Faroe Islands 2014 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings (D-Day)
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date : 24th September 2014
- one values
- Designed by : Anker Eli Petersen
- Printed by : Cartor Security Printing
- Print process : offset lithography, in sheets of 20
- stamp format height 24mm x width 43mm
- Perforations : 13.25 x 13.5
70th anniversary of the Normandy Landingss (D-Day), June 1944
- Vilhelm R. Joensen, Ship’s Captain
26kr ~ portrait of Joensen in uniform, troop carriers George Washington and Greenville Victory (in silhouette), and photo of the Edmund B Alexander (22,225 tons), from 1941 involved in setting up lend-lease bases and troop carrying
Joensen, born in Greenland, later resident in Tórshavn, became an American citizen in 1928; he served in the ATS (Army Transport Service), and captained all the vessels shown on the stamp. His role in D-Day is unclear, but he was involved in the planning at top level, and was seen by a fellow Faroese on Omaha beach organising tug-transport
