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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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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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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 |
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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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229396 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
208Ac x3 on 8 August 1947 Registered air cover to Austria with Austrian censor. ACTUAL item. |
55.00 |
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244925 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
B7-11 [1949 Charities Set] (F-VF, VF) on 20 August 1949 registered airmail philatelic cover from REYKJAVÍK to the U.S. with transit and receiving postmarks. Light blue frame registration label and violet airmail handstamp. Nice postally used examples of these stamps (which are hard to find actually used). Even though this is philatelic, the registration and backstamps make it exhibitable. Very attractive. ACTUAL item. |
16.00 |
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401127 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
2025 August 15 registered cover from Reykjavik to the U.S., with a 1900 kroner post office meter label. In addition to the official postal meter paying the postage, there is an official post office "integrated" CN22 customs form that also serves as the address label. Envelope measures 225 x 160 mm; there are no markings of any sort on the backside. Even though Icelandic stamps were and are still valid for postage (they are just not issuing new stamps), most mail leaving the country that requires a customs form, such as this item, does not bear stamps. However, very few such non-stamped envelopes tend to survive, thus this represents a category of postal history which will likely to be quite scarce in coming years. [The image on the website has had the address blurred for privacy, however the item is in "perfect" condition.] ACTUAL item. |
6.00 |