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234062
LX1, June 1868 Perforation 14 (first) Official Reprint. Mint, just barely Fine. Nice clean example. Only 400 issued! Facit 2010 value SEK 4500 = $600!
325.00
234063
LX1, October 1868 Perforation 14 (second) Official Reprint. Mint, just Fine, with hint of tiny thin spot on one perf. Nice clean example. Only 1512 issued! Facit 2010 value SEK 3000 = $400!
135.00
234162
Luleå Cathedral (domkyrkan). Unprinted address side. Color card, probably around 1910. Mint VF; two reddish color spots are printing ink.
6.00
234004
LX1, 1885 Perforation 13 Official Reprint. Mint, just Fine. Fresh.
10, 1885 Perforation 13 Official Reprint. NEVER HINGED F-VF left margin example. Wondefully fresh and bright.
220.00
234007
6-7, 9-12 The complete set of 1963 Official Reprints from the third volume of the 1963 handbook. These reprints were only issued in the handbook, thus the stamps are either adhered to the book page or have been removed and thus have no gum. Gummed examples should not exist in private hands. VF set on book page. [If you desire, I can remove the reprints from the page; there is no charge for this service, but the page is destroyed in the process.]
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234008
1 SFF Private Reprint in small sheetlet of one stamp. Perforated initials "SFF". Only available in the 1986 SFF Catalog.
4.75
234009
2 SFF Private Reprint in small sheetlet of one stamp. Perforated initials "SFF". Only available in one year of the SFF Catalog, but not sure which year. This one seems to be quite hard to find.
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234010
3 SFF Private Reprint in small sheetlet of one stamp. Backprinted "SFF / 1979". Only available in one year of the SFF Catalog.
6.50
234011
4 SFF Private Reprint in small sheetlet of one stamp. Perforated initials "SFF". Only available in one year of the SFF Catalog, but not sure which year.
6.50
234012
5 SFF Private Reprint in small sheetlet of one stamp. Backprinted "SFF / 1977". Only available in one year of the SFF Catalog.
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234013
33a "TRETIO" error SFF Private Reprint in small sheetlet of one stamp. Backprinted "SFF / 1978". Only available in one year of the SFF Catalog.
6.50
234014
92 Facit Private Reprint in small sheetlet of one stamp. Perforated initial "F". Only available in the 1992 Facit Catalog (which cost about $45).
10.00
233110
ca.1870 33 öre Lion Type essay design from the late 1860s. Listed by Facit as Lion Type Essay design #6. Originally printed in black, blue, orange, brown, red, and lilac, on rose-tinted paper; all are very rare. In the 1870s the essay was again printed, by lithography, in blue and brown on white paper. The white paper is a very fragile, ultra-smooth, chalk-coated paper that made a wonderful surface for printing, but after 140 years is usually only found in damaged condition. Normally with very large margins. BLUE on White Chalk-Coated Paper. With huge margins as expected. In PERFECT CONDITION, which is very scarce.
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221305
1913 Nordiska Spelen (Nordic Games) promotional label with Swedish text. Beautiful design and bright colors picture speed skaters. The Nordic Games were the precursor to the Winter Olympics and are collected as such. NH F-VF. Seldom offered.
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221306
1949 March 4 souvenir card of "Nordiska Postkonferensen i Stockholm" (Nordic Postal Congress in Stockholm; the precursor to the current "Norden" organization which is also considered a forerunner to Europa) Middag (mid day meal) luncheon menu. Franked with Sweden Scott #66 [1903 5 kr Stockholm Post Office] and #C8c [1942 20 kr Swans airmail, Perf 4-sides] canceled 4 March 1949. The card lists the delegates: the top executives of the Nordic post offices and airlines. The card was officially printed by the Swedish post offices. This example is the only one I have seen or recorded in 33 years. A rare item; probably few more than 37 (the number of delegates) originally existed -- perhaps less than 5 may still exist today and most of those may be in postal archives.
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221661
Stockholmia 1974 souvenir card with five Swedish test stamps (provfrimärken) affixed, one from each of five stamp engravers: "Womans head, Miranda from The Tempest by Shakespeare" coil stamp in green, engraved by Sven Ewert; "Uppsala Cathedral" coil stamp in blue, by Czeslaw Slania; "Snurra" (rotating design) multi-colored coil stamp by Majvor Franzén; "Head with Background (geometric shapes)" coil stamp in magenta by Albert Jorpes; and "The Drottningholm Theater" coil stamp in brown by Zlatko Jakus. All five stamps are on various types of fluorescent paper. All five stamps, as coil versions, were only released to the public on this souvenir card; these coil versions are different stamps than other-format stamps sometimes seen. This card exists on greenish gray whitish fluorescent or brownish gray non-fluorescent stock. Versions of this souvenir card exist with the Miranda stamp in either blue or green; this version bears the GREEN MIRANDA stamp and is GREENISH GRAY WHITISH FLUORESCENT CARD STOCK.
40.00
221662
1943 NH VF single "HJÄLP NORDENS BARN" (Help Nordic Children) WWII-era charity seal, officially issued, with the royal monogram, by the government telegraph department promoting the use of telegraph form Lx85. The fee for that telegraph form (which could be specified by the sender of the telegram) included a small amount of money that was directed to this charitable purpose. This officially issued charity seal is thus somewhat similar to semi-postal stamps. This seal is seldom offered, especially in such nice quality. [Beautifully illustrated telegraph forms are also in stock and available on approval.]
4.00
221663
1943 NH VF 4-block "HJÄLP NORDENS BARN" (Help Nordic Children) WWII-era charity seal, officially issued, with the royal monogram, by the government telegraph department promoting the use of telegraph form Lx85. The fee for that telegraph form (which could be specified by the sender of the telegram) included a small amount of money that was directed to this charitable purpose. This officially issued charity seal is thus somewhat similar to semi-postal stamps. This seal is seldom offered, especially in such nice quality. [Beautifully illustrated telegraph forms are also in stock and available on approval.]
12.00
222056
Tobacco revenue: cigarette control stamp (kontroll stämpel) in Dark Grayish Blue on white paper. Date unknown to me, but the design looks like it might be from the 1970s. Always found with stain strips from the adhesive and with small defects. Not often offered.
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224721
1941 Forbidden ("förbjuden") censored Mint photographic picture post card montage picturing bridges, locks, dams, and power station in the Trollhättan area. In the WWII era, the Swedish Defense Department censored picture post cards (as was the case in most countries, but it is not well known). Vital potential strategic targets (especially bombing targets) were not allowed, especially subjects such as dams, bridges, locks, industrial and power facilities, railway yards, etc. In the examples I have seen, a blue handstamp including the text "tillåten" was applied to "allowed" cards and a red handstamp including the text "förbjuden" was applied to "forbidden" cards; forbidden cards seem to be quite unusual (most publishers were wiser than to try to submit them). These markings were probably only applied to proofs submitted by the card publishers and thus are probably unique for each card. Closely related to postal censorship and a little known aspect of postal history.
45.00
224722
1941 Allowed ("tillåten") censored Mint photographic picture post card picturing Kungsgatan street scene in Trollhättan. In the WWII era, the Swedish Defense Department censored picture post cards (as was the case in most countries, but it is not well known). Vital potential strategic targets (especially bombing targets) were not allowed, especially subjects such as dams, bridges, locks, industrial and power facilities, railway yards, etc. In the examples I have seen, a blue handstamp including the text "tillåten" was applied to "allowed" cards and a red handstamp including the text "förbjuden" was applied to "forbidden" cards; forbidden cards seem to be quite unusual (most publishers were wiser than to try to submit them). These markings were probably only applied to proofs submitted by the card publishers and thus are probably unique for each card. Closely related to postal censorship and a little known aspect of postal history.
35.00
224723
1941 Allowed ("tillåten") censored Mint photographic picture post card picturing aerial photo of Hinseberg. In the WWII era, the Swedish Defense Department censored picture post cards (as was the case in most countries, but it is not well known). Vital potential strategic targets (especially bombing targets) were not allowed, especially subjects such as dams, bridges, locks, industrial and power facilities, railway yards, etc. In the examples I have seen, a blue handstamp including the text "tillåten" was applied to "allowed" cards and a red handstamp including the text "förbjuden" was applied to "forbidden" cards; forbidden cards seem to be quite unusual (most publishers were wiser than to try to submit them). These markings were probably only applied to proofs submitted by the card publishers and thus are probably unique for each card. Closely related to postal censorship and a little known aspect of postal history.
35.00
231552
1987 Circus souvenir sheet issue. Scott #1654-6. Imperforate pane consisting of three souvenir sheet designs with progressive colors: full color, red and engraved blue only, and engraved blue only. Very attractive and scarce. Issued tipped into presentation folder at top edge. Slania engraved issue. A couple inconseqential, tiny marks on the folder -- but the imperforate pane is perfect as issued. Normally $45!
19.00
231716
Scott #1562-6 [1985 issue Nobel Laureates in Literature: Faulkner, Laxness, Asturias, Kawabata, White] on official FDC, autographed by Martin Mörck, the engraver of all five stamps. The first time I have seen this issue autographed.
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