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240515
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Finland #168 [1932 1.25 mark yellow M-30 Lion] (VF) on 10 August 1933 picture post card to Sweden with MARIEHAMN (Åland) cancellation. The card is produced in Åland and is a nice real photo of a tourist house near Geta.
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22.00

240516
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Finland #168 [1932 1.25 mark yellow M-30 Lion] (VF) on 6 June 1933 picture post card to Borgå (Finland) with MARIEHAMN (Åland) cancellation. The card was at least sold (and may have been produced) in Åland and is a nice lithographed photo of a farm fields in the Kirkeby area near Eckerö.
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22.00

240519
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Finland #213 [1937 2 mark Field-Marshal Gustaf Mannerheim] (F-VF) on 20 July 1937 (the stamp was issued 4 June) letter card ("KORT-BREV / ÅLANDSPOST" with MARIEHAMN (Åland) bi-lingual cancellation, to KARIS, Finland, with a faint but clear 21 July 1937 bi-lingual receiver on reverse. The letter card (which originally had a sealing margin that was to be torn off to open it; there is a minor rounding at lower left) contains an extensive message and is completely non-philatelic. I have never before had (and I do not recall previously seeing) an example of an "ÅLANDSPOST" letter card. The card branding was presumably the invention of a local stationery supplier; I would be interested to know more about it. This stamp on cover (even when normally used from a mainland Finnish town) is quite sought after; Mannerheim was an important figure in the history of Finland.
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65.00

240517
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Finland #168 [1932 1.25 mark yellow M-30 Lion] (VF) on 25 July 1938 picture post card to Sweden with very nicely struck MARIEHAMN (Åland) bi-lingual cancellation. The card was locally produced Åland and is a real photo coastal scene.
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22.00

214931
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Finland #262 with TJUDÖ (Åland) bridge-style cancellation on neat cover to Stockholm. Though the year date is not clear, the 12m rate to Sweden as double rate ran only 16 January 1946 through 31 December 1946 and as single rate only 1 January 1948 through 30 November 1948. This device was the first postmark at Tjudö and it is interesting to note that Mattsen only recorded it used in 1950. If the franking is to be relied upon, then this usage moves the cancel usage range back at least a couple years. Regardless, I believe that this is the ONLY pre-1970s TJUDÖ cover I have ever had (in 32 years)! Quite scarce.
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80.00

243297
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Finland Scott #176D [1945 5 mk blue M-30 Lion] (VF) on 8 January 1946 cover from MARIEHAMN to Stockholm, Sweden. Censored with Finnish #63 violet censor handstamp. The Nordic 20 gram letter rate of 5.00 mk was in use for only a short time: 1 July 1945 through 15 January 1946. Post-WWII Åland censored covers are scarce -- this may be the latest example I have seen. A very nice cover.
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45.00

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