Heroes in Miniature

This paper examines the five different Thule postal stamps which circulated from 1935 to 1936 between trading post of (which is Danish name for settlement Uummannaq in Northwest Greenland, today Air Base) and Cape York office Copenhagen. The images on not only concentrate visualize complex colonial history Greenland Denmark. Instead, they also dynamize preserve historical power relations by making them physically visually tangible this day. bear witness infra-structures cultural exchange, were strongly controlled side. They are often overlooked testimonies everyday communication mark as ongoing still powerful forces. What more, provide their own agency cultural-creating forces sheds a new light Western modernization its heritage.