Sports in Greenland III 2/3 - Inuit & Dene Games: Two Foot High Kick

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Sports in Greenland III 2/3

Inuit & Dene Games: Two Foot High Kick

Artist: Miki Jacobsen

Value: DKK 14,50

Date of Issue: 22nd January 2018

Stamps per sheet: 10

Exterior dimensions: 40,00mm x 28,80mm

Format: G - horizontal

Typography: Lowe-Martin Group

Print method: Offset

Paper: TR4

Survival in ‘the old world’ required large amounts of mental and physical strength, just like sports do today. As the long winter months were a time of raging snow storms, people invented games and sports’ disciplines. The purpose of many of these games was not just entertainment, but physical challenge. Precision, strength and endurance were some of the characteristics in which people would compete.