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229380 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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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229296 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark 192 (F-VF) on 1929 ship letter TO ICELAND, with Icelandic "Skipsbrjef" boxed handstamp (equivalent of paquebot marking) and REYKJAVIK 18.IV.29 cancellation. A very nice example; quite scarce. ACTUAL item. |
60.00 |
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235908 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
147 [1925 35 aur Reykjavik, Esja Mountain] (VF) on 23 January 1929 PAQUEBOT cover to the U.S., machine canceled at "KØBENHAVN / OMK" (with "KØB DANSE VARER" slogan), Denmark, and with Danish "FRA ISLAND" handstamp. Typical of "fishing boat mail" posted en-route on the North Atlantic or handed to fishing boat captains at small coastal villages. Very attractive. ACTUAL item. |
110.00 |
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235909 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
147 [1925 35 aur Reykjavik, Esja Mountain] (VF) on 1929 PAQUEBOT cover to the U.S. (addressed to the Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit), hand canceled at "KØBENHAVN / OMK 7", Denmark, and with Danish "FRA ISLAND" handstamp. Typical of "fishing boat mail" posted en-route on the North Atlantic or handed to fishing boat captains at small coastal villages. Very attractive. ACTUAL item. |
130.00 |
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235911 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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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235912 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark #192 [1927 15 øre Typographed Caravel] (VF, cover creased through stamp) on beautiful 10 June 1929 shipmail cover TO ICELAND, posted at sea. Upon arrival at Reykjavik, it received a black boxed "Skipsbrief" (ship letter) handstamp and was machine canceled. Very attractive Danish hotel illustrated advertising cover. Non-philatelic uses of this handstamp are quite unusual as are Icelandic-canceled foreign stamps. ACTUAL item. |
180.00 |
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401057 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark Scott #335 Type IVb [1952 (1953 type) 30 øre brownish red Frederik IX] (VF, rounded corner perforation) on undated SHIP MAIL ca.1953-1962 (based on the 30 øre Nordic letter rate) cover TO Åbo, Finland. The stamp is canceled with a black straight-line "CARELIA" ship name cancellation. The Finnish Steamship Company (Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget / FAA) did operate a ship by that name in this time period, traveling on Baltic routes. Near the stamp is a similar, violet "KÖPENHAMN" handstamp. (That is the Swedish spelling (the Swedish language was commonly used in the Åbo area) of the Danish capital, "København"; it could have been the name of a small ship or it could be indicated the source location of the letter). The envelope has the printed return address of a company in Kastrup, Denmark, a suburb of København. The addressee in Åbo is also a business. Danish text "SKIBSPOST" (ship mail) was typed at the same time the address was typed. The long, narrow (265 x 110 mm) envelope is the typical shape and size used for ship mail specifically containing CONSIGNEE paperwork (sent to the recipient of freight that has been shipped aboard a ship). Such paperwork is typically in an unfranked (thus typically postage due) envelope or an envelope franked (as in this case) with the postage of the freight-originating country or the flag country of the ship. The paperwork was typically sent to the intended first recipient of the freight (the consignee), in advance of the freight being unloaded from the ship, often to request payment for the cargo or for fees. In some cases, due to the urgency of delivering the paperwork, the envelope may have been hand-delivered directly from the ship to the consignee -- but postage still needed to be paid and canceled because a postal monopoly required that all letters (even if not carried by the post office) still had to have postage paid. While I am short on verifiable proof, I believe that this cover is an example of such CONSIGNEE MAIL. This is the ONLY example of such a cover and/or of such markings / cancellation that I have ever (in 52 years) been able to offer from / to / between Scandinavian / Nordic countries (other than ca.1905 consignee mail to DWI). ACTUAL item. |
SOLD |
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238291 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
Faroe Scott #9 [1975 50 oyru Map] on 1975 philatelic printed matter post card to Denmark with Danish incoming ship mail boxed "FRA FÆRØERNE" cancellation (Daka #DK82) and "KØBENHAVN Omk 24" dated side cancellation. Addressed to Denmark. Nice cancellation strikes. REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
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7.00 |