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224637 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
TASIUSSAQ PR. NANORTALIK Daka #103.Bro.01x: 1 May 1965 commercial use to Denmark (bicycle advertising cover) with Scott #31 [1960 15 øre Bright Violet King] and #53 [1963 20 øre Ultramarine King]. Postmark device damaged (bottom flattened) in 1964, but continued in use until 1969. Though the cancel name at the top cannot be read, there is no doubt about it (the return address) and the franking combination is extremely unusual! |
25.00 |
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248307 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
43 Blue, 62 [1957 60 øre Mother of the Sea; 1963 1 kr Polar Bear] (VF, F-VF) on 7 March 1966 business-size airmail cover from EGEDESMINDE to the U.S. The backside bears the "Boy and Polar Bear" (this one perforated 4 sides) 1955 -- and used into the mid-1960s -- forerunner T-B Christmas Seal, Perforated 4-sides, Wowern and Daka #2c (uncanceled). [Mint hinged usually sells for around $12.] The 160 øre franking correctly pays the rate for 10 grams: 80 øre for surface letter to the U.S. up to 20 grams, plus airmail surcharge of 40 øre per 5 grams (15 May 1965 - 2 July 1967). A nice cover! |
16.00 |
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248306 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
45 [1967 90 øre Legends (Great Northern Diver and Raven); Slania-engraved] (VF) Solo use on unusual 1 September 1969 business-size cover from GODTHÅB to the U.S. This is postally used from a Greenlandic stamp dealer (!!!), Grønlands Frimærkehandel, with an illustrated advertising envelope! I cannot remember previously having mail from a stamp dealer actually located in Greenland. Though it is philatelic correspondence, it was postally used and has been marked for forwarding from a street address to a rural route carrier. At this time (3 July 1967 - 30 June 1971) the letter rate to the U.S. was 90 øre up to 20 grams. Compared to other stamps of the era, this stamp is seldom seen on cover! |
16.00 |
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221377 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
74 [1973 10 kroner Walrus] (VF) on wonderful solo usage 1978 registered airmail cover from DUNDAS to ISLE OF MAN! A registry label was added in København when it was noticed that the envelope did not have a label. The postmark date is unclear, but the recipient docketed it upon arrival. The Greenland postal rate book is (IMHO) completely useless on the European-destination airmail surcharges of this period and thus I have not been able to verify the rate; but it looks to be reasonably close. This 10 kroner stamp is very scarce on cover (envelope); most were used on parcel cards, etc. This is certainly the only solo usage of this stamp on envelope that I can ever recall seeing. The fact that it is to a wonderful destination such as the Isle of Man and that it is a Slania-engraved stamp makes it all the better. |
39.00 |