377th Auction

1940, 26.4., Caravelle 15ø, horizontal pair and single, tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 1.5.40" to cover to Leeds with no local censorship, censored upon arrival with "PC 90 5554" closing strip, fine

1940, 15.6., Caravelle 30ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 15.6.40" to opened out cover to Manchester, there censored and closed with "P.C.90 5323" strip, the censor has removed the inner tissue paper lining and written in blue chalk 4/7/40, very unusual

1940, 14.8., Christian X. 60ø and Airmail 10ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 14.8.40" to registered cover to London, upon arrival censored and closed with "PC 90 4637" strip, fine

1940, 31.8., Caravelle 25ø and Airmail 15ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 31.8.40" to cover to London, upon arrival censored and closed with "PC 90 403" strip, a little roughly opened, fine  

1940, 7.12., 20 on 15ø, 9 singles and additional franking tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 7.12.40" to large format cover to Newcastle with red boxed censor mark "Passed T.118" alongside, reverse with senders cachet "FÆRØ AMT TUBERKULOSESYGEHUS THORSHAVN", stamps with faults, interesting entire

1941, 7.2., 20 on 15ø, horizontal pair tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 7.2.41" to legal size envelope to o The Royal Danish Consulate in Leith, not censored as it is presumed to have been sent as diplomatic mail with the Faroe County as sender. Reverse with cachet "FÆRØ AMT", fine

1941, 14.2., Numeral 8ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 14.2.42" to printed matter to Glasgow with adjacent red boxed "PASSED T.123" censor mark, stamp affixed at the edge, thus some perforation faults, very rare

1941, 20 on 1ø, horizontal pair, tied by wavy line and cds. "THORSHAVN 9.6.41" to cover to Cheshire, delivered to B.P.A. for inspection, closed with two examples (different types) of the strip "Examined by the British Philatelic Association Ltd" and adjacent handstamp "B.P.A. 3 Berner St. London, W.1." applied, a fascinating and the only known letter from Faroe Islands with this type of censor label.

1943, 27.3 and 31.12., two printed matter cards from Thorshavn to Leeds, franked with Numeral 8ø resp. Christian X. 10ø, both with red boxed "PASSED T.188" alongside, the earlier one with punchholes at left, otherwise fine and very rare with only 2 known printed matters correctly franked at 8ø

1943, 22.5., 20 on 1ø, two singles with high overprint, tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 22.5.43" to cover to London, upon arrival censored and closed with "PC 90 767" strip, fine

1943, five Receipts "m/v Sunbeam" franked with GB 2d. orange, from "North Sea Stores", "Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners", Captain Pilote Office Aberdeen", "Dr. Bon-Accord Ice and Cold Storage Co. Ltd.," all written up, fine

1943, five Receipts "m/v City of Norwich" franked with GB 2d. orange, all written up, fine

1943, four Receipts "m/v Johanne" franked with GB 2d. orange, all written up, fine

1940, 23.5 and 21.6., two cards with Victoria/George 2d. orange tied by wavy line machine cancel to card to Thorshavn with boxed violet resp. red boxed "T.80" and "O.37" censor mark alongside, fine

1940, 3.11, George VI. 2½. blue tied by wavy line machine cancel "11 MAR 1940" to cover with routing "Per S.S. BARANDA" to Kvivig, censored in England and closed with "PC 66 2168" strip, in addition similar cover with content sent 9th October 1939 to the same adress without any censorship, very rare with only two recorded entires showing the "PC 66" censor strip from Britain to Faroe Islands

1941, 12.1., George VI. 3d violett with pencil cross and tied by boxed "Paquebot" to cover to Thorshavn with adjacent arrival mark "THORSHAVN 1.12.41". The letter was delivered directly to the "Security Control Office" in open condition, so that time could be saved, and it could be censored immediately, reverse with "PC90 Opened By Examiner 1672" censor label, fine

1941, 18.2. and 7.5., George VI. ½ and 1d. tied by violet cachet to "sample post" tag with censor label "PC 90 4721" on reverse, and meter mark 2½d. on cover from "GREENFORD 7 V 41" to Thorshavn with brown closure strip and red boxed "PASSED T.123" alongside, fine

1941, 24.12., ½d. and 2½d. meter mark from "GLASGOW 24 XII 41" to Thorshavn, censored in England with new type of continuous closing strip "PC90 Opened By Examiner 543 51-1563", some ageing and little roughly opened 

1944, 2.3., George VI. 3d. violett tied by machine cancel "LONDON 3 FEB 1944" to cover sent from the "Red Cross Message Bureau 201" to Thorshavn, censored in England and closed with "P.C.90 5404" label, minor transportation wear

1944, 6.4 and 24.4., two covers cancelled with undated cancel respectively "Post Office, Maritime Mail" and "Rhomb cancel". Probably sent from a soldier. Content dated respectively 6. April and 24. April 1944. Civil censorship in England and closed with a" P.C.90 4448 51-851-W.H.H. Ltd." labels

1941/45, very interesting collection with 26 covers including double-censored, sent Directly to Security Office, meter marks, straight-line "WAR OFFICE PERMIT No. C7", all written up

1942/43, four covers, three censored, all addressed to Thorshavn. Many friendships were made between the Faroese and "The Lovat Scouts" who were in the Faroe Islands at the beginning of the war. As these were replaced by forces from the 12th Battalion "The Cameronians" on 10 June 1942, there is some correspondence known subsequently - typically sent from Perth, Nairn and Glasgow.

1943/44, registered postal stationery envelope with additional franking, the cover was handed over to B.P.A. which after study has approved the shipment thus oval "Passed by the British Philatelic Association Ltd" with signature of Miss Winifred Worsall and serial number applied. And cover with George VI. 3d. tied by machine cancel "LONDON 3 NOV 1944" to cover with special permit address label "POSTED UNDER CENSOR'S PERMIT No. E 15271" to Thorshavn, minor transportation wear, a scarce and interesting group

1942/43, group of four covers, three franked and one with meter mark, including "Permit C7", "Permit C1", "BPA censor and War office Permit C7" and "Permit mail no. B.226", interesting and mostly written up

1940, 8.7., Caravelle 30ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN -8.7.40" to cover to Reykjavik, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 4490" closing strip, fine

1942, 23.9 and 30.9., Caravelle 20ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 30.9.42" to cover to Reykjavik, locally censored on 8. October 1942 and closed with neutral brown tape with dateline cancel and straightline "Thorshavn" alongside. The letter then awaited a departure by a fishing boat to Iceland. However, the first post departure was, via England as the letter is also subsequently censored in England with "P.C. 90 4268" closing strip. And Christian X. 50ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 23.9.42" to registered cover to Reykjavik,  censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 5695" closing strip, the local British censorship straight-line is very rare and only known on a few covers

1942, 5.11., Swjatj Pjotr 20ø tied by cancel "SUMBØ" to cover with full content to Reykjavik with adjacent cds. "VAAG -5.11.42", censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 4268" closing strip, stamp and cover some transportation wear. Although there was an existing scheme to enable regular letters to be sent directly to Iceland, being censored locally before departure, many travelled via England and were censored there.

1943, 6.2., Caravelle 20ø tied by Klipfisk cds. "THORSHAVN -6.2.42" to Reykjavik, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 5013" closing strip, some transportation wear, otherwise fine

1944, 6.2., Christian X. 20ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 6.2.44" to cover to Reykjavik, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 5404" closing strip, with arrival mark "REYKJAVIK 28.II.1944", stamp with small imperfection, otherwise fine

1944, 7.7., Airmail 20ø tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 7.7.44" to cover to Reykjavik, locally censored and closed with neutral brown tape with oval cachet "Security Control Faroe Islands" alongside, very fine and rare with only a few covers known showing this censor mark

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

1940/45, group of four covers all send from Thorshavn, with different censor labels of England and Denmark including Post War censorship, all written up, mostly good condition