2020 will see the last new issues of Icelandic stamps, This program termination is a cost-cutting measure.
"Two issues are planned this year, the first one today May 7th and the second and last one is scheduled for October 29th. For the first Icelandic stamp issue of 2020, eleven new stamps will be released in eight series.
"As these will be Iceland Post's very last issues, we hope you will appreciate the care and dedication put into their making and design."
New printings of already-issued stamps are possible in the future. “We have plenty of stamps in stock for customers and will continue to use them,” [Iceland Post employee Brynjar] Runarsson said. “If we foresee a shortage we will probably reprint older stamps in order to have sufficient stamps for senders.”
Sources: Icelandic Post Office and Linn's Stamp News
Submitted by Graham J
"Two issues are planned this year, the first one today May 7th and the second and last one is scheduled for October 29th. For the first Icelandic stamp issue of 2020, eleven new stamps will be released in eight series.
"As these will be Iceland Post's very last issues, we hope you will appreciate the care and dedication put into their making and design."
New printings of already-issued stamps are possible in the future. “We have plenty of stamps in stock for customers and will continue to use them,” [Iceland Post employee Brynjar] Runarsson said. “If we foresee a shortage we will probably reprint older stamps in order to have sufficient stamps for senders.”
Sources: Icelandic Post Office and Linn's Stamp News
Submitted by Graham J