365 / September 2017

1852, Unpaid entire letter from Athens via Triest, Hamburg and Denmark to Stockholm, taxed on arrival "24" skilling

1849, Unpaid official printed matter from Rome via Austria (faint boxed "AUS OESTERREICH"), Berlin and Hamburg to Stockholm, charged on arrival with 1 rd. 12 s.

1854, Entire unpaid letter from Cagliari via Switzerland, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Denmark to Carlskrona, showing on front "Diritto Sardo / Estero" and boxed "SCHWEIZ N.T.T.", several transit marks on reverse, charged on arrival with 20 sk. bco. 6 rs. (faint in red)

1845, Entire unpaid letter from Messina via Cologne (oval "ITALIEN"), Berlin and Hamburg to Norrköping, charged on arrival with a total of 1 rdr. 33 sk. 9 rs.

1816, Lettersheet from "LIVORNO" to Gothenburg, showing on front clear red "P.B" (Passe Bavière) and unusual large tax stamp "16"

1862, Unpaid lettersheet from "NAPOLI AL PORTO 4 GEN 62" via Switzerland, Friedrichshafen, Hamburg and Malmö to Carlskrona, charged on arrival with "2 Rd. 24"

1865, Entire unpaid letter from Livorno with adjacent "Deb. C.'20." via Switzerland and Hamburg to Umea, little stained at bottom left

1825, Partly prepaid lettersheet from Riga to Stockholm, endorsed "via Abo, fco Eckera" and straight line "GRISLEHAMN"

1856, Entire letter from Rotterdam to Stockholm, sent via Hamburg, Stralsund and Ystad; the city PO at Hamburg marked "fr Hbg.", which was cancelled by the Prussian PO and substituted by boxed "Franco Stralsund"

1796, Entire letter from Moss to Strömstad, endorsed "fco Fhald" (Fredrikshald), charged on arrival with 2 skilling specie

1813, Part paid double rate entire letter from Bergen to Gothenburg, endorsed "fr: Fhald", charged on arrival with 9 skilling bco.

1823, Lettersheet with oval "LISBOA" and adjacent "ESPAGNE PAR BAYONNE" via Hamburg to Gothenburg, charged on arrival with 18 skilling

1840, entire unpaid letter from Arkangelsk (double line on reverse) to Tromsoe, charged on arrival with 12 sk. bco.

1862, Unpaid entire letter from St. Petersburg to Stockholm, showing on front clear red "Aus Russland" and blue boxed "PORTO"

1840, Entire letter from Alicante via France, Hamburg and Greifswald to Uddevalla, charged with a total of 1 rdr. 35 sk.

1861, Lettersheet with part of contents from "JEREZ 4 SET 61" via Belgium, Prussia, Stralsund and Ystad to Stockholm with red boxed "Spanien" on front, charged on arrival with "360" öre

1843, Unpaid entire letter from "St. BLAISE 25 AVRIL 43" via Hamburg und Ystad to Stockholm, showing on front clear boxed "SCHWEIZ N.T.T." and by mistake "Aus Schweden"; charged on arrival with 30 skilling bco. including 20 rp. (= "6" kreuzer) Swiss internal postage and 3 sgr. transit for the GAPU

1861, Entire prepaid letter from British PO "BUENOS AYRES JY 27 61" via London, Hamburg and Malmö to Christianstad

1865, Entire unpaid letter from British PO "BUENOS AYRES JL 26 65" via London and Prussian closed mail to Christianstad, taxed in England "1/3", in Germany "16¼" and in Sweden with a total of "180" öre

1869, Unpaid entire letter from British PO "BUENOS AYRES JY 27 69" via London and Denmark to Uppsala, charged in Sweden with "152" öre

1851, Entire letter from Pernambuco via forwarding agent Hoare, Buxton & Co. (manuscript on reverse) in London, to Stockholm, endorsed "p Steamb. via Hamburg"

1854, Part paid lettersheet from Rio, forwarded by "HOARE BUXTON & Co. LONDON" (not listed at Rowe) to Gefle

1864, Entire letter from Rio de Janeiro via France to Stockholm, showing on front red "BRESIL 2 BORDEAUX" on reverse red "AUS FRANKREICH P. SAARBRÜCKEN" and Lübeck transit mark (time of the 2nd German-Danish war)

1865/66, Two letters from the same correspondence to Stockholm, single rate via England and Aachen and double rate via England and Lübeck, charged "180" resp. "304" öre

1869, Entire letter from Rio via France to Stockholm, showing on front boxed "F.*21" and charged on arrival with "234" öre

1851, Lettersheet with red cds. "MONTREAL SP 15 1851" via England and Denmark to Stockholm, charged on arrival in England with "4/-" and in Sweden with 3 rd. 40 sk.

1853, Double rate lettersheet from "MONTREAL JY 31 1853" via London, Hamburg and Stralsund to Stockholm, charged in London "2/4" and in Hamburg with a total of "18 3/4" sgr.; in Sweden the postage due was included in the quarterly statement to the GPO since the recipient was a governmental body

1855, Unpaid lettersheet from "QUEBEC JUL 16 1855" endorsed "via Boston pr" "America" to Stockholm via London and Hamburg; originally struck "8 d Stg." deleted by target; in Hamburg taxed with total 13 3/4 sgr.; since the recipient was a governmental body, the postage due amount in Sweden was simply included in the quarterly statement to the GPO; an interesting and scarce letter

1856, Unpaid lettersheet from the Swedish Consulate at Quebec via England, Prussian closed mail and Hamburg, Denmark to Stockholm, charged in Hamburg with a total of "13 3/4" sgr. Since the recipient was a governmental body the amount was included in the quarterly statement to G.P.O. in Stockholm

1852, Unpaid lettersheet, posted at British PO "TENERIFE DE 24 1852" to Stockholm, transported via London, here charged "2/2"; Hamburg charged a total of "25 ½" sgr. to Sweden which converted the amount to 76½ skilling bco. and added 15 sk. Swedish postage, so that a total of "1 rdr 43 sk 6 st" was charged to the addressee, light folds. The only recorded early letter from the Canary Islands to Sweden

1851, Unpaid double rate lettersheet with clear handstamp "GENERAL POST OFFICE CAPE TOWN" via London and Helsingborg to Stockholm; England charged on arrival "2/-" and finally to Sweden "3/8" including British and Danish transit; the recipient was finally charged with 3 rd. = 144 skilling bco. including the internal Swedish postage; a fine and scarce letter with high postage due

1854, Entire unpaid letter from Cape Town via England, Hamburg, Stralsund and Ystad to Jönköping; London charged to the GAPU "1/4" which was converted in Hamburg to 13½ sgr. and 3½ sgr. German transit added (= 17 "sgr."); at Ystad this amount was converted to 52 skilling and 15 skilling for the distance between Hamburg and Sweden added, the recipient was charged with "Lösen 1 rd 18 sk. Bco"

1861, Envelope with original contents sent from "CAPE TOWN DE 25 1861" via London, Hamburg and Helsingborg to Kungsbacka, charged in England with "10" d., in Hamburg with "12" sgr. including 3½ sgr. GAPU share; Sweden added 45 öre for the distance between Hamburg and Sweden and charged a total of "Lösen 152 öre" to recipient

1853, Lettersheet from British PO "VALPARAISO AU 15 1853" via London and Hamburg to Stockholm, charged in London with "2/4" for the postage between Valparaiso and Hamburg which charged a total of "27" sgr. to Sweden. Since the letter is addressed to a governmental body, the postage due was simply included in the quarterly statement to the GPO

1859, Entire unpaid double rate letter from "HONGKONG MY 5 59" via France and Hamburg to Stockholm, charge on arrival with "324" öre

1863, Unpaid double rate entire letter from "HONGKONG SP 26 63" via London and Hamburg to Stockholm; in London charged with "2/6", in Hamburg converted to 25 sgr. and with additional transit of 7 sgr. a total of "32" sgr. was charged to Sweden. Since the recipient was a governmental body, this amount was included in the quarterly statement to the GPO