Front side of the gift folder
Issue date: 18. May 2006
Official code of Icelandic Post: G 33
Mini sheet included in the booklet
Size (when closed): 165 x 95 mm
Size of the mini sheet: 164 x 95 mm
Design: Elsa Nilsen
Printer: Cartor Security Print, Canada
Total quantity: 10000 gift folders
Price of the booklet: 750 ISK
Face value of the stamps: 510 ISK
Michel-Catalogue: MH 24 (1128 C - 1132 C)
Facit-Catalogue: GM 3 (BL 50; 1161-1165)
Rear side
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The booklet has 12 pages with bilingual (icelandic and english) text and photographs.
- The stamps are between pages 6 and 7.
- Stamps issued as block only in the booklets, otherwise issued separately as 5 sheets of 10 stamps each (see below).
for comparison
Notes:
The stamps were also printed in sheets of 10; with a total of
250000 stamps (55 ISK) and 150000 stamps for other face values each.
In case of the 55 ISK, 95 ISK and 220 ISK stamps the perforation of the stamps from the
sheet and the booklets are different.
Normal sheet 55.00 ISK
Facit-catalogue: 1161
Perforation: The stamp from the sheet has 36*16 teeths (K 13:13¼), whereas the stamp from the booklet has 37*16 teeth (K 13¼).
Normal sheet 65.00 ISK
Facit-catalogue: 1162
Perforation: The perforation of the stamp from the sheet and the booklet is the same; 20*32 teeth (K 13¼).
Normal sheet 75.00 ISK
Facit-catalogue: 1163
Perforation: The perforation of the stamp from the sheet and the booklet is the same; 20*32 teeth (K 13¼).
Normal sheet 95.00 ISK
Facit-catalogue: 1164
Perforation: The stamp from the sheet has 36*16 teeths (K 13:13¼), whereas the stamp from the booklet has 37*16 teeth (K 13¼).
Normal sheet 220.00 ISK
Facit-catalogue: 1165
Perforation: The stamp from the sheet has 36*16 teeths (K 13:13¼), whereas the stamp from the booklet has 37*16 teeth (K 13¼).