Sunday 26 August 2018

ARCTIC POST OFFICES - Jan Mayen (Norway)

An interesting cover that I have prepared to myself. This cover was posted in Jan Mayen Island, a small volcanic Island in the Arctic Ocean between Norway and Greenland and north of Island. The entire Island is a Nature reserve but is also a metereological station. Despite the isolation and sparse population there is a post office on Jan Mayen. Its special postmark (that we can see stamped on my cover) features the Beerenberg volcano, the highest point of the Island.
Any information regarding Jan Mayen Island can be checked at https://www.jan-mayen.com/jan-mayen-information.html

Jan Mayen map