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Norway

The measurement points of the Struve geodetic arc were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a joint site of ten countries in 2005.
The ten countries are Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine.

In this blog you will see pictures of stamps issued related to Struve and to the Struve geodetic arc.
Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and UN in Vienna has issued stamps with Struve Geodetic Arc. Moldova has issued a Postal stationery. 

The northernmost point is located at Fuglenes near Hammerfest in Norway. The obelisk is called Meridianstøtten in Norwegian.

So far hasn't Posten Norge issued stamps related to Struve Geodetic Arc. But hopefully we will find new Struve stamps in the Stamp programme 2013


 Personalised Stamp issued by Hammerfest Post Office.
Picture taken in 2005.




Personalised Stamp showing the obelisk.




Personalised Stamp showing the obelisk on a letter sent from Hammerfest with a special postmark with geografic north coordinat for Hammerfest.




Old postcard from around 1880



Hammerfest town - 200 years in 1989


Fuglenes in Hammerfest (  70° 40′ 12.02″ N 23° 39′ 48.25" E )
Lille Raipas in Alta  (  69° 56′ 19.15″ N  23° 21′ 37.09" E )
Lodiken in Kautokeino (  69° 39′ 52.19″ N 23° 36′ 12.36" E )
Bealjasvarri in Kautokeino (  69° 01′ 42.93″ N 23° 18′ 18.89" E )


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