365 / September 2017

1788, Postal receipt for a registered letter from Fröso to a military at Gothenburg, mentioning a total postage of 8½ skilling, little stained

1791, Postal receipt for a letter sent from Stockholm general post-comptoir

Closed registered domestic lettersheet, franked with 2x 8 Skilling Banco, postmarked Bollnäs December 3rd 1855 and sent to Söderhamn. The postage was 4 Skilling Banco and the fee for closed registration was 12 Skilling Banco. Unusually fresh and attractive cover. Certificate HOW (1997).

Registered double rate letter postmarked Hamburg July 7th 1866 and sent to Stockholm. As it is a prepaid letter it was marked "FRANCO." and on arrival to Sweden also "RECOMMENDERAS.".

Lot with two recorded letters, the first sent November 21st 1858 from Linköping to Stockholm with notation "Registreras". The second, sent July 17th 1863 from Stockholm to Norrköping franked with 24 öre Coat of Arms, endorsed "Registreras" and handstamped "REGISTR.". Certificate Harbrecht (1993).

Postal money order sent November 15th 1867 from Norrköping to Stockholm. An ordinary envelope marked "Härmed postanvisning" (herewith a Postal money order) was all that was necessary to transfer funds. The postage was 12 öre, accounted for by a 12 öre stamp on the envelope, the fee for the money order was 60 öre, this was paid in cash and separately accounted for. Certificate HOW (1990).

Postal money order sent September 9th 1870 within Eksjö. The postage and fee for a sum up to 50 Riksdaler was 25 öre, here franked with 5 öre Coat of Arms and 20 öre Lying lion. Certificate HOW (1990) Early postal money orders are RARE.

Cash on delivery address letter for a parcel weighing 18 skålpund sent from Sundsvall to Östersund September 14th 1877 with a requested cash on delivery amount of 16 Riksdaler 10 öre. The postage for the parcel was 3 Rdr 60 öre and was paid in stamps on the address letter, in addition COD fee of 25 öre, was paid with stamps on the COD form. Certificate Sjöman (1970) and HOW (1990).  A few defective perforations. A very RARE and interesting item.

Address letter dated October 13th 1838 and sent from Halmstad to Falkenberg. In the lower left corner of the letter is endorsed "medföljer ett förseglat ankare rom" (a sealed cask with rum is enclosed).

Address letter sent July 1st 1873 from Gefle to Stockholm. The postage for this parcel (weighing 2 Skålpund, 41 ort) and sent over 3 zones, should have been charged 3x 12 öre=36 öre and therefore charged the minimum rate, 50 öre. So, either the address letter was heavier than 4 ort or the postmaster wrongly charged 12 öre for a single letter. Certificate HOW (1995).

Letter dated June 19th 1817 and sent from Lübeck to Åbo, Finland. The letter was prepaid to Hamburg "fr Hbg" and the transit postage from Hamburg to Denmark to and through Sweden was marked in handwriting 1 Rdr 12 S (killing) banco. Grislehamn was an important exchange post office and received a handstamp already in 1816 (Straight line handstamp type 1), three years before any other post office than the one in Stockholm.

Unpaid letter sent in March 1830 from Firenze, Tuscany via Hamburg and Sweden to Helsingfors, Finland. Transit marked with Grislehamn straight line postmark type 2.

Disinfected free letter dated October 29th 1831 and sent from Kastellholm, Åland to Grislehamn. The letter was postmarked using a Russian handstamp with cyrillic letters and is on reverse sealed with a seal in the Swedish language.

Disinfected letter dated Christiania (Norway) November 29th 1831 sent "franco Hamburg" via Strömstad 30/11 and Hamburg 6/12 to Bordeaux, France arriving December 14th.

Disinfected domestic letter sent October 24th 1834 from Wexiö to Norrköping. In 1834 the cholera epidemic spread from Norway to Sweden. Only a few domestic disinfected are known, all addressed to Norrköping.

Courier letter dated Torneå June 4th 1669 and sent to the General Governor for Finland, Herman Fleming in Stockholm.

Letter dated Saint Petersburg June 25th 1708 and sent to Wiborg in Finland. St Petersburg was situated on land that effectivately belonged to Sweden when this letter was sent.

Free letter dated The Castle of Wiborg February 8th 1709 and sent to the Major General Funch in Riga, Livonia (Latvia). The letter reporting on troop movements in Ingermanland, was most likely sent via the Point of Porkola to Reval and arrived in Riga on March 11th 1709.

Receipt dated July 21st 1726, given to the Post master in Helsingfors to certify that three parcels had been received by the Commander in Chief of the British Fleet in the Baltic sea, who ran naval exercises in the area.

Triple rate letter dated Stockholm February 10th 1736 and sent to Raumo, Finland. Handstamped Stockholm ribbon postmark type 2.

Letter sent january 8th 1778 from Gamla Carleby (Finland) to Stockholm, arriving January 28th 1778. On front is notation "Norra Wägen" (North Route).

Crown post letter, with remnants of a white feather in the seal, sent August 30th 1809 from Jomala, Sviby to Finström, Strömsvik, Åland. When this letter was sent, Sweden was at war with Russia and the Islands of Åland were occupied by Russian troops.

Entire letter from Bergen 1812 to Hamm in the Grandduchy of Berg, showing on front clear "BASSE SAXE. P / HAMBOURG"

Courier letter dated November 1592 sent to the King's County Governor of Dagön, Berndt Jostsson. Most unsual item.

Letter dated June 22nd 1702 and sent from Narva to Stockholm. The postage was 8 silver coins according to the rate table of 1698.

Entire letter from 1707 Pernau to Arensburg

Pernau Ribbon postmark on undated lettersheet, sent from Pernau to Reval; postage was 3 öre silver coins. This postmark was in use between 1708-1710, but only very few letters exist today; very fresh and rare. Certificate HOW (1991).

"Express" Courier letter sent in March 1666 to Petro Celsing in Riga with "Cito, Cito" notation on front.

"Riga" ribbon postmark on lettersheet, endorsed "fb" (fribref=free letter) sent from Riga to Stockholm. The postmark was in used 1708-1710. In 1710 Russian troops invaded Livonia and Riga was captured in July. Seal on reverse cut out, otherwise very fine; certificate HOW (1991) A very rare and most attractive item.

Entire letter with 'nota bene' notation from Stralsund 1707 to Frantzburg, showing slight staining due to desinfection During the great Northern War many towns in the Baltic area suffered from a severe outbreak of the plague.

1788, Receipt of the royal post yacht skipper Christian Peters of the royal post yacht 'König Gustaf'

Military letter from Richtenberg 1806 to Frantsburg, endorsed "Emb. Bref", concerning the supply of a coach with 4 horses

Fieldpost letter 1807, endorsed "med Ordonance genast" to Frantsburg

Free letter dated March 8th 1809 and sent from the Administrative Office of the Armee du Rhin in Stralsund to the Swedish Bailiff von Platen in Franzburg. The letter was written by Le Commissaire Imperial, Directeur des Domaines de la Pomeranie Suédoise, with red official cachet on reverse.

Letter dated October 29th 1709 and sent to Rothenbourg in Verden. Sweden ceded Bremen-Verden to Hannover in 1719.

Official letter dated September 10th 1658 and sent from the Tribunal in Wismar to Stralsund.