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249451 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
51 4-Block and 56 Horizontal Pair [1963 12 øre Northern Lights and 1964 35 øre red King; N.L Franzen-engraved, King Slania-engraved] (VF) used on 11 June 1964 airmail cover from SDR. STRØMFJORD to the U.S. Though is slightly overpaid, the 12 øre (or any blocks of stamps from this era) are seldom seen on cover. Neat and attractive. ACTUAL item. |
9.00 |
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249359 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
56, 79 [1964 35 øre red King; 1972 70 øre Mailboat] (VF) on 20 February 1974 philatelic cover, to West Germany, canceled GRØNNEDAL (DAKA #30.Bro.01), with three VF strikes including one away from the stamps (for clarity). Either this addressee sent off for different town postmarks or he subscribed to a postmark subscription service (which was often the only way to discover that a new version or variety of a postmark was being used). Because this particular postmark was in use from 1951 into 1988, the catalog value is modest, however this village actually handled very little mail and this postmark is fairly scarce in any particular year. A nice example. ACTUAL item. |
10.00 |
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249358 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
96 [1979 1.60 kr blue Queen; Slania-engraved] (VF) solo use on 27 May 1980 POSTALLY USED cover to the U.S. The cancellation is Daka #101.Bro.15 (or a fixed date variety of that number??) "SDR. STRØMFJORD" pictorial postmark picturing a helicopter. The address is written in fancy [British schooling?] script, which may relate to the date... 27 May 1980 was the date that special cards were canceled in Greenland that had been posted at the LONDON 80 stamp show in England -- however, all such examples from the show that I have seen have had a special LONDON 80 handstamp on them. This cover may have simply been posted at the Greenlandic booth at the show, from where it was then taken to Greenland for postmarking and onward transmission. Interestingly, THE COVER HAS BEEN SIGNED by two people. The previous owner thought that this was a helicopter flight cover (there is no evidence of that -- this was just a standard pictorial postmark at the time -- and that the signatures were of the pilots. I do not know who signed the cover or if it was posted in Greenland or London. However, the cover has been POSTALLY USED; it bears four different U.S. letter-number sorter markings on the reverse. ACTUAL item. |
14.00 |
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249079 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
November 15, 1954 SAS First Regular Service from København to Los Angeles, via Greenland. Flown on the Denmark-Greenland leg of flight. Privately mailed (philatelic) small envelope. Mailed to SAS in Greenland with instructions to return it to Denmark. On 16 November, at the Greenland airport (SDR. STRØMFJORD), it was postmarked for the transit back to Denmark. This particular handing is somewhat unusual compared to what is usually seen from this important first flight. The original mailing in Denmark, with the SAS first flight postmark, bore 30 øre franking that was correct postage from Denmark to Greenland (this was not actual postal-rated airmail at the time). The cover is in perfect condition. This type of privately sent cover is somewhat unusual for this flight; most of the covers were officially arranged by SAS. ACTUAL item. |
12.00 |
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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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247184 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
30 and 32 [1950 10 and 25 øre King] (VF) on attractive 13 August 1957 PICTURE POST CARD from "SDR. STRØMFJORD" (the airport post office) to Canada, correctly franked at the 35 øre post card surface mail rate to the U.S. and Canada (1 May 1951 - 14 May 1965). Post cards, and letters up to 5 grams, traveled by air, when possible, for only the surface rate. This card almost certainly traveled by air. This picture post card was published by the KGH (Royal Greenland Trade Department, which operated the Greenland Post at that time) with copyright by "L. Levison Junr. Aktieselskab NR. 5375". Printed watercolor painting of Greenland rocky scene in summer, but with coffee stains on picture. Covers or post cards to Canada are surprisingly scarce. ACTUAL item. |
29.00 |