364 / März 2017

1859, Double rate unpaid letter from "RIO JANEIRO JY 7 1859" via London and Hamburg to Stockholm, in London noted "2/8", Prussia charged a total of "34" sgr.; the recipient was charged with "396" öre

1870, Envelope from "CAMPINAS 3 MAR 70" to Stockholm, showing on front the scarce accountancy mark "* F.21", charged on arrival with "117" öre

1858, Unpaid entire letter from Capetown via England with "PLYMOUTH SHIP-LETTER MY 31 1858" and London transit mark on reverse, Hamburg and Stralsund to Hudiksvall; charged with a total of 1 Rdr 3 sk. bco., incl. 10 d. for the postage between Capetown and Hamburg which converted the amount to 8½ sgr. and charged "12" sgr. to Sweden incl. 3½ sgr. German Postal Union fee

1857, Unpaid entire letter, dated Shanghai 26.7.1857, sent via "HONGKONG 5 AU 1857", England and Hamburg to Wexiö, charged on arrival with 1 Rdr. 3 sk. bco. which incl. 10 d. British share and 3½ sgr. German transit as well as 15 sk. sea post from Hamburg to Sweden; a very rare letter from China to Sweden, the only recorded from Shanghai

1859, Lettersheet from "ST. THOMAS JY 18 59" (small single arc cds.) via England, Hamburg and Denmark to Westerlik and redirected to Stockholm; charged in England with "2/-", additionally 4 d. for postage to Germany; Germany charged a total of "27" sgr. to Sweden, incl. German transit; the recipient was charged "288 öre" incl. the Swedish postage. A very scarce entire, only 3 unpaid letters are recorded from St. Thomas to Sweden

1852, lettersheet endorsed "on Service" from Calcutta, addressed to the Swedish government at Stockholm, sent via France to London, debited on arrival with "2/3", 10 d. postage to Sweden was added and the letter marked "3/1"; since the letter was supposed to have been picked up by the British consul, the tax was cancelled and again marked "2/3". Apparently the letter was not picked up and again the 10 d. added and the letter sent via "HELSINGBORG 18 4 1852" to Stockholm, where it was charged with a total of 1 Rdr. 24 sk. bco.; an interesting letter with scarce destination for India

1890, "SOLDIERS' and SEAMEN'S ENVELOPE" 9 p. used from "MALAPURAM 1-APR. 90" to Gotenburg, charged on arrival in manuscript with "44 öre", equivalent to "27 cds.", no postage due stamps applied; a very scarce destination for this entire

1838, Lettersheet, showing on reverse quite clear seal of the Swedish consulate at Tripoli, forwarded by Magnan Frères (manuscript) to Marseille and from here posted to Stockholm, endorsed "franco Hamburg", several transit marks incl. boxed "K.S. & M.P.C. HAMBURG 23 OCT 38"

1846, Double rate entire letter from "MADEIRA OC 31 1846" to the commander of Royal Swedish Navy at Carlscrona, mailed via England with boxed "BRIXHAM SHIP LETTER" and France with red boxed "COLONIES & C. ART. 13" to Hamburg, here charged "44" shilling courant to the Swedish post, converted to 110 skilling banco; Sweden added 64 sk. for the distance Hamburg-Helsingborg and 6 sk. for distance Helsingborg-Carlscrona, finally "3 Rdr 36 sk banco" were charged to the recipient; a fine and rare letter; only 3 letters are recorded from Madeira in this period

1838, Entire letter from Tanger via "GIBRALTAR" and London forwarding agent "per Lagos steamer" and Hamburg to the Royal College of Commerce at Stockholm, showing several manuscript taxes

1857, Double rate lettersheet from the Swedish/Norwegian Consulate at Port Louis, backstamped with red "PACKET LETTER MAURITIUS JU 19 1857", endorsed "per overland mail via Trieste" to Stockholm, prepaid to Alexandria with "2/-", charged "12½" sgr. for sea post Alexandria-Triest and German Postal Union fee; due to a mistake at the Swedish exchange office postage due of "1(Rdr) 37 (sk) 6 (rst) was noted instead of the correct 1-19-6; a very rare entire via the overland mail; 3 letters from the skilling period from Mauritius to Sweden are recorded

1850, Second page of entire letter with blue "BATAVIA FRANCO 24/6" with boxed blue "PER OVERLANDMAIL VIA MARSEILLE" to Gothenburg with transit marks of Alexandria and Hamburg and on front desinfection mark "PURIFIER A LAZARET MALTE", charged on arrival with 1 Rdr. 18 sk. 6 rst., small faults

1857, part paid envelope with clear oval "SAMARANG FRANCO", endorsed "via Trieste + Hamburg pr. O.L. Mail" to Stockholm, showing on front clear Triest transit mark "6¼"; in Sweden a total of 33 sk. 9 rst. was charged to the recipient; the envelope somewhat roughly opened at right, otherwise fine, very scarce

1860, Partly prepaid envelope of "1½" lod with blue "BATAVIA FRANCO 8/5", endorsed "via Holland" to Wenersborg; the letter was prepaid to Singapore, from here it was mailed - against the endorsement on the cover - via the overland mail, Marseille, Paris and Hamburg, on arrival in Sweden the letter was charged with (French) triple rate with at total of "324" öre, additionally noted as "lösen 3 rd 24 öre"; an interesting letter with high postage due to the undemanded routing via France

1861, Entire letter from the Swedish Consulate at Manila, written 21.3.1861, forwarded by "RUSSEL & STURGIS" to Hongkong, here posted with red "HONGKONG PAID JA 30 61" on front and mailed via overland mail and Triest, Berlin and Hamburg to Stockholm, taxed by the German post with "41" kreuzer resp. "12" sgr. Since the addressee was a governmental body, the amount was included in the quarterly statement to the GPO at Stockholm; a very scarce letter; only few pre-UPU letters from the Phillippines to Sweden are recorded

1856, Entire unpaid letter from British PO "SAN JUAN PORTO RICO MR 29 1856" via England and Hamburg to Stockholm; British share of "1/7" charged to the German Postal Union, in Hamburg a total of "19½" sgr. charged to Sweden; since the recipient was a governmental body, the amount was simply included in quarterly statement to the G.P.O. in Stockholm; a very scarce letter, only 4 unpaid letters are recorded from Puerto Rico to Sweden

1860, Envelope with original contents, written aboard the ship 'Amazon' with frontside red oval "ST. HELENA JY 7 1860" via Queenstown, London, Hamburg and Gotenburg to a military address in Sweden, showing on front and reverse several transit marks incl. "QUEENSTOWN/SHIP LETTER"; on reverse manuscript "Forwarded from St. Helena by yr. Obedt. Servant W. Carrol / Royal Swedish + Norwegian Consul at St. Helena"; extremely scarce

1855, Mourning envelope to Ystad, franked with 1853, 4 d. orange, cut to shape and tied by numeral "60" with adjacent clear red "POST-OFFICE LAUNCESTON AP 30 1855"; carried by private ship to the UK, where it was charged 8 d. incoming shipletter fee, the letter transported via Belgium to Hamburg, from here a total of "13 3/4" sgr. was charged to the Swedish post, in Ystad converted to 41 sk. 3 rst. and 15 sk. added for the conveyance from Hamburg; the recipient was finally charged with 1 Rdr 8 sk. 3 rst.; a fine and rare letter, the only recorded letter from Van Diemen's Land to Sweden

1848, lettersheet from New York via Boston, England, France, Hamburg and Stralsund to Carlscrona, paid for inland postage only, showing red "NEW YORK 5 cts. 30 JUL.", in London marked with red boxed "COLONIES & c. ART. 13", in Hamburg debited with a total of "24" shilling, converted in Stralsund and marked as "23½" sgr. incl. 3 sgr. for Prussian transit; in Sweden a total of "2 Rdr. 11 sk. 6 rst banco" was charged to the recipient; a rare early letter via France with high postage due

1851, Cover from New York to Motalla, prepaid with 24 c. sea postage to Bremen, therefore marked "PAID PART", transferred to Hamburg, charged "3" shilling for the distance Bremen-Hamburg, converted in Ystad to "2½" sgr. and "7" sgr. charged incl. 4½ sgr. for the distance Hamburg-Stralsund; the recipient was charged with a total of "Lösen 1 Rd 9 skl. Bc."

1852, Entire letter from San Francisco to Stockholm, partly paid with "26" cents, transported via Panama and New York, showing on front red "NEW YORK AM. PACKET / JAN 15", transported with the next ship to Europe which happened to be a steamship to France (rate 20 c.), from France transferred to Hamburg, where debited "11" Hamburg shilling for combined French and Thurn & Taxis transit to the Swedish post; in Stockholm charged with a total of "42½" skilling banco; an unusually routed letter pre-convention U.S.-France

1854, Partly prepaid entire letter from San Francisco to Stockholm, transported via Panama, New York, Liverpool and Hamburg, showing black straight line "PAID 26" and red "NEW YORK AM. PACKET", in England marked "U.S. PKT." and "3½ GROSCHEN"; in Hamburg charged "7" sgr. for the postage from England debited to the Swedish/Norwegian post; in Sweden converted to 21 skilling and a total of "36" skilling banco charged incl. 15 skilling for the postage from Hamburg to Sweden

1857, Envelope to Stockholm, franked with 1851/57, 1 c. blue, type II and 10 c. green, type II, horizontal pair from the upper right sheet corner with parts of sheet margins, tied by large "MAQUON ILL. SEP 17", showing on front "NEW YORK AM. PKT." and straight line "U.S. PKT."; the cover was transported via England, Hamburg and Stralsund, prepaid to England with 5 c. inland fee and 16 c. sea postage, in Hamburg charged "7" sgr. and finally in Stockholm with "36" skilling banco (Scott 20, 32)

1858, Quadruple rate envelope to Göteborg, prepaid for the triple rate with 63 cents, sent via New York with red "N. YORK BR. PKT. 14 PAID" and red boxed "SHORT PAID"; Prussian post marked "26 ung pto" (insufficient postage), in Sweden a total of 3 riksdaler 38 öre was charged to the recipient incl. Danish transit and Swedish inland postage; a rare letter

1860, Unpaid envelope from New York to Wenersborg via Hamburg and Denmark showing on reverse boxed "HAMBURG K.S.P.A. (D.) 18/10 1860"; on front "NEW YOKR AM. PKT. 23" (23 c. debit to U.S.), changed in Hamburg to "13" sgr.; in Sweden charged "162 öre"; part of back flap missing, otherwise fine

1861, Entire letter from New Orleans (written June 6), via New York und Hamburg to Stockholm, showing on front forwarding agent mark "FORWARDED BY OELRICHS & Co. NEW-YORK", black "N. YORK HAMB. PKT 5" and blue Hamburg tax stamp "8 3/4"; filing fold affecting the tax stamp, otherwise fine; a very interesting and rare letter to Sweden during the early period of the Civil War

1867, Double rate "OFFICIAL BUSINESS"-cover from headquarters of U.S. infantery at Fort Donelson, Dover, Tennessee, sent from New York via Prussian closed mail to Cimbrishamn, charged on arrival with "306" öre, incl. 22 sgr. (= 198 öre) sea post credited to the US and 108 öre for the postage from German Postal Union to Sweden; a scarce military item with high postage due

1869, envelope to Göteborg, originally fully franked and credited "4 CENTS", transported with Hamburg-American line steamer "Germania", which was wrecked during the night of August 4, saved from seawater and transported by steamer "Cimbria" to Hamburg, here marked "HAMBURG FRANCO 26.8.69" and label "Aus dem untergegangenen Post=Dampfschiffe Germania geborgen" (not quite complete); scarce wreck-mail to Sweden

1869, Cash-paid envelope from Montana, Iowa to Gefle, credited "4 CENTS", adjacent red boxed "Weiterfr 1½ Sgr." and "BREMEN / 2-10 69 / FRANCO"

1873, Insufficiently paid envelope from "SAINT PAULS MINN. NOV 12" to Grenna, franked with 2 copies 1870/71, 3 c. green (one with tear), marked "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" and "32", on reverse "NEW YORK GERMAN TRANSIT" and arrival marks; on front manuscript "Lösen 32 öre"

1770/1864 (ca.), 36 Vorphila und (wenige) Dienstbriefe, dabei Auslandsbriefe, Bischofsbrief nach München etc.

1 Kreuzer schwarz, Platte 1, mit Plattenfehler "rechte untere Ecke abgeschrägt", voll- bis breitrandig mit L2 von München, unauffälliger rechter Bug, sonst einwandfrei, Fotoattest Sem BPP

1 Kreuzer grauschwarz, Platte 1, voll- bis meist breitrandig mit Schnittlinien unten und rechts, mit DKr. "NÜRNBERG .. JUL 1850" und zusätzlichem Federzug, einwandfrei, Fotoattest Sem BPP (2015)

1 Kreuzer tiefschwarz, Platte 1, entwertet durch DKr. "NÜRNBERG 20 MAR 1850", allseits breitrandig mit Teilen aller vier Zwischenlinien, winziger Stockfleck, sonst tadellos, Fotoattest Schmitt BPP (1973)

1 Kreuzer schwarz, Platte 1, allseits breit- bis überrandig mit DKr. "AUGSBURG 27. MAI 1850" auf kompletter Drucksache nach Schrobenhausen; Marke belanglose schwache Knitterung, das Briefpapier teilweise etwas vergilbt, sonst einwandfrei, signiert Pfenninger mit Befund (1958) und Fotoattest Schmitt BPP (2005)

"14" ASCHAFFENBURG, zentrisch und sauber auf 1 Kreuzer tiefschwarz, allseits breitrandig, unten mit 2 dicken, waagerechten Trennungslinien, sogenannter "kleiner Zwischensteg"; im unteren Bereich zwei unauffällige waagerechte Büge und kleine helle Stelle in der Markenmitte; ein schönes Stück dieser seltenen Variante, Fotoattest Stegmüller BPP (2009)