Färoer continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 4029 |
Brief |
 1870/72, Bi-coloured type 2 skilling greenish-grey/dull-ultramarine, 3rd printing, normal frame, cancelled by wavy
lines in ink on entire letter dated "Sand den 6te Juni 1874", addressed to Tveraa; very fine and most attractive, a very rare cover. Signed Moeller BPP with certificate (2004)
Provenance: Christian Andersen (Postilionen, 2004) (Image 1)
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(Image 4)
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SOLD for €3,200.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4030 |
Brief |
 2 skilling grey/ultramarine, 1st printing, normal frame, tied by numeral "238" to lettersheet with adjacent lapidar
handstamp "THORSHAVN 4/6". The stamp with missing perf at top, otherwise very fine. Certificate Moeller BPP (2004)
Provenance: Christian Andersen (Postilionen, 2004) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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SOLD for €2,400.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4031 |
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 1871, 3 skilling grey/purple with clear central numeral "238" of Thorshavn; a pulled perf at lower left backed,
otherwise very fine and most attractive. A rare stamp used on the Faroe Islands. Certificate Moeller (1995) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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SOLD for €270.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4032 |
Brief |
 4 skilling carmine/grey, used on lettersheet dated "Thorshavn 18 Juli 1874" and endorsed "Pr. 'Johanne'" to
Copenhagen, here cancelled with numeral "1" with adjacent black foot post handstamp "F:P:2/8 74". The stamp with somewhat damaged perforation at top, still fine. A very rare and unusual cover during the skilling period (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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SOLD for €1,350.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4033 |
Brief |
 1870/72, 2 skilling ultramarine/grey and 2 copies 4 skilling carmine/grey (10. resp. 11. printing), tied by numeral
"1" with adjacent "KJØBENHAVN 7/7" to parcel accompanying envelope with wide parcel label on front to Tveraa. Fine and very scarce. Certificate Moeller (1992) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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SOLD for €2,500.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4034 |
Brief |
 1870/72, 4 skilling carmine/grey, 2 single copies with numeral "1" and adjacent "KJØBENHAVN 8/11" on double rate
entire letter endorsed "Pr. Diana" to Tveraa with Thorshavn arrival mark on reverse. Some short perfs, otherwise fine (Image
1)
(Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4035 |
Brief |
 1875/1903, 3 øre blue/grey in combination with 1882, coat of arms 5 øre green with lapidar cancel "TRANGISVAAG 6/12
1898" to envelope to Copenhagen with arrival mark, 3 øre some minor staining in the upper perforation only, otherwise very fine and attractive, signed Moeller BPP and certificate Nielsen (2006) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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SOLD for €900.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4036 |
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 1875/1902, 4 øre greenish-blue/grey with central, clear and complete strike of numeral "238" of Thorshavn, very fine
and most attractive, opinion Moeller (1991) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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SOLD for €140.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4037 |
Brief |
 4 øre blue/grey and 3 copies 8 øre carmine/grey, tied to money letter from "KLAKSVIG 13-2-1902" to Copenhagen with
arrival mark on front, very fine (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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SOLD for €225.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4038 |
Brief |
 1875, 12 øre lilac/grey in horizontal pair, tied by cds. "KJØBENHAVN 15/11" to folded registered lettersheet to Tveraa
with adjacent straight line "anbefalet", the lower left corner of the lettersheet backed otherwise very fine and extremely scarce. Certificate Moeller (1998) and Nielsen (2008) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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SOLD for €1,000.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4039 |
Brief |
 12 øre lilac/grey, 2 copies, each with clear numeral "238" with adjacent lapidar postmark "THORSHAVN 25/2" (1881) on
entire letter with one page of text and declared value of 35 crowns and 78 øre to Viborg with Copenhagen transit mark on front. The insurance label partly removed, otherwise very fine. Just 4 entires with the numeral cancellation on øre issues are
recorded, in this form an unique item. Certificate v. Wowern (1989) and Nielsen (1995) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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SOLD for €3,600.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4040 |
Brief |
 12 øre brownred/grey with frame inverted, horizontal strip of 4 with clear lapidar cancel "THORSHAVN 1/12" (1893) on
parcel accompanying letter for 2 parcels to Soroe with transit and arrival marks, very fine (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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SOLD for €360.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4041 |
Brief |
 16 øre brown/grey and 4 øre blue/grey in fresh colour and well perforated (corner perf of 4 øre turned around by
cancelling), tied by numeral "238" to envelope with adjacent lapidar handstamp "THORSHAVN 7/8" to Paris 'Poste Restante' with adjacent blue transit mark "DANEMARK 2 ERQUELINES 12 AOUT 78". The letter was not asked for and returned in May of the
following year with reverse side straight line "Non Reclamé" and faint Thorshavn arrival mark, re-addressed to Copenhagen, the 4 øre additionally cancellec by numeral "238" and lapidar "THORSHAVN 8/5" applied; Copenhagen arrival mark of 16.5.1879. A
fabulous and most attractive cover of the øre issues used on the Faroe Islands; the earliest recorded franked letter to the European continent (excluding Scandinavia) and the most important cover of the b-coloured issue used on the Faroe Islands.
Certificate Moeller (2003) (Image 1)
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(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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SOLD for €4,000.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4042 |
Brief |
 16 øre brown/grey with 'Carøes Snit' (pos. 45) with 4 øre blue/grey, tied by lapidar "THORSHAVN 7/6" on postal money
order to Reykjavik, Iceland. The form with neglectable corner crease, otherwise very fine; a rare item. Certificate Moeller (1996) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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SOLD for €2,500.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4043 |
Brief |
 16 øre brown/grey with horizontal pair 1882, 20 øre blue, tied by lapidar cancel "THORSHAVN 28/4" to registered
double rate linen envelope with adjacent boxed "DANEMARK / R / No." with manuscript "9" to Copenhagen, transported via Leeth with frontside "LEETH SHIP LETTER ME 4 97", Edinburgh and London with further transit and arrival marks on front and reverse.
The envelope paper somewhat separated in the folds and the right 20 øre damaged at top. A still very attractive and extremely rare registered letter. Certificate Nielsen (2007) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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CLOSED
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4044 |
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 1875/82 (ca.), 5 stamps with clear central cds. of Klaksvig, Trangisvaag and Thorshavn, 3 with certificate (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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SOLD for €180.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4045 |
Brief |
 1884/1902, Coat of arms 10 øre carmine in horizontal pair, tied by 2 clear strikes of star cancel "SMIRIL" to
preprinted response-envelope of the 'GRANDS MAGASINS DU PRINTEMPS, PARIS' with adjacent lapidar "THORSHAVN 28/11", "LEETH SHIP LETTER DE 8 96" and French railway mark. Very fine and most attractive; a rare ship mail cover. Certificate Grønlund (1975)
(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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SOLD for €2,700.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4046 |
Brief |
 20 øre blue, tied by superb strike of star cancel "SMIRIL" to envelope with adjacent lapidar handstamp "TRANGISVAAG
30/4 1897" and "LEETH SHIP LETTER MY 4 97" to Copenhagen, endorsed "per Smiril via Leeth"; on reverse transit and arrival marks; faint paper bend in the envelope only, still very fine. Certificates v. Wowern (1989) and Moeller (2007) (Image 1)
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(Image 3)
(Image 4)
(Image 5)
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SOLD for €2,800.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4047 |
Brief |
 1912, 5 øre green, 5 copies, tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 19-1-1914" to local money letter with 122 crowns (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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SOLD for €70.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4048 |
Brief |
 1912, 5 kroner with 2 copies 35 øre orange, tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 29-9-1915" to parcel accompanying letter for 3
parcels to Copenhagen with adjacent boxed "Toldfrit". The 5 kroner used on the Faroe Islands is extremely rare. Certificate Nielsen (2009) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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SOLD for €900.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4049 |
Brief |
 1913, Christian X 10 øre red and 15 øre lilac, tied by cds. "THORSHAVN 26.7.18" to money letter to Klaksvig with
arrival mark (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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SOLD for €135.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4050 |
Brief |
 1899, "Adressebrev" from Thorshavn to Copenhagen, endorsed on reverse "Betalt 1,20", in Copenhagen franked with 4 øre
local fee (perfin "DFDS"); on reverse large white label with disclamer. Interesting item (Image 1)
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SOLD for €135.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4051 |
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 FOREIGN STAMPS: "THORSHAVN 18/5", central clear strike on Iceland 1876, 16 aurar, very fine and rare, a most
attractive stamp. Certificate Moeller BPP (2002) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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SOLD for €450.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4052 |
Brief |
 "THORSHAVN 30/3", lapidar cancel, very clear on German empire reply postcard 10 pf. 1892 via Leeth and London to
Germany; very fine and scarce (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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SOLD for €340.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
| 4053 |
Brief |
 POSTAL STATIONERY: 1888, Postcard 4 øre grey with printed photo image of Thorshavn on reverse, with additional
franking 8 øre carmine/grey from "THORSHAVN 16-11 1901" via Stavanger to Herkulesdorf in Hungary with arrival mark on front, fine and very scarce (Image 1)
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SOLD for €2,200.00
Closing..Apr-18, 04:00 AM |
