| 1945 London Issue Covers |  Top |
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240695 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
259, 261 4-block [1943/1945 5 and 10 øre "London" issue] (VF) on 13 September 1951 cover from "OSLO Bko." to the U.S. Interesting envelope from "Det Norske Postmannslag" a publication for Norwegian postal workers. Marked "5 gr" weight. Unusual combination of "London" issue stamps. ACTUAL item. |
16.00 |
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229692 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
260//263 plus on 1968 cover to U.S. ACTUAL item. |
3.00 |
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240696 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
280 x2, 260, 261, 192 [1947 10 øre Postal Service; 1943/1945 5 and 10 øre "London" issue; 1940 10 øre Lion] (VF) on 4 March 1947 cover from "OSLO Br." to the U.S., canceled with the 300th Anniversary of the Postal Service machine cancellation (goes with the #280 stamps of the same purpose). Airmail envelope, but air crossed out and marked "5 gr" so could be specially sent at the surface rate (overpaid, but franked less than the air rate) but carried as airmail on a space-available basis. Unusual combination of the Postal Service and London Issue stamps. ACTUAL item. |
10.00 |
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400660 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #264 [1943 30 øre "London" issue] BLOCK OF NINE (VF / F-VF, center right stamp with tear) on 18 December 1943 cover with RED "NORSK SKIPSPOST / MARINEN" NORWEGIAN NAVY rectangular "Anchor and Waves" #113 cancellation. Cancellation #113 was assigned to the minesweeper THORODD. It is known [per Karl U. Sanne, author of "Norwegian Exile Mail 1940-1945", which is available from me] that while "most" Norwegian NAVAL covers bearing this type of cancellation are "very rare", cancellations from MARINEN #113, 117, and 118 are more often encountered because of being used "... for the cancellation of mail from the Brigade in connection with Christmas 1943 ..." -- of which this cover appears to be an example, addressed to "Dr. E. Buchmann" of the "Norwegian Public Health Service / 6 Grey Street / Newcastle on Tyne". The cover also bears a red octagonal-boxed British Naval censorship handstamp (crown over "PASSED", the rest unclear). The envelope is in excellent condition; there are no markings on the reverse. The cover is over-franked, but the selected stamp design supports the naval connection. The "London" stamps were originally issued and used by the exiled Norwegian government, on 1 January 1943, by the Norwegian Government in Exile in London, England, and were intended as a propaganda tool to emphasize that even though the government was in exile, the Norwegians were still fighting and working for freedom in various ways. The stamps were "re-issued" to the public on 22 June 1945. Uses during the "Exile period" are very much sought after. This is one of only a few "MARINEN" [Navy] canceled covers I have had in 52 years (most covers of bearing this general cancellation type usually have the HANDELSFLÅTEN [Merchant Marine] cancellations). This is the only example of the aforementioned 1943 Christmas mail that I can recall having in 52 years. ACTUAL item. |
169.00 |
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229718 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
261-6 [Complete original 1943 London issue] on February 1943 cover with Merchant Marine "Anchor and Waves" #23 Ship cancellation. ACTUAL item. |
25.00 |
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229719 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
261-6 [Complete original 1943 London issue] on February 1943 cover with Merchant Marine "Anchor and Waves" #23 Ship cancellation. ACTUAL item. |
25.00 |