U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 6-7, 2018

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1206
NORWAY
1855 4s blue, large margins all around, tied by grid cancel (11 bars) on small FL from Bergen to Urland, with blue 28.8.1855 departure pmk alongside, v.f.,
Envelope
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $375
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1207
NORWAY
1855 4s blue, large margins all around, tied by grid cancel (11 bars) on FL from Laurvig to Skien, with blue 8.1.1856 departure pmk alongside, v.f.,
Envelope
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $375
Unsold
Lot #1208
NORWAY
1855 4s blue, large margins all around, tied by Trondheim 7 June 1856 cds on FL to Roraas, filing folds away from the stamp, fine cover,
Envelope
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $375
Unsold
Lot #1209
NORWAY
1855 4s blue, large margins all around, tied by 11-bars cancel on FL from Drammen to Christiania, v.f.,
Envelope
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $375
Unsold
Lot #1210
NORWAY
1855 4s blue, large margins all around, tied by a numeral cancel on FL used from Trondheim, with departure cds alongside and offset on back, v.f.,
Envelope
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $375
Unsold
Lot #1211
NORWAY
1918 picture post card addressed to Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), Empress consort of Russia as spouse of Emperor Alexander III. She was the second daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Cassel. Among her children was Tsar Nicholas II, whom she outlived by ten years. The card was sent by Prince Valdemar of Denmark (the youngest son of Christian IX of Denmark and brother of Empress Maria Feodorovna), with notation in Danish "souvenir from the Hvidore, via Fram" and sent to the Empress in St. Petersburg, franked with Norwegian 5o green, tied by Polhavet pmk, arriving in 1926 (!) in Leningrad, returned, with markings in red crayon "Inconnu" (unknown). Interesting and historical item
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1212
NORWAY
1918 Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872-1928 Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912. He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles). A picture postcard bearing Amundsen's facsimile signature, dated 26.6.1918 and addressed to Fredriksstad, franked with Norwegian pair of 5ore green, cancelled "Polhavet" (Polar Sea), fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

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