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223435 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
281, 286B [1942 15 øre and 1945 50 øre Christian X] (VF) on 28 October 1946 air cover to Czechoslovakia. Correct 65 øre air rate. Unusual destination right after WWII. |
9.00 |
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223436 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
282 x2, 283 [1942 20 øre and 1943 25 øre Christian X] (VF) on 23 August 1946 air cover to Czechoslovakia. Correct 65 øre air rate. Unusual destination right after WWII. |
8.00 |
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244212 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark #282 [1942 20 øre red Christian X] (top perfs worn) on 27 July 1943 cover to Harald Yden of Skäralid, Sweden. (Information about the Yden family can be found on the web.) Mailed by Rigmor Pedersen from FUGLEFJORD with blurred strike of the small starless cancellation (Daka #06.02). Dated THORSHAVN side cancellation. The 20 øre postage properly pays the 20 øre Nordic letter rate. However, "Luftpost" [Airmail] was written on the envelope -- after mailing, this was crossed out in blue crayon and also officially marked out by a handstamp of two red bars. The red bars indicate either "not paid for airmail" (as in this case) or "airmail not possible". The red bars marking is extremely scarce from the Faroes. The cover bears a PC 90 British censor tape (examiner "5,409"). That examiner number is not found in the Bermuda censor lists, thus suggesting that this censorship was done in the UK. With no evidence of transit at Bermuda or the U.S., and without German censorship, I believe that the only available routes to Sweden would have been via the "blockade mail" -- secret and very dangerous night time flights between Scotland and Sweden, over the North Sea and over German-occupied Norway; OR via UNDERCOVER MAIL through Lisbon, Portugal. Especially interesting, but only anecdotal without more markings, other proof, or similar examples, is that the cover is a) vertically folded down the center and b) on the reverse bears the handwritten note "Sendt til Hgör" [?] 29/8". This is typical of folded envelopes that are known to have been sent via UNDERCOVER MAIL, fully prepared for mailing as this is, and enclosed in an outer envelope (in this case would have likely been via Portugal or via New York). In such a case, the outer envelope would have been opened in Portugal or New York, this cover marked with the red bars, and this cover sent on its way from neutral Portugal to Neutral Sweden. However, to my knowledge, there was no surface mail connection (which is all the 20 øre paid for) between Portugal and Sweden, thus I am not sure how this would have been handled. From New York to Sweden, it could have been carried to northern Russia and then on to Sweden. The description by a previous owner stated that the letter was sent by a Danish seaman interned in the Faroes. However, Rigmor (the sender) is typically a female name and I cannot find any record of any internments in the Faroes of Danish seamen. I pass this information along for further research, but I do not claim this to be from an interned seaman. An exceptional cover from a very chaotic period in Faroese postal history. |
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244214 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark #238J, 280 x2, 282 pair [1940 40 øre blue Caravel, 1942 10 øre violet and 20 øre red Christian X] (couple minor faults) on 29 November 1943 cover to Harald Yden of Skäralid, Sweden. (Information about the Yden family can be found on the web.) Mailed by Rigmor Pedersen from FUGLEFJORD with 5 nice strikes of the small starless cancellation (Daka #06.02). Dated THORSHAVN side cancellation. The 100 øre postage properly pays the 20 øre letter rate and the 80 øre airmail surcharge. Light blue Danish-style airmail label. The cover bears a PC 90 British censor tape (examiner 6803; style "51/2191. D.P."). That examiner number is not found in the Bermuda censor lists, thus suggesting that this censorship was done in the UK. With no evidence of transit at Bermuda or the U.S., and without German censorship, I believe that the only available routes to Sweden would have been via the "blockade mail" -- secret and very dangerous night time flights between Scotland and Sweden, over the North Sea and over German-occupied Norway; OR via UNDERCOVER MAIL through Lisbon, Portugal. The description by a previous owner stated that the letter was sent by a Danish seaman interned in the Faroes. However, Rigmor (the sender) is typically a female name and I cannot find any record of any internments in the Faroes of Danish seamen. I pass this information along for further research, but I do not claim this to be from an interned seaman. An exceptional cover from a very chaotic period in Faroese postal history. Remarkably attractive for covers of this type. |
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215198 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
285 dark color 287 light color [35, 60 øre Christian X] and 293 [20 øre Ole Rømer] (VF) on 15 November 1944 unsealed registered cover, from København 11, to Norway, with "Ak" Nazi censorship; sent by a stamp dealer. The Ak censor handstamp was used because the contents was likely unsealed printed matter and did not require individual censoring. The 115 øre franking puzzles me; deducting 30 øre for registration, 85 øre postage does not match up to any rate or combination of rates that I can find. If the letter contained anything other than printed matter (though obviously at least the letter rate was paid), it would have been sealed. However, I cannot imagine the sender wasting too much postage during the war with a gross overfranking. At the same time, I do not see any obvious philatelic or commemorative purpose of such a cover. |
20.00 |
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215202 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
286 pair [40 øre Christian X] (VF) on 5 February 1948 cover to the U.S. Originally marked for "5 gram" rate, but was covered over with air label. The surface (or 5 gram) rate was 40 øre and the air surcharge for 5 grams (when an airmail label was applied) was 40 øre for a total of 80 øre. If this cover weighed over 5 grams, the postage would be been (at least) 120 øre, not 80 øre. The sender wanted to insure air service; at this point, the "5 gram" service was only by air when space was available. |
13.00 |
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215203 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
286 3-strip [40 øre Christian X] (VF) on 21 December 1948 airmail cover to the U.S. 120 øre franking for 40 øre base surface rate plus 40 øre per 5 grams air surcharge. Attractive. |
12.00 |
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215204 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
286 x5 [40 øre Christian X] on 14 December 1948 cover to the U.S. Though not marked as such, must have been airmail, between 15 and 20 grams. The base surface rate was 40 øre up to 20 grams; the air surcharge was 40 øre per 5 grams. Stamps a little soiled, but cover is VF. Covers with this amount of postage are seldom seen on smaller-size envelopes such as this. |
15.00 |