DENMARK

DENMARK / DANMARK.

EUROPA issue.
Vejlerne nature reserve and great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus).
Firtst stamp in a set of 2, issued on 28.04.1999.
Face value: 4.50 Danish krone.
Design: Jens Gregersen.
Engraving: Arne Kühlmann Hansen (1939-2017).
Printing: Offset lithography and recess.
Print: 6,300,000 copies.
Size: 24 x 31 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1209.
- Michel No. 1211.
- Scott No. 1152.
- StampWorld No. 1214.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1168.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1215.

This protected area as a bird sanctuary is located in the Hanherred district, northwest Jutland, north of the Limfjord. It covers an area of 60 km² (23 sq mi), and in 1958 it was declared a nature reserve. Vejlerne is the largest bird sanctuary in Northern Europe and one of the most important breeding and resting areas for waterfowl. In the reserve, which is owned by the Aage V. Jensen Nature Foundation, more than 300 species of birds have been recorded, of which 130 have reproduced. There is also a significant population of otters and another, not so numerous, of red deer.