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236836 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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. ACTUAL item. |
26.00 |
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229619 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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. ACTUAL item. |
35.00 |
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401667 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
THOR SOLBERG 1935 FLIGHT COVER - NEW YORK to BERGEN, NORWAY: Even though this is a flight cover from New Your TO BERGEN, Lüning, 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 below the cachet. The address is normally typed (prepared before the flight) and bears handstamped serial numbering in blue-green at the upper left. 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. As usual, there are no postal markings on the reverse; at this time, the U.S. did not normally apply receiving postmarks to printed matter mail. This example bears serial number 1605. ACTUAL item. |
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229624 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
80 [10 øre Posthorn] on 1919 (?) DFDS (crossed out) envelope, canceled at BERGEN, to Denmark. Return address of the DFDS "Alexandria". ACTUAL item. |
5.00 |
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229655 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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. ACTUAL item. |
10.00 |
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401709 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #J3, J5 Knudsen Printings [1899 (1905 Printings) 10 and 20 øre "at betale" Postage Dues, Knudsen Printings, Perforation 14.5 x 13.5] (VF, Fine) on reverse of an August 1920 cover from KRISTIANIA (with machine cancellation) to SANDEFJORD. The original mailing date is unclear, but likely either 13 or 14 August. The cover was originally mailed with only 5 and 10 øre Posthorn stamps affixed, which would pay the domestic 15 øre letter rate to 20 grams. However, as can be seen by the faint wear lines at the edges of the envelope, the cover was heavier than that. Somewhere along the line, a blue crayon "30" was written on the front, which indicates postage due of 30 øre for a 15 øre underpayment (which would have paid the postage up to 125 grams) plus a 15 øre penalty fee (at this time postage due penalties were also the amount of the underpayment). Somebody, probably the original sender, probably the next day, added a 15 øre stamp to the postage and the cover was AGAIN machine-canceled, this time clearly on 14 August 1920. My theory is that the sender was in the post office every day and a friendly postal clerk held back the initially-canceled underpaid letter as a courtesy to the sender, so that the sender could add the required 15 øre postage BEFORE postal service was rendered, thus BEFORE the penalty became effective and charged to the recipient. It is not immediately obvious, but the 15 øre stamp is ON TOP OF THE FIRST MACHINE CANCELLATION. Based on the faint edge-wear lines, I believe that the cover was over 20 grams, but under 125 grams, thus the total now-30 øre franking became correct. However, either a) the blue "30" was not crossed out as it should have been after the 15 øre stamp was added; or b) the weight was actually over 125 grams and thus was STILL 15 øre underpaid [45 øre for a letter up to 500 grams] (which would have still resulted in a postage due charge of 30 øre). Upon arrival in Sandefjord (the postmark on the reverse is clearly August 1920 and believe it is 17 August 1920), 30 øre was charged to the recipient and the two postage due stamps on the reverse were affixed and canceled. The original combination of postage was paid by Scott #77, 80, and 83 [1910 5 øre green, 1909 10 øre carmine, and 1910 15 øre brown Posthorn stamps] (Fine, F-VF, VF). Any use of the printed-for-purpose Norwegian postage due stamps on cover is much scarcer than the absurdly low values in the catalogs. However, this cover is even scarcer, presenting a complicated situation that I have never before (in 53 years) seen on a Norwegian cover. This would be an outstanding addition to a collection of Norwegian postage due postal history. ACTUAL item. |
85.00 |