377th Auction
20-25 September 2021 in Wiesbaden
Lot no.1295
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There are additional 7% import fees (not tax, non deductible) that will be charged to all buyers. This includes also those buyers from outside the European Union.
Condition
0Catalogue no.147
Opening60 €
Sold for50 €
1931, Zeppelin 30a., block of four from the upper right sheet corner with marginal imprint "No 299 Y", mint never hinged, fine
1940, New York Exhibition overprint issue 20 a.-20 kr. on registered and censored first day cover from "REYKJAVIK 11.V.40" to England with arrival marks (Fazi 256-59)
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