| Various Picture Post Cards |  Top |
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234096 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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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234071 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1951 real photo card of the "main dock Narsarssuak, Greenland" showing cliffs, icebergs, cargo ship unloading, etc. Very dramatic. Mint, perfect condition with notations on address side including "this is where we are tonight 12/4/51". Working-life Greenlandic cards are quite scarce. |
20.00 |
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234100 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Greenlandic woman from Egedesminde. Dancolor G1, undated. Mint VF. |
3.00 |
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234102 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Greenlandic children and ship at Jakobshavn. Dancolor G4, undated. Mint VF. |
4.00 |
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234103 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Greenlandic girl. Dancolor G11, undated. Mint VF. |
3.00 |
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234104 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Lindbergh plane "Tingmissartoq" used for air route surveys. Smithsonian, Mavis Pudding 513713, undated. Mint VF. |
4.00 |
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234105 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
"Fanger" painting by Gitz-Johansen. Vanføreforeningen, undated. Mint VF. |
4.00 |
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234106 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Egedesminde and new church. JWB, 1973. Mint VF. |
3.00 |
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234109 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Carvings. Bro Christensen A/S, 1973. Mint VF. SET OF FOUR. |
3.00 |