EARLY CLASSICS - 'OSCARS', SKILLING VALUES, POSTHORNS, ETC: Group on stock sheet inc. 4sk blue imperf. with wide margins, 1856 Oscar types 2sk (2), 3sk, 4sk (2) & 8sk (2) all v. fine.; 1867 'Lion' types to 8sk and a range of early Posthorns inc. 12ö green, though this value with a thin. A very fine assembly. (28) (Image)

LATE 19th & EARLY 20th C. MAIL: Collection of attractive cards & commercial covers 1890s-1950s inc. illustrated/advertising covers, Air Mails, Officials, Postage Dues, TPOs, Xmas labels, Postal Stationery, WWII, etc. Wide variety of frankings. Housed in a small box. (c.83) (Image)

COLLECTION ON LEAVES: A neatly-written-up collection of envelopes, cards and ephemera, predominantly modern but with some earlier material from 1910. An interesting wide range of themes including shipping & paquebot; special cancels; expeditions (such as Polar Institute Svalbard. 1964-65 Spitzbergen town cancels (such as Newsflaten, Stabekk, Gudvangen); flight 1932, Trondheim to Bergen TPO; slogan cancels, leaflets, certificates (ex Lindesnes Lighthouse) Also a shoe box full of similar material ready to be written up. (Qty) Cross Reference: EPHEMERA, CANCELLATIONS (Image)

CIVIL CENSORED POST 1940-45: Binder with a well-presented written-up collection of censored mail to and from Norway. A wide range of German censor marks and labels on c.60 covers. Also a small range of modern stamps and covers celebrating various wartime actions & events. Lot also inc. a book on German Civil Censorship in Norway "Tysk postkontroll i Norge, 1940-45" by Ulf Lindewald. Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

POSTAGE DUES & UNDERPAID MAIL COLLECTION: Binder with a well-presented written-up collection of cards and covers from 1890 to 1950s. Wide range of incoming and outgoing mail having attracted Taxe marks and/or Postage Due stamps. Also a used range of 1889-1929 Postage Due stamps. (c.35 cards/covers plus 40+ stamps) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

NORWEGIAN RAILWAYS: A representative collection of TPOs from most of the early routes, inc. Aug 1878 Roros Railway postcard to Elverum, 1880s Kongsvinger Railway postcard to Sweden via Charlottenberg, 1886 Sydbanen Railway postcard to Amsterdam, etc. 8x 19th C. cards. Collection also inc. numerous modern stamps & PPCs illustrating the history of Norwegian Railways along with a 1997 book "Norwegian Railways Postal Connections and Cancellations" by Eric Jackson. A fine presentation. (c.30 TPOs plus c.44 other PPCs and covers) Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, RAILWAYS (Image)