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229289 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
144 (VF) on 1928 printed matter commercial post card from AKUREYRI to Denmark. Unusual. ACTUAL item. |
70.00 |
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242628 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
144 [1925 7 aur Landing the Mail] (VF) solo use on 9 October 1929 from a STAMP DEALER in REYKJAVIK to the U.S. Very neat and attractive. Nice early stamp dealer mail and a nice use of this stamp. ACTUAL item. |
40.00 |
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235907 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
146 [1925 20 aur National Library/Museum] (VF) on 10 August 1926 PAQUEBOT cover to Denmark, machine canceled at BERGEN, Norway, and with light violetish red Bergen "Paquebot" handstamp. Typical of "fishing boat mail" posted en-route on the North Atlantic or handed to fishing boat captains at small coastal villages. Very attractive and fresh. ACTUAL item. |
145.00 |
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235908 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
147 [1925 35 aur Reykjavik, Esja Mountain] (VF) on 23 January 1929 PAQUEBOT cover to the U.S., machine canceled at "KØBENHAVN / OMK" (with "KØB DANSE VARER" slogan), Denmark, and with Danish "FRA ISLAND" handstamp. Typical of "fishing boat mail" posted en-route on the North Atlantic or handed to fishing boat captains at small coastal villages. Very attractive. ACTUAL item. |
110.00 |
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235909 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
147 [1925 35 aur Reykjavik, Esja Mountain] (VF) on 1929 PAQUEBOT cover to the U.S. (addressed to the Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit), hand canceled at "KØBENHAVN / OMK 7", Denmark, and with Danish "FRA ISLAND" handstamp. Typical of "fishing boat mail" posted en-route on the North Atlantic or handed to fishing boat captains at small coastal villages. Very attractive. ACTUAL item. |
130.00 |
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400199 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Iceland Scott #147 [1925 35 aur Reykjavik, Esja Mountain] (F-VF+) correctly franked solo use on 26 October 1928 PAQUEBOT cover to the U.S., machine canceled at BERGEN, Norway, and with Bergen violet "PAQUEBOT" handstamp. This may be "movie star fan mail" addressed to "Mrs. Constance Talmadge", a big star of the silent films era, in many films 1914-1929. Alternatively, it may have contained a personal letter to Mrs. Talmadge; the type of envelope and appearance of the handwriting suggests it was written on board a cruise ship and addressed by somebody familiar with U.S. addressing style. There is no return address and nothing on the reverse. Typical of posted-at-sea mail en-route on the North Atlantic or handed to fishing boat captains at Icelandic small coastal villages. Wonderfully neat and attractive. ACTUAL item. |
110.00 |
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229353 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
148 (VF) on 13 May 1930 registered rate cover to Norway with ESKIFJORDUR cancellation and printed registry label. Stamp originally applied with glue, otherwise would be much more costly. Correct 50 aur rate (letter 20 aur, registration 30 aur). ACTUAL item. |
125.00 |
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229354 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
117, 148 (Fine, VF) on nice 1933 registered cover to Germany and forwarded. Missing back flap, but very pretty. ACTUAL item. |
95.00 |
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215321 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
117, 148 (Fine, VF) [1920 15 aur Violet Christian X, 1925 50 aur Landing the Mail] on 1927 registered cover to the U.S., transiting the United Kingdom (blue cross and Edinburgh transit postmark). ACTUAL item. |
140.00 |
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401055 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #148 x2, 171, 182 [1925 50 aur Landing of the Mail; 1931 20 aur Gulfoss Waterfall; 1931 25 aur brown and green Christian X, Redrawn Portrait] (VF, one #148 has a couple short perforations) on 3 September 1934 registered heavy cover (measuring 238 x 135 mm) from REYKJAVIK; via HULL, England, with registry transit postmark on reverse; to New Rochelle, NY, U.S., with receiving postmarks on reverse. Reykjavik registry label and blue crossed lines added to the envelope by the British as they did for all registered mail. Slightly rumpled appearance, but this is normal and expected for a heavy cover. The 145 aur franking is correct for a FIFTH WEIGHT CLASS 80-100 gram (115 aur) registered (30 aur) letter, to countries outside Scandinavia, 1 Oct 1925 thru 31 Dec 1939. Heavy covers were seldom saved; in my experience, an example such as this is "rare". I have not recorded having been able to offer, in the last 52 years, an Icelandic fifth weight class cover to any destination! ACTUAL item. |
125.00 |