365 / September 2017

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

1864, Entire letter from Cardenas (June 18) endorsed "via Havana & New York" to Hernösand, transported from New York by HAPAG steamer "Bavaria" to Hamburg, debited by the US with "8" cents for conveyance from Cuba and internal postage; in Hamburg the letter was first taxed "8 3/4" sgr. for a normal letter from New York, but this was cancelled and substituted by "11" sgr. for a letter from Cuba; in Sweden a total of "144" öre was charged to the recipient

1840 (ca.), Lettersheet, showing on reverse well preserved red wax seal "SIGULUM CONSULARE MAROCCANUM ..." via Gibraltar, France and Hamburg to Stockholm with frontside "E GIBR. / S. ROQUE / AND.A BAXA" and "ESPAGNE PAR BAYONNE"; a fine scarce early cover

1853, Partly prepaid envelope from Batavia with forwarding agent straight line "E. MOORMANN & Co." via Singapore, the overland mail and Marseille to the Swedish consul at London and from here forwarded via Hamburg and Helsingborg to Strengnäs, in London charged "2/3" of which 10 d. covered the French transit, charged in Sweden "Lösen 37 s Bc." (on reverse) paid by the addressee; an interesting and scarce item

1856 (?), Part paid lettersheet from "BATAVIA FRANKO 10/2" endorsed "p Overland mail via Triest" with transit marks of Hamburg to Stockholm, charged in manuscript "6 ¼" sgr. in transit and in Sweden a total of "33 sk. 9 rst." were charged to the recipient

1858, Opened out partly prepaid lettersheet with small blue "SOERABAYA FRANKO" and on reverse red "FORWARDED BY FRAZER EATON & Co. SOERABAYA" via England and Hamburg to Carlskrona. The cover was prepaid to Singapur, charged with "10" d. for the British share of the postage between Singapore and Hamburg; Hamburg added 3½ sgr. GAPU share and converted to "12" sgr. Sweden converted to 36 sk. and added 15 sk. for the distance between Hamburg and Sweden, in total "1 Rdr. 3 sk." were charged to the recipient. A scarce item

1858, Part paid entire letter from "BATAVIA FRANKO 7/6" via Triest and Berlin to Stockholm, showing on front clear boxed "6¼" and manuscript tax "3¼/3"

1843, Entire letter from Sydney to Stockholm, prepaid "3" d. outgoing shipletter postage, marked in red "PAID SHIPLETTER SYDNEY", charged in London with "2/4" for 8 d. incoming shipletter rate and 20 d. transit to Hamburg, converted in Hamburg to 33 sch. + 4 sch. Hamburg postage = "37 "shilling debited to Sweden; in Sweden a total of "3 rd. 1 sk." was charged to the addressee including 3 sgr. Prussian transit and 40 sk. Swedish share. A remarkable letter, the only recorded prephilatelic letter recorded from New Southwales to Sweden

1855, Unpaid entire letter, forwarded by "ELZYBURU Y CA / PUERTO RICO", via London and Hamburg to Stockholm, in London charged "1/7" to the GPU, Hamburg charged a total of "19½" sgr.; since the recipient was a governmental body the amount was simply included in the quarterly statement to the GPO, very scarce, only 4 unpaid letters recorded from Puerto Rico to Sweden

1873, Small envelope, part paid to Alexandria with 1863/74, 1 shilling blue on blue, tied by duplex "MELBOURNE JA 30 73" to Wisby, transported via Triest, here taxed with "6" sgr.; on arrival taxed in error with "41 öre" instead of 81 öre (6 sgr. = 54 öre + 27 öre postage from Hamburg to Sweden). A scarce and interesting entire

Official letter (Ämbets Bref) dated New York May 9th 1830 and sent via France to Stockholm. As the letter was sent before USA had a mailing contract with Europe, the sender could not prepay the letter. Forwarded privately to Le Havre, then via Greifswald and Ystad to Stockholm. Total postage due was 126 1/2 Pomeranian Schilling as marked on the letter in red. Since the letter was to an official receiver in Sweden, the amount was not charged but written off by the Postal authorities.

1842, Double rate letter (originally with enclosures) from New York to Gefle, directly dropped in the ship's letter bag, endorsed "p Sully via Havre" with arrival mark on front, conveyed to Hamburg under postal convention between France and Thurn & Taxis of 1841, marked on front "35" shilling which was converted to 87½ skilling to which 73 skilling were added for transit from Hamburg to Denmark and Swedish postage from Helsingborg to Gefle; a total of 3 rdr. 16 sk. 6 rst. was charged to the recipient; letter with tear at top; a scarce early transatlantic letter