364 / März 2017

1865/80, ungebrauchte Partie mit guten Werten und einigen Einheiten; einige signiert

1864, Small envelope with frontside clear "FELTPOST No. 3 12/5 P.1" to Mariefred with transit mark "SÖDRA ST. BANAN 14/5 1864"; since the Swedish volunteer corps were not officially approved, the cover was taxed and endorsed "Lösen 36 öre" to be paid by the recipient; very rare, only 2 such covers from Swedish volunteers are recorded

1866, 2 entire letters, each with boxed "HAMBURG K.S.P.A.(D.)" and " FRANCO.", in black resp. blue

1867, Entire letter to Stockholm with cds. "K.S.P.A. HAMBURG 25 10 1867" and oval "FRANCO.", both in blue

1790 (ca.), Sealed lettersheet with part of protective cord, sent registered from "HILDESHEIM" to Örebro, originally containing 1 Louis d'Or, on front manuscript "Frey Hamburg", charged on reverse with 12 skilling 9 rst, which incl. the addressee's part of registration fee; a rare early registered item

1851, Entire letter from "BERGEN AUF RÜGEN 27 5" to Stockholm, showing on front clear boxed "Franco Stralsund" and Ystad transit mark; paid to Stralsund with "3" sgr.

1861, Small envelope from "ITZEHOE 18/1" to Sköfde, franked with Denmark 1854, 4 s. brown in vertical pair; readdressed to Gothenburg and charged for the inland postage with "Lösen 24 öre, restporto"

1803, Lettersheet from "HULL JUL 24 1803" via London (red transit mark on front) and Gothenburg to Stockholm, showing on reverse large red "FOREIGN OFFICE 108"; part-paid with "2/2" and charged on arrival with "16" skilling banco; a scarce letter during the continental system and shortly after the French occupation of Hamburg

1830, Quadruple rate lettersheet with unknown origin, sent through the Swedish/Norwegian legation at London to Stockholm, carried by private ship from Dartmouth, showing on front clear "DARTMOUTH SHIPLETTER", charged "6/4", apparently paid by the Swedish legation, acting as a forwarding agent

1831, Entire letter from "SUNDERLAND AP 20 1831" to Carlscrona, endorsed "via Hamburg + Elsinör", finally sent via Hamburg and Greifswald, partly prepaid with "1/3" to Cuxhaven, charged in Hamburg with "6" shilling and finally charged in Carlscrona "1 Rdr 5 sk dco", marked in red crayon

1837, Entire letter from "JERSEY JY 21 1837" to Odenwalla, prepaid to Cuxhaven and sent via Hamburg and Greifswald (clear straight line on reverse), charged on arrival with 44¼ skilling banco; a fine and scarce entire

1849/50, 2 prepaid lettersheets (double resp. single rate) from London to Stockholm resp. Gotenburg with clear boxed "Aus England per Aachen franco" in black resp. red, several taxes

1852, Part-paid entire letter from London to Stockholm, showing on front blue "HULL SHIP-LETTER MY 14 1852" and Gotheborg transit mark, prepaid "6" d. and charged 24 skilling banco on arrival

1853, Double rate entire letter from "ROSS NO 1 1853" via Calais, Hamburg and Ystad to Carlscrona, prepaid "2/8", apparently by mistake, doubling the single rate of "1/4" instead using the correct double rate charge of "2/3". Although the letter was clearly marked as paid the Hamburg post office did not credit any postage to the Swedish/Norwegian post, in consequence it was charged in Sweden with 30 skilling banco. Letters from the UK via France to Sweden are very rare; most likely due to Cholera outbreaks in autumn 1853 the letter was sent via Ystad instead of the normal way via Denmark; a highly interesting item

1855, Entire letter with green "DENDEE PAID JN 21 1855" addressed to Gothenburg, endorsed "Per Mail Steamer from Grimsby", manuscript "Missent to Liverpool" and "Too late"

1865, Part-paid lettersheet franked with 2 copies 1858/79, 1 d. rose-red, plate 87, with adjacent red "LONDON PAID" to Stockholm, credit "6" (d.) cancelled and corrected in "8"; one stamp rounded corner, otherwise fine (SG 43)

1835, Entire unpaid letter (inside with illustration 'Grotte bleu dans l'Ile de Capri') endorsed "par Hambourg" to Stockholm, showing on front boxed "V Stato Pontificio" and on reverse straight line "GREIFSWALD" and Hamburg transit marks; charged on arrival with "2 rd. 6 3/4 sk."; a very scarce early letter to Sweden

1832, Entire part-paid letter from Riga with red double line date stamp to Uddewalla, showing on front clear transit mark "frco. Ystad.", also Memel transit mark, charged on arrival with 24 skilling; filing crease at bottom, otherwise fine

1845/47, Lettersheet of triple and entire letter of single rate, both with frontside red "POSS. ANG MARSEILLE" to Stockholm, charged on arrival with "20" resp. "64" skilling

1861, Unpaid entire letter from "LAURVIG 20/8 1861" to a Norwegian ship's captain at Belfast, Ireland and redirected via London and Hamburg to Sundswall, taxed with a total of 225 öre; in total 8 transit and arrival marks on front and reverse and several taxes; an interesting letter

1829, Entire letter with red "WARSZAWA 29 6" to Nyköping, showing on front clear transit mark "frco. Ystad", charged on arrival with 24 sk. bco.; some marginal faults

1833, Lettersheet from Alicante via France and Hamburg, showing on front "E.T.F." and "ESPAGNE PAR ST. JEAN DE LUZ" to Stockholm, charged with "24" shilling courant

1837, Entire letter from Barcelona with red "B. CATALONA" via France with boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER PAR COLLIOURE" and Hamburg to Stockholm, charged in Hamburg with "18" shilling courant; since the letter was addressed to a governmental body ('Kongl. Commerce Collegium') no inland postage was due

1857, Entire letter from Torrevieja to Carlscrona, transported via France and Hamburg, showing on front red boxed "Spanien" and Helsingborg transit mark, charged with a total of "1 Rd."

1828, Entire letter from Bern to Stockholm, endorsed "franco: Greifswald"; debited with "6" Pomeranian shilling for Prussian sea postage from Stralsund to Ystad; at destination a total of "36" skilling was charged to the recipient

1836, Small entire letter from "ZÜRICH 3 OCT 1836" to Stockholm, endorsed "par Hambourg", adjacent oval "Auslag von Zürich", charged with the total 1 rd. 20 sk. bco.

1855, Unpaid entire letter from "CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY 30 AVRIL 55" to Carlscrona without any further indication of country, apparently sent to Konstanz in Baden with arrival mark of May 13, in manuscript added "ist in Norwegen" and redirected via Hamburg und Stralsund, the later manuscript crossed on the way; on arrival the letter was charged with a total of 42 skilling 9 rst incl. 15 sk. Swedish postage; a scarce and interesting letter with unusual routing

1844, Entire letter from Buenos Aires, forwarded by Charles Fisher (blue oval marking on front) to Le Havre and from here posted and sent via Hamburg and Stralsund (clear straight line on reverse) to Christianstad; charged with a total of 1 Rdr 23 sk.; a scarce early letter from South America

1867, Entire letter from Buenos Aires with cds. of British PO on reverse, via England to Stockholm, charged "152" öre on arrival, filing fold and entire with some blamishes

1869, Entire letter with French consular "BUENOS AYRES 14 AOUT 69" via "MONTEVIDEO PAQ. FR. K. No. 1" and Paris to Carlshamn, showing on front accountancy mark "* F. 20", charged on arrival with "100" öre

1854, Entire double rate letter dated Rio 13.9.1854 (market report), privately carried to London, posted 14.10.1854 and sent via Hamburg to Gothenburg, Prussia noted "14" sgr., in Sweden charged with "1 Red 24 sk."

1859, Double rate unpaid letter from "RIO JANEIRO JY 7 1859" via London and Hamburg to Stockholm, in London noted "2/8", Prussia charged a total of "34" sgr.; the recipient was charged with "396" öre

1870, Envelope from "CAMPINAS 3 MAR 70" to Stockholm, showing on front the scarce accountancy mark "* F.21", charged on arrival with "117" öre

1858, Unpaid entire letter from Capetown via England with "PLYMOUTH SHIP-LETTER MY 31 1858" and London transit mark on reverse, Hamburg and Stralsund to Hudiksvall; charged with a total of 1 Rdr 3 sk. bco., incl. 10 d. for the postage between Capetown and Hamburg which converted the amount to 8½ sgr. and charged "12" sgr. to Sweden incl. 3½ sgr. German Postal Union fee

1857, Unpaid entire letter, dated Shanghai 26.7.1857, sent via "HONGKONG 5 AU 1857", England and Hamburg to Wexiö, charged on arrival with 1 Rdr. 3 sk. bco. which incl. 10 d. British share and 3½ sgr. German transit as well as 15 sk. sea post from Hamburg to Sweden; a very rare letter from China to Sweden, the only recorded from Shanghai

1859, Lettersheet from "ST. THOMAS JY 18 59" (small single arc cds.) via England, Hamburg and Denmark to Westerlik and redirected to Stockholm; charged in England with "2/-", additionally 4 d. for postage to Germany; Germany charged a total of "27" sgr. to Sweden, incl. German transit; the recipient was charged "288 öre" incl. the Swedish postage. A very scarce entire, only 3 unpaid letters are recorded from St. Thomas to Sweden