365 / September 2017

1856, Unpaid lettersheet from the Swedish Consulate at Quebec via England, Prussian closed mail and Hamburg, Denmark to Stockholm, charged in Hamburg with a total of "13 3/4" sgr. Since the recipient was a governmental body the amount was included in the quarterly statement to G.P.O. in Stockholm

1852, Unpaid lettersheet, posted at British PO "TENERIFE DE 24 1852" to Stockholm, transported via London, here charged "2/2"; Hamburg charged a total of "25 ½" sgr. to Sweden which converted the amount to 76½ skilling bco. and added 15 sk. Swedish postage, so that a total of "1 rdr 43 sk 6 st" was charged to the addressee, light folds. The only recorded early letter from the Canary Islands to Sweden

1851, Unpaid double rate lettersheet with clear handstamp "GENERAL POST OFFICE CAPE TOWN" via London and Helsingborg to Stockholm; England charged on arrival "2/-" and finally to Sweden "3/8" including British and Danish transit; the recipient was finally charged with 3 rd. = 144 skilling bco. including the internal Swedish postage; a fine and scarce letter with high postage due

1854, Entire unpaid letter from Cape Town via England, Hamburg, Stralsund and Ystad to Jönköping; London charged to the GAPU "1/4" which was converted in Hamburg to 13½ sgr. and 3½ sgr. German transit added (= 17 "sgr."); at Ystad this amount was converted to 52 skilling and 15 skilling for the distance between Hamburg and Sweden added, the recipient was charged with "Lösen 1 rd 18 sk. Bco"

1861, Envelope with original contents sent from "CAPE TOWN DE 25 1861" via London, Hamburg and Helsingborg to Kungsbacka, charged in England with "10" d., in Hamburg with "12" sgr. including 3½ sgr. GAPU share; Sweden added 45 öre for the distance between Hamburg and Sweden and charged a total of "Lösen 152 öre" to recipient

1853, Lettersheet from British PO "VALPARAISO AU 15 1853" via London and Hamburg to Stockholm, charged in London with "2/4" for the postage between Valparaiso and Hamburg which charged a total of "27" sgr. to Sweden. Since the letter is addressed to a governmental body, the postage due was simply included in the quarterly statement to the GPO

1859, Entire unpaid double rate letter from "HONGKONG MY 5 59" via France and Hamburg to Stockholm, charge on arrival with "324" öre

1863, Unpaid double rate entire letter from "HONGKONG SP 26 63" via London and Hamburg to Stockholm; in London charged with "2/6", in Hamburg converted to 25 sgr. and with additional transit of 7 sgr. a total of "32" sgr. was charged to Sweden. Since the recipient was a governmental body, this amount was included in the quarterly statement to the GPO

1864, Entire letter from Cardenas (June 18) endorsed "via Havana & New York" to Hernösand, transported from New York by HAPAG steamer "Bavaria" to Hamburg, debited by the US with "8" cents for conveyance from Cuba and internal postage; in Hamburg the letter was first taxed "8 3/4" sgr. for a normal letter from New York, but this was cancelled and substituted by "11" sgr. for a letter from Cuba; in Sweden a total of "144" öre was charged to the recipient

1840 (ca.), Lettersheet, showing on reverse well preserved red wax seal "SIGULUM CONSULARE MAROCCANUM ..." via Gibraltar, France and Hamburg to Stockholm with frontside "E GIBR. / S. ROQUE / AND.A BAXA" and "ESPAGNE PAR BAYONNE"; a fine scarce early cover

1853, Partly prepaid envelope from Batavia with forwarding agent straight line "E. MOORMANN & Co." via Singapore, the overland mail and Marseille to the Swedish consul at London and from here forwarded via Hamburg and Helsingborg to Strengnäs, in London charged "2/3" of which 10 d. covered the French transit, charged in Sweden "Lösen 37 s Bc." (on reverse) paid by the addressee; an interesting and scarce item

1856 (?), Part paid lettersheet from "BATAVIA FRANKO 10/2" endorsed "p Overland mail via Triest" with transit marks of Hamburg to Stockholm, charged in manuscript "6 ¼" sgr. in transit and in Sweden a total of "33 sk. 9 rst." were charged to the recipient

1858, Opened out partly prepaid lettersheet with small blue "SOERABAYA FRANKO" and on reverse red "FORWARDED BY FRAZER EATON & Co. SOERABAYA" via England and Hamburg to Carlskrona. The cover was prepaid to Singapur, charged with "10" d. for the British share of the postage between Singapore and Hamburg; Hamburg added 3½ sgr. GAPU share and converted to "12" sgr. Sweden converted to 36 sk. and added 15 sk. for the distance between Hamburg and Sweden, in total "1 Rdr. 3 sk." were charged to the recipient. A scarce item

1858, Part paid entire letter from "BATAVIA FRANKO 7/6" via Triest and Berlin to Stockholm, showing on front clear boxed "6¼" and manuscript tax "3¼/3"

1843, Entire letter from Sydney to Stockholm, prepaid "3" d. outgoing shipletter postage, marked in red "PAID SHIPLETTER SYDNEY", charged in London with "2/4" for 8 d. incoming shipletter rate and 20 d. transit to Hamburg, converted in Hamburg to 33 sch. + 4 sch. Hamburg postage = "37 "shilling debited to Sweden; in Sweden a total of "3 rd. 1 sk." was charged to the addressee including 3 sgr. Prussian transit and 40 sk. Swedish share. A remarkable letter, the only recorded prephilatelic letter recorded from New Southwales to Sweden

1855, Unpaid entire letter, forwarded by "ELZYBURU Y CA / PUERTO RICO", via London and Hamburg to Stockholm, in London charged "1/7" to the GPU, Hamburg charged a total of "19½" sgr.; since the recipient was a governmental body the amount was simply included in the quarterly statement to the GPO, very scarce, only 4 unpaid letters recorded from Puerto Rico to Sweden

1873, Small envelope, part paid to Alexandria with 1863/74, 1 shilling blue on blue, tied by duplex "MELBOURNE JA 30 73" to Wisby, transported via Triest, here taxed with "6" sgr.; on arrival taxed in error with "41 öre" instead of 81 öre (6 sgr. = 54 öre + 27 öre postage from Hamburg to Sweden). A scarce and interesting entire

1842, Double rate letter (originally with enclosures) from New York to Gefle, directly dropped in the ship's letter bag, endorsed "p Sully via Havre" with arrival mark on front, conveyed to Hamburg under postal convention between France and Thurn & Taxis of 1841, marked on front "35" shilling which was converted to 87½ skilling to which 73 skilling were added for transit from Hamburg to Denmark and Swedish postage from Helsingborg to Gefle; a total of 3 rdr. 16 sk. 6 rst. was charged to the recipient; letter with tear at top; a scarce early transatlantic letter

1847, Entire partly prepaid letter from "NEW YORK OCT 11" to Stockholm, transported with the short lift line 'Herout & de Handel line" to Le Havre with frontside arrival mark of November 11, and from here transported via Hamburg to Stockholm, charged on arrival with 2 rdr. 21 sk.; a very scarce entire

1849, Entire partly prepaid letter from "LOUISVILLE KY. 10/ MAR 20" via British open mail, Hamburg and Stralsund to Carlshamn, showing on front boxed black "AMERICA per ENGLAND" and "STRALSUND 23/4"; taxed in England with "1/4" equal to 13 1/3 sgr. (noted in blue on reverse); instead of adding the Prussian conveyance of 4 sgr. to this amount, Prussia debited 8+4 sgr. adding the old transatlantic postage of 10 sgr. (which was changed merely two months before) = total "22" sgr. to Sweden, which added 24 sk. postage from Hamburg to Carlshamn and charged a total of "1 Rdr. 42 sk." in red crayon at lower left; a scarce letter via British open mail

1850, Lettersheet with inland fee paid, with blue "10 LOUISVILLE FEB 28" via England, Belgium, Prussia and Hamburg to Carlshamn, showing on reverse black boxed "AMERICA per ENGLAND"; in England charged with "1/6", in Hamburg with "18 3/4" sgr., on arrial in Sweden a total of "1 Rd 32 sk" was charged to the recipient

1850, Unpaid lettersheet from Boston to London forwarding address and from here to Gefle, marked in Boston with black "5" c. debit to the UK for US inland postage. In London charged "1/-" as unpaid international letter (crossed), in London the forwarder paid "1/8" for a letter via Cuxhaven and Hamburg, which charged "4" shilling courant (Elbe postage) to the Swedish post which converted the amount to 3½ sgr. and added 3 sgr. for Prussian transit to Stralsund and 8 sgr. for conveyance from Stralsund to Gefle, where a total of "43-6" was charged to the recipient; a very interesting entire

1850, Envelope from Philadelphia with red "PHILA. 5 Cts. PAID" via Bremen, Hamburg and Denmark to Stockholm, in New York struck with "24" cents debit to Bremen; in Sweden a total postage due of 1 rdr. 23 sk. 6 r. was charged to the recipient, including 3 shilling transit Bremen-Hamburg and 24 skilling transit Denmark-Stockholm; a scarce entire of the 24 c. period between June 1847 and July 1851

1852, Unpaid entire letter from San Francisco to Uddevalla, showing on reverse clear red "Forwarded by Lübeck & Co. San Francisco" and New York transit mark (May 17); in San Francisco marked "26" for a letter via US packet to the UK, in New York instead stamped "20" for Bremen mail and transported by steamer 'Washington' of the ocean line to Bremerhaven and conveyed via Hamburg to Sweden where it was charged with a total of 1 rdr. 16 sk.

1852, Lettersheet endorsed "DUKEDON KY, Jan 23" and "Paid 20" to Carlshamn, via New York with black "PAID PART", transported by the U.K. steamer 'Arctic' to Liverpool and further via Bremen closed mail, in Bremen struck with red "AMERIKA ÜBER BREMEN" as if the letter had been conveyed directly from New York, finally transported via Hamburg and Helsingborg to Sweden where it was charged with a total of "32" (very faint) skilling bco.; a scarce entire