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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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229365 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
GB 1-1/2p on 6 July 1927 ship letter to U.S. canceled at REYKJAVIK and with boxed "Skipsbrjef" handstamp (paqebot marking). Scarce! ACTUAL item. |
90.00 |
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229296 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark 192 (F-VF) on 1929 ship letter TO ICELAND, with Icelandic "Skipsbrjef" boxed handstamp (equivalent of paquebot marking) and REYKJAVIK 18.IV.29 cancellation. A very nice example; quite scarce. ACTUAL item. |
60.00 |
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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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235911 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Iceland #112 [1922 5 aur Olive Green Christian X] and Denmark #94 [1921 10 øre Green Wavy-Line] (F-VF) on ICELANDIC - DANISH - NORWEGIAN TRIPLE COUNTRY cover hand canceled on 17 June 1929 at BERGEN and with black Bergen "Paquebot" handstamp, to København, Denmark. The sender may have been confused about what stamps were required or perhaps simply used whatever stamps were at hand. I have never before in 38 years had such a use. Spectacular! ACTUAL item. |
225.00 |
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235910 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
112 pair, 120 [1922/1920 5 aur Olive Green and 25 aur Brown/Green Christian X] (VF) on 13 July 1931 PAQUEBOT cover to the U.S. machine canceled at "EDINBURGH / 1931 B", Scotland, and with Edinburgh italicized black "PAQUEBOT" handstamp. While generally typical of Icelandic "fishing boat mail" posted at Edinburgh, I have not previously encountered this machine postmark on Icelandic mail. ACTUAL item. |
150.00 |
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235912 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Denmark #192 [1927 15 øre Typographed Caravel] (VF, cover creased through stamp) on beautiful 10 June 1929 shipmail cover TO ICELAND, posted at sea. Upon arrival at Reykjavik, it received a black boxed "Skipsbrief" (ship letter) handstamp and was machine canceled. Very attractive Danish hotel illustrated advertising cover. Non-philatelic uses of this handstamp are quite unusual as are Icelandic-canceled foreign stamps. ACTUAL item. |
180.00 |
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235913 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Iceland #117 [1920 15 aur Christian X, still in active use at the time] (F-VF) on 7 July 1934 Icelandic picture post card (real photo of Leif Ericsson statue) mailed aboard and WITHIN the SWEDISH cruise ship M/S Kungsholm, as it crossed the Arctic Circle, presumably after most recently having visited Iceland. Small spot near top. Canceled and handstamped with the seemingly full range (five different) of the official postal cancellations and handstamps available in the ship post office. Though I have handled hundreds of Kungsholm covers mailed at sea around the world, this is the first in 38 years that I can recall being mailed WITHIN the ship and probably one of less than five that have borne Icelandic stamps or markings. ACTUAL item. |
150.00 |