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.
Rare essay for the 1916 semi-postal issues. Imperforate, roughly printed, 50 öre Carmine Ring Type stamp with a rough "proof" impression of the 10 + NITTIO surcharge that was eventually used for Scott #B21 (Facit #124) on the 1 krone postage due. While I do not know the specific origin of this example, I have previously had a variety (each unique) of interesting and unusual items from the estate of the overprint designer Hjortzberg. In this case, an underlying stamp design from the first Landstorm semi-postal issue was used in combination with the overprint design used for the second Landstorm issue. (Keep in mind that the underlying first issue stamps were specially printed for the purpose; they were not normally overprinted on the original Ring Type stamps.) Certainly rare, and perhaps unique. NH VF.
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #4B Red Brown, straight edge at top, on window envelope. Colored roulettes only at the bottom (uncolored on the sides) and red brown color -- making this essentially a combination of Facit #3 and 4. VERY SCARCE.
120.00
218501
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #4D Yellow Brown, straight edges at right and bottom, on window envelope. Colored roulettes on left and top. VERY SCARCE, especially a "D" position.
135.00
218502
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #7C Bright Violet, Colored Roulettes at bottom only (uncolored at sides), straight edge at top, on 13 December 1933 NON-window envelope. Green rectangular cancellation (divided into three sections). EXTREMELY SCARCE ON NON-WINDOW ENVELOPE.
130.00
218503
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #7C Bright Violet, Colored Roulettes at bottom only (uncolored at sides), straight edge at top, on NON-window envelope. Black rectangular "Anlita" cancellation. EXTREMELY SCARCE ON NON-WINDOW ENVELOPE.
130.00
218504
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #7C Dark Violet, Colored Roulettes at top only (uncolored at sides), straight edge at bottom, on window envelope. Black circular cancellation.
100.00
218505
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #7D Bright Violet, Colored Roulettes at top only (uncolored at left), straight edges at bottom and right on 8 May 1933 window envelope. Green rectangular cancellation (divided into three sections). "D" stamps are much scarce on cover.
120.00
218506
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #7D Bright Violet, Colored Roulettes at bottom only (uncolored at left), straight edges at top and right on 14 December 1932 window envelope. Very Dark Blue (looks black without magnification) rectangular cancellation (divided into three sections). "D" stamps are much scarce on cover.
120.00
218507
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #8B Violet, Uncolored Roulettes, straight edge at bottom on 15 November 1934 window envelope. Greenish Blue rectangular cancellation (divided into three sections).
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #8D Violet, Uncolored Roulettes, straight edges at bottom and right on window envelope. Black rectangular "Anlita" cancellation. "D" stamps are much scarce on cover.
120.00
218509
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #10B Dark Red Brown, Perforated sides, straight-edge top, ROULETTED BOTTOM. 25 June 1938 cancellation on NON-window envelope. In my experience, #10 is very scarce (much scarcer than the catalog indicates) even as a single stamp. NON-WINDOW ENVELOPES ARE VERY SCARCE.
85.00
218510
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #11B Light Red Brown, straight-edge bottom. 14 April 1942 cancellation on post card. NON-WINDOW ENVELOPES (or cards) ARE VERY SCARCE.
45.00
218511
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #12B Orange Red, straight-edge top. 3 January 1941 cancellation on neat, attractive small NON-window envelope. #12 is quite scarce even as single mint stamps; my notes indicate that I have only had a couple examples (stamps) of #12 in 32 years. NON-WINDOW ENVELOPES ARE VERY SCARCE.
75.00
218512
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #17B Dark Green, TWO COPIES, an example of each top and bottom straight edges. 18 September 1944 cancellation on post card. NON-WINDOW ENVELOPES (or cards) ARE VERY SCARCE, as are covers bearing more than one stamp.
85.00
218513
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #17B and D, Dark Green, PAIR, straight edge top and straight edge top and right. 25 August 1944 cancellation on small cover. A variety of "notes" written on the left side and reverse. NON-WINDOW ENVELOPES (or cards) ARE VERY SCARCE, as are covers bearing more than one stamp.
55.00
218514
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #18B Dark Ultramarine, straight edge at top. 3 October 1944 cancellation, on window envelope. Though Facit gives a low value to 6 öre stamps (mint, used, or on cover), in my experience used examples are VERY SCARCE (I have only had a couple used examples in 32 years!) and I have never before had a 6 öre cover.
100.00
218515
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #28B Orange, straight edge on left. 6 October 1946 NON-window envelope. NON-WINDOW ENVELOPES ARE VERY SCARCE.
65.00
218516
HÄLSINGBORG LOKALPOSTEN Facit #28B Orange, straight edge on right. 28 December 1946 window envelope.
50.00
218517
KATRINEHOLM Facit #1DA Brownish Red, straight edge at bottom. Undated violet fancy oval/ribbon cancellation. NON-window envelope, RARE! Katrineholm covers are extremely scarce; I cannot recall having had any other Katrineholm covers in 33 years.
KATRINEHOLM Facit #3A Bright Green, with dark violet 26 March 1945 straight-line date and double circle cancellations. NON-window envelope, RARE! Katrineholm covers are extremely scarce; I cannot recall having had any other Katrineholm covers in 33 years.
125.00
218519
KATRINEHOLM Facit #4A Dark Violet [why Facit lists this color as "lila" I have never understood], with dark violet 26 November 1945 straight-line date and double circle cancellations. NON-window envelope, RARE! Katrineholm covers are extremely scarce; I cannot recall having had any other Katrineholm covers in 33 years.
150.00
218520
KATRINEHOLM Facit #8B Red, straight edge at left. Violet double circle cancellation. NON-window envelope, RARE! Katrineholm covers are extremely scarce; I cannot recall having had any other Katrineholm covers in 33 years.
140.00
218523
GEFLE MAIL Facit #1a 1997 Ice Hockey (3.00 kroner) issue on contest entry to the local newspaper. Black rectangular "1998 - 1 - 09" cancellation. An outstanding thematic issue that would be in tremendous demand if the Hockey collectors knew that it existed!
55.00
218524
SÖDERTÄLJE NÄRBREV Facit #1, 3 kroner "Lynx" design on 17 September 1997 contest entry to a newspaper. Black circular cancellation. An outstanding thematic issue that would be in tremendous demand if the Feline collectors knew that it existed!
40.00
221299
Finnish "(F)RÅN UTLANDET" ca.1895 incoming ship mail cancellation Superb strike on pair of Sweden Scott #58 [10 öre engraved Oscar] (tiny thin spot). This large cancellation is rarely seen so complete on off-piece stamps and especially not this nice.
25.00
221300
Finnish boxed "ANK 10 / 4" ca.1880 receiving cancellation applied on uncanceled incoming ship mail; Superb strike on Sweden Scott #33 [20 öre Ringtype Perf 13] F-VF. This type of postmark is even fairly unusual canceling Finnish stamps in this period.
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.
35.00
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.
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.]
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.
4.00
224720
1918-19 Ration coupons, cards, etc. Group of about 20 (twenty!) items, mostly different products, types, colors, etc., etc., most or all from the Stockholm area. Includes milk, sugar, coffee, bread, potatoes, and more. Mostly used with only card headers or with a few tickets remaining. Not postal in any way, but a very interesting highlight to add to a WWI-era postal history collection. Seldom seen! The image shows only part of the group.
44.00
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 $75!
29.00
231556
50 öre Documentary Revenue stamps x2 used on 1949 official court notice -- a post card mailed from BOLLNÄS with Scott #302A -- probably a notice (summons?) of a hearing date. Official notices, like other legal documents, required revenue stamps. When on mailed post cards, the stamps were usually placed on the address side due to lack of space. This makes for a very dramatic appearance in combination with postage stamps. Such items are rarely offered!
39.00
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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