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Norway: New Arrivals: Covers

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.

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234355

"North Pole Mail" / "The Trans-Polar Flight Expedition" by Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth. Fundraising post card. Sold in the U.S. in 1924, with U.S. stamp applied and sent to Norway. This card was carried by the its ill-fated expedition. The cards were sold with the assistance of an Amundsen "friend", Hakkon Hammer. However, Hammer stole $10,000 of the proceeds and Amundsen did not have enough money to purchase the airplanes. Ellsworth stepped in to assist. On 21 May, two "flying boat" planes left from Spitzbergen toward the North Pole, but, due to engine failure, had to land on the ice. One plane crash landed and was unusable. For three weeks a runway was carved by hand from the rough ice surface, until the food ran out. The remaining plane was barely able to take off (a side rudder struck the ice and was damaged making the return flight very difficult). The plane barely reached Spitzbergen land, but ran out of fuel and had to land in a fjord before reaching its destination. A seal-hunting ship found it and towed it to Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, where it arrived on 18 June. Though the cards carried on the plane never reached the North Pole, and Amundsen did not receive the funds from the sale of the cards, Amundsen paid for the Norwegian postage to return the cards to their purchasers. Franked as usual with a 5 øre Posthorn and a 1925 25 øre Polar Bear stamp that was issued in advance of the expedition to commemorate and promote it. Canceled KINGS BAY 18 June 1925, the day the plane and entire expedition team was towed in from their ordeal. An extremely nice example.

60.00

229658

September 1860 Stampless cover Bergen - Hamburg - France - Spain. Attractive and in excellent condition. An unusual destination from Norway in this era.

145.00

229660

14 (VF) on 1872 cover to SWEDEN! With Swedish railway transit. Scarce usage.

90.00

229661

18 (VF) on 1875 cover (off edge).

12.00

229664

44b, Facit #45b (VF) on 1886 cover from ETNE to the U.S. Scarce. Nice example.

260.00

229662

40 20mm (VF) 1892 cover with VF FUSKE single-ring cancel.

28.50

229663

39 Yellow Green 20mm (VF) on 1892 5 ore postal card paying the 10 ore postage to the U.S. Attractive.

39.00

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229703

51c [1895 10 øre Perf 13.5x12.5 C-Print] (VF) on VF 1896 cover.

10.00

229667

53 (Fine) on 1905 cover with Superb KRISTIANIA early machine cancel, to the U.S.

8.00

229700

77 (VF) on 5 øre 1911 postal card to England.

6.00

229655

80 (VF) on cover with 1913 early TEXT machine cancel promoting the 1914 exposition. Real-photo (but damaged) picture post card to the U.S. Priced only for the cancel/usage, not the card.

10.00

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229644

77 x4 on 1917 WWI censored cover to U.S.

10.00

229624

80 [10 øre Posthorn] on 1919 (?) DFDS (crossed out) envelope, canceled at BERGEN, to Denmark. Return address of the DFDS "Alexandria".

5.00

229656

81 (Fine) on 1923 6 wavy lines KRISTIANIA MACHINE-CANCELLATION cover. Scarcer 10 øre Green usage on illustrated advertising post card (unusual for Norway). This is after your WWI cut-off, but it also has a BERGEN machine (no lines) receiver on the front which is a bit unusual. Priced for the franking and card, not the cancel.

12.00

229668

88 (F-VF) on attractive 1924 picture post card (real photo: Hammerfest harbor) with "NORDLANDS POSTEXP. H" ship cancellation, to the U.S. This stamp as proper solo usage is one of the scarcest of the set.

24.00

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229709

119 (VF) on 1932 REAL PHOTO post card (Oslo city scene) to the U.S. with OSLO railway shipping promotional machine cancel.

9.00

229625

122 (damaged) on 3 April 1933 illustrated advertising (BEAR SKIN!) cover to England with "PENGER..." text-machine cancellation used only at TRONDHEIM in 1932-33 -- and seems to be quite scarce. Despite the problem with the stamp, this is a spectacular cover!

30.00

229708

115, 119 (VF, F-VF) on 1933 cover to Austria with OSLO machine cancel.

6.00

229674

1936 post office form Parcel Tag specially for parcels to the U.S. One 0.3 kg parcel from OSLO TOLLPOST to Ohio. Franked with four stamps totaling 165 ore. Nice quality for such a usage.

15.00

229702

79 (F-VF) on 1936 cover to U.S.

5.00

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229681

119 (VF) on 1937 horribly damaged tourist post card, but with an unusual KINGS BAY / SPITSBERGEN handstamp in black. Addressed to the U.S., the card apparently entered the mailstream at HARSTAD, Norway, where the stamp was canceled. Offered with the assumption that the only value is to be had from cutting out the Spitzbergen handstamp. Nice early genuine non-philatelic mail.

8.00

229706

157 (VF) solo use on 1937 Superb cover from DRAMMEN to Germany.

40.00

229711

122 (F-VF+) solo usage on 1937 cover to the U.S. with "BERGEN - NEWCASTLE B" SHIP cancel.

7.00

229712

122 (VF) solo use on neat 1937 cover to the U.S. with BERGEN machine cancel.

6.00

229713

122 (VF) solo use on neat 1937 cover to the U.S. with BERGEN machine cancel for 1938 Oslo "VI KAN" Exposition.

6.00

229714

122 (VF) solo use on 1937 cover to the U.S. with OSLO machine cancel.

5.00

229715

122 (VF) solo use on neat 1937 cover to the U.S. with BERGEN machine cancel.

5.00

229716

122 (VF) solo use on REAL PHOTO picture post card (DOMAAS rural scene) to the U.S. with DRAMMEN machine cancel.

10.00

229710

122 (VF) on 1938 cover to the U.S. with an illustrated airplane promotional cancel.

7.00

229670

195 (VF) on 22 December 1939 card from Norway to a sailor aboard the SWEDISH NAVAL SHIP "HM jagar Klas Uggla". Only Norwegian postmarks.

18.00

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229671

196 (VF) on 27 December 1939 cover from Norway to a sailor aboard the SWEDISH NAVAL SHIP "HM jagar Klas Uggla". Only Norwegian postmarks.

11.00

229673

196 (VF) on 5 November 1939 cover from Norway to a sailor aboard the SWEDISH NAVAL SHIP "HM jagar Klas Uggla". Only Norwegian postmarks.

11.00

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