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229779 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
173 [1936 2m Red M-30 Lion] (VF) 1940 (date unclear, but looks like February) Finnish-censored cover to Sweden. Winter War usage. ACTUAL item. |
12.00 |
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229780 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
B43 pair [1940 2m Fatherland, Coat of Arms Semi-postal] (F-VF+) on 22 February 1940 attractive Finnish-censored cover from BRANDO-VASA (as opposed to the Brando located in Aland), to the U.S. Excellent quality; extremely scarce war-time usage of semi-postal stamps to overseas destination. ACTUAL item. |
50.00 |
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249877 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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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229823 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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 |
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229830 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
B50 [1943 5.50 + 35 Red Cross Semi-postal] (VF) solo use on 6 April 1943 cover from HELSINKI (machine cancellation promoting saving) to Sweden. Finnish censored. From one philatelist to another - on reverse has large red boxed hand stamp that appears (text is unclear) to signify PHILATELIC CENSORSHIP. Such philatelic censorship was also done in Norway and England, but I do not recall seeing any other Finnish examples. RARE! ACTUAL item. |
100.00 |
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243297 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Finland Scott #176D [1945 5 mk blue M-30 Lion] (VF) on 8 January 1946 cover from MARIEHAMN to Stockholm, Sweden. Censored with Finnish #63 violet censor handstamp. The Nordic 20 gram letter rate of 5.00 mk was in use for only a short time: 1 July 1945 through 15 January 1946. Post-WWII Åland censored covers are scarce -- this may be the latest example I have seen. A very nice cover. ACTUAL item. |
45.00 |