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401058 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #277 x3, 286, 197A [1946 2 kr King Haakon; 1947 50 øre Postal Service; 1946 25 øre orange Lion] (VF, some with wear typical for parcel cards) on 4 May 1948 parcel tag specially printed for mail to the U.S. For one 3 kg parcel, from "KRISTIANSAND S. / PP" with parcel post cancellation, to Buffalo, NY, USA (no receiving markings, but none are expected in this era). Complete tag (often the left end is missing) in very good condition for these. Parcels sent within / between the Scandinavian / Nordic countries and Europe were "controlled" by a parcel card (which bore the stamps and which also acted as signed proof of delivery that was kept by the post office) that usually accompanied, but was not attached to, the package. However because the American parcel post system was completely different, parcel tags like these were designed to be attached to the package. The high denominations of the King Haakon stamps were mostly used on parcel cards and tags. ACTUAL item. |
8.50 |
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234433 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
207 [1941 1 øre V-overprinted Posthorn, with watermark]. Used VF 6-block with centrally placed "OSLO / ST. H." "thimble" 10 November 1941 cancellations. Scarce stamp used (normally canceled singles of this stamp sell for $9 each). Any use of the thimble cancels is scarce and sought after. ACTUAL item. |
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59.00 |
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234435 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
208 [1941 2 øre V-overprinted Posthorn, with watermark]. Used VF 4-block with "OSLO / ST. H." "thimble" 10 November 1941 centrally placed cancellation. Scarce stamp used (normal singles sell for $14 each). Any use of the thimble cancels is scarce and sought after. ACTUAL item. |
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59.00 |
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234437 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
208 [1941 2 øre V-overprinted Posthorn, with watermark]. Used VF 4-block with "OSLO / ST. H." "thimble" 10 November 1941 centrally placed cancellation. Scarce stamp used (normal singles sell for $14 each). Any use of the thimble cancels is scarce and sought after. ACTUAL item. |
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59.00 |
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401314 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #B24 [1941 20+80 øre Norwegian Legion Semi-Postal] Used with VF centering and a neat partial "T.HE(IM)" (Trondheim) 26 August (19)4x MINIATURE (or THIMBLE) cancellation. Other than the decade digit of "4", the year date is not showing. I cannot guarantee in which 1940s year this cancellation was struck, but it is NOT a typical type of philatelic or late-use cancellation. In 53 years, I have never had an example of this style of cancellation (from any town) on this stamp and I have only had less then ten of this style of cancellation (from any town) on any semi-postal stamp. There were several offices in Trondheim where this style of postmark was used, in a few different type -- this example does not show enough of the postmark to determine the office or type -- however, most are so scarce that actual date ranges of known use have not been fully recorded beyond the manufacturing date. However, some offices and types of the Trondheim miniature postmarks HAVE BEEN recorded as used during the normal period of validity of this stamp (1 Aug 1941 thru 14 May 1945). Though often called "thimble" postmarks -- because the size of the impression is small enough that it can be imagined to be a thimble-mounted device -- the more correct name is "miniature" postmark; they were hand operated devices, not finger-operated devices. These postmarks were specifically designed for use on multi-line postal forms, small postal receipts, etc., where there was very limited space for a dated postmark. The regulations specifically stated that this type of postmark was NOT to be struck as a normal cancellation on postage stamps. However, it is said that may have been occasionally used in accounting functions to void stamps. Postal forms bearing this type of postmark are very seldom seen. The examples of uses as postmarks or cancellations on covers that I have seen have mostly been as a: 1) cancellation on postage that was added to a cover (after original mailing, as part of a postage collection process) to make up the total correct amount of postage needed; 2) to cancel accidentally uncanceled stamps (sometimes called "skips") on covers; c) and as an accounting or processing postmark on parcel cards, money orders, COD cards, etc., usually not on a stamp. Examples of miniature cancellations struck on stamps (or on any other objects) are "quite scarce" but represent a fascinating and very under-appreciated area of Norwegian postmark collecting. The vast majority of genuinely canceled examples of this stamp seen in the marketplace bear a partial official first day postmark (having been soaked off a first day cover). Most other canceled examples of single #B24 stamps do not show a full year date and thus have to be assumed to have philatelic or late-use cancellations. This is a key Norwegian stamp from the WWII era and is missing from many collections. Scott 2026 Used value is $100, but this is an exceptional example, "rare" with this style of cancellation. The Norwegian Legion (June 1941 - March 1943) was a force of approximately 1900 (total, over time) pro-Nazi Norwegians volunteers who had been promised to be commanded by Norwegian officers and to fight in Finland against Russia (as Norwegian volunteers had done during the 1939-1940 Winter War between Finland and Russia). Instead, the force was sent to the Eastern Front and participated in the Siege of Leningrad, and was commanded mostly by German officers. The stamp pictures a Norwegian Legion soldier along with the Norwegian and Finnish flags. ACTUAL item. |
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125.00 |