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236836
74 x4, 75, 78 [1909//1922 1, 2, 5 øre lilac Posthorns] (F-VF/VF) on 14 December 1928 window envelope with Superb "ROALD AMUNDSEN / 14 DESEMBER 1928" Oslo Br. machine cancellation. This cancellation was USED ONLY ONE DAY. Value on non-window envelope is $50. Wonderful example that could easily be windowed or layered on an album page to de-emphasize the window envelope. Seldom offered.
26.00
229619
9 December 1940 package label/front for printed matter parcel from TRONDHEIM to Denmark with both Oslo "Ao" and Danish (German) censor handstamps. 98 øre franking (rough condition as to be expected on a package). At 7 øre per 50 grams, this is a 700 gram / 14th weight class franking -- such printed matter items are really quite scarce.
35.00
247467
THOR SOLBERG 1935 FLIGHT COVER - NEW YORK to BERGEN, NORWAY: Luning, in "The History of Airmail in Scandinavia" states that "most" of the covers carried by Solberg from New York to Bergen were NOT originally franked or canceled in the U.S., but instead were franked upon arrival in Bergen with a 7 øre stamp [1929 7 øre green Posthorn, Scott #79, Facit #105] which paid the printed matter rate back to the U.S. These "most" covers were printed with a blue and red cachet, picturing Solberg and his airplane, and have a handwritten "Thor Solberg" signature in green. The address is normally typed (prepared before the flight) and bears handstamped serial numbering in blue-green. Upon arrival in Norway, the covers were canceled with a special 16 August 1935 Bergen text-machine cancellation "THOR SOLBERGS / FLYVNING 1935 / U.S.A.-NORGE VIA / LEIV ERIKSSONS RUTE". The reference to the Leif Ericsson route is that the flight transited Newfoundland, Greenland, and Iceland, before reaching Bergen, Norway. [To flight cover collectors it may seem odd that this category of Solberg covers was not franked or canceled at the origin. My theory is that because a similar 1932 flight attempt by Solberg failed (no covers recorded), a decision was made to carry the 1935 covers in a way that they could be re-carried on a future flight if the 1935 flight were to fail, thus eventually the subscribed purchasers would receive a flown cover.] While this type of Solberg cover is not "rare", they have become hard to find. This represents an early and important stage in the development of Scandinavian trans-Atlantic airmail... and it is very attractive as well.
90.00
229624
80 [10 øre Posthorn] on 1919 (?) DFDS (crossed out) envelope, canceled at BERGEN, to Denmark. Return address of the DFDS "Alexandria".
5.00
229655
80 (VF) on cover with 1913 early TEXT machine cancel promoting the 1914 exposition. Real-photo (but damaged) picture post card to the U.S. Priced only for the cancel/usage, not the card.