377th Auction

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

1941/45, four covers including airmail cover from "FUGLEFORD" with boxed "No Service Return to Sender" cachet and cover from "THORSHAVN 2.10.42" with British censor label and further "royal crowns" closing strips, all written up, fine

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

1941, 21.11., 20 on 5ø horizontal pair tied by cds. "VAAG 12.11.41" to cover to Indiana, censored in England with censor note "P.C. 5 "This cover was empty when it reached the Examiner", closed with "P.C. 90 5325" closing strip, fine