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401269 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Dansk Nordostgrønlands Ekspedition 1938-39 (Danish Northeast Greenland Expedition 1938-39) official expedition fundraising post card with the official expedition 18 May 1939 postmark on 7 øre violet Engraved Wavy-Line Danish stamp. (Danish stamps were always used on these cards). From 10 July 1938 to 16 September 1939, about 7000 cards were carried by the expedition. At the conclusion, the expedition was picked up at Mørkefjord by the ship Gustav Holm (pictured on Scott #35-38) and taken via Scoresbysund (Greenland), to Isafjord, Iceland; from there the cards traveled directly back København, Denmark. Thus expedition cards also relate to Icelandic postal history! As listed by Wowern and DAKA GF6 catalogs... There are two types of the post card: A = short "i" in "Pris" and B = tall "i" in "Pris". There are two types of the postmark which the catalogs list but do not assign a type number, thus I assign: JSA Type 1 = 8 mm bridge and unbroken outer circle; JSA Type 2 = 7 mm bridge and break in outer circle over "OS" of "NORDOST". Upon arrival back in København, five different receiving postmarks are known. As of Wowern GF3 1976, only 15 of the possible 20 three-way combinations were known. DAKA GF6 1997 lists all 20 combinations almost all having identical prices, but I suspect that not all were known/documented. This example is: A-2-21: Card A (short i), Cancel 2 (7 mm), København 21 receiver. XF quality; very fresh attractive. As of April 2026, this is the first time I have been able to offer this A-2-21 type-combination since I started recording them around 2000. ACTUAL item. |
59.00 |
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401300 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Dansk Nordostgrønlands Ekspedition 1938-39 (Danish Northeast Greenland Expedition 1938-39) official expedition fundraising post card with the official expedition 18 May 1939 postmark on 15 øre Freedom Monument. (Danish stamps were always used on these cards). From 10 July 1938 to 16 September 1939, about 7000 cards were carried by the expedition. At the conclusion, the expedition was picked up at Mørkefjord by the ship Gustav Holm (pictured on Scott #35-38) and taken via Scoresbysund (Greenland), to Isafjord, Iceland; from there the cards traveled directly back København, Denmark. Thus expedition cards also relate to Icelandic postal history! As listed by Wowern and DAKA GF6 catalogs... There are two types of the post card: A = short "i" in "Pris" and B = tall "i" in "Pris". There are two types of the postmark which the catalogs list but do not assign a type number, thus I assign: JSA Type 1 = 8 mm bridge and unbroken outer circle; JSA Type 2 = 7 mm bridge and break in outer circle over "OS" of "NORDOST". Upon arrival back in København, five different receiving postmarks are known. As of Wowern GF3 1976, only 15 of the possible 20 three-way combinations were known. DAKA GF6 1997 lists all 20 combinations almost all having identical prices, but I suspect that not all were known/documented. This example is: B-2-18: Card B (tall i), Cancel 2 (7 mm), København 18 receiver. VF quality. As of April 2026, Though I have been able to previously offer one example of a B-1-18 combination, this is the first time I have been able to offer this B-2-18 combination since I started recording them around 2000. ACTUAL item. |
45.00 |
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401301 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Dansk Nordostgrønlands Ekspedition 1938-39 (Danish Northeast Greenland Expedition 1938-39) official expedition fundraising post card sent to the U.S. with unusual "missent" and receiver markings with the official expedition 18 May 1939 postmark on 15 øre Freedom Monument and 5 øre green Engraved Wavy-Line stamp. (Danish stamps were always used on these cards). From 10 July 1938 to 16 September 1939, about 7000 cards were carried by the expedition. At the conclusion, the expedition was picked up at Mørkefjord by the ship Gustav Holm (pictured on Scott #35-38) and taken via Scoresbysund (Greenland), to Isafjord, Iceland; from there the cards traveled directly back København, Denmark. Thus expedition cards also relate to Icelandic postal history! As listed by Wowern and DAKA GF6 catalogs... There are two types of the post card: A = short "i" in "Pris" and B = tall "i" in "Pris". There are two types of the postmark which the catalogs list but do not assign a type number, thus I assign: JSA Type 1 = 8 mm bridge and unbroken outer circle; JSA Type 2 = 7 mm bridge and break in outer circle over "OS" of "NORDOST". Upon arrival back in København, five different receiving postmarks are known. As of Wowern GF3 1976, only 15 of the possible 20 three-way combinations were known. DAKA GF6 1997 lists all 20 combinations almost all having identical prices, but I suspect that not all were known/documented. This example is: B-2-K: Card B (tall i), Cancel 2 (7 mm), København K receiver. VF quality; very fresh attractive. The card was first accidentally routed to Pasadena, California, and there received a magenta "Missent to / Pasadena, California." handstamp and an October 5 1939 handstamped duplex postmark when it was re-routed to the correct destination of Wilkensburgh, Pennsylvania. The routing to Pasadena was accidental, but probably not unlikely because there was a Danish community in that region and this likely got accidentally bundled with other Danish mail destined for that region. Examples of this expedition card mailed to destinations outside of Denmark are "very unusual" -- especially with any type of receiving or transit postmark. I have had only one other example (also to the U.S.) of a non-Danish destination, since I started recording them around 2000. As of April 2026, Though I have been able to previously offer one example of a A-1-K combination, this is the first time I have been able to offer this B-2-K combination since I started recording them around 2000. ACTUAL item. |
64.00 |
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401270 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
November 15, 1954 SAS First Regular Service from LA to København to LA: Denmark-Los Angeles leg of flight. SAS Polar bear cachet. Addressed to a company, not an individual, and opened neatly. Over the last 53 years, the examples of this cover -- identical except for the addressees -- that I have recorded having (recording since around 2000) have all been addressed to various companies, not to individuals. All were sealed when mailed and were since opened, thus apparently they had contents. I believe that this cover was a marketing tool used by SAS to promote their new air service, but as of April 2026 I have not recorded having an example with contents to prove my theory. ACTUAL item. |
8.00 |
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401302 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Danish Pearyland Expedition 1948. Official expedition color picture post card "Lejren i Jörgen Brönlunds Fjord" [picturing the expedition camp in the background, flying the Danish flag] to the expedition office in Denmark, franked with Scott #5 [15 øre King] bearing the "PEARYLAND / NORDGRØNLAND" 1 Aug 1948 expedition postmark. Wonderfully fresh example. ACTUAL item. |
39.00 |
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400338 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
U.S. APO 09023 (Thule) "AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE" ("ARMY" carved out; APO, month day, year; 7 lines) VF 29 April 1972 machine cancel on attractive "CANADIAN FORCES ARCTIC FLIGHT" cover . U.S. Scott #1394 [1971 8c Eisenhower black, blue, and red Definitive]. Typed "cachet" form containing the handwritten details of the flight: FROM Resolute Bay, N.W.T.; TO Thule, Greenland; DATE April 26, 1972; PLANE TYPE Twin Otter 13803; PILOT (signature: M. Huegen??, Capt.); REMARKS "First CF Twin Otter in Thule." No markings on reverse. JSA Cataloging Detail: AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE -- WITH "ARMY" CARVED OUT. "AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE" text is NOT centered. // 09023 in center. The central lines are probably found in various positions. // This overall type seems to be extremely scarce. // The only example I have recorded has 7-wavy-lines cancellation, but based on the picture in Daka GF 6 on page 116, this also exists with the a 1970 Christmas slogan cancellation, but I have not personally seen an example of that. // 13 mm between base of A(IR) and (VIC)E. // Wide, rounded zeros in 09023. // Date, Year, and "09023" on three lines in center, possibly in varying order. 21 mm circle. 15 mm gap to the lines. // "09023" / DATE / YEAR // Earliest: 1972 Apr 29 Only example recorded. // Latest: -- // "09032" / APR 29 / 1972. (There is also a vertical line in the "9" of the date.) VF strike on philatelic cover, an "Canadian Forces Arctic Flight" cover. 1971 8c black, blue, red Eisenhower definitive. Ex-Mayfair. ACTUAL item. |
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400340 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #93 [1978 1.20 maroon Queen] (VF) on neat and attractive 10 January 1979 philatelic cover from DUNDAS (machine cancellation with wavy lines) to København, Denmark. Correct franking [1977 Nov 1 - 1979 Apr 16] to Denmark. Blue boxed MILITARY handstamp "[crown] / GRØNLANDS KOMMANDO's / FORBINDELSOFFICER / THULE AIR BASE / 3970 DUNDAS GREENLAND". A Forbindelsofficer is a Liaison Officer. No markings on reverse. Though this cover was philatelic in origin, it may have simply been private mail between two collectors -- I have seen other covers from Greenland addressed to the same recipient which contained correspondence. Covers with Greenland military markings and addresses are seldom seen. ACTUAL item. |
19.00 |
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400341 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #107 [1978 1.20 Meteorite] (VF) on neat and attractive 13 December 1978 philatelic cover from DUNDAS (machine cancellation with 1978 illustrated Christmas slogan) to København, Denmark. Correct franking [1977 Nov 1 - 1979 Apr 16] to Denmark. Blue 3-line MILITARY handstamp "[crown] / Grønlands kommandos forbindelsofficer. / Thule air base." A Forbindelsofficer is a Liaison Officer. No markings on reverse. Though this cover was philatelic in origin, it may have simply been private mail between two collectors -- I have seen other covers from Greenland addressed to the same recipient which contained correspondence. Covers with Greenland military markings and addresses are seldom seen. ACTUAL item. |
19.00 |
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400132 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1855 (ca.) Julianehaab to the Royal Greenland Trade Company (KGH) office in København. A folded cover (no contents) from the Greenlandic administration office in JULIANEHAAB to the KGH office in København. The reverse bears a SUPERB example of the red wax letter seal used in Julianehaab, bearing text around the circle "INSPECTEURENS SEGL FOR DE SYDLIGE COLLONIER" [Inspectors Seal For The Southern Colonies] and in the central coat of arms "DEN KONGEL GRØNL HANDEL" [The Royal Greenland Trade Company]. The only handwriting present is very neat and attractive script for the destination address (preceded by "Til" [To]) and with a letter-listing number "No. 3." in the upper right corner. Letters to and from Greenland, most of which were official mail related to the administration of Greenland, were transported (to/from Greenland) mostly by KGH ships without postage charge, all passing from/to/through the KGH office in København. [Letters from elsewhere in Denmark to Greenland required normal postage to take them as far as the KGH office in København. Letters from Greenland to points beyond the KGH office in København required normal postage (probably affixed by the KGH office) to their final destination.] The Julianehaab district, which constituted from 61 degrees and south to the southern extent of Greenland at Cape Farewell (Farvel), was founded in 1775; it was the last of the Greenland colonies to be founded and it was the only one founded by royal order. From 1853-1857, the "Bestyrer" (manager, administrator) of the KGH in Southern Greenland (Godthaab and Julianehaab) was H.J. (Hinrich Johannes) Rink. From 1857-1868 Rink was the Royal Inspector For South Greenland -- the highest ranking Danish representative in Greenland. After leaving Greenland for health reasons, Rink went on to be the top administrator of Greenland (KGH), and operated out of the København office. The previous owner(s) and researcher(s) of this cover have stated that it was sent by Rink around 1855. Rink was the preeminent Greenlandic expert and scholar of the era. A geologist and expert in glaciers, Rink become the preeminent (non-native) expert in Greenlandic history and culture. He also published and printed books and journals within Greenland and later in Denmark. Rink founded institutions to ensure the independence and quality of life of the native Greenlandic people. Though he was a European, he was a key, early figure in laying the foundations of what eventually developed into Greenlandic Home Rule. Such covers -- especially in such extraordinarily nice quality with a superb seal -- are "extremely scarce" or "rare"; if this had its original letter contents (which would be "extremely rare" in private hands), this would surely be a museum piece. [Accompanied by text clipped from a previous album page and research comments.] ACTUAL item. |
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247207 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
293-5 [1995 "American Issue" set of three souvenir sheets] Official cacheted, unaddressed First Day Cover set. REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
40.00 |
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