| 1958-1969 King Olav V Covers |  Top |
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249990 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #360 [1958 25 øre emerald green Olav V] (VF) solo use on tourist picture post card (Hammerfest area midnight sun) to Sweden. The dating and cancellations on this card are a odd. The stamp has a town cancellation "LØN.....L" (In the 1969 handbook, the only LØN... town/village name is LONNINGDAL, but that seems a bit long for this postmark device) dated 12 July 1961 and there is a NORDKAPP pictorial handstamped side postmark (slightly doubled) that appears to be dated 15 July 1961. Multiple types of this Nordkapp postmark exist; compare carefully. I cannot explain why the card bears two very difference cancellations -- and if one of them is Lonningdal, that is 2240 km road distance from Nordkapp! I hope somebody will find the answer to this puzzle. Correct 25 øre franking for Nordic post card rate (1 Jan 1956 - 30 June 1962). Even though Sweden is right next door, Nordkapp covers and cards to Sweden are remarkably unusual; I was lucky to obtain a small group from a collection built in Sweden. ACTUAL item. |
5.00 |
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249991 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #360 [1958 25 øre emerald green Olav V] (VF) solo use on tourist picture post card (six inset Nordkapp scenes) to Sweden, with NORDKAPP 10 July 1961 pictorial handstamped F-VF cancellation on stamp and VF side postmark. Multiple types of this Nordkapp postmark exist; compare carefully. Correct 25 øre franking for Nordic post card rate (1 Jan 1956 - 30 June 1962, but stamp issued 6 May 1958). Even though Sweden is right next door, Nordkapp covers and cards to Sweden are remarkably unusual; I was lucky to obtain a small group from a collection built in Sweden. ACTUAL item. |
8.00 |