377th Auction
20-25 September 2021 in Wiesbaden
- (-) Remove POSTAL HISTORY OF THE FAROE ISLANDS DURING WWII - The Jack Petersen Collection filter POSTAL HISTORY OF THE FAROE ISLANDS DURING WWII - The Jack Petersen Collection
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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
1942, 7.8., cover endorsed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" with cds. "FIELD POST OFFICE 611 7 AU 42" addressed to Leeds with adjacent "PASSED BY CENSOR No 5522", fine
1942, 26.11., cover with cds. "FIELD POST OFFICE 611 26 NO 42" addressed to Rockdale with adjacent "PASSED BY CENSOR No 5674" and "PC 90 6422" closing strip, in addition Privilege Envelope addressed to Nottingham with adjacent "PASSED BY CENSOR No 5674", fine
1943, 23.7., cover with cds. "FIELD POST OFFICE 611 23 JU 43" addressed to Rockdale with adjacent "PASSED BY CENSOR No 4234", in addition Privilege Envelope addressed to Yorkshire with adjacent "PASSED BY CENSOR No 4234", fine
1941/43, group of 7 cards and covers including boxed cancel "H.M. SHIPS" in censored cover addressed to 189 Coast Battery, Faroe Islands, all written up, a very interesting group, mostly fine
1942/43, cover with cds. "FIELD POST OFFICE 611 21 SP 42" addressed to the Royal Air Force College Cranwell with adjacent censor "R.A.F. CENSOR 163", further cover with cds. "FIELD POST OFFICE 611 20 OC 42" endorsed "O.A.S" sent to Limerick, Ireland with adjacent "PASSED BY CENSOR 4381" and "PC 90 3017" closing label, fine
1944/45, 4 covers including two covers addressed to the RAF, all written up, mostly fine
1940, two covers from "THORSHAVN" to the Danish Legation in Reykjavík, both censored in England, fine
1942/44, three covers sent to England, two with "Free Danes", and two sent to the Danish House, all written up
1942/44, Letter concerning the consul's radio talks concerning the Faroe Islands, sent by Christmas Møller, member of the Danish Council in London, franked with George VI. ½ and 2d. from "LONDON 8 OCT 1942" to Faroe Islands and cover from "FUGLEFJORD" to the "Danish House" in London, censored in England, some minor imperfection, both written up
1942/45, three covers including Airmail cover from "FRESNO MAY 27 1942" with two-line "PASSED BY CENSOR" alongside to Thorshavn with patriotic sticker "Free Danish Representation" on reverse, and cover from "SUMBØ" to the Royal Danish Legation in Washington, all written up
1944, three covers including one sent to Christmas Møller, one from London with seal "Legation De Danemark" and another one with "BARNAHJ'ALPIN" vignette, all written up
1944/45, cover sent by J. Jegstruo, Danish Legation, from "STOCKHOLM 26 2 44" to Governor Aage Hilbert in Thorshavn and cover from "THORSHAVN 10.3.45" sent to the "Kgl.Dansk Gesndtskab" in Stockholm, fine
1945, group of four items including "Free Danes" folder and local cover sent by "Foreningen Frit Danmark, Thorshavn" to the Dentist Kaaber and Frue, all written up
20 PHOTOS
LEIVUR RESTORFF: 1940/47, collection of 18 items including a Telegramm sent on the 12th. of April 1940 to Leivur Restorff, the only known between Faroe Islands and Denmark sent during WW II., several "Red Cross Postal Message Scheme", all written up