| 1927-1938 Commemoratives |  Top |
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157 x4, 132 [1929 2 mk Turku Founding; 1926 50 p wtmk swastika M-17 Lion] (VF) on 5 November 1929 registered parcel card (with registry label!) for a 1.5 kilo package from KUOVOLA (Russian text removed cancel type) to ROVANIEMI in Lapland, on the Arctic Circle. The Turku stamp issue is scarce on covers (single stamps are even scarcer used than mint). Parcel cards with registration labels are seldom offered. |
36.00 |
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213 x3 [1937 Mannerheim 70th Birthday] on 25 June 1937 (in month of stamp issue) registered cover to the U.S. Correct rate: 3.50 foreign letter rate, 2.50 registry fee. Scarce usage! |
24.00 |
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Finland #213 [1937 2 mark Field-Marshal Gustaf Mannerheim] (F-VF) on 20 July 1937 (the stamp was issued 4 June) letter card ("KORT-BREV / ÅLANDSPOST" with MARIEHAMN (Åland) bi-lingual cancellation, to KARIS, Finland, with a faint but clear 21 July 1937 bi-lingual receiver on reverse. The letter card (which originally had a sealing margin that was to be torn off to open it; there is a minor rounding at lower left) contains an extensive message and is completely non-philatelic. I have never before had (and I do not recall previously seeing) an example of an "ÅLANDSPOST" letter card. The card branding was presumably the invention of a local stationery supplier; I would be interested to know more about it. This stamp on cover (even when normally used from a mainland Finnish town) is quite sought after; Mannerheim was an important figure in the history of Finland. |
65.00 |