AD 1000 is the year that the adventurous and legendary Greenlander Leif Eriksson (also know as “Leif the Lucky” sailed westward from Brattahlid (Qassiarsuk in modern Greenlandic) in South Greenland and discovered the North American continent, a land he called Vinland. Leif Eriksson, the son of the founder of Greenland’s Norse colony, Erik de Red, is thought to have been born in Iceland, have been educated in Norway and grown up at his father’s Greenland homestead, Brattahlid, from which Leif explored the seas.
According to the Sagas, Leif Eriksson, at the request of Norway’s King, brought a Christian missionary to Greenland the same year he discovered America.
Year 1000 therefore also marks the date Christianity was officially introduced in Iceland and Greenland.
Antigua and Barbuda 1991 45c sg1505, scott1413. 60c sg1506, scott1414.
Faroe 1992 3.70 Kr. sg224, scott236, and miniature sheet 3.70 Kr, the other stamp shows us Columbus flagship the SANTA MARIA.
Bequia-Grenadines of St Vincent 1988 15c sg?, scott251 and 50c sg?, scott252, the vessel depict is the Gokstad ship.
Hungary 1978 2fo sgMS3197 , scott2533a. And sgMS 3197.
St Thomas & Prince Isl. 1982 18Db sg?, scott672d
Source: Faroe Island Post.
LEIVUR EIRIKSSON
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Re: LEIVUR EIRIKSSON
Also on Hungarian stamp and block 1978 Michel nr. 3294A Block 131A and 131B