Postoffice Saltangará


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SALTANGERAA Star cancel. Usage period. 19.12.1918 - 23.12.1927


SALTANGERAA Without Star cancel. Usage period. 18.1.1930 – 9.4.1953


SALTANGERAA PR. THORSHAVN. Usage period. 18.4.1953 – 7.7.1954


SALTANGERÅ PR. THORSHAVN. Usage period. 19.9.1957 – 31.5.1962


SALTANGARÁ PR. TÓRSHAVN. Usage period. 1.6.1962 – 28.11.1967


SALTANGARÁ. Usage period. 28.11.1967 – 30.6.1988


SALTANGARÁ FØROYAR. Usage period. 1.7.1988 – 16.2.2003


SALTANGARÁ FØROYAR. Usage period. 17.2.2003 -


SALTANGARÁ FØROYAR. Usage period. 1.11.1999 -
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Collecting office


First known opening 1. Oktober 1918
Still open


First mailman was Símun Simonsen in 1906


The meaning of Saltangara can be translated to „Salt bay stream“ in English.


Population in 1918 about 100
Population in 2022 = 1.100