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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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249989 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #B60 [1957 35+10 øre carmine Nordkapp semi-postal] (VF) solo use on 3 July 1962 tourist picture post card (Nordkapp visitor hall during midnight sun) sent to Sweden. NORDKAPP illustrated handstamped cancellation; VF strike on stamp. Multiple types of this postmark exist; compare carefully. Correct 35 øre franking for Nordic post card rate (1 July 1962 - 15 Nov 1964). Used on the THIRD DAY OF THIS POSTAL RATE. 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. This stamp is hard to find as a correct, non-philatelic solo use on cover or card and especially for the Nordic post card rate. The single used stamp itself is a somewhat scarce stamp; it has a 2025 Scott value of $7.50. Very attractive example. ACTUAL item. |
18.00 |
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249362 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
SVALBARD / SPITZBERGEN "NY-ÅLESUND / [latitude] / SVALBARD" 11 July 1964 cancellations on philatelic cover with stamps of the era. Pink "WORLDS NORTHERNMOST COMMUNITY / KINGSBAY 79 NORTH / SVALBARD" handstamped cachet picturing a seal. ACTUAL item. |
6.00 |
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249013 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
423, 430, 463 All Fluorescent [1967 and 1968 Rock Carvings: 40 dark carmine, 90 blue, 40 øre greenish blue] (VF) on attractive 15 September 1974 cover mailed aboard the M/S NORDNORGE and signed by the ship captain, canceled with the SVALBARDRUTA (Svalbard Route) pictorial ship cancellation, sent to the U.S. Because this route ran from mainland Norway to Svalbard (Spitzbergen), we can reasonably assume that this cover did enter Svalbard / Spitzbergen waters, but that it was not landed or sent from there. Very attractive and colorful franking all with values from the same popular / topical (marine mammals, fish, animals, early people, archeology) definitive design. ACTUAL item. |
12.00 |
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249998 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #698 [1977 1.00 kr brown "Constitutionen" (first Norwegian steamship)] (VF) solo use on tourist picture post card (Nordkapp 4 scenes) to Sweden, with VF NORDKAPP (with post code, with inner ring at top) 18 July 1979 pictorial MACHINE cancellation. Multiple types of this Nordkapp postmark exist; compare carefully. Correct 1.00 kr franking for Nordic post card rate (1 March 1975 - 28 Feb 1981). 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. |
7.00 |
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249994 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #718 [1982 1.75 kr Seamens Hall, Stavern] (VF) solo use on tourist picture post card (Nordkapp cliff) to Sweden, with F-VF "TRONDHEIM-KIRKENES / NORDKAPP" 28 June 1972 pictorial (Nordkapp) handstamped SHIP ROUTE cancellation on stamp and XF side postmark. Multiple types of this Nordkapp postmark probably exist; compare carefully. Correct 1.75 kr franking for Nordic post card rate (1 Mar 1982 - 28 Feb 1983). 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. |
9.00 |
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400003 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #873 [1986 2.50 kr Biathlon Championship, Shooting] (VF) solo use on tourist picture post card (midnight sun from Nordkapp), bend in card, to Sweden, with VF NORDKAPP (with post code, without inner ring at top) 19 July 1986 pictorial MACHINE cancellation. Multiple types of this Nordkapp postmark exist; compare carefully. Correct 2.50 kr franking for Norden A-Post rate (1 Oct 1984 - 28 Feb 1987; a specific post card rate ceased to exist as of 1 Oct 1984). 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. This stamp is hard to find on cover and is quite sought after by topical collectors of sports, winter sports, shooting, Olympics, etc. ACTUAL item. |
8.00 |