| 1935-1941 Issues |  Top |
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229356 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
193 x3, 196 on 1937 cover from ARNARSTADI (Snaefellsnessysla) to the U.S., with CANCELLATION IN VIOLET. Cover worn, but extremely scarce cancel. ACTUAL item. |
75.00 |
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215322 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
194 (VF) [1935 1 kr Hekla Volcano] solo usage on 8 September 1941 UNDERCOVER ADDRESS airmail cover to Portugal with British censorship. Addressed to Helgi P. Briem, the Icelandic Trade Commissioner to Portugal at the time. Briem is known for forwarding letters from Iceland to Denmark, via neutral Portugal. Very scarce WWII cover; few examples are known. ACTUAL item. |
345.00 |
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244927 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
209-11 [1938 Reykjavik University set] (all VF) on 21 December 1938 registered philatelic cover from REYKJAVÍK to the U.S. with transit and receiving postmarks. Light blue frame registration label. A quantity of similar envelopes were mailed to Mr. Vilhjálmur Thor, Commissioner General Icelandic Commission to the New York Worlds Fair 1939. It is my understanding that these were sent to Mr. Thor to be used as gifts to Icelandic supporters in the U.S. and/or to be sold at the fair (which opened April 30, 1939). Nice postally used examples of these stamps (which are hard to find actually used) -- a Used VF set of singles sells for $56.50 -- VF centering is hard to find. I actually currently need Used VF singles for stock! Even though this is philatelic, the registration and backstamps make it exhibitable. Very attractive and a nice 1939 Worlds Fair item! ACTUAL item. |
59.00 |
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229395 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
203 pair, 208B, 229 (VF) on 1945 air cover to the U.S. Scarce franking! ACTUAL item. |
85.00 |
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400205 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #208B, 226 pair, 229 [1945 1 kr Geysir / Geyser Perf 14; 1943 35 aur Fish; 1939 2 kr Viking, Perf 14] (VF) on 7 June 1946 POSTAL MONEY ORDER TRANSFER FORM FOR WIRED (TELEGRAPHED) PAYMENT in the amount of 1000 kronur from NORDFJORDUR with bridge cancellation, to [Solbergi ???, no postmark]. The stamps are on the reverse -- there was no location for them on the front. While this bridge cancellation is not highly-valued in Facit, any such item from a village is remarkably scarce with a fully readable bridge cancellation. The franking correctly pays the 370 aur rate [14 Nov 1942 - 30 Sep 1947] of 100 aur for the first 1000 kr and 30 aur for each additional 1000 kr or part thereof (100 + 9x30). The lower left corner was snipped off, but I have been told that this was officially done as a "status control" method. Wonderfully fresh quality of a very unusual use. While MAILED postal money order forms from this era are quite scarce, TELEGRAPH / WIRED postal money order forms are "rare" in my experience. This is the only such item I have had in 52 years; it came from an exhibition collection. ACTUAL item. |
89.00 |