 50.00 ISK
Facit-catalogue: 1088
Perforation: The stamp from the sheet has 36*16 teeths (K 13¼:13½), whereas the stamp from the booklet has 37*16 teeth (K 13½).
Normal sheet 55.00 ISK
Facit-catalogue: 1089
Perforation: The same for the stamp from the sheet and the booklet; 20*32 teeth (K 13¼:13¼).
Normal sheet 60.00 ISK
Facit-catalogue: 1090
Perforation: The stamp from the sheet has 36*16 teeths (K 13¼:13½), whereas the stamp from the booklet has 37*16 teeth (K 13½).
Normal sheet 90.00 ISK
Facit-catalogue: 1091
Perforation: The stamp from the sheet has 36*16 teeths (K 13¼:13½), whereas the stamp from the booklet has 37*16 teeth (K 13½).
Normal sheet 250.00 ISK
Facit-catalogue: 1092
Perforation: The same for the stamp from the sheet and the booklet; 20*32 teeth (K 13¼:13¼).