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, 22.8., Old Atlantic herring 25aur tied by machine cancel "REYKJAVIK 22.VIII.40" to cover to Sandavaag, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 1581" closing strip, minor stain at lower right, otherwise fine and earliest and only known censored letter from Iceland to the Faroe Islands from 1940.
1941, 11.1 and 3.2., two covers from Reykjavik to Thorshavn, both censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 4255" closing strip, the early cover faults, otherwise fine
1943, 8.6, Telegram sent by "The Great Nordic Telegraph Company" from Reykjavik to E E Johannessen in Thorshavn, with small white censor strips, very attractive and rare
1944, 5.2 and 15.7., printed matter franked with 12aur and tied by machine cancel "REYKJAVIK -5.II.44" to Thorshavn with British boxed "PASSED T.188" censor mark and window envelope with meter mark "REYKJAVIK 15 7 44", censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 5164" closing strip, fine
1943, 16.8., Christian X. 20ø applied in Thorshavn with corresponding cds., the cover was directly delivered to the American censorship in Iceland, there sealed with "OPENED BY ARMY U.S. EXAMINER NO." closing strip, some faults but a rare and interesting entire