Sweden, General post Cover dated with pencil "1660" sent to Baron Claes Hansson Bielkenstierna (1615–62), admiral of the Swedish Navy, in Landskrona. Notations "Recommend" and "cito". A Royal Resoluton dated 20 September 1660 stipulated that, when somebody wanted to send money he had to notify the postmaster who had to mark the letter and inform the receiving post office. Very early and scarce item. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2023
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Sweden, Courier post Very early and rare courier letter from Duke KARL (IX) (King of Sweden from 1599), dated and signed "Carolus" in Nyköping May 16, 1593, to Jönsson in Stockholm. Notation on front about arrival May 23 by Erik Jöransson (Ulfsparre), which served Karl for many years to come. Full written content and part of his large paper seal still attached. The letter has unfortunate got some moisture stains and has become soiled on the outside. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2024
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Sweden, Courier post Two letters with full content, signed by GUSTAF IV ADOLF (1778–1796–1837), King of Sweden –1809, to the Captain-Lieutenant von Rosen at HKH Duke of Södermanland (later Karl XIII) Drabant Corps. The first dated Stockholm Castle December 3, 1802 and mentioning the birth of Prince CARL GUSTAF (1802-1805) and his title "Grand Duke of Finland". The second is dated Stockholm Castle March 9, 1803 and mentioning some military organisational things. Scarce items in good quality! (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2025
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Sweden, Courier post Beautiful written courier letter to Admiral Erik Ryning at the Admiralty in Stockholm. Notation inside "Presented April 20, 1649". Erik Ryning was after the Peace in Brömsebro Aug. 1645 where Sweden got Gotland ordered by Queen Kristina to go there (October 1645) to receive the land on her behalf and let the population swear allegiance to her. Good quality! (Image1)
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Lot No: 2026
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Sweden, Courier post Beautiful and rare courier letter to KRISTINA (1626–(1632)–1644–1654), Queen of Sweden with 6 rows of titles. With notation on front that it had arrived to the court-martial (Krigsrätten) June 15, 1636 and by who. No letter content. The little nice red seal on back with initials "E B" could lead to the sender. Good quality. (Image1)
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Lot No: 2027
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Sweden, Courier post HEDVIG ELEONORA (1636–1660–1715). Queen of Sweden 1656– and regent during the minority of Karl XI 1660–1672. Letter dated May 20, 1666 to her with 10 rows of titles and nice ornaments. From and signed by Sophie Agnes of Mecklenburg (1625-1694). Sophie become Abbess of Rühn 1654. Long full content in a mix of languages. The letter has been climate affected otherwise good quality. Scarce item! (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2028
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Sweden, Courier post Beautiful cover dated with pencil "1638", sent to Jakob De la Gardie. (Image1)
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Lot No: 2029
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Sweden, Courier post Courier letter, dated and signed Medevi (Östergötland) July 1776 by Countess Hedvig Catharina De La Gardie (married to F A von Fersen. Letter written in French with content to her son Fabian von Fersen, Royal Life Guards, Liung (probably today's Ljungsbro). Good quality! (Image1)
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Lot No: 2030
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Sweden, Crown post 1740. Letter by Crown Mail to Gunnarsby (Sunne parish, Värmland) and forester Jonas Damgreen. Dated "Biörsund" December 10, 1740 and with nice crown coil on back. Full written content about that he is called to court for a 4 year old debt in Karlstad for grain he purchased 1736. Full transcription is enclosed. Fine quality. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2031
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Sweden, Feather letters Official letter by Crown Mail with two nice feathers in red seal from Husaby (outside Götene, Västergötland) to Ekholmen (outside Trollhättan). Delivery notation in Swedish: By extra riding postmen, via Källby to Blinneberg without hindrance with 5 Riksdaler in penalty. 15 May 1812 at 10 in the morning. Full written content. Scarce item and good quality but some paper loss of backside. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2032
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Sweden, S-county. Feather letters Ordres dated "Sommerstad den 10 Januarii 1844" with white feather, sent to Hult. Notation "Fortskaffas af krono brefbärare utan ringaste uppehåll". (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2033
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Sweden, Military prephilately Beautiful written courier letter with notation "Citto Citto" (=fast deliverance, P: +2000:-) to the Admiralty in Stockholm. Inside "1664" by pencil. Good quality! (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2034
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Sweden, 1788, military prephilately A nice letter from Svea Life Guards to their regimental padre Anders Winblom in Stockholm. Dated 3 October 1788 and with notation "EmbBr". No listing number. About that the regimental padre Jonas Berggren is ordered to Scania should he (Winblom) stay for now in Stockholm. Good quality. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2036
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Sweden, Postage due mail Postage due mark 63 ÖRE on unpaid letter dated "Hamburg 2 July 1860". Cancellations KSPA HAMBURG 2.7.1860, VIA STETTIN (P: 600) and STOCKHOLM 5.JUL.60. Superb. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2038
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Sweden, AC-county. ÅNÄSET 25.7.1837, arc postmark Type 2 on free letter sent to Umeå. Postal: 3500 SEK (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2042
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Finland. Partly prepaid ("fr Grisslehamn") insured ("Recommenderas in Specie") letter sent from STOCKHOLM 10.1.1834 to Jorois. Prepaid with 5 sk bco plus 12 sk for open registration. Postage due 42 kop. Small paper loss at back. Scarce. (Image1)
Opening US$ 334.00
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2043
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Finland. Cover sent from ÅNÄSET 26.4.1846 via HAPARANDA 1.5.1846 to Jakobstad. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2044
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Finland. Unpaid letter sent from STOCKHOLM 24.10.1854 to Kristinestad. On account of the first naval blockade during the Crimean War, the letter was sent "via Haparanda" and Torneå, with arrival note 8 November. Postage due note "Lös. 20 k". Rare blockade letter in EXCELLENT quailty. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2045
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Finland. Unpaid letter dated "St. Petersburg 25/6 September 1869" sent "pr Dagmar" to STOCKHOLMS K.K. 10.9.1869. Postage due notation "54" (öre), Superb ship mail item. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2046
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Austria. Letter dated "Om bord på Gauthiod d 18 Junii 1857", sent to Carlsbad. Cancellations KB AUS SCHWEDEN, KDOPA LUBECK 21.6.1857, LUEBECK BAHNHOF 21.6 and CARLSBAD 25.6. Folds and a small tear, nevertheless a nice ship mail item. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2047
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Belgium. Partly prepaid letter sent from STOCKHOLM 9.11.1844 to Gand. Notation "Franco Elsenour". Cancellations SUEDE, FRANCO HAMBURG (type 2, P: 1500), KS&NPC HAMBURG, T.T. HAMBURG 16.NOV, ALLEMAGNE PAR HERVE 19.NOV.1844, GAND 19.NOV.1844 and 4. Postage due "12" (decimes). Superb. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2048
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Great Britain. Partly prepaid letter weighing 1½ lod, sent from GÖTHEBORG 11.5.1839 via Cuxhafen to Hull and London. Franco notation "Bet. Ystad". Cancellations KSNPC I GREIFWALD D 14 MAI (P: 3000), KS&NPC HAMBURG 16.MAY.39, SCHIFFS BRIEF-POST HAMBURG 16.MAY.1839, HULL SHIP LETTER and C 21.MAY.1839. Prepaid postage to Greifswald 66 sk bco plus "förskjutne skillingar" 75 skilling to Cuxhafen. The ship letter postage to Hull 3×8d, plus the domestic postage, was paid by the recipient. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2049
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Great Britain. Partly prepaid letter sent from GÖTHEBORG 7.6.1846 by the Norwegian steamer "Christiania" via Copenhagen to Kiel (ship route existing 1847–1850). From Kiel sent to KDPA ALTONA 9.6.46 to Cuxhafen and by packet to London with arrival pmk CY 2.JUL.1846. Prepaid to Hamburg/Altona. Postage notations "20 s" corresponds to the förskjutne skillingar, "45" (rbs) to the Danish transit 1½ × 29, and "13" (rbs) to the Elbe money. The receipient had to pay the British packet postage "1/8" (but should have been 3/4 due to the weight of 1½ lod). Archive fold. Probably UNIQUE ship mail item. Ex. Nilsson. (Image1)
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Lot No: 2050
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Great Britain. Partly prepaid letter (archive fold) sent from MALMÖ 19.3.1848 by ship via Copenhagen to Altona, and as ship letter by a private ship to Hull, then forwarded to Charlestown. Letters to the northern part of England or to Scotland could be forwarded via the faster route via Altona to Hull as ship letter for the additional fee 5 skilling. This route was later closed on account of war in May 1848. Prepaid postage to Altona 24 sk bco plus the extra fee of 5 skiling. Notations "fco Altona", "pr Huller Steamer" and on reverse "missent to Alloa". Cancellations KDPA ALTONA 23.3.48, Z A 27.MAR.1848, ALLOA 28.MR.1848 and DUNFERMLINE 29.MR.1848. Postage due notation "8" (d) equal the ship letter postage. Scarce and interesting item. (Image1)
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Lot No: 2051
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Great Britain. Partly prepaid cover (archive fold) sent from GÖTHEBORG 20.12.1850 "pr Courier Str via Hull" to London. The new built paddle steamer 'Courir' made her last voyage for the year on the same day and was the only available route out of Sweden on account of cholera. Cancellations HULL SHIP-LETTER B 24.DE.1850 and AO 25.DE.1850. Postage due notation "8" (d) equal the British ship letter postage. Nice ship mail item. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2052
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Great Britain, 1862 cover from Göteborg to Capt Sjöberg of the Steamer Gustaf Wasa, London, with FRA SVERRIG 27.6.1862, KDOPA HAMBURG, oval HAMBURG 28.6.62 and various rate markings. Interesting letter. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2054
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers France. Partly prepaid letter dated "Stockholm 8 Octobre 1824" sent "via Ystad" and STRALSUND 15.OCT to Paris. Cancellations STOCKHOLM, FRCO STRALSUND, CPR.5, PRUSSE PAR GIVET and OCTOBRE.25.1824. Superb letter sent during the first Stralsund steam ship period. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2055
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers France. Partly prepaid letter dated "Gothenburg 25 May 1825" conveyed by T.G.F. Goering to Hamburg, then sent in sealed letter via Denventer in the Netherlands to Bordeaux. The rate to Deventer was prepaid with 6 Hamburger Schilling in Hamburg. Postage due notation "17" (decimes). Cancellations PAYS BAS PAR VALENCIENNES and L.P.B.4.R, the latter very scarce on mail sent from Sweden. Depicted in XpoNAT IX. Ex. Nilsson. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2056
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers France. Partly prepaid cover sent from STOCKHOLM 10.9.1830 to Bordeaux. Cancellations e.g. FRCO STRALSUND, GREIFSWALD 14.SEPT, PRUSSE PAR GIVET and TP (Transit Prusse), the latter very scarce on Swedish mail. EXCELLENT. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2057
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers France. Partly prepiad letter sent from STOCKHOLM 17.7.1832 to Bordeaux. Cancellations e.g. FRCO STRALSUND, GREIFSWALD 21.JULI, C.P.R.4., PRUSSE PAR FORBACH and 10. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2058
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers France. Partly prepaid 2-fold cover ("1 lod") sent from LINKÖPING 18.4.1835 via GEIFSWALD 22.APR to Paris. Cancellations FRCO STRALSUND, PRUSSE PAR FORBACH, CPR4 and 30.AVRIL.1835. Postage due notation "34" (dec). Ex. Lars-Tore Eriksson 1993. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2059
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Germany. Prepaid letter dated "4th march 1760" sent from STOCKHOLM (pmk type 3) to the Swedish Post Office in Hamburg. Postage 21 öre silver. Unusually early, only one earlier letter recorded to Hamburg according to the listing by Sören Andersson. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2061
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers Germany. Prepaid letter sent from GÖTHEBORG 15.11.1858 "pr Kattegatt" to KIOBENHAVN 17.11.1858, then via Lübeck and Hamburg to Aachen. Cancellations FRANCO, AUS SCHWEDEN, KS&NPA HAMBURG 18.11.1858, HAMBURG 18.11 and AUSG N 1 20.11. Prepaid postage 72 öre. Nice ship mail item. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2063
Symbol: cvr
Sweden, Prephilately. Ten covers. Free-letters, rectangular postmarks, Hamburg etc.
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Lot No: 2064
Symbol: cvr
Sweden, Prephilately lot. 18 covers 1830s–1840s, e.g. arc cancels WADSTENA and WISBY type 1, rectangular and circular pmks. Also five handed letters 1804 and onwards. Somewhat mixed quality (18)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 2065
Symbol: cvr
Sweden, Prephilately lot 1647–1874. One courir cover and one cover and one announcement with crown coils. (3) (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 5001
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Sweden, Crown post Announcement (reduced in size) with decorative mark, with a crown above the letter H within a circle. (Image1)
Opening US$ 12.00
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 5002
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Sweden, T-county. LINDESBERG, straight postmark Letter, with contents, sent from Lindesberg to Nora, dated 25.7.1828, with registration numer "1". (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 5003
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers France. Partly prepaid letter sent from GÖTHEBORG 3.6.1846 to BORDEAUX 13.JUIN.46. Cancellations FRCO STRALSUND (P: +500), STRALSUND 6.6, CPR 3 (applied by error, changed to CPR 5) and PRUSSE GIVET 11.JUIN.46. Ex. Larsson. Interesting item. (Image1)
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Sale No: 391
Lot No: 5004
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Sweden, Foreign-related covers France. Unpaid letter sent from STOCKHOLM 27.4.1866 conveyed by steamer to Lübeck, to BORDEAUX 3.MAI.66. Cancellations LÜBECK LAUENBURG 30.4, 3¼a.P., PRUSSE FORBACH 2.MAI.66, P40, PARIS 2.MAI.66 and PARIS A BORDEAUX 2.MAI.66. Postage due mark 14. (Image1)
