FREE: 1920 Iceland stamps (2) U/VF, Scott #s 122 and O42

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Up for auction please find two 1920 stamps from Iceland portraying King Christian X (tenth), the only king of Iceland (see below Wiki info). These stamps are Scott #s 122 and O42. From a smoke free and Covid free home. Thank you for bidding!

From Wikipedia:
(Denmark's King Christian X) (whose name in Iceland was officially Kristján X) was the first and only monarch to ever reign over Iceland as a sovereign kingdom as opposed to ruling it as a province of a larger kingdom. In 1941, after the German occupation of Denmark and the Allied occupation of Iceland, the Icelandic government concluded that Christian was unable to perform his duties as head of state of Iceland, and thus appointed Sveinn Björnsson as regent to act as provisional head of state. Sveinn had previously been Iceland's ambassador in Copenhagen.

...In 1944, while Denmark was still under German occupation, Icelanders voted in a plebiscite to sever all ties with the King of Denmark and to found a republic. Thus, Christian's title as King of Iceland became null and void and Sveinn Björnsson was elected the first President of Iceland by the Icelandic parliament.

Note: Danish King Christian X was popular and rode his horse unguarded through the streets of Copenhagen. However, per Wiki, he was very disappointed to lose his title as King of Iceland. : (