| 1938-1949 Commemorative Issue Covers |  Top |
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400048 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #274 [1938 15 öre New Sweden Perf-4-Side from sheet or booklet] (VF) on a wonderfully fresh 15 September 1938 solo franked domestic cover with "FALTPOST 1" MILITARY cancellation to Lund. The addressee, Sten Wieldling" was a well-known collector / dealer who often organized the creation of significant covers, which led me to the question of what the significance was of this cover and date. It was on this day that [per Wikipedia] "British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain boarded a plane for the first time in his life and flew to Berchtesgaden to meet with Adolf Hitler. Chamberlain had already decided not to go to war over Czechoslovakia, so all that was left to negotiate was the means of meeting Hitlers demands." This was big news at that time and I believe that this cover was made, with a MILITARY POSTMARK, to memorialize that event. Regardless, this stamp properly solo-used on cover, with a military cancellation. is "extremely scarce". The decisions that Chamberlain made affected world history and the lives of millions of people; there are constant echos today of those decisions as American politicians make decisions regarding the actions of dictators in other countries. ACTUAL item. |
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244667 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
274a/274 BC PAIR, 274a left SE single, 126 White Paper [1938 15 öre "Calmare Nyckel" sailing ship of the New Sweden issue, sheet or booklet; 1927 5 öre Lion, Type II on white paper (ca.1936 printing), Perfed 4 sides] (VF) on 27 May 1938 cover from "ÖREBRO 1 / *A*" to LAVAL, FRANCE, with 29 May Laval receiver on reverse. Correct 50 öre franking for foreign letter double rate (to 40 grams). The Lion stamp is not late use; the final printings were ca.1936 and were still be consumed at post offices in 1938. The New Sweden stamps with straight-edges on left or right are natural sheet margin stamps; they are collected in pairs as seen on this cover -- such pairs are quite scarce on cover. This otherwise-ordinary cover appears to have an interesting historical twist. It is addressed to Karin Wigart (about which I cannot find any information), c/o "General Bonneau". This appears to be THE General Bonneau, born 7 July 1851, joined the French Army in 1868. He was the "French Army General de Division" who commanded the VII Army Corps at the start of World War I and was in command of forces at Mulhouse in August 1914 during the first French attack of WWI against the Germans. He was said to have been surprised by the German counter-attack and had to retreat, giving up important territory. He was removed from command within days. [Historica Wiki and other sources.] He died 26 February 1938, three months before this letter was mailed, but apparently the sender was not aware of that fact. Ordinary domestic uses of the 15 öre New Sweden stamps are fairly common, however unusual uses such as this are seldom offered. Facit 2022 value for a plain Used BC pair is SEK 700 (and 800 as most common use on cover -- an absurdly small difference in value). ACTUAL item. |
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222017 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
278 [1938 5 öre Gustav V 80th Birthday, sheet stamp] (VF) solo usage on 24 (?) December 1938 printed matter cover to Lwow, then part of POLAND. With extremely bold receiving text-machine cancellation making this a very dramatic looking cover. Lwow has a long and interesting history: signs of human habitation going back 12,000 years; many wars and occupations; returned to Poland after WWI; 1939 occupied by Soviets; 1941-44 occupied by Germans; 1945 ceded by Poland to the USSR, became part of the Ukrainian SSR (as Lvov); 1991 Ukraine became independent, name changed to Lviv. ACTUAL item. |
16.00 |
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233492 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
297, 297a, 297a/297 BC PAIR [1939 10 öre Berzelius, chemist] on 25 December (Christmas Day) 1939 cover from ÖRTOFTA to London, England, via airmail. Correct 40 öre franking. Though this cover does not show signs of censorship, England was already at war with Germany and thus anticipating censorship, the sender noted "In English" on the reverse. The single #297a sells for around $20 OFF cover and the BC pair around $300 OFF cover. On cover the BC pair is extremely scarce. The fact that the entire franking is paid with the same stamp design makes it all the more important as a CHEMISTRY THEMATIC cover. This must be the nicest Berzelius cover I have had in 36 years! ACTUAL item. |
350.00 |
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205077 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
310 (VF) [5 öre coil Carl Michael Bellman (song writer)] on 24 February 1941 solo-usage wrapper (with endorsement "Utgivarekorsband") to the U.S. Even in this "modern" period, wrapper usages are very scarce; interesting and exhibitable covers of this popular stamp issue are also quite scarce. ACTUAL item. |
18.00 |
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249363 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
321 coil pair, 303 [1941 60 öre Skansen Park, 1940 20 öre red King coil] (VF) on 10 January 1942 cover FRONT ONLY from HOV to Los Angeles, California, U.S. The 20 öre King stamp must have come off and has been re-affixed slightly out of position. The Skansen 60 öre stamps are scarce on cover. Though the postage appears to be enough to pay the airmail rate, there are no airmail markings. The reverse of the cover is not present, so there are no other clues or markings as to the transit of this cover. Extremely unusual violet 2-line American censorship handstamp "RELEASED BY AUTHORITY OF / THE DISTRICT POSTAL CENSOR". I have only seen this marking on Swedish mail to the U.S. once or twice in the last 51 years. Despite this being a FRONT ONLY, this is an outstanding item, only about one month into the American entry into the European front of WWII. I suspect that this was a local, early, temporary marking as the U.S. censorship apparatus was being developed. [I would like to learn more about this marking, when and where, and for how long, it was used.] ACTUAL item. |
12.00 |
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215382 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
326, 281 (VF) [1941 120 öre St. Brigitta; 1939 20 öre Gustav Small Numerals] on 25 November 1941 6 gram airmail cover to the U.S. Correctly franked 140 öre: 30 öre surface rate plus 55 öre per 5 grams airmail surcharge. The 120 öre stamp is rare on correctly franked covers / envelopes; the stamp is usually seen on overfranked envelopes or on parcel cards. (There is no known solo usage rate for this stamp. A cover such as this is as close as one can get to a solo usage.) This letter would have likely been carried by the British secret night flights to Scotland; it may have also still been in transit on December 7, 1941 at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack; it is unusual that it does not bear any British censor markings. The cover is missing the back flap, but this is probably the nicest correctly franked on-envelope usage I have had in many, many years. ACTUAL item. |
180.00 |
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205078 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
334 (VF) [90 öre coil Redenschold and Mansson (education)] on 4 February 1949 solo-usage, correctly franked airmail cover from STOCKHOLM to the U.S. This stamp is very scarce on cover, particularly as a solo usage. ACTUAL item. |
26.50 |
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205076 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
381 (VF) [30 öre Nobel] on 1947 solo-usage cover to the U.S. The cover is marked "5 g" to qualify for the special "5 grams" airmail rate (same as surface rate if qualified); there was not supposed to be any airmail marking, but this airmail-printed envelope was allowed despite the regulations. This popular Nobel stamp issue is very much sought after on cover. ACTUAL item. |
16.00 |
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215081 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
382 [Alfred Nobel] 1947 Postcard to the U.S. Solo franking. ACTUAL item. |
16.00 |
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