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1949 May 2 first flight card from Denmark to Greenland, franked with Danish 5 øre semi-postal and 10 øre Airmail, and bearing Greenland official mail "GRØNLANDS STYRELSE" cancellation (Daka GF6 1997 #150.Bro.02: DKK 300 on "normal" cover). The flight is listed by Daka GF5 1999 as #1.1. The route was København, Prestwick (Glasgow, Scotland), Keflavik (Iceland), Narssarssuaq (Bluie West One airbase); then carried (not sure if by boat or dog sled) to Julianehaab, received on 9 May. |
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November 29, 1949 experimental flight card from Greenland to Denmark, franked with 5 and 10 øre First Issue stamps and bearing Greenland official mail "GRØNLANDS STYRELSE" cancellation (Daka GF6 1997 #152.Bro.02: DKK 600 on "normal" cover). The flight is listed by Daka GF5 1999 as #1.3, however, that listing is for "1949-1950 subsequent experimental flights" of which there does not seem to be any specific listing in the literature. Also bears unusual red SAS "BLUIE WEST 1" handstamp. Scarce cover! |
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November 19, 1952 SAS First Exploratory Polar Flight. From Los Angeles to København, passing over Greenland (but not stopping). Nice map cachet shows route over Greenland. This is a precursor to the 1954 flight that did stop in Greenland. |
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November 15, 1954 SAS First Regular Service from LA to København to LA: Greenland-Denmark leg of flight. Official SAS LA-Denmark cachet. Franked with Greenland 1kr polar bear. |
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November 15, 1954 SAS First Regular Service from LA to København to LA: Greenland-Denmark leg of flight. Scarcer official SAS Greenland-Denmark cachet (blue airplane imprinted envelope). Franked with Greenland 30 øre polar bear. |
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November 15, 1954 SAS First Regular Service from LA to København to LA: Denmark-Greenland leg of flight. |
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November 15, 1954 SAS First Regular Service from LA to København to LA: Denmark-Los Angeles leg of flight. Polar bear cachet. |
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1956 May 29 flight card from MESTERS VIG to Denmark, with 31 May Danish KGH office receiver. Violet boxed "STATENS LUFTARTSVAESEN / 29 MAJ 1956 / MESTERSVIG FLYVEPLADS" so-called "office stamp" used as a postmark, Daka GF6 1997 #62.Kon.08 (valued at DKK 800 = $160 7/2011). Mesters Vig did not have a post office prior to 1 September 1959 and between (inclusive) 2 November 1962 and 30 April 1974, thus a variety of non-traditional handstamps were used to cancel the mail. The Mesters Vig airfield was a military installation and also served a nearby lead and zinc mine (operated 1956-1963). The mail volume was extremely low and thus all non-traditional postal markings are scarce. |
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October 8, 1960 SAS First DC-8 jet flight from Greenland to Denmark with nice strikes of Greenlandic airport SDR. STRØMFJORD postmarks. Franked with Scott #B1. |
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1965 First Ordinary Helicopter Flight from Sdr. Strømfjord to Godthåb, with Godthaab receiver on reverse. Returned to sender with Greenlandic postal markings that are virtually never seen except on flight covers. Kayak cachet. |
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