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106 [1977 1.00 Jorgen Brønlund, explorer] (VF) on 1 February 1979 picture post card (helicopters at Sdr. Strømfjord airport) from SDR. STRØMFJORD to Denmark. The card bears a circular handstamp in black: "POSTAGE PAID / * PORTO BETALT *", type 2c (with the asterisks) listed in GF5 1999 [valued at DKK 400, but I have only ever seen three examples]. This handstamp was used May-June 1978 in the gift shop at the Sdr Strømfjord airport to indicate that the purchaser was paying for both the post card and the postage -- the postage was applied later and the card mailed by gift shop personnel. This was to save time and trouble and to allow senders to buy the postage even when the post office was closed. Uses of this handstamp are extremely scarce. This example is a bit odd, but is explained by the accompanying handwritten (in English) explanation by the Danish military officer who had purchased the card on a Sunday in May-June 1978. He forgot about them until February 1979 at which time he tried to mail them. The postal clerk was unwilling to accept that the postage had already been paid (and indeed, the gift shop had probably not paid the post office for a stamp) and thus required the sender to pay for and apply a postage stamp. |
60.00 |
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Greenland 1979-1983 New Cancellation Official Post Cards: Collection of 71 official post-office cards, franked with various stamps, canceled with the new-in-use cancellations of 1979-1983. The 1979 cards are postally used within Greenland; after that they are unaddressed as is usually the case. I do not know if this is the complete set for these years, but if it is not, it is very close -- I have NOT removed any cards from this collection. The postmarks range from traditional town cancellations to stamp show cancels to machine cancels (with pictorial slogans), to the annual pictorial handstamp and machine Christmas postmarks (which each are from multiple towns). I see two SHIP cancels. A quick look shows pictorial cancels with topics including children, whales, candles, polar bears, birds, airplanes, midnight sun, etc. These cards, now more than 25 years old, usually sell for at least $2 each, with some topical items fetching $5 or more. The collection of 71 is priced to sell quickly. Shipping cost is additional for this item. |
95.00 |
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KGH 197 [Old KGH buildings at Frederikshåb] maker Polar Card, copyright 1980. Used VF with Greenlandic special stamp show cancel for Nordia 84 in Reykjavik, Iceland. |
4.00 |