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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 872

Greenland. Royal Greenland Trading Co. (KGH). Danske Hotel. Søndre Strømfjord. Food Tokens, ca. 1960's. Aluminum, rectangular. Uniface. Morgenmad (Breakfast), Middag (Early Dinner) and Kaffe m.brod (Coffee with bread). Sieg p.368. These interesting, metallic food chits were issued in two sets: one for the canteen at Narssarssuaq, the other for the Danske Hotel in Søndre Strømfjord. They were used until the early 1980's by airline passengers making transit connections in Narssarssuaq and Søndre Strømfjord (Greenland's entry point for all regular flights). (For related plastic and cardboard Spisebilleter [food tickets], see lot 367). The last with minor contact marks, Extremely Fine-AU. (3)

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