Newly acquired items worthy of your attention. These may or may not be described with quite as much detail as usual, however, as always, your satisfaction is guaranteed. All are available for approval viewing. Scott numbers have been used unless otherwise mentioned.
The covers in this section are generally in date order, thus airmails and other types of covers are mixed in by date. Be sure to carefully review all the listings. Please also see thefull Icelandic Covers listings.
Be sure to see all the pages of "New Arrivals - Covers".
28a (Fine+) Ultramarine on neat 1900 cover to U.S. with Edinburgh transit and U.S. receivers. Facit 2009 SEK 10000 = US$1350 (12/08). Very scarce!
975.00
229350
27 (Fine) on attractive 1902 cover to Denmark, from SEYDISFJORDUR, with receivers. Facit 2009 SEK 9000 = US$1215 (12/08). Very scarce!
775.00
229285
72 (F-VF) on 1910 picture post card (scantily clad young woman) used within Reykjavik.
40.00
229286
100 (F-VF) on 1916 picture post card (child smoking pipe) used within Reykjavik on December 31st.
50.00
229300
133 [20 aur on 25 aur Two Kings] (Fine) on April 1922 domestic cover. Nice early usage; stamp was issued late in January 1922. The return address is Reykjavik, but the unclear postmark does not quite look like Reykjavik. To Porshofn, with VOPNAFJORDUR (single ring provinicial postmark) transit and PORSHOFN (bridge postmark) receiver. While this example is a little worn, solo usages are seldom offered; the Facit SEK 600 = US$80 (12/08) figure seems far too low.
30.00
229351
135 (F-VF) on attractive (probably 1922) domestic cover. Any covers bearing the provisional overprints are quite scarce.
114 (Fine) on 1927 picture post card (flowers) used within AKUREYRI. Scarce stamp on cover; scarce local usage in a town other than Reykjavik.
95.00
229365
GB 1-1/2p on 6 July 1927 ship letter to U.S. canceled at REYKJAVIK and with boxed "Skipsbrjef" handstamp (paqebot marking). Scarce!
90.00
229289
144 (VF) on 1928 printed matter commercial post card from AKUREYRI to Denmark. Unusual.
70.00
229380
Denmark #91 [7 ore green typographed Wavy-Line] on 1928 printed matter rate cover (reduced size but looks completely natural) from Denmark or mailed aboard a Danish ship, to AKUREYRI, Iceland. Machine canceled in REYKJAVIIK and with superb strike of boxed "Skipsbrjef" mark, indicating incoming ship mail. Also with AKUREYRI cancel as the cover was forwarded to SIGLUFJORD. An extremely unusual usage. A bit worn as one might expect.
75.00
229287
114 (Fine) on 1929 picture post card (New Year card with Icelandic inscription) used within Reykjavik on December 31st.
80.00
229296
Denmark 192 (F-VF) on 1929 ship letter TO ICELAND, with Icelandic "Skipsbrjef" boxed handstamp (equivalent of paquebot marking) and REYKJAVIK 18.IV.29 cancellation. A very nice example; quite scarce.
60.00
229373
112, 117 (Ave) [Christian X 5 aur Olive Green and 15 aur Violet] on 1929 business postcard to ITALY. Very unusual destination and seldom-seen combination of stamps.
40.00
229348
1929 Sweden - New York PIONEER TRANS-ATLANTIC ATTEMPTED FLIGHT by AHRENBERG and FLODIN. Canceled Stockholm 7 June. Left 9 June and made it to Iceland 10 June. On 10 July, left for Greenland but was not able to continue westward from Greenland. 1269 pieces of mail carried from Stockholm, but NOT all were this special cachet. SIGNED by pilot and co-pilot Ahrenberg and Flodin. THIS COVER WAS ONE OF A FEW INTENDED TO ONLY GO AS FAR AS ICELAND. Back stamped 10 June Icelandic arrival and 15 June Icelandic departure (by ship to U.S.), with U.S. 4 July receiver. RARE!
146 (Fine) on 1930 REAL PHOTO Dynjandi WATERFALL picture post card (the subject of Scott #193). Such Icelandic-made real photo cards are quite scarce.
45.00
229353
148 (VF) on 13 May 1930 registered rate cover to Norway with ESKIFJORDUR cancellation and printed registry label. Stamp originally applied with glue, otherwise would be much more costly. Correct 50 aur rate (letter 20 aur, registration 30 aur).
125.00
229430
C4-8 (VF/F-VF) on FIRST FLIGHT COVER: The Parliament AIRMAIL SET on a 26 June 1930 registered first airmail flight cover from PINGVELLIR to Reykjavik. This is not just a set of stamps on a generic cover. This is the first day of this 26-28 June temporary airmail route; and the first airmail service from PINGVELLIR. This first flight is listed by Luning with a price of $350 back in 1978 (30 years ago!!!) -- and that price was for the most simple cover, not franked with stamps that as a complete set sell quickly and regularly for $428 (all F-VF) to $484 (all VF) as LOOSE STAMPS! A great item!
500.00
229352
170 x2, 171, 172 (VF, F-VF) on 16 DECEMBER 1931 registered cover to the U.S. This 65 aur franking pays the 30 aur registry rate and 35 aur overseas postage to 20 grams. From a stamp dealer, and USED THE DAY AFTER THESE STAMPS WERE ISSUED, this envelope could have easily contained a "new issue shipment" of the Gulfoss stamps. THIS IS THE COMPLETE SET OF THE GULFOSS ISSUE AS ORIGINALLY ISSUED (the other three values came a few months later). I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I HAVE EVER HAD A 1931 COVER BEARING ANY OF THE GULFOSS ISSUE.
135.00
229303
170, 184 (VF, F-VF) on 1936 (?) airmail cover to Italy with backstamp with unusual air labels (with marginal inscription). Postmark dates are unclear, but the 60 aur franking places the cover in the 14 April 1934 - 28 February 1937 rate period. Unusual combination of stamps and an unusual destination.
160.00
229354
117, 148 (Fine, VF) on nice 1933 registered cover to Germany and forwarded. Missing back flap, but very pretty.
95.00
229356
193 x3, 196 on 1937 cover from ARNARSTADI (Snaefellsnessysla) to the U.S., with CANCELLATION IN VIOLET. Cover worn, but extremely scarce cancel.
75.00
215322
194 (VF) [1935 1 kr Hekla Volcano] solo usage on 8 September 1941 UNDERCOVER ADDRESS airmail cover to Portugal with British censorship. Addressed to Helgi P. Briem, the Icelandic Trade Commissioner to Portugal at the time. Briem is known for forwarding letters from Iceland to Denmark, via neutral Portugal. Very scarce WWII cover; few examples are known.
345.00
229381
207 (VF) on 25 October 1941 surface mail cover addressed to Dr. Helgi P. Briem in Portugal. This envelope would have contained an "UNDERCOVER" LETTER for forwarding to Denmark. Censored by the British. Dr. Helgi P. Briem, at Rua da Victoria 7 III, Lisbon, Portugal, was the Icelandic Trade Commissioner to Portugal. Dr. Briem accepted "undercover" letters from Iceland for forwarding to Denmark. Postal service directly from Iceland to Denmark was suspended; mail had to pass through a neutral country such as Portugal. Such Icelandic UNDERCOVER MAIL is extremely scarce and largely unknown to most WWII postal history collectors.
223 on 12 aur printed matter to U.S. (Rate: 1 Jan 1943 - 14 Nov 1949.) Fish stamp.
9.00
229357
219, 240 x6 on 1944 cover to U.S. with U.S. censorship.
40.00
229378
194 x2, 227 (F-VF) on January 1944 DOMESTIC PARCEL card with 250 aur postage, paying the basic 1 kilo parcel rate for a parcel to a "seaport". Such parcel cards are SELDOM OFFERED and very much in demand.
45.00
229390
208A (VF) on 1944 U.S. Censored business size cover to U.S.
18.00
229391
208A (VF) on 1944 U.S. Censored business size cover to U.S.
18.00
229392
208A (VF) on 1944 U.S. Censored business size cover to U.S.
18.00
229358
208B on ca.1945 air cover to Sweden (back flap missing). The airmail postal rates were EXTREMELY confusing after the end of the war as service was resumed in bits and pieces. I have not been able to properly "rate" this cover, but rates are not fully reconstructed for airmail to Sweden at this time. Very unusual usage.
25.00
229394
208A 4-strip (VF) on 1945 air cover to U.S. on business size envelope. Scarce usage.
35.00
229395
203 pair, 208B, 229 (VF) on 1945 air cover to the U.S. Scarce franking!
206, 229 (VF, 229 creased) on 1945 air cover to U.S. Scarce high-postage rate; the 40 aur is scarce on cover. Business size envelope. Small toned spots.
35.00
229369
225 x7 (VF) on October 1946 airmail cover to U.S.
20.00
229387
208A (VF) solo use on 29 January 1946 business size cover to U.S.
16.00
229379
208B, 218 (VF) on Scarce 16 June 1947 FIRST FLIGHT cover not listed by Luning. Reykjavik to København, then to Stockholm.
95.00
229396
208Ac x3 on 8 August 1947 Registered air cover to Austris with Austria censor.
55.00
229389
208Ac [1947 Geyser 60 aur perf 11.5] on SUPERB 1948 cover TO CANADA with BEAUTIFUL "HVOLSVOLLUR" Type B3a cancellation. THIS TOWN IS THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF THE TYPE B3a CANCELLATION TYPE! Early uses such as this are rare.
90.00
229362
250 [60 aur Hekla Volcano solo usage] (VF) on 24 August 1949 surface cover to the US. 60 aur paid the surface rate to 20 grams through 14 November 1949, thus a period of use of only about 11 months.
219, 247 x2, 249, 251 x2 on very scarce 25 November 1949 airmail express cover with scarce Icelandic EXPRESS label. To England, with Glasgow, Scotland transit postmark.
50.00
229297
Denmark 306a, 307a on 30 November 1949 airmail cover to Iceland, there forwarded on 22 December with OLAFSVIK transit postmark. Very unusual usage and especially for the Icelandic forwarding with postmark.
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