Scandinavia Stamp Auctions

1851/1984, collection of mainly of cancelled stamps in 12 albums, including amongst others Denmark from Mi. No. 1 (3), Norway from Mi. No. 1, Sweden from Mi. No. 2 and Finland from tongue stamps

1855/96, mint never hinged and used collection, also incl. ca. 180 cards, postal stationery and covers. From ca. 1954 per used and mint never hinged apparently complete, incl. postage due and officials, from 1964 incl. booklets and from 1957 incl. a good part se-tenants, etc., in 8 stockbooks

Christina, 1632–1654. Silver medal on the Queen’s coronation in Stockholm. Undated. Presumably by Erich Parise. Obverse: the Queen’s head with a laurel wreath, facing left; Obverse: Christina seated as a Roman goddess to the left, holding the goddess of peace in her right hand. 37.6 x 38.9 mm, 35.13 g. Magnificent patina. Extremely fine+. Hildebrand 51. Extremely rare

Elbing, municipal embossing under Swedish rule, Charles X Gustav, 1654–1660. Taler 1658, Elbing. Obverse: Crowned bust facing right; Reverse: Coat of arms of Elbing, held by an angel. 28.08 g. Field and margin reworked. Delicate patina. Very fine–Extremely fine. Delzanno 82 (this specimen). AAJ 51. Dav. 4569. Extremely rare; the only known specimen in private hands.

Gustav III, 1771–1792. Eight undated commemorative medals, Swedish Academy, by C.G. Fehrman. Embossed 1787–1834. Obverse: Busts of Gustav and Lovisa Ulrika facing each other; Reverse: A halo of rays above a sundial. 34 mm, approx. 18 g each. Mostly Extremely fine. Hildebrand 114

Charles XI, 1660–1697. 2 mark, 1672, Stockholm. Obverse: Bust with a laurel wreath to the left; Reverse: Three crowns, 2 M., 30 mm, 9.98 g. Mountmark. Very fine. Delzanno 195

Commemorative piece in honour of Gustav II Adolf of Sweden. 17th century. Oval portrait medallion, undated, unsigned, originally gilded. On the royal couple. Obverse: half-length portrait of the king facing half-right; reverse: half-length portrait of Queen Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg facing left. 20.2 × 23.6 mm, 3.62 g. Very Fine-Extremely Fine. Hildebrand I, pp. 226, 282.

Gustaf V. 1907–1950. Silver medal, 1908. In honour of Eugene Samson and his 20th anniversary as Director of Fenix Fire Insurance. By E. Lindberg. Obverse: Bust facing left. Reverse: Phoenix rising from the ashes. 56 mm. 99.44 g. Very fine–Extremely fine

A small collection comprising four bronze medals and three bronze plaques, mostly by Erik or Adolf Lindberg. Some have minor flaws; Extremely fine

Gustaf VI Adolf 1950–1973. Silver medal, 1956. To mark the 100th jubilee of Stockholms Enskilda Bank. By I. Johansson. A. O. WALLENBERG. In its original packaging. 64 mm, 115.91 g. Descoloured, nearly Uncirculated.

1872/1920 (ca.), mostly mint never hinged and some used lot, incl. better values and perforation types from booklets, e.g. Facit Nr. 24e (Cert. Obermüller-Wilen), 34k, 36h (Cert. Diena and Obermüller-Wilen), 42e, 46d, 49d and 144Abz, etc., also Denmark Nr. 4 used in Holstein with cds. Uetersen on cover (Cert. Moller BPP), good and fresh condition

CRASH MAIL: 1934, registered airmail cover from Finland, franked with 5 m., tied by cds “TURKU ÅBO -6.VII 34”, addressed to Munich, Germany. The mail was carried on ABA’s inaugural night mail flight (Stockholm–Hannover) by a Northrop "Gamma", which crashed in Älmhult. The cover is badly burned and subsequently enclosed in a glassine envelope. Together with the accompanying registered “On Postal Service” envelope with cds. “MALMÖ 1 7.7.34” to Munich, featuring the official explanatory slip attached to the reverse and bearing the arrival cds. “MÜNCHEN 9 JUL 34”. A scarce crash mail item, particularly as a registered cover (most other surviving items are ordinary letters or postcards), and especially complete with the matching postal service envelope (Nierinck 340706)

SVENSKA NUMISMATISKA FÖRENINGEN STOCKHOLM (publ.) Sammlung Julius Hagander. Goldmünzen und Reichstaler Schwedens und seiner früheren Besitzungen von Gustav I. bis Carl XVI. Gustaf. Basel 1996. 574 pages with numerous illustrations. Full cloth with dust jacket. I / As new – no signs of wear or defects.

SKANDINAVIEN KUNGLIGA MYNTKABINETTET/SVENSKA NUMISMATISKA FÖRENINGEN (publ.) Den Svenska Mynthistorien. Frihetstiden och den gustavianska Perioden 1719 - 1818. Stockholm 2007. 244 pages, numerous multicoloured illustrations. Full cloth, spine and front cover embossed in silver. I / As new – no signs of wear or defects.

SCHOU, H.H. Beskrivelse af Danske og Norske mønter 1448 - 1814 of Danske mønter 1815 - 1923. Copenhagen 1926. 379 pages, 51 plates. Imitation leather. I- / About as new – no signs of wear or defects.

GALSTER, G. Danske og norske medailler og jetons ca. 1533 - ca. 1788. Copenhagen 1936. X + 476 pages with illustrations. ALSO: Unionstiden Udmoentninger Danmark og Norge 1397–1540. Sverige 1363–1521. With a summary in English. Danish Numismatic Society, Frederiksborg 1972. 119 pages with numerous illustrations. Cloth. II / Fine – a nice, clean copy with slight signs of use.

1912/42, Collection of over 80 covers and cards, with particular strength in the Scandinavian area, exhibiting a fine range of routes, usages, with crash covers, Dox, mail signed by flying crew, first flight mails, and more; many interesting items throughout with Soviet Union Arkhangelsk-Ustsysolsk line 1930 registered cover, 1928 unpaid cover bearing the scarce large bilingual violet “DOBROLET 1er VOL POSTAL MOSCOU-IRKUTSK” (some faults), Sweden 1930  Stockholm-Stralsund crash cover from the German D-1826 at Waldermarsvik, Norway 1920 postcard carried on Pioneer flight between Christiansand and Christiana with scarce red Machine cancel "BEEFORDRET pr. NATIONEN FLYVEPOST", scarce 1929 illustrated registered cover carried on Trial Flight Stockholm-New York, Canada 1929 crash cover from the First flight Dawson-Aklavik, 1912 small envelope bearing 10 ore and Barnens Dag Flygpost vignette, China 1931 Eurasia Aviation Corp. envelope via Siberia to Strasbourg (signed Holcombe), etc. Partly mounted and described on exhibition pages, slightly mixed condition. A fine specialist lot

1852/1990, used collection in three albums, including Mi. No. 1IIa used in Holstein with the 3-ring “141” Crempe, 1IIb used in Holstein with 3-ring “157” Kaltenkirchen, 1IIc used in Lauenburg with 3-ring “150” Ratzeburg, 2I and 2II, 11A on a cover from Copenhagen via Aalborg to Nibe, as well as a collection from Norway including Mi. No. 1, Sweden in five albums and Finland in five albums; in total, the clearly organised collection comprises 14 albums

1855/1963, used collection, in the main catalogue numbers almost complete, incl. e.g. Mi.-Nr. 2 (2; one signed Pfenniger), 3, 4, 6, 7-12, 13, 14, 15a and 15b, 19 with good blue cds., 86-95, 96 signed Georg Bühler, 97-106, 144-158, 159-173, etc., mostly good condition, in one album

1855/1999 (ca.), Norway and Island, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, Norway used very advanced in the main Michel numbers up to the 1960s, thereafter mint never hinged until 1981, Island 1944/99, together with a small part of Faroer Islands. Slightly mixed condition in the classics, after overall in good condition, neatly housed in 4 albums

1855/1987 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, including Military Post, Locals and Officials, with duplicates starting from the early Öre issues, slightly mixed condition