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401489 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #135a, Facit #117C1 [M-17 Saarinen Lion: 1926 1-1/2 mk Swastika Watermark, Perforation 14] (VF) on 20 November 1926 cover with HELSINKI / HELSINGFORS machine cancellation, to Stockholm, Sweden. Tear in cover, but not obvious. Attractive. ACTUAL item. |
4.00 |
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401488 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #134a, Facit #128C2 [M-17 Saarinen Lion: 1927 1 mk orange, Swastika Watermark, Perforation 14.25 x 14.75] (VF) on 5 June 1928 picture post card (sea waves near Borgå / Porvoo) with extraordinarily sharp and crisp (must have been new) HELSINKI / HELSINGFORS machine cancellation, to Stockholm, Sweden. The message date line says it was written "På båt Borgå - Helsingfors". Thus this is a SHIP MAIL card, but it did not receive any special ship mail marking upon arrival in Helsingfors; perhaps the sender turned it in at a post office in Helsingfors. ACTUAL item. |
5.00 |
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401490 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #147a, Facit #129C1 [M-17 Saarinen Lion: 1928 1-1/2 mk Posthorn Watermark, Perforation 14] (VF) on 23 November 1928 cover with HELSINKI / HELSINGFORS machine cancellation, to Stockholm, Sweden. (I have examined the cover carefully under both oblique point-source lighting and strong through-the-paper lighting and I believe that I detect the posthorn watermark.) This Posthorn Watermark, Perforation 14, stamp is "scarce" even as a Used single; it is "very scarce", and undervalued in the catalogs, on cover. ACTUAL item. |
36.00 |
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249878 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Stampless State Railway Official Mail: 14 March 1919 Notification Card, from "TURKU / ÅBO" bilingual (Finnish / Swedish) with an XF strike of an 8-line machine cancellation, used locally. The addressee was well-known, probably receiving such cards regularly, and thus no address was required by the post office. State Railway form number is "O. N:o 810." (without a specific print date or batch number). The form numbers seldom if ever changed, however, there is an evolution of text differences over time and different printings can use different type fonts, spacing, and appearance. Always carefully compare cards for such differences. This type of card advises the recipient that the listed freight (a quantity of vagnslast [train car loads] or kolli [boxes], along with their weight, can be picked up from the railway, and that an amount may be due for unpaid freight charges ("obetald frakt" in Swedish), and that an amount of "efterkraf" (Swedish term for payment upon delivery) may be due for the items that were shipped. There is a BLUE-GREEN dated handstamp of the Turku / Åbo customs office. Such cards almost always have a spindle hole or minor filing crease; that does not affect their value. Because the State Railway was a Finnish government organization, they had the privilege of mailing as official mail without applying postage stamps. Such cards were rarely saved and thus are seldom seen even in Finland; they are rarely offered outside of Finland! A very nice example! ACTUAL item. |
8.00 |
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249879 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Stampless State Railway Official Mail: 15 March 1919 Notification Card, from "TURKU / ÅBO" bilingual (Finnish / Swedish) with an F-VF (worn device) strike of an 8-line machine cancellation, used locally. The addressee was well-known, probably receiving such cards regularly, and thus no address was required by the post office. State Railway form number is "O. N:o 810." (without a specific print date or batch number). The form numbers seldom if ever changed, however, there is an evolution of text differences over time and different printings can use different type fonts, spacing, and appearance. Always carefully compare cards for such differences. This type of card advises the recipient that the listed freight (a quantity of vagnslast [train car loads] or kolli [boxes], along with their weight, can be picked up from the railway, and that an amount may be due for unpaid freight charges ("obetald frakt" in Swedish), and that an amount of "efterkraf" (Swedish term for payment upon delivery) may be due for the items that were shipped. There is a BLUE-GREEN dated handstamp of the Turku / Åbo customs office. Such cards almost always have a spindle hole or minor filing crease; that does not affect their value. Because the State Railway was a Finnish government organization, they had the privilege of mailing as official mail without applying postage stamps. Such cards were rarely saved and thus are seldom seen even in Finland; they are rarely offered outside of Finland! A very nice example! ACTUAL item. |
7.00 |
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249880 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Stampless State Railway Official Mail: 30 June 1919 Notification Card, from "TURKU / ÅBO" bilingual (Finnish / Swedish) with an F-VF (worn device) strike of an 8-line machine cancellation, used locally. The addressee was well-known, probably receiving such cards regularly, and thus no address was required by the post office. State Railway form number is "O. N:o 810." (without a specific print date or batch number). The form numbers seldom if ever changed, however, there is an evolution of text differences over time and different printings can use different type fonts, spacing, and appearance. Always carefully compare cards for such differences. This type of card advises the recipient that the listed freight (a quantity of vagnslast [train car loads] or kolli [boxes], along with their weight, can be picked up from the railway, and that an amount may be due for unpaid freight charges ("obetald frakt" in Swedish), and that an amount of "efterkraf" (Swedish term for payment upon delivery) may be due for the items that were shipped. There is a ULTRAMARINISH-BLUE dated handstamp of the Turku / Åbo customs office. Such cards almost always have a spindle hole or minor filing crease; that does not affect their value. Because the State Railway was a Finnish government organization, they had the privilege of mailing as official mail without applying postage stamps. Such cards were rarely saved and thus are seldom seen even in Finland; they are rarely offered outside of Finland! A very nice example! ACTUAL item. |
7.00 |