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SWEDEN STAMPLESS COVER - 1839
LIST @ $ 75
Reference Materials: Facit Postal VII and Facit 2008 Specialized
Tidiga Svenska Datumstämplar (Stenberg),
Stampless Mail to and from Scandinavia to 1868 (Hughmark & Halpern)
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STAMPLESS COVERS OF SWEDEN SWEDEN – 1839 Stockholm to London |
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Front: Folded Double weight Commercial Cover. Stockholm Black Circle
CDS Canx dated 19 March 1839 (Normal Canx 6 - Type 10), ms lower left
"fr Hbg" or Franco Hamburg means paid to Hamburg. Script "1n8" is
British charge of 1 shilling and 8 pence to be collected from
addressee. Faint but attractive Black "Butterfly" Hamburg 26 Mar 1839
cancel within wings (possibly Type 5). Ms in upper left is 30g(ram)
weight or 1 oz. British packet charge from Hamburg to London was 1n8 for
½oz letter but this was a double weight letter not charged as such on
the British end. The ms "4" to the left of the Stockholm cancel is
Hamburg's 4 shilling accountancy charge which was part of the post
already paid. The ms "31" in the upper right is likely a listing number
(karteringsnummer) Catalogue value: - Stockholm canx 75SEK + Hamburg Butterfly canx 300SEK + British Letter 250SEK + KSNPC canx 200SEK + interesting content.
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