Norway Stamps
1942

Michel 272
"200th Anniversary of birth of"
"Johan Herman Wessel"

Issued 6th Oct 1942. Printed photogravure on unwatermarked paper and perf K13. Johan Herman Wessel (6th Oct 1742 to 29th Dec 1785) was an 18th-century Danish-Norwegian poet, satirist and playwright.

Wessel is known first of all for his many humorous and satiric verse tales referring to man's foolishness and injustice. Most notable is Smeden og Bageren ("The Smith and the Baker") about the only smith of a village who is pardoned for manslaughter since the village people need one, while a more superfluous baker is executed instead (there are two bakers, the village only needs one) in order to observe the rules that "life pays life".

In Herremanden ("The Squire") a man coming to Hell makes unpleasant discoveries of the origin of his own son while Hundemordet ("The Dog Murder") tells about a wrangle about trivial things.

Mi 272
15 Øre
carmine brown
Front

Mi 272
15 Øre
carmine brown
Reverse

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Norway Stamps 1942

Michel 272 "200th Anniversary of birth of" "Johan Herman Wessel"