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237474 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
38 SILVER GRAY [1889 2 penni 3-Numeral, Perf 12.5] (F-VF) FIVE STAMPS on 13 January 1901 picture post card (aerial photo view of Wasa) from NIKOLAISTAD to Wasa. THIS WAS THE LAST DAY OF USE OF THE FINNISH-DESIGN STAMPS which is so noted by the card writer!!! Beautiful use with red ink writing. AN IMPORTANT COVER FOR BOTH 3-NUMERAL AND RUSSIFICATION COLLECTIONS! ACTUAL item. |
250.00 |
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239180 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1911-1917 "stamp position meaning" picture post card. Mint with VF appearance, but some minor bends and one tiny tear. The illustrated stamps are all Finnish Russian-design issues from the 1911-1917 period. The center of the card shows a young couple sitting in the woods. The publisher name is not given, but the address side has an owl logo that includes the date 1898 (probably the founding date of the company). I do not have a record of previously seeing this card design in the last 43 years. ACTUAL item. |
30.00 Reference |
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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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242655 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
164 [1932 50p blue green M-30 Lion design] (VF) solo use on 24 December 1940 greetings picture post card from "Iltasmäki" with VF+ strike of straight-line cancellation, via HÄMEENLINNA w/machine cancellation. 50 penni printed matter rate (few or no words in message). Attractive. ACTUAL item. |
14.00 |
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401428 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #164 [1932 50p blue green M-30 Lion design] (F-VF) solo use on ca.1939-1944 Christmas picture post card from "Kaltsila" with VF, fully-readable strike of straight-line cancellation. Sent to Vammala (16 miles / 13.6 km distance), without a dated side cancellation. Vammala was likely the supervising post office for tiny Kaltsila and thus this was probably delivered in Vammala before the it could even reach the Vammala post office. (This is a similar situation to same-route RFD delivery in the United States.) In addition to the postal rate, the "artist-signed; monogram" picture post card helps to date the use; the card pictures two tontut (plural) [tonttu (singular); gnome-like Christmas characters]. One appears to be eating bread pudding while the other is cutting out a coupon from a (WARTIME) BREAD RATIONING card. The card has two handwritten words, thus qualifies for the general printed matter rate was in use 1 December 1931 thru 30 November 1944 (the regular post card rate was much higher; there was no special even-lower rate for printed matter post cards). This style of straight-line cancellation were used at tiny, rural "postal stopping place" locations such as country stores, taverns, etc. Though the cancellation type was used at many different tiny locations, most are individually quite scarce! ACTUAL item. |
9.00 |
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242658 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
164 [1932 50p blue green M-30 Lion design] (VF) solo use on picture post card from "Kuohenmaa" with Superb strike of straight-line cancellation, via KANGASALA with 1940 town cancellation. 50 penni printed matter rate (few or no words in message). Attractive. ACTUAL item. |
14.00 |
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242656 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
164 [1932 50p blue green M-30 Lion design] (VF) solo use on Christmas picture post card (official TB society artist-signed card) from "Laasola" with VF strike of straight-line cancellation. 50 penni printed matter rate (few or no words in message). Attractive. ACTUAL item. |
10.00 |
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401429 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #164 [1932 50p blue green M-30 Lion design] (VF) solo use on 23 December 1932 Christmas picture post card with VF strike of RAILWAY bridge-posthorn style cancellation "P. VANNU 18 / P. VAGN (18)". The card is artist-signed "FORSSTRÖM". The card has four handwritten words, thus qualifies for the general printed matter rate was in use 1 December 1931 thru 30 November 1944 (the regular post card rate was much higher; there was no special even-lower rate for printed matter post cards). This style of railway cancellation is often incomplete or hard to read; this is a nice example. ACTUAL item. |
12.00 |
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242661 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
260 [1947 7 mk red M-30 Lion design] (VF) solo use on Christmas picture post card (ARTIST SIGNED: Anders Olsson) from "Mäkimuhola" with VF strike of straight-line cancellation. Short-lived 7 mk domestic printed matter rate (1 July 1950 thru 31 December 1951). Attractive. ACTUAL item. |
10.00 |
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242660 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
260 [1947 7 mk red M-30 Lion design] (F-VF) solo use on Christmas picture post card (artist signed) from "Tuomoinen" with F-VF strike of straight-line cancellation. 1950 Christmas seal, not tied. Short-lived 7 mk domestic printed matter rate (1 July 1950 thru 31 December 1951). Attractive. ACTUAL item. |
10.00 |
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