377th Auction

1858, 9Ø lilac, fresh colour and good perforation, neatly used with star cancel, fine

1924, Postal Congres and UPU 5 o.-5 kr., both sets cpl., unused with large part original gum, very fine, sign. Georg Bühler

1940, 5.4. and 20.9., C.M. Bellman 35ö tied by cds. "STOCKHOLM 5.4.40" to registered cover to Thorshavn with two-line cancel "Postudvekslingen indstillet Retur Afsenderen", since the postal connections were discontinued due to the German occupation of Denmark on 9 april 1940, and sent retour with several cachets applied, in addition cover from "GÖTEBORG" via Lisbon to Thorshavn, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 3473" closing strip, the latter horizontal fold, otherwise fine and scarce

1940, 11.7., Gustav V. 20ö. with additional franking tied by cds. "STOCKHOLM 11.7.40" to registered cover via Lisbon to Thorshavn with arrival mark, Swedish currency control label on front and reverse and closed with censorship label "Granskad enligt Kungl. Maj:ts Förordnande", further censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 5078" closing strip, a very attractive and rare cover

1941, 4.3, Crown 85ö. and pair 1kr. tied by cds. "GÖTEBORG 4.3.41" to airmail cover via Moscow and Baghdad, with transit mark "BAGHDAD 19 MCH 1941" on reverse, to Thorshaven,  censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 1356" closing strip, back flap slightly cut to show the transit mark, a fascinating and rare letter, only two are known sent to the Faroe Islands via Baghdad.

1941/42, 28.4 - 19.9, three covers, two from Malmö and one from Göteborg, surface and airmail, all censored in England and closed with "PC 90" closing strip, all written up, fine

1943, 9.4., Mansson and Rudenschöld 10ö, vertical pair with additional franking tied by cds. "SKARALID 9 4 1943" to airmail cover via Berlin with censorhsip label and Lisbon where somewhat weak oval "OAT" (Onward Air Transmission) was applied, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 7485" closing strip, a very attractive and rare cover being the only cover showing the oval "OAT" cancellation  

1943, 24.5 - 25.8., three covers to Thorshavn with different frankings and censor labels, one cover endorsed "By airmail to the United Kingdom", all written up, mostly fine

1943/44, four covers, one send by surface mail, two showing endorsement "By airmail to the United Kingdom", one with the senders address in Denmark, posted in Stockholm thus probably smuggled to Sweden, some faults, but all covers interesting and attractive, all written up

1944, 24.10., Crown 60ö tied by cds. "GÖTEBORG 24.10" to airmail cover sent directly to England with corresponding two-line cachet "By air to the United Kingdom", censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 5890" closing strip, despite some minor imperfections very attractive and rare with only one other cover known showing this cachet

1945, one airmail card and two airmail covers from Stockholm to Thorshavn, two showing boxed "PASSED" censor mark, one closed with "P.C. 90 4464" closing strip, fine

1945, 22.8., Gustav V. 10ö. with additional franking tied by cds. "PKP 386 22.8 45" to postcard to Thorshavn with violet "Denmark 260" Danish post-war censor mark alongside, fine

SWEDEN-GREECE, 1851, Cover from "STOCKHOLM 24/10 1851" to the British mission at Athens, partly prepaid in cash with 6 skilling bco. till Stralsund, transported via Prussia (frontside boxed "Aus Schweden") and Trieste with blue Athens arrival mark on reverse. On the way charged with "9/9" kreuzer c.m. Postal Union rate and Austrian sea post; in Greece charged with a total of "110" lepta to be paid by the recipient. A scarce destination for Swedish letters.

SWEDEN-STRAITS SETTLEMENTS/CHINA, 1863, Small cover from Grenna, addressed to a crew member of the British corvette 'HMS Barossa' at "Singapore or elsewhere", re-directed to China. The letter was originally endorsed "via Marseille", but altered into "Trieste + Alexandria", franked with 1858, 5 oere yellow-green, 9 oere lilac, 30 oere brown and 2 copies 50 oere carmine (a further 50 oere stamp originally applied at upper left is missing). On front boxed "Aus Schweden per Stralsund" and blue crayon "f 13½" (silbergroschen) for the foreign postage beyond Trieste, on reverse transit marks of Ystad and Trieste and tax stamp "15/52". At Alexandria marked "1/-" in red crayon with adjacent red cds. Despite the missing stamp a very attractive cover, just 3 further letters from this period have been recorded from Sweden to Singapore. Certificate Dr. Helena Obermüller-Wilén (2004) (Fazit 7c1, 8b, 11b, 12d)