386th Auction

1858, Coat-of-Arms 9 öre lilac, 12 öre blue and 24 öre orange, as postage due franking, tied by clear c.d.s. "HAPARANDA 18/8 1861" to entire unpaid letter from Lübeck to Haparanda with adjacent manuscript "45 öre", to be paid by the recipient. A very fine and extremely rare letter; only very few cases have been recorded from Sweden, where the postage due was expressed in postage stamps. Certificate Obermüller-Wilen (1991)

 

Provenance: Kersti & Bertil Larsson (365. Köhler auction, 2017)

1858/72, Coat-of-Arms 12 öre ultramarine, nice deep colour and well centered, tied by clear c.d.s. "ESLÖF 25/9 1869" with adjacent railway marking "2.TAG", to lettersheet to Landskrona. Very fine.

1858, Coat of Arms 24 öre bright orange-yellow, two singles, fresh vibrant colour, one value rounded corner, tied separately by black cds “STOCKHOLM 25 7 1860” and “STOCKHOLM 26 7 1860” to lettersheet to Christiania, Norway, with additional strikes of both cds alongside. A very attractive and scarce example of mail being held for additional postage. 

Note: While Sweden and Norway were both under the same king, the postal services operated as if they were foreign to each other. 

1866, Lion 17 öre lilac, tied by clear c.d.s. “CARLSTAD 1 7 1869” to letter sheet (one side flap short and one missing) to Copenhagen, Denmark. A very attractive and rare entire, still franked at the 17 öre rate valid till June 30th and cancelled on the first day of the Skandinavian Postal Union, which introduced the new 12 öre rate.

1872/77, 20 öre red, vertical pair (lower stamp slightly rounded corner), tied by clear c.d.s. "GÖTEBORG 23 9 1878" to small cover to Mauritius, with transit marks of Naples and Aden and arrival mark of November 17. A very rare destination; just two further covers at the 40 öre rate have been recorded. Certificate Obermüller-Wilen (2013)

1872, 30 öre brown, vertical pair and single together with King Oskar II 10 öre rose, each tied by cds. “ENGELHOLM 6.9.1886” to registered postal service card to Copenhagen with arrival postmark, fine. All postal service formula cards to foreign countries had to be franked, rare

1924, UPU 5 öre – 5 kronor, tied by special cancellation "STOCKHOLM CONGRES POSTAL UNIVERSEL 16.8.24" to official lettersheet. Very fine and extremely scarce.

1924, UPU  öre, die proof with large margins, black on chalky paper . Thought to be unique.

1924, UPU 45 öre, die proof in black-blue on carton. Very rare

1921/36, lion 5 öre, tied by c.d.s. "STOCKHOLM LBR. 6.4.33" to printed matter envelope addressed to Sven Hedin at Peiping, China, with Chinese manuscript remarks on front. 

1938, 300th anniversary of the founding of New Sweden 30 öre and 20 öre, neatly tied by boxed cancellation “POSTS EXPRESS” to express local cover with arrival postmark “STOCKHOLM 1 ANK EXPR. 7.5.38", also a postal form ”Postens Expressavdelning" with 5 öre, 15 öre together with 30 öre as an horizontal pair, each tied by cds. “STOCKHOLM 1 ANK EXPR. 10.6.41” on reverse, fine

1939/42, Gustav V 40 öre green and Hazelius 1 krone orange, fresh colours, each neatly tied by cds. “FALUN 8.12.41” to airmail cover to USA with bilingual handstamp “RETOUR Echange suspendu…”, envelope with traces of transportation, otherwise fine. After the attack of the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941, all postal connections to the USA were interrupted

1939, Crowns 1,45 kronor and Linné 15 öre, tied by cds. “STOCKHOLM 12.3.45” to airmail cover with instruction mark “Via England” and American censor label to German Prisoner of War in Camp Shelby USA, reverse manuscript docketing “erhalten am 5.5.45”, fine

1869/1951 (ca.), interesting group of 14 covers and cards, spanning from the early issues to the modern area, including ship mail, some better items throughout with an extremely scarce commercial usage of the 1924 UPU Congress in Stockholm 2 kroner red (Mi.-Nr. 157W), faulty at the bottom, with additional franking tied by cds “MALMO 17 1 25” to parcel card to Finland, etc, some occasional faults, overall in good condition

1853/1965, ten interesting postal forms and official postal covers, with among others two early postal receipts 1853/55, 1896 cover with blue seal handstamp “Correspondance du Service postal” (from Postal inspector), 1924 Postal taxation card franked with high value stamps and two Postal identification cards, one franked in 1936 with 50 öre and one unused with handstamp “Specimen”, mostly fine  

1874/77, 1 kronor brown/blue, two strips of three together with 1 öre black, 6 öre orange, 12 öre salmon and two copies 30 öre blue-green, all tied by "GÖTEBORG PAKET 3/9 1877" to 'LETTRE DE VOITURE' of the 'Agence Continental & Anglaise' for a parcel with declared value of 300 Francs from London via Stralsund and Malmö to Göteborg. 6 Öre with crease, otherwise fine. A scarce franking and most unusual case of a shipment from privat express company to be delivered by a postal administration. 

1874/77, 50 öre brown, three copies together with 5 öre brown, 12 öre salmon and 30 öre green, all tied by clear "GÖTEBORG PAKET 31/8 1876" to reverse of unpaid parcel card from "HAMBURG 26 8 76", with blue transit mark of Copenhagen. A fine and scarce card.
 

The special Convention on parcel post 1880 would outlaw the sending of parcels that were not fully prepaid.
 

1874/77, Numerals 1 kronor, 50 öre, 24 öre and 12 öre, tied by c.d.s. "STRENGNAS 16 12 1886" to preprinted official postcard of Malmö PO, concerning an unsufficiently prepaid parcel from Strengnas to Malmö, with blue "MALMÖ PAKET 14 12 1886" to Stregnas. Manuscript "Lösen 186 öre". 12 öre few shortish perfs where applied slightly over the edge of the card, otherwise very fine and rare.

1875/1943, three interesting covers and one postal form with postage due stamps, including “Lösen” green label and postage due handstamp, noted unfranked cover from “CHICAGO” with 1874 1, 5, 20 and 30 öre tied by cds “FILIPSTAD 19.1.1875” on reverse (small faults),  “Customs Declaration” form with 1877 5 öre as a vertical pair used on reverse, postage due blue framed handstamp "12½ cent" on 1905 postcard and 1943 envelope with label “LÖSEN (120) öre”

1885, postal stationery card 5 öre green with additional franking King Oskar II 10 öre rose, neatly tied by cds. “GÖTEBORG 12.1.85” via Paris to Port Louis, Mauritius with arrival postmark, card with small edge faults and some aging, otherwise fine, a rare 15 öre overseas rate combined with an elusive destination 

1879, postal stationery card 10 öre  red with additional franking 1872 5 öre green, used with “GÖTEBORG 8.2.1887” via Singapore to Penang, Straits Settlements with arrival cds, forwarded to Switzerland with red arrival postmark, minor creases, otherwise fine. A rare 15 öre overseas rate

1879/83, doublecard 10+10 öre rose, used unsevered from "STOCKHOLM 30 8 93" to Dornum, Germany and retour from "DORNUMERSIEL 11 9 93". Little paper split in the fold, still very fine. A scarce item.

1889/1904, doublecard 10+10 öre rose, used unsevered from "STOCKHOLM 11.9.00" to Sandgate, England and retour with duplex "SANDGATE SP 15 00". A fine and scarce usage.

Illustrated in James Peter Gough ‘The Postal Card’, p. 748

1889/1904, main part of double card 15 öre green, used from Stockholm 1894 via London to Akassa, Royal Niger company territory, with arrival mark of June 27. A most unusual destination (Ferdén R4).

Illustrated in James Peter Gough ‘The Postal Card’, p. 731

1906, Essay for International Reply Envelope with imprinted 20 öre, overprinted "Specimen". This essay was presented at the World Postal Congress in Rome. Tiny imperfections. Very scarce.
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1931, postal stationery card 10 öre deep violet with additional franking Gustav V 5 öre green, used with cds. “TRELLEBORG 9.11.43” to Denmark, not transmitted forward and kept at the Stockholm post office. After the end of World War II, the card was finally released to Copenhagen, handstamped on departure with cds “STOCKHOLM 7.6.45” and a seven-line information mark, adjacent Danish censor postmark. Because of the sender's note “Lazarettet” at top, the card was not carried during the German occupation of Denmark, rare

1875/1971, assembly of 22 cards, letter cards and one military envelope, with among others 1940 fieldpost cover with green military stamp, 10 öre reply card used from “CAIRE 8.II.92” with two postage due framed cachets, also 1893 card with double line “Fra Sverige L.”, etc., mostly fine

1866, envelope from Engelholm via Trieste to Alexandria, Egypt, charged at Trieste with "30/10" kreuzer for the distance to resp. from Trieste. The letter was undeliverable and returned, showing on front boxed "MAI CHIESTA" and on the reverse several transit- and arrival marks. A rare early cover from Sweden to Africa.

1859, 5 ö. green, bright fresh colours, mint never hinged, very fine, cert. Witschi VSPF (1987) (Facit 7b1)

1867, 5 ö. green, used with socked on the nose cds. “KARLSHAMN 19 181269”, good perforation, v.f. (Facit 7b2)

1878, 1 Kr. brown/dark blue, used, perfect centring, with socked on the nose cds. “UDDEVALLA 17.5.1898”, extremly fine, cert. Dr. Obermüller Wilén (5, 5, 5) (Facit 49d)

1855/1957, nice used collection, starting from Mi-No. 2-16, almost complete with many better values, plus good parts of service and postage due, condition varies slightly at the beginning

1856, Coat of arms 4 sk. blue showing beautiful strike of box canc. NYKÖPING 31.8.56 on small piece, usual perf., fine

1858, four mint values up to 50 ö., all unused no gum, three stamps very well centered, fine group

1903, Helsingborg Utställning two different Exhibition cancellations on postcard bearing 5 ö. green to Portugal with arrival mark Lissabon, tiny toned, otherwise fine and a scarce destination

1920/26, Gustave Vasa five mint never hinged stamps, 110 ö. with wm., all good perfs., fine