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NORWAY / NORGE - NOREG.

Tenth anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty & Roald Amundsen portrait.
Simplified map of the Antarctica.
Stamp issued on 23.06.1971.
Face value: 100 Norwegian øre.
Design: Knut Løkke-Sørensen (1931-2021).
Printed by Norges Banks Seddeltrykkeri, Oslo.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 2,050,000 copies.
Size: 36 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 642.
- Michel No. 629.
- Norgeskatalogen No. 676.
- Scott No. 578.
- StampWorld No. 645.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 671.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 585.

The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System, regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica. It was the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War, setting aside the continent as a scientific preserve, establishing freedom of scientific investigation, and banning military activity; for the purposes of the treaty system, Antarctica is defined as all the land and ice shelves south of 60°S latitude. The main treaty was opened for signature on December 1, 1959, and officially entered into force on June 23, 1961. The original signatories were the 12 countries active in Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year of 1957–58: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872 – June 18, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. From 1903 to 1906, he led the first expedition to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage on the sloop Gjøa. In 1909, Amundsen began planning for a South Pole expedition. He left Norway in June 1910 on the ship Fram and reached Antarctica in January 1911. On 12 May 1926, Amundsen and 15 other men in the airship Norge became the first explorers verified to have reached the North Pole. Amundsen disappeared in June 1928 while flying on a rescue mission for the airship Italia in the Arctic.