364 / März 2017

1853, Double rate entire letter from "ROSS NO 1 1853" via Calais, Hamburg and Ystad to Carlscrona, prepaid "2/8", apparently by mistake, doubling the single rate of "1/4" instead using the correct double rate charge of "2/3". Although the letter was clearly marked as paid the Hamburg post office did not credit any postage to the Swedish/Norwegian post, in consequence it was charged in Sweden with 30 skilling banco. Letters from the UK via France to Sweden are very rare; most likely due to Cholera outbreaks in autumn 1853 the letter was sent via Ystad instead of the normal way via Denmark; a highly interesting item

1855, Entire letter with green "DENDEE PAID JN 21 1855" addressed to Gothenburg, endorsed "Per Mail Steamer from Grimsby", manuscript "Missent to Liverpool" and "Too late"

1865, Part-paid lettersheet franked with 2 copies 1858/79, 1 d. rose-red, plate 87, with adjacent red "LONDON PAID" to Stockholm, credit "6" (d.) cancelled and corrected in "8"; one stamp rounded corner, otherwise fine (SG 43)

1835, Entire unpaid letter (inside with illustration 'Grotte bleu dans l'Ile de Capri') endorsed "par Hambourg" to Stockholm, showing on front boxed "V Stato Pontificio" and on reverse straight line "GREIFSWALD" and Hamburg transit marks; charged on arrival with "2 rd. 6 3/4 sk."; a very scarce early letter to Sweden

1832, Entire part-paid letter from Riga with red double line date stamp to Uddewalla, showing on front clear transit mark "frco. Ystad.", also Memel transit mark, charged on arrival with 24 skilling; filing crease at bottom, otherwise fine

1845/47, Lettersheet of triple and entire letter of single rate, both with frontside red "POSS. ANG MARSEILLE" to Stockholm, charged on arrival with "20" resp. "64" skilling

1861, Unpaid entire letter from "LAURVIG 20/8 1861" to a Norwegian ship's captain at Belfast, Ireland and redirected via London and Hamburg to Sundswall, taxed with a total of 225 öre; in total 8 transit and arrival marks on front and reverse and several taxes; an interesting letter

1829, Entire letter with red "WARSZAWA 29 6" to Nyköping, showing on front clear transit mark "frco. Ystad", charged on arrival with 24 sk. bco.; some marginal faults

1833, Lettersheet from Alicante via France and Hamburg, showing on front "E.T.F." and "ESPAGNE PAR ST. JEAN DE LUZ" to Stockholm, charged with "24" shilling courant

1837, Entire letter from Barcelona with red "B. CATALONA" via France with boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER PAR COLLIOURE" and Hamburg to Stockholm, charged in Hamburg with "18" shilling courant; since the letter was addressed to a governmental body ('Kongl. Commerce Collegium') no inland postage was due

1857, Entire letter from Torrevieja to Carlscrona, transported via France and Hamburg, showing on front red boxed "Spanien" and Helsingborg transit mark, charged with a total of "1 Rd."

1828, Entire letter from Bern to Stockholm, endorsed "franco: Greifswald"; debited with "6" Pomeranian shilling for Prussian sea postage from Stralsund to Ystad; at destination a total of "36" skilling was charged to the recipient

1836, Small entire letter from "ZÜRICH 3 OCT 1836" to Stockholm, endorsed "par Hambourg", adjacent oval "Auslag von Zürich", charged with the total 1 rd. 20 sk. bco.

1855, Unpaid entire letter from "CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY 30 AVRIL 55" to Carlscrona without any further indication of country, apparently sent to Konstanz in Baden with arrival mark of May 13, in manuscript added "ist in Norwegen" and redirected via Hamburg und Stralsund, the later manuscript crossed on the way; on arrival the letter was charged with a total of 42 skilling 9 rst incl. 15 sk. Swedish postage; a scarce and interesting letter with unusual routing

1844, Entire letter from Buenos Aires, forwarded by Charles Fisher (blue oval marking on front) to Le Havre and from here posted and sent via Hamburg and Stralsund (clear straight line on reverse) to Christianstad; charged with a total of 1 Rdr 23 sk.; a scarce early letter from South America

1867, Entire letter from Buenos Aires with cds. of British PO on reverse, via England to Stockholm, charged "152" öre on arrival, filing fold and entire with some blamishes

1869, Entire letter with French consular "BUENOS AYRES 14 AOUT 69" via "MONTEVIDEO PAQ. FR. K. No. 1" and Paris to Carlshamn, showing on front accountancy mark "* F. 20", charged on arrival with "100" öre

1854, Entire double rate letter dated Rio 13.9.1854 (market report), privately carried to London, posted 14.10.1854 and sent via Hamburg to Gothenburg, Prussia noted "14" sgr., in Sweden charged with "1 Red 24 sk."

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