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246000 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
B1-3 [1930 Nordkap set] Used VF/F-VF (B1 F-VF, B2-3 VF+) with matching correct 1933-35 bilingual Norwegian-French "NORDKAPP / LE CAP NORD" cancellations applied at the post office on top of Nordkap, at the time, the northern most post office of continental Europe. A handsome matched set. |
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145.00 |
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246002 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
B2 [1930 20 + 25 øre Nordkap] Used VF+ with neat (D)OVREBA(NEN) 1930s-type RAILWAY cancellation. This cancel on this stamp is scarce -- from 1930-1931 this stamp was only sold at Nordkap and Oslo, and then through 1935, this stamp was only being sold at a few additional locations: Bergen, Trondheim, Hammerfest, and on board the Hurtigruten Bergen - Kirkenes ships. Uses at other locations, and especially on trains even after 1935, are seldom seen as before 1936 the stamp would have to be brought in by the sender. |
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75.00 |
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239021 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
B3 [1930 30 + 25 øre Nordkap] Mint Superb, hinged. Perfect centering, perforations, and overall appearance. Scarce so nice! |
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95.00 |
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246626 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
B3 [1930 30 øre Nordkapp semi-postal] Used with Superb centering. Perfectly centered, fresh stamp with VF "RJUKANBANERNE / *" 1934 railway cancellation. The cancel is scarce because the railway line was only 16 kilometers (10 miles) long and ran from the Norsk Hydro HEAVY WATER (needed for nuclear weapons) plant at Vermok, through Rjukan, to Mael. (This plant is famous for its later WWII role: Allied bombing and commando raids, sabotage, and the sinking of the ferry from Mael carrying heavy water on the journey to Germany.) This cancel on this stamp is RARE -- In 1934, this stamp was only being sold at Nordkapp, Oslo main post office, Bergen, Trondheim, Hammerfest, and on board the Hurtigruten Bergen - Kirkenes ships. Uses at other locations are seldom seen since the stamp would have to be brought in by the sender. An outstanding example, interesting in several ways. |
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225.00 |
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246004 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
B3 [1930 30 + 25 øre Nordkap] Used VF centered, but with light bend. "(VIG I HE)LGELAND" 15 February 1933 town cancellation. This cancel on this stamp is scarce -- from 1930-1931 this stamp was only sold at Nordkap and Oslo, and then through 1935, this stamp was only being sold at a few additional locations: Bergen, Trondheim, Hammerfest, and on board the Hurtigruten Bergen - Kirkenes ships. Pre-1936 uses at other locations are seldom seen as the stamp would have to be brought in by the sender. |
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80.00 |
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241604 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Design similar to and related to Scott #B24 [1941 Norwegian Legion] ca. 1941 ESSAY by Harald Damsleth (who was also the artist of the issued Scott #B24) for the "Norwegian Legion" semi-postal issue. Design in horizontal format; cliche 32 x 17 mm, in orange red, on gummed 105 x 90 mm paper. Original drawing is in the Norwegian Postal Museum. Very seldom offered and in extremely strong demand from collectors of WWII-era material. [The Norwegian Legion was formed by Nazi sympathizers to fight alongside the Nazis against the Allied forces. Originally expected to have a more "glorious" role in Northern and Western Europe, the Legion ended up on the Eastern Front where they suffered greatly. This essay has always been scarce, but I suspect that many people in Norway would rather forget this chapter of Norwegian history, thus they are very seldom offered or displayed.] |
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246618 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Essay design similar to and related to Scott #B24 [1941 Norwegian Legion semi-postal] ca. 1941 ESSAY by Harald Damsleth (who was also the artist of the issued Scott #B24) for the "Norwegian Legion" semi-postal issue. Design in horizontal format; cliche 32 x 17 mm, in orange red, on gummed 105 x 90 mm paper. Original drawing is in the Norwegian Postal Museum. Very seldom offered and in extremely strong demand from collectors of WWII-era and Germany-Occupied Countries material. [The Norwegian Legion was formed by Nazi sympathizers to fight alongside the Nazis against the Allied forces. Originally expected to have a more "glorious" role in Northern and Western Europe, the Legion ended up on the Eastern Front where they suffered greatly. This essay has always been scarce, but I suspect that many people in Norway would rather forget this chapter of Norwegian history, thus they are very seldom offered or displayed.] |
425.00 |
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248124 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
B35-7 [1944 Sinking Ships semi-postal set] NH with XF centering, SET OF 4-BLOCKS. Wonderfully fresh and bright. The text of the stamps translates to "help the victims". Many collectors today misunderstand this meaning; they may have forgotten that, at the time, Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany and that these ships were considered by the Allies to be legitimate targets. Two of the ships were sunk by Allied planes; the third by Allied torpedoes. There were at least some Germans on each of the ships; at least one of the ships had mounted guns manned by German soldiers. Many Norwegians aboard were also killed, however, the ships were no longer available to support the German military operations. |
24.00 SOLD |
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