| Wavy Line Design -- 1913-1930, Typographed, Crosses Watermark |  Top |
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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. ACTUAL item. |
75.00 |
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93 [1921 8 øre gray Wavy-Line Numeral] (XF centered) on 17 April 1926 Local Rate "Forretningspapirer" [business papers] illustrated advertising commercial cover from AALBORG to the Ullerup area. Neat machine cancellation. Advertising for a company selling to bricklayers. The illustration shows brick homes; the tag line on the back translates to "Use bricks for walls and roof / it provides healthy housing". The "business papers" rate allowed much more weight for less cost. The normal local letter rate at this date was 10 for 50 grams; the local business papers rate was only 8 øre for up to 250 grams! This 8 øre stamp was issued in 1921 with the primary use for local post cards and local printed matter, however it became useful for the local business papers postal rate with the start of that service on 1 April 1922 (and the 8 øre rate continued up through 30 June 1946). This rate was a "sweetheart deal" for businesses. As a Used single, this stamp is a little scarcer than others of the era. While it is not "scarce" on cover, it is unusual on cover, and it is more unusual on business papers covers (which are unusual generally). ACTUAL item. |
18.00 |
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94, 192 [1921 10 øre green Wavy-Lines Wtmk Crosses; 1927 15 øre lithographed Caravel] (Fine, F-VF) on 27 November 1929 picture post card (photo of "Ny Krathus / Risskov. Aarhus") with dateline "Krathuset" (pictured on the card), with RISSKOV crown and posthorn side cancel #118.1 (Type 1a-1) in black, and dated AARHUS cancels on the stamps, to the U.S. Nice tie-in between the message, card, and postmark. C/P cancels are unusual on covers to other countries. ACTUAL item. |
35.00 |
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Iceland #112 [1922 5 aur Olive Green Christian X] and Denmark #94 [1921 10 øre Green Wavy-Line] (F-VF) on ICELANDIC - DANISH - NORWEGIAN TRIPLE COUNTRY cover hand canceled on 17 June 1929 at BERGEN and with black Bergen "Paquebot" handstamp, to København, Denmark. The sender may have been confused about what stamps were required or perhaps simply used whatever stamps were at hand. I have never before in 38 years had such a use. Spectacular! ACTUAL item. |
225.00 |
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129 x2, 94 [1926 2 kr Christian X; 1921 10 øre Green Wavy-Line] (VF) on unusual complete 1930 parcel card from "KØBENHAVN 8 / (Frihavnen)" [harbor] (with ornate postmarks) to Wiborg/Viipuri Finland (410 øre rate), via Sweden. Via MALMÖ, and with scarce Finnish TURKU / ÅBO ship-pictorial incoming foreign ship mail transit postmark. Danish and Finnish Customs markings. VIIPURI receiving postmark; Wiborg/Viipuri is in the Lost Territories and is now part of Russia. The 2 kr stamp is scarce on cover; AFA value is DKK 1500 = US$260. ACTUAL item. |
150.00 |
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Denmark Scott #90 x6 and #192 USED IN THE FAROES [1930 5 øre light green Typographed Wavy Lines / Numeral; 1927 15 øre Typographed Caravel] (all VF) on 5 January 1934 "Indkasserings-Postanvisning" COD MONEY COLLECTION CARD sent from THORSHAVN (Daka cancel #01.07 with the angular "3") to Vestmanhavn, for the collection of kr 50.64. The 45 øre franking is correct for collection of 25-100 kr (1 Jul 1920 thru 30 June 1946). (It is odd that seven stamps were put on the card when it could have been done with only three 15 øre stamps, or even just two stamp as 20+25. The stamps were probably put on by a postal clerk who was perhaps trying to conserve the remaining quantity of 15 øre stamps; using nine 5 øre stamps would not have fit in the designated area. Deliveries of stamps from Denmark -- risking North Sea storms in winter -- were not frequent.) This type of card is like a COD (cash on delivery) parcel card except that there is no package; the reason for the payment request is written in detail on one of panels of the card. Such cards were typically used to request payment of invoices (which could be written on the back of the card or could be attached to the card), subscriptions, insurance premiums, organization membership dues, etc. The destination post office requests the payment from the addressee of the card. If the payment is obtained by the post office, the payment is sent back to the requestor through the postal giro/banking system. This is essentially a combination of "request for payment and a reverse money order". Initially the card has three parts, but one of the parts is separated at time of original sending. Notice the rouletted edge where one part was removed; I am not sure if that part was kept by the requestor or kept by the sending post office. The entire 3-part original card is rarely seen except as part of unused forms. In this case, the payment was not obtained by the destination post office within the prescribed amount of time. As a result, the card was returned to the sender with the original two parts completely intact -- it is very unusual to see these intact 2-part cards; they should only exist in a refused / returned situation such as this. This is the only way for us to know the complete text of all four panels of the 2-part card! In the last 52 years, I have only had a few examples of this general type of Faroe usage (returned) from this era. An outstanding postal history item! ACTUAL item. |
SOLD |
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J38 [1934 15/12 øre Surcharged Wavy-Line Postage Due] (VF) tied by "KØBENHAVN S. / 4" cancellation on 18 January 1936 BUSINESS REPLY MAIL envelope (American Tobacco Co. A/S) from HILLERØD with hand cancel. ACTUAL item. |
26.00 |
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J38 [1934 15/12 øre Surcharged Wavy-Line Postage Due] (VF) tied by "KØBENHAVN S. / 4" cancellation on 18 January 1936 BUSINESS REPLY MAIL envelope (American Tobacco Co. A/S) from HILLERØD with machine cancel. ACTUAL item. |
26.00 |
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J38 [1934 15/12 øre Surcharged Wavy-Line Postage Due] (VF) tied by "KØBENHAVN S. / 3" cancellation on 10 January 1936 BUSINESS REPLY MAIL envelope (American Tobacco Co. A/S) from AABENRAA with machine cancel. ACTUAL item. |
26.00 |
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J38 [1934 15/12 øre Surcharged Wavy-Line Postage Due] (VF) tied by "KØBENHAVN S. / 4" cancellation on 13 January 1936 BUSINESS REPLY MAIL envelope (American Tobacco Co. A/S) from AARHUS with machine cancel. ACTUAL item. |
26.00 |
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