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Finland: Covers: Airmail Rates

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These covers represent airmail rates not paid with airmail stamps. Collecting airmail rate covers including their markings and destinations can be very interesting.

Airmail Rates

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200788

161 x4, 164, 170 (VF) [25 penni brown, 50 penni green, 1 1/2 mark carmine M-30] on 16 May 1933 airmail cover with "Postilj.v.L-S" railway cancel, to Stockholm, Sweden. Dull blue airmail label. Letter rate 2 mark, air surcharge 1 mark.

ACTUAL item.

22.00

229838

168 x2, 172 [1,25m Yellow and 2m Red Violet M-30 Lions] (F-VF, VF) on 25 July 1934 airmail cover from KOTKA to England.

ACTUAL item.

16.00

229818

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

229823

226 pair [1941 3.50m Viborg Castle] on 15 December 1942 Continuation War Soldier Letter sent airmail to Denmark. Violet, boxed, sans-serif KENTTÄPOSTIA hand stamp (unusual type) on stamps plus "KENTTAPOSTI / KONTTORI Nr 7" machine cancellation. Censored by Finland and Denmark (German). From Corporal S. Theslett, possibly a Danish volunteer fighting in Finland. Regardless, a very scarce usage.

ACTUAL item.

55.00

229816

175B, 176D [3m Red, 5m Blue M-30] (F-VF) on 17 November 1945 air cover from TURKU / ÅBO to the U.S. Attractive.

ACTUAL item.

16.00

229785

M-30 issues - 8 different (F-VF, 3-1/2 ovpt damaged) on 4 April 1946 air cover to the U.S. The most different M-30s I have ever had on one cover!

ACTUAL item.

35.00

229789

176G x2, 248 [6m Red M-30; 1945 20m Brown Post Office] (VF) on 22 July 1946 air cover from HELSINKI to the U.S.

ACTUAL item.

12.00

229791

166B, 205, 248 (F-VF, Ave, VF) on 5 gram air cover to the U.S.

ACTUAL item.

5.00

229793

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

229815

166B x4, 176I, 248 x2 [1m Green, 10m Blue M-30; 20m Post Office] (F-VF) on 1946 air cover from II to the U.S.

ACTUAL item.

9.00

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229783

259, 264 3-strip [6m Orange M-30 Lion; 1947 10m Postal Savings Bank, BEEHIVE] (VF) on 13 June 1947 8-gram air cover from HELSINKI to the U.S.

ACTUAL item.

13.00

229788

166B, 179, 239, 261 (F-VF) on 1947 EXPRES airmail cover to the U.S. Scarce usage!

ACTUAL item.

28.00

239150

250 3-strip [8/5 mk Surcharge Violet M-30] (F-VF) on 18 March 1947 air cover from OKSAVA (scarcer village) to the U.S. 24 mk franking with rates: Foreign letter to 20g, 12 mk, 1 Jan 1947 - 30 June 1948; Airmail Surcharge to U.S. (Zone 2) 12 mk for 45 g (marked as 4 grams), 15 Jan 1947 - 30 Nov 1948.

ACTUAL item.

14.00

231418

B76 6-block [1946 5.00 + 1.25 Reaping Wheat semi-postal] (VF, F-VF) on 7 January 1948 registered airmail cover from LAHTI to Firenze, Italy. On reverse, Milano-Rome railway transit and Firenze receiver postmarks. Remarkably unusual postal rate / usage / destination in these early post-war years.

ACTUAL item.

34.00

229817

262, 275 [12m Blue, 12/10m Surcharge Violet M-30] (F-VF) on 23 April 1948 air cover from HELSINKI to the U.S. with TIED CHARITY SEAL (blue, mother and child). Scarce.

ACTUAL item.

40.00

200782

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

248520

281, 287 x2 [1949 9 mk Forestry; 1949 15 mk Kristinestad] (VF) on 19 August 1949 AIRMAIL cover from KARTTULA to the U.S. and forwarded locally. The 39 mk franking is correct for a 10 gram airmail letter to the U.S. 1 July 1948 through 30 October 1949: 15 mk for a foreign letter to 20 grams, plus 12 mk per 5 grams airmail surcharge. While this is a somewhat ordinary looking cover, each of stamps are scarce in Used condition with a 2025 Scott value of $3 per Used stamp! They are much scarcer on cover! Airmail rate covers in this era are challenging to find.

ACTUAL item.

18.00

229787

173C, 179 white paper [2m Green M-30; 25m Woodcutter] (VF) on 11 February 1952 air cover to Sweden.

ACTUAL item.

12.00

229814

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

229738

B112, 280 (VF) on 16 February 1952 airmail printed matter cover from HELSINKI to LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA (!!!), AUSTRALIA. Olympics all-over publicity envelope. Rare destination at the extreme other side/end of the globe!!

ACTUAL item.

55.00

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229810

305 x3, 302 [40m Woodchopper; 10m Green M-30] on 1954 air cover to the U.S. This is a very high postage rate (130 marks) for a cover to the U.S. The published postage rate charts for this period are confusing and appear to have some errors. At 50 grams, the rate would likely have been 120 marks; 55 grams at 132 marks. However, I am not satisfied with this calculation and cannot say whether this cover is correctly paid or not - my experience suggests that it IS correctly paid, but I cannot quote the rate at the moment. Still, an unusual franking. Note that most uses with multiple examples of the 40m Woodchopper stamp are parcel cards, not envelopes.

ACTUAL item.

30.00

229754

280 pair [1949 35mk Olavinlinna Castle] with pair of two designs of 1954 Art labels, tied on 1955 airmail cover TO MONROVIA, LIBERIA with receiver. These labels exist in several designs and colors -- I do not know much about them, however, they are very seldom seen on cover! Any usage to Liberia is RARE; it is a genuine postal usage; I purchased the familys archive of mail (the father of the addressee apparently ran the College of West Africa at the time). Extremely scarce item.

ACTUAL item.

75.00

229745

B132 pair, B134 pair [1955 Red Cross Semi-postals: 10 + 2m General on Horse, 25 + 5m Son of Fallen Soldier] (VF) on 15 August 1956 airmail cover (reduced at left) from HELSINKI to the U.S.

ACTUAL item.

20.00

229746

B130 x2, B131 x2 [1955 Fish Semi-postals: 15 + 3m Northern Pike, 25 + 5m Atlantic Salmon] (VF) on 14 August 1956 airmail legal size envelope from HELSINKI to the U.S.

ACTUAL item.

25.00

229757

332, 340 pair [1955 10m Telegraph; 1956 Sports, Woman, Gymnastics, Soccer, etc] (VF) on 11 August 1956 air cover to the U.S.

ACTUAL item.

8.00

236663

350 [1955-57 100 mk Helsinki South Harbor, Light Greenish Blue] (VF) solo use on 30 October 1957 KODAK advertising airmail cover to the U.S. Though Scott gives this color an issue date of 1957, there were five plates and thus five color shades printed from 1955-1957 (though it is unclear when the different printings actually went on sale). In any case, this stamp was replaced with a new 100 mk issue on 2 June 1958 and thus solo uses on cover are seldom seen. Colorful advertising cover.

ACTUAL item.

14.00

229747

B158 4-block, 380 4-block [1959 Red Cross 20 + 3m Lapp Man with Lasso, 1961 5m Lake and Rowboat] (VF) on 1961 airmail legal size envelope from HELSINKI to the U.S.

ACTUAL item.

10.00

229836

447 x4, 400 Type II [1967 .40 Finnish Settlement in Sweden joint issue with Sweden; .10 M-63 Lion] (VF) on 3 July 1967 registered airmail cover to the U.S. Attractive. Unusual uses of this joint issue stamp are quite hard to find.

ACTUAL item.

16.00

229762

533, 534 [1973 60p Folk Costumes] (VF) on 1974 cover to U.S. from "HELSINKI 10", with UPU 100th anniversary machine cancel.

ACTUAL item.

8.00

229760

B201, 518, 522 [1974 50 + 10p Mushroom; 1972 Folk Costumes] (VF) on 1977 air cover from "LOHO a.s." (railway station) to the U.S.

ACTUAL item.

7.00

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229761

533-7 + 561 [1973 60p Folk Costumes complete set; 70p M-75 Lion] (VF) on 1978 air cover from KARIS to the U.S. Scarce set on cover.

ACTUAL item.

14.00

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