ICELAND

Revised May 22, 2014

Don Brandt, Exploring Iceland Through Its Stamps

Don Brandt, Walking into Iceland's Postal History

Wayne C. Sommer, Post Office Locations in Iceland: A Philatelic Gazetteer

Facit Specialkatalog Sverige, Norge, Danmark, Färöarna, Grönland, Danska Västindien, Island, Finland

Sigurður H. Þorsteinsson, Catalogue of Icelandic stamps

Experts: Lasse Nielsen, Carl Aage Møller, Svend Grønlund, Bernhard Beskow, Kaiser, Dr. Arno Debo, Jay Smith, Calves, Sismondo, Pollak

GLOSSARY

bær - town

bakki - bank

brjefhirðinga – collecting post office

dalur - valley

eyjar - island

eyri - point

foss - waterfall

garður – garden, park

fagur – beautiful

fjörður – bay

flói - gulf

gerði - fence

höfn – harbor

hólmur - islet

holt - hillock

jökull - glacier

nes – cape

norður – northern

póstafa – main post office

póstafgreiðsla – secondary post office

sker - rock

skip – ship

snjór - snow

skógar – forest

staður - town

suður - southern

sund - sound

svarta - black

tjörn - tarn

vatn – water, lake

vestur – west

vidkomustaður posta – calling place

völlur - field

Characters

ÁæáðíöóÞúý

Akranes 64n18 22w02

Akureyri 65n44 18w08

Álafoss 145 64n10 21w22

Alftafjörður several

Arnarfjörður same as Bíldudalur?

Arnarsstadhir(Arnarstadhir) 66n12 16w26

Arnarvatn 65n35 17w08

Ásar 9 63n41 18w25

Asgarður-Garð

Ás í Holtum farm in Rangárvalla county

Bæir 206 66n05 22w33

Bær 65n17 21w12

Bær-Kfn

Bakkafjörður 66n04 14w45

Bakki 63n33 20w08

Bifröst in Norðurárdalur near 66n05 21w37

Bíldudalur 65n40 23w37

Bjarnanes 64n19 15w13

Bjarnarnes 65n45 21w20?

Blönduós 65n39 20w15

Bolungarvik 66n09 23w15

Borðeyri 65n12 21w06

Borgarfjörður 65n31 13w49

Borgarnes 64n32 21w55

Bræðratunga 267 64n10 20w23

Breiðdibólsstaður (Breiðdabólsstaður) 65n27 20w43? farm in Fljótschlíð district? Several

Breiðdalsvík 39 64n48 14w00

Brekka í Mjóifjörður 46 65n12 13w49

Brjánslækur 65n31 23w12

Brú 65n06 15w31

Brúarland 65n52 19w19

Brún 65n40 17w18 farm

Budardalur 65n10 21w42

Budareyri 42? 65n02 14w12

Dalasysla district at 65n15 22w00

Dalvik 65n59 18w32

Desjamyri 65n19 15w21 abandoned farm

Djúpivogur 64n40 14w10

Drangsness 65n41 21w27

Dýrafjörður (Þingeyri, Thingeyri) 65n52 23w30

Egilstaðir (Egilsstaðir) 65n16 14w18

Eiðar 65n22 14w22

Eskifjörður 65n04 13w59

Eyrarbakki 63n53 21w05

Eyrarkót 64n20 21w42

Eyri-Mjóifjörður

Fagurhólmsmýri 63n54 16w38

Fáskrúdsfjörður 64n56 14w01

Fjörður 65n12 14w01

Flaga 63n40 18w30

Flatey 142 65n19 23w07

Flatey.Þing

Flateyri 66n33 23w31

Fljót (Atlastaðir?) 66n27 22w55 ?

Fosshóll 65n41 17w33

Furufjörður 66n16 22w15

Garðarkauptún (Garðakauptún) 64n05 21w54

Garðsauki 222 63n44 20w15

Gjögrar 66n10 18w15 ?

Grafarnes (Grundarfjörður) 64n55 23w16

Grenivík 65n57 18w12

Grenjaðarstaðir 65n49 17w21

Grimsey 66n32 18w02 ?

Grimsstaðir 65n40 16w01

Grindavík 63n52 22w27

Gröf 144

Hafnarfjörður 64n03 21w56

Haganes

Haganesvík 66n05 19w10

Harastaðir 65n52 20w18 or 65n29 20w42

Hauganes 65n55 18w18 ?

Heiði 66n17 15w02

Hella 63n50 20w25

Hellissandur 145 64n55 23w54

Hellnar 64n45 23w39

Hesteyri 66n20 22w52

Hjalteyri 65n51 18w13

Hjarðarholt 65n07 21w42 or 64n44 21w33

Hnifsdalur 191 66n07 23w08

Hnjótur 65n34 24w09

Höfn í Hornafirði 64n15 15w13

Hofsós 78 65n54 19w25

Hólar 65n44 19w08

Hólmavik 65n43 21w39

Holmur 24 several

Holtastaðir 91 65n35 20w04

Hornafjörður near 64n16 15w20

Höskuldsstaðir 65n44 20w14

Hraun 159 several

Hraungerði 63n57 20w50

Hrísey 66n00 18w21

Hrútafjörður near 65n21 21n09

Húsavík 66n04 17w18

Hvalsnes 63n59 22w44

Hvammstangi 65n24 20w57

Hveragerði 64n03 21w10

Hvolsvöllur 63n45 20w10

Hvoll

Innstatunga (Tunga?) 65n38 23w52

Ísafjörður 66n08 23w13

Keflavík 64n02 22w36

Keflavíkurflugvöllur airport

Kirkjubol 98 several

Kirkjuból-Strand 65n45 21w55 or 65n38 21w35 or ?

Kirkjubær 65n30 14w24

Kirkjubæjarklaustur 63n47 18w04

Kleifar 136 65n43 21w34 ?

Kleifar í Gilsfirði 65n27 21w40

Kolfreyjustaður 64n55 13w48

Kotströnd 63n58 21w08

Kópasker 66n20 16w24

Kópavogur 64n06 21w50

Króksfjarðarnes 65n27 21w56

Kviabekkur 68 66n01 18w45

Lækjamót 65n25 20w37

Laufás 65n54 18w02

Laugaból several farms

Laugar several farms

Laugarbakki on river Miðfarðará near Hofsos 65n54 19w25

Laugarholt near Garðvik

Leiti 65n56 23w35

Litli-Árskógssandur 65n56 18w22

Litli-Hvammur several farms

Lodmundarfjörður near 65n21 13w47

Melgraseyn? 114 Melgraseyri is 66n01 22w27

Miklaholt 64n11 20w31 Miklholt is 64n49 22w35

Miklibær 65n31 19w18

Mjóifjörður near 65n11 13w59

Mosfell 6 64n07 20w36

Mossfelsbær (Mosfellsbæjar)

Neðri Brunná 65n24 21w53

Neskaupstadur 65n10 13w43

Norðfjörður near 65n09 13w42

Norðtunga farm

Norðurfjörður 208 66n03 21w34

Núpur 65n56 23w32

Oddi 63b47 20w24

Ófeigsfjörður 66n02 21w43

Ögur 66n02 22w43

Ólafsfjörður 66n06 18w38

Ólafsvík 146 64n54 23w43

Önundarfjörður near 66n03 23w35

Ósar 39 65n36 20w40

Patreksfjörður 65n36 23w59

Rafnseyri 65n46 23w27

Raufarhöfn 66n30 15w57 ms “Rh”

Reyðarfjörður (Búðareyri) 65n02 14w13

Reykholt 64n40 21w04

Reykjahlið 65n39 16w55

Reykjanes 63n49 22w43

Reykjarfjörður 65n58 21w35

Reykjaskóli 66n15 21w05

Reykjavík 64n09 21w51

Reykir í Ólafsfirði 65n59 18w48

Reykjarvík Skip No.1

Rofabær 17 63n32 18w12

Sandgerði 64n03 22w43

Sandur several

Sauðarkrókur 65n46 19w41

Selfoss 63n56 20w57

Seltjarnarnes 64n09 21w54

Seyðisfjörður 237 65n16 14w00 one known of the Danish cancel?

Siglufjördur 84 66n10 18w56

Skagafjarðarsýsla district

Skagaströnd (Höfðakaupstaður) 65n49 20w19

Skarð 64n03 19w50

Skardshlíð 63n31 19w34

Skógar 63n32 19w28 ? several

Staðarstaður 64n49 23w01

Staður many

Stafafell 64n25 14w51

Stakkahlíð 65n22 13w52

Stoðvarfjörður 64n50 13w53

Stokkseyri 63n50 21w04

Storinupur 64n04 20w10

Stóru Akrar 65n33 19w19

Strönd several farms

Stýkkishólmur 65n06 22w48

Suðavik 66n02 23w00

Suðureyri 66n07 23w32

Svalbarð NE coast

Svalbarð numeral only, near Reykjavik

Svalbarðseyri 65n45 18w06

Sveinsstaðir several farms

Sveinungseyri (Eyri)

Tálknafjörður near 65n39 23w58

Þingeyjarsysla

Þingeyri 65n52 23w30 formerly Dýrafjörður

Þingvellir 64n15 21w07

Þorlákshöfn 63n51 21w22

Thorshafn (Þórshófn) 66n13 15w17

Tjörn 279 65n38 20w46

Þykkvibær (Thykkvibaer) 63n45 20w37

Útskálar 64n05 22w40

ValÞjófsstaður 65n01 15w00

Varma

Varmahlið 65n33 19w29

Vatnajökull near 64n24 16w48

Vatnsfjörður 121 65n56 22w30

Vestmannaeyjar 63n26 20w12

Vestra-Miðfell 288 64n24 21w46

Viðivellir 64n59 14w59

Viðvík 183 65n46 19w17

Vigur 66n04 22w48

Vík 63n25 19w00

Vikingvatn 52 66n06 16w49

Villingaholt 63n53 20w45

Villingavatn 170 64n07 21w05

Vogar 63n59 22w24

Völlur 63n47 20w08

Vopnafjörður 65n47 14w44

INSTRUCTIONAL

Brjefhirðing – post office

MARITIME

Korsør-Kiel Dpsk:Postkt. No. 3

Fra Faröerne applied at Thorshavn

Fra Island applied at Copenhagen