377th Auction

1941, 4.3., Norway Coat of arms 20ø horizontal pair and single 35ø tied by cds. "RISØR -4 III 41" to airmail cover to Thorshavn, with German censor label of Frankfurt and censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 4,466" closing strip. Very attractive and the only known letter that came through to Faroe Islands between 20th. January 1941 and 13th. December 1941 going via Lisbon - New York

1944, 17.6 and 20.7., George VI. 2½d. blue tied by cancel "Norwegian Army Field Post Office" to cover sent from the Norwegian forces to Thorshavn, upon arrival in England censored with "PC 90" closing label and adjacent boxed "Passed By Censor 2974", in Thorshavn horizontal pair Postage due 6ø added and tied with cds. "THORSHAVN 10.7.44". And further cover franked with Norway London government in exile 20, 40 and 60ø tied by red "POST OFFICE CENSOR MAIL MARITIME", sent to Sand and censored in England with "PC 90 6723" closing strip, fine, the latter with certificate Wowern (1989)

1945, 13.6.,  Coat of arms 10ø tied by machine cancel "SANDEFJORD 13 VI 45" as additional franking to postal stationery card 20ø endorsed "By air to England" to Vestmanhavn, censored with adjacent boxed "PASSED T.185", fine

NORWAY-TURKISH EMPIRE, 1857, Lettersheet from Farsund to the Swedish-Norwegian Consul at Constantinople, correctly franked for a single rate letter via Marseille with 1856/57, 2 skilling orange and 4 copies 8 skilling carmine, tied by numeral "63". For some reason the letter was instead transported via Hamburg (5.10.) and Trieste (9.10.) with Constantinope arrival mark of 16.10. Although the transportation via Trieste was 2 skilling more expensive, marked "7¼" (silbergroschen) in red for the total postage beyond the Danish-German border and "f 4¼" (silbergroschen) in blue for the paid postage beyond Trieste. One 8 skilling with marginal tear, the 2 copies at right affected by some creasing where affixed at resp. over the edge of the cover. A still fine and attractive entire; just 2 further Norwegian letters via Trieste to Constantinople have been recorded. Provenance: Bernt Fossum (Moldenhauer-auction, 2004)