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400802 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Finland 1888 25 penni 4-Numeral Ultramarine postal stationery envelope, Norma 2002 #25III or Lape 2012 #31III [1886 Laid Paper with large "EXPRESS" Watermark), used 16 September 1888 TO SWEDEN. Used VF+ appearance, though missing a small part of the lower left corner. Sent to Deje, Sweden. It could have been sent uncanceled from mainland Finland, or uncanceled from Åland, or mailed aboard a ship making the crossing. Upon arrival in Stockholm, it was canceled with the incoming ship mail "STOCKHOLM K.E." postmark and with a Superb strike of the elongated-oval "Från FINLAND." [From FINLAND] handstamp. The reverse bears a "STOCKHOLM C.10." transit postmark of the same date. This postal stationery envelope itself is very scarce with a 2002 Norma catalog value of 100 Euros and a 2012 Lape value of 100 Euros, but that value is for a normal example with a normal Finnish cancellation -- and that is a value that would be easily attained for a normal example. This example is much scarcer INCOMING SHIP MAIL; very beautiful with the "foreign" cancellation and ship mail marking. ACTUAL item. |
195.00 |
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229730 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1951 collection of 14 Finnish NAVAL SHIP covers to the U.S. Such ships (mostly small) seem to rarely have had postal facilities, thus they are usually canceled (or sometimes not at all) at the next port of call. All with ornate cachets stating the ship name. Upon arrival in the U.S., these were forwarded which makes them look a bit messy, but as a result, most received a U.S. transit postmark on the reverse, proving that they did go through the mail -- such covers are rarely seen with arrival/transit postmarks. Individually these would sell for $10-15 each. ACTUAL item. |
120.00 |
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401057 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark Scott #335 Type IVb [1952 (1953 type) 30 øre brownish red Frederik IX] (VF, rounded corner perforation) on undated SHIP MAIL ca.1953-1962 (based on the 30 øre Nordic letter rate) cover TO Åbo, Finland. The stamp is canceled with a black straight-line "CARELIA" ship name cancellation. The Finnish Steamship Company (Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget / FAA) did operate a ship by that name in this time period, traveling on Baltic routes. Near the stamp is a similar, violet "KÖPENHAMN" handstamp. (That is the Swedish spelling (the Swedish language was commonly used in the Åbo area) of the Danish capital, "København"; it could have been the name of a small ship or it could be indicated the source location of the letter). The envelope has the printed return address of a company in Kastrup, Denmark, a suburb of København. The addressee in Åbo is also a business. Danish text "SKIBSPOST" (ship mail) was typed at the same time the address was typed. The long, narrow (265 x 110 mm) envelope is the typical shape and size used for ship mail specifically containing CONSIGNEE paperwork (sent to the recipient of freight that has been shipped aboard a ship). Such paperwork is typically in an unfranked (thus typically postage due) envelope or an envelope franked (as in this case) with the postage of the freight-originating country or the flag country of the ship. The paperwork was typically sent to the intended first recipient of the freight (the consignee), in advance of the freight being unloaded from the ship, often to request payment for the cargo or for fees. In some cases, due to the urgency of delivering the paperwork, the envelope may have been hand-delivered directly from the ship to the consignee -- but postage still needed to be paid and canceled because a postal monopoly required that all letters (even if not carried by the post office) still had to have postage paid. While I am short on verifiable proof, I believe that this cover is an example of such CONSIGNEE MAIL. This is the ONLY example of such a cover and/or of such markings / cancellation that I have ever (in 52 years) been able to offer from / to / between Scandinavian / Nordic countries (other than ca.1905 consignee mail to DWI). ACTUAL item. |
SOLD |
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229728 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
333 [1955 15m Telegraph] (VF) solo use on 1956 philatelic SHIP COVER with Finnish postage, sent to Sweden, presumably posted on board a ship. Upon receipt in Sweden marked with black straight-line postmark "Med båt från Finland" [by boat from Finland]. Addressed to Poste Restante [general delivery] in HÄRNOSAND, SWEDEN, and canceled there, and giving the name of a ship, the "s/s Korsholm II". Delivery not possible and could not be forwarded (marking on reverse) and returned to sender (marking on front). With Finnish receiver for the return. Though a philatelic creation, quite interesting postal documentation. ACTUAL item. |
16.00 |
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229729 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
473 [1968 40p Soldier; National Defense] (VF) solo use on 1969 philatelic cover from Finland to the U.S., posted on board the "s/s AALLOIAR" (Finnish passenger ferry) and with ship handstamp, put ashore at HELSINKI where it received a Helsinki pictorial ship NAIVRE (i.e. PAQUEBOT) cancellation. This naivre / paquebot cancel is seldom seen so clearly struck. ACTUAL item. |
12.00 |