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
1940, 21.5., 30c. tied by wavy line machine cancel "GENEVE 21.V 1940" to cover endorsed "Via Angleterre" to Thorshavn with typewritten indication "Jle Danoise occupée des Anglais", censored in England and closed with "P.C. 66 29" closing strip, no German censorship since Switzerland was a neutral country. Very fine and the only recorded PC66 censor strip from Switzerland to Faroe Island
1941/43, Pro Juventute 20c. block of four with additional franking tied by special cancel "WERTZEICHEN VERKAUFSSTELLE BERN 1.XII.43" to large format registered cover via Berlin, Munich, Bermuda and England to Thorshavn, censored twice in Germany, and subsequently on Bermuda wit "PC90 2275 Form.167" closing strip with handstamped "IC" and finally in Enfland with "PC.90 5404" closing strip, in addition cover front with German meter mark "BERLIN 25.9.41" to Thorshavn, fine
1945, 18.7., Pro Patria 5-30c. with additional franking tied by cds. "ZÜRICH 18.VII.45" to registered cover to Thorshavn, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 7833" closing strip, minor ageing, otherwise fine