Number by catalogue:  Michel: Block 11   Yvert: BF11   Scott: 396  

Perforation: Harrow   Perforation type: 13 ½x13 ½

Subject:

The sheet includes 6 stamps with Nordic legends. On fields of the sheet there are 16 more subjects from known legends, one of which - the legend about Fenja and Menja*

Additional:

*Fenja and Menja were two slaves who were forced to grind gold for King Frodi with the magical mill Grotte. One night the king was attacked by an army whose captain took Fenja, Menja and the mill Grotte as prisoners. Aboard his ship they were forced to grind salt. The ship sank from the weight of all the salt, but Fenja and Menja continued to grind on the bottom of the sea. This is the reason for the saltiness of the sea.


Menia and Fenia by W. J. Wiegand

Size (of sheet, booklet) mm: 170x250

Topics: Mills in Art Various