Sweden

Lot 654, Group of Roughly 625 Norway Covers and Cards, 1880s-1970s, sold for C$1,638

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Lot 654, Group of Roughly 625 Norway Covers and Cards, 1880s-1970s, sold for C$1,638Lot 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.

Lot 568, Group of forty-eight WWII Canadian Airmail covers with O.A.T. handstamps, 1942-45, sold for C$643

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Lot 568, Group of forty-eight WWII Canadian Airmail covers with O.A.T. handstamps, 1942-45, sold for C$643Lot 568, Group of forty-eight WWII Canadian Airmail covers with O.A.T. handstamps, 1942-45, sold for C$643Lot 568 Group of 48 WWII Canadian Airmail Covers with O.A.T. Handstamps, 1942-1945, loose in a box, with various boxed and oval O.A.T. handstamps, paying primarily 30c and 40c rates (note a few 10c rates with solo frankings), primarily to Switzerland, Sweden, and France, along with Norway and Iceland. The covers are franked with 1938 Pictorial and War issues, noting blackout and machine cancel types, along with a variety of censor tapes and handstamps. We note some duplication of rates and destinations, online photos show an overview. Overall fine to very fine. Estimate C$150, sold for C$550.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.

Lot 481, Canada 1888-1910 group of eight UPU stationery cards to different destinations, sold for C$614

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Lot 481, Canada 1888-1910 group of eight UPU stationery cards to different destinations, sold for C$614Lot 481 Group of eight 2c UPU Stationery Cards to eight Different Destinations, with 1888 to Mexico, 1892 to Turkey, 1893 to India, 1895 to Sweden, 1895 to Russia, 1896 to Belgium, 1896 to Germany, and 1910 to Costa Rica. Most cards have interesting transit and receiver postmarks, some have toning, otherwise mostly fine or better. See scans. Estimate $250, sold for C$525.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.

Lot 1308, Sweden NH Collection 1941-54 in a Lighthouse hingeless album, sold for C$585

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Lot 1308, Sweden NH Collection 1941-54 in a Lighthouse hingeless album, sold for C$585Lot 1308 Sweden Mint Never Hinged Collection in a Lighthouse Hingeless Album, while the like-new Lighthouse album contains pages from 1855 to 1973, the stamps range from 1941 to 1954 and features a good run of complete sets of coils, plus usually a pair, and sometimes two singles of the booklet stamps (perforated on three sides). All fresh and mint never hinged, all in a useful album. Scans only show a sampling. Scott CV U$534, sold for C$500.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.

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