| 1930-1955 Pictorial Definitives |  Top |
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229818 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
174, 177 [2-1/2 Blue M-30; 5m Castle] (VF, F-VF) on 1 October 1935 registered airmail cover from HELSINKI to Glasgow, Scotland. Advertising envelope: shipping company info on reverse. ACTUAL item. |
35.00 |
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229784 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
171 x2, 177 [2m Indigo M-30 Lion; 5m Olavinlinna Castle] (VF, damaged) on 19 June 1930 EXPRESS (RARE!) parcel card from HELSINKI to ROVANIEME (arctic region) with receiver. ACTUAL item. |
30.00 |
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229799 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
163, 177 [50p Yellow M-30; 5m Blue Castle] (VF, F-VF) on 20 November 1930 money order from BORGÅ / PORVEO (2 types of Russian text removed cancels) to TURKU / ÅBO with receiver. ACTUAL item. |
7.00 |
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229798 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
163, 171, 177 [50p Yellow and 2m Indigo M-30; 5m Castle] (VF, Fine) on 15 August 1931 COD (175 mk) parcel card from LAHTI to KAUSALA, with receiver. ACTUAL item. |
8.00 |
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164, 177 3-strip, 219 [1932 50p Green M-30 Lion; 1930 5 mk Olavinlinna Castle; 1939 4 mk Helsinki Main Post Office] (Fine / VF) on 25 June 1941 Finnish-censored AIRMAIL cover with a small town cancellation "RIT...LA" (probably RITALA?; no return address, contrary to censorship regulations), to a Finnish-named individual in Bronx, NYC, U.S. Though the U.S. not yet entered the war in Europe, it was already quite difficult to route airmail covers from Finland to the U.S. This covers shows that difficulty as it was routed via LISBON, PORTUGAL, (a neutral country) with the expected Lisbon machine cancellation on reverse, dated 3 July 1941. In this way, the letter avoided German censorship. My understanding is that, starting in February 1941, during the WINTER MONTHS, until the U.S. entered the war in December, the Clipper flight path from Portugal to the U.S. would have followed a route from Lisbon down to Africa, across the South Atlantic to Trinidad or Brazil, then to Puerto Rico, and finally to the U.S. mainland, usually all the way to New York. During the SUMMER MONTHS, the routing from Lisbon could instead be via Bermuda to New York, but mail passing through Bermuda would usually have been censored by the British -- which this was not. Unless airmail postage within the U.S. was paid at origination, surface mail would have been used once the letter arrived at the first mainland U.S. port (usually New York). On the front is a reddish, boxed, French-language (the language of international mail) instructional marking stating that the item is to be sent by airmail service over the Atlantic to the U.S. [but from there carried by surface]. Airmail covers from Finland to the U.S. (via Portugal and the Clipper service), are fairly unusual as money usually very tight in Finland and this 19.50 mk postage rate would have been considered quite expensive to many Finnish people. While this cover does show a little wear it is in surprisingly good condition for the long path that it traveled. Neat and attractive in a compact size. ACTUAL item. |
SOLD |
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173C pair, 176F pair, 179 (VF, F-VF) [2 mark green, 5 mark yellow orange M-30; 25 mark Woodcutter] on 22 March 1949 air cover, with 39 mark franking, from JÄRVENPÄÄ to the U.S. Letter rate 15 mark letter rate to 20 grams (1 July 1948 thru 31 October 1949) and air surcharge of 12 mark per 5 grams (15 Jan 1947 thru 31 October 1949). ACTUAL item. |
14.00 |
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229793 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
165A 4-block, 166B, 170A, 179, 221 (VF, F-VF) on 11 March 1946 air cover from "HELSINKI 1" (BLUE cancels) to the U.S. Rare 5-color combination! ACTUAL item. |
20.00 |
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229787 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
173C, 179 white paper [2m Green M-30; 25m Woodcutter] (VF) on 11 February 1952 air cover to Sweden. ACTUAL item. |
12.00 |
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229814 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
173C, 179 White Paper [2m Green M-30; 25m Woodcutter] (F-VF) on 28 February 1952 airmail cover from HELSINKI to Sweden. ACTUAL item. |
12.00 |
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229791 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
166B, 205, 248 (F-VF, Ave, VF) on 5 gram air cover to the U.S. ACTUAL item. |
5.00 |
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