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Freight stamps were used as "receipt" for parcel
post shipments made by boat employing domestic boat routes controlled by
the Faroese Government. It is possible that freight stamps were used
prior to 1961, but these have remained the property of the shipping company.
When first used the stamps were canceled with straight-line name-cancels
of the ship being used for transport, but later the cancellation was applied
using a colored marker. After 1970, cancellations seem to have been
left out completely. When first issued, freight stamps came in three
different versions, each version bearing the name of the ship for which
the stamp was to be used (Másin, Smiril, Ritan). However,
since the stamps were used on all ships, authorities deleted the name of
the ship beginning with the 1973 issue. Except for the emergency
issues produced in 1965, the freight stamps were produced in rolls, with
perforations at the top and bottom of each stamp. Stamps in the rolls
were numbered consecutively. All stamps are printed in black on colored
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