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| Swedish Military Reply Mail Stamps are apparently unique in philately. Issued from 1929 through 1985, and used for some period of time after 1985, the stamps originate in a form of postal stationery, but they themselves are actually stamps. Some European-made albums include spaces for these stamps. They were printed on the backside of special postal stationery envelopes, UNDER the back flap, GUMMED, and usually with cutting guidelines or actual rouletting (only #M3) to aid in removing the stamps from the envelopes. Each solder was given a certain regular allotment of such envelopes for the purpose of corresponding with family and friends back home (thus the military reply envelope often will have a military postal service cancellation). When that envelope reached its destination, the recipient would cut the stamp out from under the back flap and place the stamp on a normal envelope to send a reply back to the soldier (thus the reply normal envelope bearing the Reply Stamp will usually have an ordinary town cancellation). Such use is also seen on private mail from one soldier to another, thus sometimes the reply normal envelope will bear a military postal service cancellation. The Facit Catalog and/or Facit Sverige and/or Facit Postal (in varying editions and years; (as of 8/2023, the Facit Sverige available from me contains the most recent specialized listings) lists and prices the cut-out stamps NH and Used, Reply Stamps used on cover, and the full original envelope, Mint and Used. Facit numbering is used for these listings. It is normal for Used examples of the full original envelope to have had the stamp removed -- that was the intent of the item. However, Mint (NH) envelopes are normally collected with the Reply Stamp intact, as originally issued (though inexpensive examples without the stamp intact are useful to show type and style of the other side of the envelope). In the market, there is usually very little price difference between a NH single Reply Stamp and a Mint (NH) full original envelope with the intact Reply Stamp. These stamps and envelopes have a significant place in the broader field of Swedish Postal History. They were used in all Swedish military and training activities from 1929 to 1985 and somewhat later, including uses by Swedish UNITED NATIONS forces in Cyprus, Congo, Middle East, etc. Many examples of 1929-1985 MILITARY POSTMARKS are most easily found on these envelopes (and less often on the Reply Stamps themselves, if the reply was sent by another soldier). The NH, Mint, and Used Reply Stamps, Mint Reply Stamp Postal Stationery Envelopes, Used Reply Stamp Postal Stationery Envelopes are presented on three different, additional web pages. |
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