Worldwide Stamps and Covers Faroe Islands Skyds and Local Mail
Sale No: S110
Lot No: 506
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Cat No: 1837
FAROE ISLANDS, 1837 OFFICIAL INTERNAL FOLDED LETTER INSCRIBED "K.T.", datelined "Thorshavn 11te Juli 1837" and addressed to Krigsraad Krebs, content regarding a failed vaccine, red Faroe Amts wax wafer seal with sheep illustration, very fine, with 2019 Carl Aage Moller cert., cat DAKA DKK 3,000.00 ($490.00+/-) (Image)
$100
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Feb-20-2021, 13:07:33 EST
Sold For 225
Sale No: S110
Lot No: 507
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Cat No: 1845
FAROE ISLANDS, 1845 INTERNAL PARCEL FOLDED LETTER ENDORSED AS SUCH, ms. dateline "Qvalboe 18 Sept. 1845" and addressed to "Revisor Davidsen in Thorshavn", endorsed "Hermed en Vaderlamp med Spjald mrk. Davidsen", slightly aged and worn, very fine, with 2019 Carl Aage Moller cert., cat. DAKA DKK 8,000.00 ($1,300.00+/-) (Image)
$250
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 281.00
Closed..Feb-20-2021, 13:09:39 EST
Sold For 281
Sale No: S110
Lot No: 508
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Cat No: 1846
FAROE ISLANDS, 1846, LOCAL STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER, datelined "Thorshavn d 14de December 1846" and addressed to S.T. Hr. Landfoged Lunddahl, red lion illustrated wax wafer seal on back, well-preserved and very fine, with 2018 Carl Aage Moller cert. (Image)
$100
Opening US$ 95.00
Sold...US$ 112.00
Closed..Feb-20-2021, 13:10:24 EST
Sold For 112
Sale No: S110
Lot No: 509
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Cat No: 1847
FAROE ISLANDS, 1847, INTERNAL SKYDS FOLDED LETTER, datelined "Thorshavn d 21' aug 1847" and addressed to Kongslednding Zacharias Heinsen, Boe paa Vaagoe, black "I A L" wax wafer seal, endorsed "Bedes Befordret hurtigt." (request of fast delivery), slightly aged, still a very fine usage endorsed for faster delivery, with 2019 Carl Aage Moller cert. (Image)
$100
Opening US$ 95.00
Sold...US$ 112.00
Closed..Feb-20-2021, 13:11:05 EST
Sold For 112
Sale No: S110
Lot No: 511
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Cat No: 1871
FAROE ISLANDS, 1871 OFFICIAL FOLDED LETTER, datelined "15. December 1871" addressed to Pastor Evensen, Onegjerde, red wax wafer seal "SUDERO PATORATS SEGL" on back, very fine, with 2019 Carl Aage Moller cert. (Image)
$100
Opening US$ 170.00
Sold...US$ 191.00
Closed..Feb-20-2021, 13:12:57 EST
Sold For 191
Sale No: S110
Lot No: 512
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Cat No: z
FAROE ISLANDS, 1865 “LOV OM SKYDSVAESENDET PAA FAROERNE” – A COMPLETE EXAMPLE FROM THE FIRST PRINTING, the only known edition of the Skyds Act of 1865 defining the “skjutur” system of mail, illustrated in Don Brandt’s “More Stamp and Stories of the Faroe Islands” and partially illustrated on the 2001 Czeslaw Slania souvenir sheet, reportedly this is the only copy on private hands outside the archives, well-preserved and very fine (Image)