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401621 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #43 Bluish Gray and Rose [1890 1m gray (shades) and rose 3-Numeral, Perforation 12.5] Used with XF centering on small piece of parcel card or money order form, with VF HARTOLA Russian-Text 4 May 1896 cancellation. The cancellation strike is quite crisp which is surprising since the HARTOLA device had been in use since at least May 1894 (unless it had been refreshed since then). Though not "rare", this is a scarcer cancellation; it has been many years since I have had an example. A normal single Used example of this stamp is not scarce, however, any used stamps on cover or any type of form or card, are at least "very scarce". Even an example like this that is only on a piece of a form is very seldom seen. Collecting the Russian-text -- as well as the subsequent Russian-text-removed -- cancellations of Finland is a very interesting area. There is a handbook, published in 1997, that pictures and lists both the cancellations with Russian text and then also after the Russian text was physically cut out of the cancellation devices; however examples of the book are quite hard to find nowadays. An outstanding item that is much scarcer than its appearance initially suggests. ACTUAL item. |
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15.00 |
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249876 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
71 (Facit #56C2) [1901 5 pen, Letterpress Berlin Plate, Perf 14.25 x 14.75] (VF) on 1 March 1904 printed matter post card from HELSINGFORS, with a Superb tri-lingual bridge cancellation, used domestically to INKEROIS (Swedish spelling) with bilingual bridge receiving postmark. This village is now the area of Inkeroinen, now primarily a railway station absorbed into the town of Kouvola. Very attractive violet script address. Two filing holes typical for business correspondence. The card itself is quite interesting, with a message in violet reproduced script (a precursor to what we used to call a Ditto machine in the U.S.). The message is an announcement from the Finnish Steamship Corporation, describing direct freight ship service to Antwerp (Belgium), on the "Capella", now regularly sailing from Hango, Finland. Any postal history item related to ships and shipping is always sought after. ACTUAL item. |
7.50 |
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232008 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
56 [1891 1 rubel Russian Design with Rings] Used VF+ with neat ÅBO / TURKU 1904 tri-lingual postmark. Very attractive. ACTUAL item. |
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85.00 |