377th Auction

1941, 14.2., Numeral 8ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 14.2.42" to printed matter to Glasgow with adjacent red boxed "PASSED T.123" censor mark, stamp affixed at the edge, thus some perforation faults, very rare

1941, 20 on 1ø, horizontal pair, tied by wavy line and cds. "THORSHAVN 9.6.41" to cover to Cheshire, delivered to B.P.A. for inspection, closed with two examples (different types) of the strip "Examined by the British Philatelic Association Ltd" and adjacent handstamp "B.P.A. 3 Berner St. London, W.1." applied, a fascinating and the only known letter from Faroe Islands with this type of censor label.

1943, 27.3 and 31.12., two printed matter cards from Thorshavn to Leeds, franked with Numeral 8ø resp. Christian X. 10ø, both with red boxed "PASSED T.188" alongside, the earlier one with punchholes at left, otherwise fine and very rare with only 2 known printed matters correctly franked at 8ø

1943, 22.5., 20 on 1ø, two singles with high overprint, tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 22.5.43" to cover to London, upon arrival censored and closed with "PC 90 767" strip, fine

1943, five Receipts "m/v Sunbeam" franked with GB 2d. orange, from "North Sea Stores", "Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners", Captain Pilote Office Aberdeen", "Dr. Bon-Accord Ice and Cold Storage Co. Ltd.," all written up, fine

1943, five Receipts "m/v City of Norwich" franked with GB 2d. orange, all written up, fine

1943, four Receipts "m/v Johanne" franked with GB 2d. orange, all written up, fine

1940, 8.7., Caravelle 30ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN -8.7.40" to cover to Reykjavik, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 4490" closing strip, fine

1942, 23.9 and 30.9., Caravelle 20ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 30.9.42" to cover to Reykjavik, locally censored on 8. October 1942 and closed with neutral brown tape with dateline cancel and straightline "Thorshavn" alongside. The letter then awaited a departure by a fishing boat to Iceland. However, the first post departure was, via England as the letter is also subsequently censored in England with "P.C. 90 4268" closing strip. And Christian X. 50ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 23.9.42" to registered cover to Reykjavik,  censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 5695" closing strip, the local British censorship straight-line is very rare and only known on a few covers

1942, 5.11., Swjatj Pjotr 20ø tied by cancel "SUMBØ" to cover with full content to Reykjavik with adjacent cds. "VAAG -5.11.42", censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 4268" closing strip, stamp and cover some transportation wear. Although there was an existing scheme to enable regular letters to be sent directly to Iceland, being censored locally before departure, many travelled via England and were censored there.

1943, 6.2., Caravelle 20ø tied by Klipfisk cds. "THORSHAVN -6.2.42" to Reykjavik, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 5013" closing strip, some transportation wear, otherwise fine

1944, 6.2., Christian X. 20ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 6.2.44" to cover to Reykjavik, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 5404" closing strip, with arrival mark "REYKJAVIK 28.II.1944", stamp with small imperfection, otherwise fine

1944, 7.7., Airmail 20ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 7.7.44" to cover to Reykjavik, locally censored and closed with neutral brown tape with oval cachet "Security Control Faroe Islands" alongside, very fine and rare with only a few covers known showing this censor mark

1940/45, group of four covers all send from Thorshavn, with different censor labels of England and Denmark including Post War censorship, all written up, mostly good condition

1941/45, four covers including airmail cover from "FUGLEFORD" with boxed "No Service Return to Sender" cachet and cover from "THORSHAVN 2.10.42" with British censor label and further "royal crowns" closing strips, all written up, fine

1941, 21.11., 20 on 5ø horizontal pair tied by cds. "VAAG 12.11.41" to cover to Indiana, censored in England with censor note "P.C. 5 "This cover was empty when it reached the Examiner", closed with "P.C. 90 5325" closing strip, fine

1943, 1.4. and 19.4., two covers, one regular and one registered from "THORSHAVN" to Chicago resp. New York, the registered cover with boxed "PASSED T. 188" censor mark, the other with closing strip "PC 90 5587", both written up, fine

1943, 29.5., 20 on 1ø - 60 on 6ø, complete set of Provisionals 60 on 6ø second printing, tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 29.5.43" to registered cover via England to Chicago, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 7020" closing strip, during transit blue straight-line "O.A.T." (Onward Air Transmission) struck alongside, reverse with transit- and arrival mark, a very attractive and rare cover

1943, 4.12. and 18.12., two covers from Thorshavn to Chicago resp. New York, the earlier as registered cover with double censor of England and the US, the other intended for air mail service, but airmail cancelled as airmail was not available from UK to the USA, fine

1944, 18.2. and 1.3., two registered covers franked with Christian X. 1-2kr. with additional franking tied by cds. "THORSHAVN" and sent to Chicago, the latter cover endorsed "OAT" (Onward Air Transmission) the earlier one double censored by England and the USA, reverse with transit and arrival marks and vignettes "BARNAHJ'ALPIN", minor transportations marks, a fascinating group

1944, 8.6. and 27.5., Airmail 20ø, block of four and pair with additional franking tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 27.5.44" to airmail cover to New York, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 4320" closing strip and cover sent from a Dane of the "73rd Batt. H Q Comp" with U.S. Navy censor mark to Thorshavn, some transportation wear, attractive and uncommon

1945, 3.2., Christian X. 15,25,35 and 40ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN -3.2.45" to AR-registered letter via England to Los Angeles, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 4255" closing strip, fine

1946, 27.5., Numerals and Christian X. 12 values tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 27.5.43" to registered cover to Portland, the sender is postmaster J. Danielsen and as the post office ran out of Danish registered vignettes after the war they used the British labels, fine

1939, 28.8. and 3.12., Caravelle 15 and 20ø with additional franking tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 28.8.39" to registered airmail cover via France to Switzerland with french censor label, and Hindenburg 25pf. tied by cds. "BENSHEIM 3.12.39" to Sand with German censor label, fine

1940, 26.2., opened out cover with meter mark "VESTLANDSBANKEN BERGEN 26 2 40" to Thorshavn, with adjacent boxed "Service interrompu", two-line "Postudvekslingen indstillet. Retur Afsenderen" and straight-line "RETOUR", returned in late May 1940 with arrival mark "BERGEN  28.5.40", fine

1940, 21.12., 60 on 6ø horizontal pair tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 21.12.40" to registered cover to Ontario, Canada, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 7386" closing strip and with further censor label "PC 23 RETURNED TO SENDER....FOR REASON EXPLAINED...", with corresponding postal note "P.C. 12 This cover was open...", despite some small stains a very attractive and rare cover

1941/42, two covers, the first franked with two singles Provisionals 20 on 1ø from "THORSHAVN 5.11.41" via England with corresponding censor label to St. Lucia with adjacent boxed "PASSED BY ARMY EXAMINER US 801", the other one sent from St. Lucia with US Monroe 5c. tied by machine cancel "AMERICAN BASE FORCES A.P. 805 FEB 23 1942" to the Postmaster of Midvaag, censored with boxed "PASSED BY ARMY EXAMINER US 801", the latter some toning and vertical fold, scarce

1942, 26.5., Red Cross form from the Faroe Islands, sent on the 26th of May 1942 to Switzerland, arrived in Geneva on 26th of June 1942. Censored with boxed "PASSED P.84". Returned with reply and censored "PASSED P.91". When the reply arrived in the Faroe Islands it was placed in a "Red Cross" envelope with cds. "THORSHAVN 20.8.42". At present, only this Red Cross form is known between the Faroe Islands and Switzerland.

1942, 29.5 and 31.3., two covers, each franked with horizontal pair of Caravelle 20ø and tied by cancel resp. cds. "VESTMANHAVN" and "THORSHAVN 13.3.42" to the Red Cross in Switzerland, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 4114/1121" closing strips, some minor transportation wear, otherwise fine

1943, 6.2., Christian X. and Polar bear 7ø - 1kr. tied by cds. "JULIANEHAAB -6-2-1943" to airmail cover via USA and England to Trangisvaag, censored in the USA and closed with tape strip "EXAMINED BY 8317", small part of lower right corner missing, otherwise fine and attractive. The postal service from Greenland to Denmark closed in October 1941, and therefore there are not many letters sent subsequently to the Faroe Islands. However, the mail connection to Faroe Islands remained open. Letters from Greenland to Faroe Islands are scarce

1945. 2.4., Village churches 10-20ø with additional franking tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 2-4.45" to cover, which was intended to go by airmail, to Harjavalta, Finland. The English airmail label is cancelled with red six bars in London as there was a temporary interruption in airmail service, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 5890" closing strip, attractive and unusual entire

1945, 9.6. and 16.12., Christian X. 20-25ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN -9.6.45" to airmail cover via England to Bergen, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 5404" closing strip and further censored in Norway with violet oval "Kontrollert" by the Post War censorship in Norway that lasted from May to November 1945, reverse with arrival mark. In addition, Christian X. 15ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 16.12.1945" to postcard to Oslo, cover some minor transportation marks, still find and attractive

1946, 9.6., Christian X. 10 and 40ø tied by cancel "FUGLEFJORD" to registered cover with British label to Lahti, Finland, censored in Finland by Finnish Post War Censorship that lasted until the end of 1946, fine

1940, two postcards showing the "Suffolk" and the "Ulster Prince" and two covers endorsed "O.A.S" with boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR NO. 2149", fine

1941, 21.2., large cover piece with cds. "FIELD POST OFFICE 695 21 FE 41" addressed to Leicester with adjacent boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR No 2154", fine

1941, 25.7. and 6.11, cover with "British Consulate 25 July 1941, Thorshavn" handstamp sent via Field Post Office 219 on 30. July and "Passed By Censor No.2149". The contents were censored by the consul F. C. Mason who signed in the lower left corner of the text "H. M. Consul, Faroe Islands". And Active Service envelope with senders handstamp "The Lova Scouts" with cds. "Field Post Office 219 11 6 41" alongside to Aberdeenshire, some small imperfection but only very few letters are known with "The Lova Scouts" handstamp