Postage stamps and postal history of Greenland Postage stamps and postal history of Greenland This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Greenland. Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Stamps were issued by the Kongelige Grønlandske Handelin in 1905 for use as parcel stamps. The stamps showed the coat of arms of Greenland, featuring a standing polar bear. Letters were handled free of charge by the Kongelige Grønlandske Handel until 1938. In 1938, postal service was established and the first postage stamps of Greenland were issued
Kingdom of León present, León is composed of the provinces of León, Zamora, and Salamanca, is now part of the autonomous community of Castile and León within the modern Kingdom of Spain. Political parties representing "Leonesismo", the Leonese regionalist and nationalist movements, support the creation of an autonomous community separate from Castile. Leonesist parties gained 13.6% of votes cast in the León autonomic elections in 2007. There have also been initiatives approved by some Leonese city councils to establish a NUTS-2 (European Statistical Region) for León. Kingdom of León The Kingdom of León (, ; ; Astur-Leonese: "Reinu de Llïón"; ; ; ;