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247182 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
5 and 6 [1938, 1946 15 and 20 øre King, First Issue] (VF) on very attractive 11 February 1956 PICTURE POST CARD from "SDR. STRØMFJORD" (the airport post office; very light cancellation) to the U.S., correctly franked at the 35 øre post card surface mail rate to the U.S. and Canada. (1 May 1951 - 14 May 1965). Post cards, and letters up to 5 grams, traveled by air, when possible, for only the surface rate. This card almost certainly traveled by air, likely on the same plane to Denmark (and then routed back to the U.S.) on which the sender was flying. Remaining stocks of the first issue stamps were still being sold at some Greenland post offices at this time. This picture post card was published by the KGH (Royal Greenland Trade Department, which operated the Greenland Post at that time), and is titled "Mountain of Thule" and is a printed photograph of native people at the shore, working with a small wooden boat, with "Sugar Top" (the mountain) in the background. I can only recall seeing this card once before in 49 years. The text of the card relates the flight so far from (presumably) California via Winnipeg, and "now Greenland ... it is 37 below zero here right now", with the next stop Copenhagen. This air route only became commercially operational in 1954. I have seen relatively few covers or cards from this time period that were related to wintertime travel via Greenland. |
50.00 |
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247183 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
6 and 31a [1946 20 øre King, First Issue; 1950 15 øre gray violet King] (VF) Mixed issues on very attractive 17 September 1956 PICTURE POST CARD from "SDR. STRØMFJORD" (the airport post office; light cancellation) to Canada, correctly franked at the 35 øre post card surface mail rate to the U.S. and Canada (1 May 1951 - 14 May 1965). Post cards, and letters up to 5 grams, traveled by air, when possible, for only the surface rate. This card almost certainly traveled by air, likely on the same plane on which the sender was flying. Remaining stocks of the first issue stamps were still being sold at some Greenland post offices at this time. This picture post card was published by the KGH (Royal Greenland Trade Department, which operated the Greenland Post at that time), and is titled "The Danish Hotel at Søndre Strømfjord, Greenland" and is a printed photograph of the hotel. This air route only became commercially operational in 1954. Covers or post cards to Canada are surprisingly scarce. |
44.00 |
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247184 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
30 and 32 [1950 10 and 25 øre King] (VF) on attractive 13 August 1957 PICTURE POST CARD from "SDR. STRØMFJORD" (the airport post office) to Canada, correctly franked at the 35 øre post card surface mail rate to the U.S. and Canada (1 May 1951 - 14 May 1965). Post cards, and letters up to 5 grams, traveled by air, when possible, for only the surface rate. This card almost certainly traveled by air. This picture post card was published by the KGH (Royal Greenland Trade Department, which operated the Greenland Post at that time) with copyright by "L. Levison Junr. Aktieselskab NR. 5375". Printed watercolor painting of Greenland rocky scene in summer, but with coffee stains on picture. Covers or post cards to Canada are surprisingly scarce. |
29.00 |