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Newly acquired items worthy of your attention. The newest items are at the top with recently added items farther down. As always, your satisfaction is guaranteed. All are available for approval viewing. Scott numbers have been used unless otherwise mentioned.

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247187

85 [1982 2.50 kr Town Views: Kvivik] (VF) WITH "V.L." PERFIN, right-reading from front of stamp, of the Valdemar Lützen company (the major Faroese oil and petroleum products company), on a 27 September 1983 small-size cover used within TÓRSHAVN with machine cancellation, business correspondence used locally. The envelope itself is even special quality rag-content laid paper -- which will be preserved much longer than lower-grade sulphate papers. While the VL perfin is not "rare" on modern Faroe stamps, it is scarce -- single stamps sell for around $15 -- and it is especially scarce on small-size covers instead of the usual business-size envelopes in which business letters and invoices were mailed. This 250 franking paid the domestic letter rate to 20 grams (1 April 1983 - 30 September 1984).

22.00

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247188

85 [1982 2.50 kr Town Views: Kvivik] (VF) WITH "V.L." PERFIN, right-reading from front of stamp, of the Valdemar Lützen company (the major Faroese oil and petroleum products company), on a 7 October 1983 small-size cover used within TÓRSHAVN with machine cancellation, business correspondence used locally. The envelope itself is even special quality rag-content laid paper -- which will be preserved much longer than lower-grade sulphate papers. While the VL perfin is not "rare" on modern Faroe stamps, it is scarce -- single stamps sell for around $15 -- and it is especially scarce on small-size covers instead of the usual business-size envelopes in which business letters and invoices were mailed. This 250 franking paid the domestic letter rate to 20 grams (1 April 1983 - 30 September 1984).

22.00

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247193

46 [1979 1.50 kr International Year of the Child] (VF) WITH "V.L." PERFIN, right-reading from front of stamp, of the Valdemar Lützen company (the major Faroese oil and petroleum products company), on a 9 April 1980 typical-use business-size window envelope used with TÓRSHAVN with machine cancellation, business correspondence. While the VL perfin is not "rare" on modern Faroe stamps, it is scarce -- single stamps sell for around $15 -- this is priced at the value of the VL perfined stamp. This 150 franking paid the domestic letter rate to 20 grams (1 October 1979 - 4 April 1982).

15.00

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247195

143 [1986 3.00 kr Europa 86 / Marine Pollution] (VF) WITH "V.L." PERFIN, right-reading from front of stamp, of the Valdemar Lützen company (the major Faroese oil and petroleum products company), on a 9 March 1987 typical-use business-size window envelope used with TÓRSHAVN with machine cancellation, business correspondence. While the VL perfin is not "rare" on modern Faroe stamps, it is scarce -- single stamps sell for around $15 -- this is priced at the value of the VL perfined stamp. This 300 franking paid the domestic A-letter rate to 20 grams (1 January 1986 - 31 December 1988).

15.00

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247196

143 [1986 3.00 kr Europa 86 / Marine Pollution] (VF) WITH "V.L." PERFIN, right-reading from front of stamp, of the Valdemar Lützen company (the major Faroese oil and petroleum products company), on a January 1987 typical-use business-size window envelope used with TÓRSHAVN with machine cancellation, business correspondence. While the VL perfin is not "rare" on modern Faroe stamps, it is scarce -- single stamps sell for around $15 -- this is priced at the value of the VL perfined stamp. This 300 franking paid the domestic A-letter rate to 20 grams (1 January 1986 - 31 December 1988).

15.00

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247197

146 [1986 4.70 kr Amnesty International] (VF) WITH "V.L." PERFIN, right-reading from front of stamp, of the Valdemar Lützen company (the major Faroese oil and petroleum products company), on a 8 September 1987 SCARCE DOUBLE WEIGHT typical-use business-size window envelope used with TÓRSHAVN with machine cancellation, business correspondence. While the VL perfin is not "rare" on modern Faroe stamps, it is scarce -- single stamps sell for around $15 -- this is priced at the value of the VL perfined stamp. This 300 franking paid the domestic DOUBLE WEIGHT A-letter rate to 20 grams (1 January 1986 - 31 December 1988). Proper solo use of this stamp for the double weight A-letter rate is very unusual.

19.00

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247198

150 [1986 3.00 kr Stone Bridges] (VF) WITH "V.L." PERFIN, right-reading from front of stamp, of the Valdemar Lützen company (the major Faroese oil and petroleum products company), on a 26 April 1988 typical-use business-size window envelope used with TÓRSHAVN with machine cancellation, business correspondence. While the VL perfin is not "rare" on modern Faroe stamps, it is scarce -- single stamps sell for around $15 -- this is priced at the value of the VL perfined stamp. This 300 franking paid the domestic A-letter rate to 20 grams (1 January 1986 - 31 December 1988).

15.00

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247199

First Flight: Vágur to København, utilizing a British Aerospace 146, flown 28 March 1988. Complete set of Scott #134-8 [1985 Aviation set of five] (VF) each on a separate cover -- set of five covers. Handstamped flight cachet in black. This flight is listed in the DAKA GF10 2017 catalog, with a value of DKK 150 (about US $23) for a SINGLE cover. I have never before been able to offer even a single cover, to say nothing of a set with all five Aviation stamps! Total catalog value about $115!

89.00

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247200

Torshavn (Faroe) boxed "UR DANMARK" ["From Denmark"] incoming ship mail cancellation Daka #TO50 and dated TORSHAVN side cancel. 8 September 1976 philatelic cover, franked with Faroe Scott #21 [1976 Faroe Boat] likely posted on board a Faroe-flag ship (or another ship in Faroe waters that had Faroe stamps on board) inbound to Faroe from Denmark. Addressed to Denmark. Additional black, boxed 50 x 20 mm, "Paquebot" (large sans-serif lettering) handstamp that appears to match Daka #DK50. The Daka GF10 2017 catalog value for this seldom-seen marking on cover is DKK 600! The presence of this latter marking is likely a philatelic favor, or else the user did not understand when it was supposed to have been used -- this would have been applied to mail that had been posted at sea and was arriving in Denmark. However, this cover was posted at sea, arriving in Faroes, and then passed through the Faroe postal system and would have been put in mail bag, along with normal mail, for transit to Denmark. An unusual cover!

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22.00

247185

Denmark 1961 Christmas Seal, Design/Position #7 -- WITH FAROE THEME (Faroe Flag) -- tied with Denmark Scott #320 [1950 20 øre brown King Frederik IX] (VF) on 20 December 1961 picture Christmas post card, from KLAKSVIG to Viderejde. The cancellation is the bridge-style Klaksvig "SPIS FÆRØSK KLIPFISK" (Eat Faroese [dried and salted] Codfish). This cancellation was use 31 October 1935 through 31 May 1962, thus this 1961 use is the last year possible on a Christmas Seal! As with all the Danish Christmas Seals from this time period, they were available in Faroe, but are quite hard to find used in Faroe -- and the sheet contains 50 different designs (5 rows of 10). For 1961, as far as I can determine, only two Faroe-related images occurred in the sheet: Position 7 (this item) and another, but very tiny, Faroe flag image split across Positions 38-39. A 1961 seal tied to a Faroe card is certainly unusual (and grossly undervalued in the Faroe catalog). However, this bold Faroe flag position used on a Faroe card is exceptional! Furthermore, this stamp is not often seen used in the Faroes and this particular postmark on a very plain cover or card fetches at least $20 because of demand from topical collectors. An outstanding cover that would be a key item in a collection of Faroe-used Christmas Seals on cover!

SOLD

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247186

179 [1988 3.00 kr Christmas Meeting 1888] (VF) WITH "V.L." PERFIN, right-reading from front of stamp, of the Valdemar Lützen company (the major Faroese oil and petroleum products company), on a 19 December 1988 cover used within TÓRSHAVN with Christmas slogan-machine cancellation. WITH 1988 CHRISTMAS SEAL (Position 19, including a clock in the design) TIED BY THE CANCELLATION. This is a genuine, non-philatelic use, addressed To Balslevs Timberhandil, a local major building supply company (still in business and prospering as Bygma Balslev; translating roughly to Balslev Building Supply). The envelope itself is even special quality rag-content laid paper -- which will be preserved much longer than lower-grade sulphate papers. While the VL perfin is not "rare" on modern Faroe stamps, it is scarce -- single stamps sell for around $15 -- and it is especially scarce on small-size covers instead of the usual business-size envelopes in which invoices, etc., were mailed. A very special cover that "has it all" and would be a key item in a collection of modern Faroe covers!

SOLD

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244209

Denmark #238E [1939 25 øre brown Caravel Type II] pair and two singles (VF, but some "hidden" creasing from envelope) on 16 June 1943 airmail cover (with Danish-style light blue airmail label) to Harald Yden of Skäralid, Sweden. (information about the Yden family can be found on the web.) Mailed by Rigmor Pedersen from FUGLEFJORD with two clean and nice strikes of the small starless cancellation (Daka #06.02). Dated THORSHAVN side cancellation. The cover bears a RARE, and very neatly struck, violet handstamp "O.A.T." (Onward Air Transmission). [OAT markings were applied to indicate that the mail should be carried onward by air, if possible, even if previous part(s) of carriage had not been by air. The handstamp was usually only applied to the top letter in a bundle, thus their scarcity and great interest to collectors. Daka states in regard to mail to/from the Faroes: "relatively rare on cover".] This cover is also very unusual in that it is not censored, thus makes the routing to Sweden difficult to determine. However, Daka illustrates this exact style of O.A.T. marking, either in red or purple, as known on mail exchange with the United States -- with a valuation of DKK 8000 (around $1300). on philatelic covers, but this is certainly "genuine ordinary postal use", part of larger correspondence (I have other covers from the correspondence). [Daka also lists O.A.T. use to Sweden with an oval marking at DKK 10,000 (around $1650).] The 100 øre postage properly pays the 20 øre letter rate and the 80 øre airmail surcharge. 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.

1200.00

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244210

Denmark #238D x3, 230 [1940 20 øre red Caravel Type II; 1938 10 øre violet Wavy Lines] (some creasing from envelope and gum soaks) on undated airmail cover (with Danish-style light blue airmail label) to Harald Yden of Skäralid, Sweden. (Information about the Yden family can be found on the web.) Mailed by Rigmor Pedersen from FUGLEFJORD with two clean and nice strikes of the small starless cancellation (Daka #06.02). The cover does not bear the usual Thorshavn dated side cancellation, thus no dating is present. The total 70 øre franking puzzles me; the surface rate was 20 øre, leaving 50 for airmail, but I am not aware of an airmail surcharge that low in this era. The cover bears a PC 90 British censor tape (examiner 7485). 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. [A 9 April 1943 cover from the same correspondence(!), from Sweden to Faroe, with the same examiner number, and a transit postmark of Lisbon is known. Also an unrelated 1941 cover from England to the Faroes with the same examiner number.] 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. Hopefully more can be determined (from the censorship or possibly other clues) about the date and the routing.

175.00

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244211

Denmark #238D 4-strip + single [1940 20 øre red Caravel Type II] (some creasing from envelope and gum soaks) on 4 December 1942 airmail cover (with Danish-style dark blue airmail label) to Harald Yden of Skäralid, Sweden. (Information about the Yden family can be found on the web.) Mailed by Rigmor Pedersen from FUGLEFJORD with three 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. 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. 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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SOLD

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244212

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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SOLD

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244213

Denmark #282 pair, 224 [1942 20 øre red Christian X; 1938 5 øre wine-red Wavy Lines] (F-VF) on 7 May 1945 [the date in the website image is hard to read, but I am confident of it based on close examination] 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 three strikes of the small starless cancellation (Daka #06.02). THORSHAVN dated side cancellation. The 45 øre postage properly (per Daka 2017) pays the total 45 øre air letter rate to Denmark; the Nordic rate was typically the same, so very likely correct to Sweden. Bears a British-style airmail label that was typical of this short post-war period. Germany capitulated on 5 May 1945. Normal airmail service from the Faroes, via the UK, resumed on 7 May 1945. THIS APPEARS TO BE A FIRST DAY OF RESUMPTION OF NORMAL MAIL SERVICE FROM THE FAROES TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. The cover bears the later-style (repeated text and crown) PC 90 British censor tape (examiner 3680). Censorship in this region continued for a few months after the war. This cover is particularly important as it represents the FIRST DAY OF THE CLOSING CHAPTER OF THE IMPACT OF WWII ON FAROE MAIL. 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.

325.00

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244214

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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SOLD

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238291

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.

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7.00

237243

31 [1978 100 Mykines] (VF) on 29 June 1979 (the 9 of 79 is unclear, but cancel came into use in 1979 per Daka) presumed philatelic picture post card (tiny village of Saksun; Wikipedia: population 34), to Sweden. With Danish incoming ship mail "FRA FÆRØERNE" (Daka #DK86) cancellation and "KØBENHAVN Omk" dated cancellation, both in black.

22.00

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