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| 2146 |
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 Postal Services prior to 1836 - International mail connection via Sognefjorden to/from Bergen; 1812 (June 20): Unpaid Cover from Bergen to Providence, Rhode Island, USA, noted received 29 Sept 1812, arrival "BOSTON SEP 29" cds
and SHIP handstamp, both in red on front, taxed "32" cents. Note: From the well-known Arnold correspondence, despatched two days after the declaration of war of the United States on Britain. The letter had probably to be redirected since it could not
be sent with a British vessel. A candidate is the brig Abindam Gray of North Yarmouth, sailing from St. Ubes in Portugal to Boston, announced arrival in Boston on September 30 (Image 1)
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| 2147 |
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 Postal Services prior to 1836 - International mail connection via Sognefjorden to/from Bergen; 1832 (May 1): Cover from Bergen via Christiania, Strømstad, Ystad, Stralsund, Greifswald to Pernau, Russia, today Pärnu in Estonia,
partially prepaid to Stralsund, endorsed "via Ystad / fr: Frhald" (paid to Frederikshald), corrected by italic "frco Stralsund" handstamp, "STRØMSTAD 10 5 32" and "GREIFSWALD / 15 Mai." transit datestamps on front, front with prepaid "30" skilling
Swedish for the prepaid rate to Stralsunf, reverse with "383" Kopek assignat to be paid by the receiver from Greifswald to Pernau (Image 1)
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| 2148 |
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 Postal Services prior to 1836 - The Bergen-Christiania and Bergen-Molde routes; 1774/1780: Selection two official Entire letters desptached prior to the establishment Bergen-Molde route, both sent from Bergen to
Breche, this parish later named Brekke at the southern side of Sognefjorden. The 1780 entire shows its official nature as a letter on royal behalf due to the endorsement "C7" (King Christian VII of Denmark & Norway), the 1780 entire is endorsed
"Kongelig Tineste". Both were sent prior to the official opening of the Bergen-Molde route thereby showing no bill number but they were sent most likely on an already finished part of the later Bergen-Molde route (Image 1)
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 Postal Services prior to 1836 - The Bergen-Christiania and Bergen-Molde routes; 1785/1812: Selection twelve primarily official entire letters incl. 1785 early official entire Bergen to Breche at Sognefjorden in
the first month after the establishment of the Bergen - Molde route, 1786 Bergen to Breche, taken out of the postbag in Evendvig, 1792 Bergen to Breche via Rutledalen, 1796/98 two entires from Bergen via Leervig to Breche showing the introduction of
bill numbers on this route in 1796, 1801 from the inner part of the fjord at Loftesnes via Bergen back to the outer part of the fjord at Breche, an impressive item prior to the introduction of shipmail on the Sognefjorden, 1804 rare private prepaid
entire from Skånevik via Leervig to Breche, 1808 prepaid entire from Bergen via Frøningen to Uhrland in the inner part of the Sognefjord, 1809 two entires from Bergen to the small communities Biordahl and Wilgøren, 1812 entire from Bergen vi
Frøningen to Uhrland, and finally a 1830s letter accompanying a parcel with smallpox vaccine (Image 1)
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| 2150 |
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 Postal Services prior to 1836 - Local mail from the inner part of the Sognefjord; 1794/1815: Group of two local covers, the first sent 1815 officially from Askelund via Frønningen to Aardal showing that there was obviously a
defined pattern for the mail from different locations to the central Frønningen PO, includes an order of arrest on suspicion for theft; the other sent privately in 1794 from Kaupanger to Frønningen (Image 1)
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 Postal Services prior to 1836 - Local mail from the middle and outer part of the Sognefjord; 1803/15: Selection five local Entire letters / Covers, incl. from the middle area an official 1803 entire from Fresvig across the
fjord to Askelund and an 1815 private letter sent "pr. Expresse" from Vig to the bailiff in Askelund reporting a murder discovered that morning; from the outer part of the fjord three official local letters from Breche, 1804 to Ringereide, 1809 to
Kalgrav, and 1809 to Napsøen (Image 1)
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 Postal Services prior to 1836 - The Challenge with the Overland routes; 1804/15: Group of two official Entire letters sent between the two extremes of the Sognefjord, incl. 1805 eastbound from Breche to Sogndal sent first on
the Molde-Bergen and then on the Bergen-Christiania route and thereby bypassing the Fjord area in a long detour, the other 1815 westbound from Vig via Frømmingen and Bergen to Breche, a journey of 350 km for a distance of 60km. The lot includes also
two 1804 Entire letters / Documents with time sheets for the postman's tour, a measure to ensure moderate mail delays (Image 1)
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 Postal Services prior to 1836 - Local mail from the inner part of the Sognefjord; 1810 (April 17): Group three private covers, all despatched on the same day from Urlandsvangen / Aurland in the inner part of the Fjord to
different destinations, thereby showing the importance of Frønningen as a central post office for mail within the area but also abroad. The first cover was sent to Bergen on the Christiania-Bergen route and taxed with "3" (Lybske Skilling), the two
other covers and directed locally to Fresvig and Leganger showing no postal notes pointing to the possibility that they were brought forward by private mail arrangement or pick up. A most interesting ensemble (Image 1)
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 Postal Services prior to 1836 - International mail connection via Sognefjorden to/from Bergen; 1829: Group two Entire letters incl. Göttingen, Germany to Bergen prepaid to Hamburg, also from Bergen to London
prepaid to the Norwegian border, both with transit datestamps "K.S. & N.P.C. HAMBURG" of the Royal Swedish and Norwegian Post Office (Image
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 The Transition Period 1836-1858 - More Routes and first Steamers; 1845 (Aug 25): Official Entire letter from the Ministry of Finance, Trade & Customs of the Royal Norwegian Government in Christiania and directed to Bergen,
reverse with bill number "101", making its journey first on the Christiania-Bergen route up to Lærdal where it arrived on 29 August and from where it was sent onward with steamer "D/S Constitutionen" towards its destination. Note: The "D/S
Constitutionen" was a paddle steamer constructed in England and imported as the first steamer in Norway at all in 1826. It was first used between Christiania to Christiansand, then further to Bergen and finally further to the north. In the summer of
the years 1843/45 it served the route in the Sognefjord between Bergen and Lærdal (Image 1)
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 The Transition Period 1836-1858 - Routing of International Mail; 1846 (Dec 17): Entire partly paid letter from Beloit, Wisconsin, USA to Vik at the Sognefjord, sent via New York, Le Havre, Thurn & Taxis as well as Denish
post office in HAMBURG (5 2 1847), transit via Sweden to Christiania, further via Frønningen to Vik. Prepaid to New York with "10" cents noted on top and the total due of "106" skilling for the journey beyond was noted on the reverse. A rare letter
from the United States to Norway via France during the preconvention period (Image 1)
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 The Transition Period 1836-1858 - More Routes and first Steamers; 1847 (July 2): Entire letter privately forwarded from Florø to Bergen, endorsed "Ved Godhed af Lendsmand J. Tyvold". The content of the entire mentions that the
letter was to be forwarded by steamer, i.e. by the "D/S Constitutionen", the only steamer in this waters. Note: It was forbidden to carry privately letters on routes where official mail transport existed, a rule obviously not followed in this case.
The family name Tyvold / Tyvald is known from Kinn, a small island offshore from Florø (Image 1)
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 The Transition Period 1836-1858 - More Routes and first Steamers; 1852 (July 9): Fully prepaid Envelope from Lærdal with the steamer Bjørgvin to Bergen and from there further via Farsund to Lyngdal, endorsed on top with "Med
Bjørgvin til Bergen" and manuscript note "Betalt", struck in transit by crisp "BERGEN 9/7 1852" and fair "FARSUND 13/7 1852". This is the only known letter with an endorsement related to the service of the D/S Bjørgvin on the Sognefjord. Note: The
D/S Bjørgvin was bought in 1840 from England by a private consortium. It had only a 35 horsepower engine and sailed in the years 1848 until 1854 from late spring to early autumn of the year on the Bergen - Lærdal route along the Sognefjord. Not to be
confused with the D/S Bjørgvin which made its journey along the west coast in the 1870s (Image 1)
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 The Transition Period 1836-1858 - More Routes and first Steamers; 1858 (March 5): Front of Cover with parts of reverse, sent from Bergen to Birmingham, bearing Oscar 1856/57 pair 3 sk. lilac-grey and 8 sk. carmine in a
horizontal strip of four (Facit 3+5), tied by three-circle '25' numeral of Bergen in black, matching BERGEN despatch cds in blue, SVINESUND (March 10) in blue, HELSINGØR (March 13) in black, HAMBURG (March 16) and "LONDON PAID" (March 19), both in
red transit cds's alongside, reverse with BIRMINGHAM arrival (March 19) cds. '7' skilling debit in red crayon to the United Kingdom on front. Filing fold through the left stamp of the pair, some toning of the perfs and the cover, nevertheless an
appealing presentation of the 38 skilling single rate via Germany to the United Kingdom (Image 1)
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 The Transition Period 1836-1858 - More Routes and first Steamers; 1858 (April 6): Double rate Cover from Bergen to the Ministry of Finance & Customs of the Royal Norwegian Government in Christiania, endorsed "pr "Patriot"
til Lærdal", bearing Oscar 1856/57 4 sk. blue (Facit 4), two fine and fresh examples tied by three-circle '25' numeral of Bergen in black, matching BERGEN cds in blue alongside. One of two covers known with this endorsement. Note: The paddle steamer
D/S Patriot was bought by Michael Krohn in 1854 and replaced the outdated D/S Bjørgvin on the Sognefjord taking over the mail contract on 1 January 1855 (Image
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 The Transition Period 1836-1858 - More Routes and first Steamers; 1860 (May 20): Entire letter despatched on the vessel "Hakon Jarl" and directed via Bergen to Sogndal, redirected from there to Stavanger, bearing 1856/57 Oscar
4 sk. blue (Facit 4), a fine and fresh example tied by "HAKON JARL" cds on the route from Trondheim to Bergen, BERGEN (May 22) transit and indistinct SOGNDAL arrival cds's, repeated in manuscript alongside. Forwarded to Stavanger with annother strike
of the BERGEN transit (May 26) cds. A most interesting item showing the improved steamer situation at the beginning of the 1860s with the use of the D/S Hakon Jarl along the coastline and of the D/S Framnæs back and forth the Sognefjord (Image 1)
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 The Transition Period 1836-1858 - More Routes and first Steamers; 1860: Group two incoming covers into the Sognefjord, mailed there with the D/S Framnæs incl. prepaid cover from Førde via Vadem to Lærdal bearing 1856/57 Oscar
4 sk. blue tied in FØRDE, and unpaid entire from Copenhagen via Sandøsund, Christiania and Lærdal to Sogndal with KIØBENHAVN despatch despatch on front and 12 skilling due noted on reverse (Image 1)
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 The Transition Period 1836-1858 - Routing of International Mail; 1861 (March 9): Emigrant Entire letter, sent unpaid from VOSS nearby Bergen with Prussian Closed Mail to Wisconsin, USA, routed via CHRISTIANIA (March 14),
SVINESUND (15 March), "KDOPA HAMBURG" (March 19) and oval HAMBURG of the same day, AACHEN (March 20) and "NEW YORK" (April 5). The receiver had to pay "46" cents handstruck in black (Image 1)
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 The Transition Period 1836-1858 - More Routes and first Steamers; 1863 (Sept 1): Entire letter written in "Böe per Vik i Sogne in 1. September 1863" and posted on the D/S Framnæs the following day showing a corresponding
manuscript note on top of front. The cover bears an 1856/57 Oscar 4 skillling blue adhesive (Facit 4) cancelled but not tied by pen strokes in the characteristic way done on this vessel and was directed via Lærdal to Christiania. Note: The entire is
directed to the theologist and sociologist Eilert Sundt (1817-1875), known for his work on morality, marriage and other subjects among the working class. He was an early pioneer of the field of sociology in Norway (Image 1)
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 The Transition Period 1836-1858 - More Routes and first Steamers; 1864 (Sept 12): Cover of letter despatched on the D/S Bjørgvin acting in a replacement service on the Sundalsfjord and directed to Thingvaald, endorsed
"Biorgvin 12/9", bearing 1863/64 Vapen 4 sk. blue (Facit 8) paying the inland rate, cancelled with pen cross. One of two covers known documenting the D/S Bjørgvin service in the Sundalsfjord. Note: After being replaced on the Sognefjord in 1854, the
D/S Bjørgvin served as a tugboat at the owner's ship yard, but was also rented out for short substitute services, e.g. as replacement for the D/S Nordmøre in 1864 (Image 1)
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