In 1980 and 1984 the Faeroe Islands have issued two sets of the pew gables of Kirkjubøur.  In 2001 came the third set, and the series is now complete, showing the 12 apostles.

Scott # 389

Scott # 390

Scott # 391

Scott # 392

• 2001.  The third set of pew gables of Kirkjubøur. 

On 1st April 2001 the Post Office of the Faeroe Islands celebrated its 25th anniversary with the issuance of the below souvenir sheet.

Scott # 395

• 2001.  25th anniversary of the Post Office of the Faeroe Islands.  
  The stamps show, left to right:

  • A postal delivery boat from 1870.  Scott # 395a.

  • The post office in Tórshavn 1906.  Scott # 395b.

  • A mail carrier.  Scott # 395c.  The postman's name is J.P. Henriksen, and he is also shown on the similar 1975-stamp. 

Note that the painting exists in two versions.  The second version (not shown here), is slightly darker and a little more detailed than the one depicted on the 100th stamp, and is displayed permanently in the City Hall in Klaksvik.  

Krause was a trained painter, living in Farum, a suburb of Copenhagen c. 20 km north of the capital.  In Krause's time Farum was a small village with only a few hundred inhabitants, mainly farmers.  During the 1950s and 1960s it has grown to a modern community with about 18.000 inhabitants, beautifully located in a still semi-rural area, surrounded by big woods and deep lakes.  Copenhagen Metro stops in Farum.