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201683
77, 83 (Ave, F-VF) [5, 20 öre Gustaf] on very attractive 1912 registered cover from Stockholm 16 (with registry label) to Herräng. 10 öre letter rate and 15 öre registered fee. Has seldom seen (for Sweden) instruction that letter is to be returned to sender if not delivered within 14 days.
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19.00
215373
Scott #77 (F-VF) on (1914?) wrapper front from UDDEVALA to France, and then forwarded to Belgium (seemingly without additional postage). Though the 5 öre foreign printed matter rate is quite common, wrapper use to foreign destinations is seldom seen even in this "modern" period; forwarded wrappers are much scarcer.
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20.00
217978
77, 80 x3 [1911 5 and 10 öre Gustav in Round Frame] on nice 8 May 1917 registered, WWI censored cover to England. Nice early stamp dealer mail.
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16.00
222013
77 x3 [1911 5 öre Gustav in Medallion] (F-VF) on 14 May 1918 photo street scene picture post card (Mjölby Kanikegården); couple minor corner creases, but still a nice street scene card. From MJÖLBY, to Hungary, with Budapest censorship handstamp. Unusual destination censorship for mail from Sweden.
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16.00
222013
77 x3 [1911 5 öre Gustav in Medallion] (F-VF) on 14 May 1918 photo street scene picture post card (Mjölby Kanikegården); couple minor corner creases, but still a nice street scene card. From MJÖLBY, to Hungary, with Budapest censorship handstamp. Unusual destination censorship for mail from Sweden.
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16.00
201699
80, 84 (VF) [10, 25 öre Gustaf] on attractive 1915 registered cover from Göteborg 1 (with registry label) to "Hann. Munden", Germany. 20 öre foreign letter rate and 15 öre registered fee.
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22.00
201711
80 x4 (Fine, one damaged) [10 öre Gustaf] on 15 September 1920 registered cover from Örebro, with Örebro 1 registry label and "ÖREBRO.AFG:AFD:" cancellations, to Ousby. 20 öre letter rate (only lasted 13 months) and 20 öre registered fee.
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12.00
201717
80 x3, 96 (F-VF) [10 öre Gustaf, 2 öre Arms] on 4 June 1918 registered cover from Hälsingborg 1 (with registry label) to Falkenberg. Posted 4 days after rate change the 32 öre does not match the 12 öre letter rate (or 25 öre double rate) and 15 öre registered fee.
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8.00
215377
80 (VF) [1911 10 öre Gustav in Round Frame] on neat 1911 ship cover with ÅNGBÅTS PXP No 114 ship cancel (confirmed by illustration on page 81 of Ångbåtspost, by MacFie), to HORN, with clear receiver on reverse.
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30.00
221311
1912 Stockholm Olympic Games 1 June 1912 "STOCKHOLM / I / * / *AFG.*" slogan machine cancellation on domestic cover franked with Scott #80. One type of machine cancellation is recorded in SFF handbook #24 used from 30 April 1912 through 22 July 1912, however, I have had an example dated 29 April and one dated 22 July, the day after the Games closed. Examples as clearly impressed as this one are especially scarce.
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201719
82, 86 (F-VF) [15, 30 öre Gustaf] on neat and attractive 7 August 1919 double weight registered cover from Göteborg 6 (with registry label) to Trollhätan. 30 öre double letter rate (rate for only 12 months) and 15 öre registry fee. Unusually nice for a double weight cover.
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27.00
201685
83, 84 (VF) [20, 25 öre Gustaf] on attractive 1913 registered cover from Göteborg 2 (with registry label) to Hamburg, Germany, with Hamburg receiver. 30 öre double weight letter rate and 15 öre registered fee.
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24.00
201698
83, 95, 98 (F-VF) [20 öre Gustaf, 1 and 4 öre Arms] on attractive and colorful 1915 registered cover from Ljungby (with registry label) to Malmö. 10 öre letter rate and 15 öre registered fee. Unusual combination.
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24.00
201705
83, 78 (F-VF) [20, 7 öre Gustaf] on attractive 30 November 1918 registered cover from Stockholm with "STOCKHOLM 3 / VÄRDE" insurance cancellations, with registry label, to Helsingborg. 12 öre letter rate (only lasted 13 months) and 15 öre registered fee. Nice combination.
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25.00
201709
83 pair (F-VF) [20 öre Gustaf] on attractive 8 January 1919 registered double weight cover from Göteborg 1 (with registry label) to Lidköping. 25 öre double letter rate (only lasted 13 months) and 15 öre registered fee. Not often offered.
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22.00
201682
84 (VF) [25 öre Gustaf] on Superb registered solo usage ("rate") cover from Uddevalla (beautiful cancel of unusual type; with registry label) to Marstrand. 10 öre letter rate and 15 öre registered fee. A remarkably pretty cover!
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25.00
201687
84, 89 (F-VF) [25, 50 öre Gustaf] on attractive 1912 FIFTH WEIGHT CLASS registered cover from Stockholm 5 (with registry label), and canceled "STOCKHOLM 5 / B / 3 / LINNEG." (the Linnegatan [Linne Street] station -- nice Linne thematic item) to the US (with backstamps). 60 öre 5th weight class (to 100 grams) letter rate and 15 öre registered fee. This medium size cover is extremely unusual in that it is both so small and such a heavy foreign rate; I have seen very few such covers.
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45.00
201696
84 (VF) [25 öre Gustaf] solo usage on attractive 1917 registered cover from "STOCKHOLM 6 / B / 3 / ODENG" (with registry label) to Nättrabyhamn, with backstamp (post office did not open until 1910 and postmark is very scarce in this time period). 10 öre letter rate and 15 öre registered fee. Excellent rate usage.
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27.00
201704
84, 96 (F-VF, VF) [25 öre Gustaf, 2 öre Arms] on very attractive 12 November 1918 registered cover from Persön (with registry label) to Stockholm. 12 öre letter rate (only lasted 13 months) and 15 öre registered fee. Colorful; nice combination.
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25.00
201686
85, 98 x2 (VF) [27 öre Gustaf, 4 öre Arms] on very attractive 1936 registered cover from Stockholm 1 PFFS (with registry label) to Kvidinge (with backstamp). 15 öre letter rate and 20 öre registered fee. The 27 öre is scarce on cover, even such a late usage.
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201706
85 (F-VF) [27 öre Gustaf] solo usage on attractive 12 April 1919 registered cover from Sala (with registry label) to Västerås. 12 öre letter rate (only lasted 13 months) and 15 öre registered fee. This is the intended usage of this stamp, but such covers are hard to find.
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35.00
201718
86, 77 (VF, F-VF) [30, 5 öre Gustaf] on very neat and attractive 5 November 1919 registered cover from Västerås (with registry label) to Helsingfors (Helsinki), Finland. 20 öre foreign letter rate (Finland was classified as foreign rate at this time) and 15 öre registry fee. Addressed to early coin dealer Johan Mattsson, Mynthandel. Registered covers to the Nordic countries are scarce in the 1918-20 period.
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30.00
201688
89, 77 (VF) [50, 5 öre Gustaf] on 1913 third weight class registered cover from Stockholm 5 (with registry label), and canceled "STOCKHOLM 5 / A / 3 / LINNEG." (the Linnegatan [Linne Street] station -- nice Linne thematic item) to Germany (with backstamp). 40 öre 3rd weight class (to 60 grams) letter rate and 15 öre registered fee. While is a large cover, very few such have survived.
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15.00
201720
89 (F-VF) [50 öre Gustaf] solo usage on neat and attractive September 1919 registered cover from Stockholm 8 (with registry label) to København, Denmark, with backstamp. 20 öre Nordic letter rate and 30 öre Nordic registry fee. From 1 February 1921 thru 30 September 1925, the Nordic registry fee was 30 öre, one of the very few times the registry fee has not been the same as the domestic registry fee. Examples are hard to find. Nice solo letter usage of a stamp that is mostly seen only on money orders and parcel cards.
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30.00
201723
91, 79 (F-VF) [65, 8 öre Gustaf] on attractive double weight August 1926 registered cover from Ängelholm (with registry label) to Wilhelmshavn, Germany, with backstamp. Overpaid by 3 öre. 50 öre double foreign letter rate and 20 öre registry fee. Though overpaid, the 65 öre stamp is extremely scarce on cover (envelopes) because virtually all the use was on parcel cards.
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39.00
201693
99, 100 pair (F-VF) [7/10, 12/25 öre Gustaf overprints] on attractive 1919 registered (probably money letter with wax seals) cover from Arvika (with registry label) to Göteborg. Overpaid 1 öre, but scarce issues on cover; 15 öre letter rate and 15 öre registered fee.
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12.00
201710
101, 84, 95, 96 (VF, F-VF) [12/65 öre Gustaf overprint, 25 öre Gustaf, 1, 2 öre Arms] on neat 22 June 1918 registered double weight cover from Karlskrona 1 (with registry label) to Helsingborg. 25 öre double letter rate (only lasted 13 months) and 15 öre registered fee. A rate not often offered and an unusual combination of stamps.
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26.00
201689
104 x2, 95, 430 (F-VF, VF) [27/80 öre Gustaf overprint, 1 öre Arms, 5 öre 1951 Numeral] on neat 1953 registered cover from Göteborg 2 (with registry label) to Stockholm. 25 öre letter rate and 40 öre registered fee. Very late use, but stamps still valid.
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12.00
201701
104, 115, 116 Type II, 138 [or 134] (VF) [27/80 öre Gustaf ovpt, 3 öre Bandmarken Arms, 5 öre Lion, 10 öre Lion perf 13] on attractive 1930 registered cover from "Hälsingborg 1 / K" (with registry label) to Krakow, Poland. 25 öre foreign letter rate and 20 öre registered fee. Very unusual combination of stamps; the 10 öre perf 13 is very scarce on cover.
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