Lot 654 Group of Roughly 625 Norway Covers and Cards, 1880s-1970s, loose in a box, with the possibility of material on either side of the given range. The lot contains a wide variety of material, noting mostly commercial mail including postal stationery, military mail (with mostly German and a few British censor tapes and markings), advertising mail (many are illustrated), parcel receipts, postage due, airmail (including a few first flights), first day covers, and more, paying registration, express, airmail, domestic and international rates (noting Iceland, Sweden, Great Britain destinations), with a variety of town postmarks and postmark types, directional markings, etc. A nice lot for the postal history collector, as the owner collected interesting and unusual material. Online photos show an overview. We note a few small faults with a few of the covers including corner bends and a few tears. Overall fine to very fine. Estimate C$500, sold for C$1,400.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
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Lot 435, Great Britain 1929 one pound black St. George Slaying the Dragon, VF hinged
Lot 435 Great Britain #209 1929 £1 Black St George Slaying the Dragon, mint lightly hinged, very fine. Scott CV U$750.
Lot 415, 1882 five pound orange Victoria overprinted SPECIMEN, F-VF mint with hinge remnants
Lot 415 Great Britain #SG133s 1882 £5 Orange Queen Victoria Overprinted SPECIMEN, mint hinged (with hinge remnants), with light internal creases, else fine-very fine and quite scarce. Stanley Gibbons CV £3,000.
Lot 391, Great Britain 1840 penny black position FH, VF with Maltese Cross in red
Lot 391 Great Britain #1 1840 1p Black Queen Victoria Imperforate, used with Maltese Cross cancel in red, from position FH, four large margins showing part of next stamp at right, very fine. Scott CV U$475.
Lot 408, Great Britain 1880 2sh pale brown Queen Victoria, used with part of a duplex cancel
Lot 408 Great Britain #56 1880 2sh Pale Brown Queen Victoria, used with part of a duplex cancel, fine and quite scarce. Scott CV U$5,000.