Island

Mint postal stationery reply card with overprint 5 aur on 8 aur Double Kings issue.

Printed matter postcard from Reykjavik 3 February 1905 to St. Louis, USA. King Christian IX 5 Aur green tied by cds ‘REYKJAVIK -3.-2.1905’, printed matter rate 5 aur per 3 kvint 15.4.1879-31.3.1921.

Registered letter from Reykjavik 19 December 1933 to Sotton Coldfield, England. 7 and 8 Aur King Christian X and provisional 50 aur./ 5 Kr. King Christian IX tied with cds. ‘REYKJAVIK 19.XII.1933.11’ alongside registration label ‘Reykjavik / R / Nr. 124’, with cds ‘SOTTON COLDLFIELD 28DE33’ receiving mark on reverse. Letter rate 35 aur 1.10.1925-31.12.1939 plus registration fee 30 aur, correct rate.

Postcard from Reykjavik 26 October (1901) to Budapest, Hungary. Two oval 3 aur yellow large 3 perforation 12¾ and 4 aur 1901 tied by cds ‘REYKJAVIK 26-10-1901’ alongside cds ‘BUDAPEST 4’ receving mark on front. UPU 10 aur postcard rate from 1.7.1880 – 31.3.1921. Hungary is a scarce destination for mail from Iceland at this time.

Imperforate 50 aur brown colour proof on mint never hinged paper, with printers notes ’50 AUR D551’ and 'M869'.

Unpaid envelope from Reykjavik 13 May 1894 to Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Postmarked LAP ‘REYKJAVIK 13/5’ and circle ‘T’ and charged in pencil ‘25’ Dutch cent with postage due stamp 25 CENT TE BETALEN, and cancelled with ‘AMSTERDAM 20 MEY 94’, backstamped 1-ring ’21 P / EDINBURGH MY18 94’ and receiving cds ‘AMSTERDAM 19 MEI 94 10-12N’. As far as I’m aware, this is the earliest recorded letter from Iceland with a foreign postage due stamp, a great postal history rarity.

German Reply postcard from Reykjavik 30 October 1893 to Goldberg, Schlesia, Germany. Reply side 10 PF REICHSPOST cancelled with ‘S.S. „THYRA“ ‘ line mark in violet ink, on back stamped grotesque type ‘SAUDÁKROKUR 25/10’ and Edinburgh 1-ring cds ‘EDINBURGH NO10 98’ and manuscript ‘Thyra – Reykjavik’, receving cds ‘GOLDBERG *8(SCHLESIEN)* 12.11.93.2-3N.’. A very rare and unusual ship cancellation used on a German DR reply card.

20 aur red Views and Buildings approved colour proof affixed on cardboard paper. The perforation is different here with line perforation 11½, the issued stamps is with comb perforation 14 x 14½. Only recorded.

Imperforate black print of 20 aur Views and Buildings.

International parcel card from Reykjavik 3 October 1932 to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. King Chrisitan 1 Kr. narrow lines and 5 Kr. broken lines, 50 aur Views and Buildings and 20 aur Gullfoss tied by cds ‘REYKJAVIK 3.X.32’. Sent via Denmark with parcel label ‘757 Reykjavik’ and transit mark ‘KJØBENHAVN 12.10.32.11-13 / 3 TOLD POSTKT.’ Parcel weighing 3,3 kilos, total postage paid kr. 6,70 for parcels between 3-5 kg to Canada via Denmark 1.12.1931 – 31.1.1935. Parcels to North America are extremely scarce.

Registered letter from Reykjavik 14 July 1919 to Aalborg, Denmark. Jón Sigurdsson 25 Aur orange tied by cds ‘REYKJAVIK 14.VII.19’ alongside registration mark ‘ISLAND / R / ‘ with numeral ‘2915’ stamped on the envelope, backstamped ‘AALBORG 29.7.19’ receiving mark. Letter rate to Denmark 10 aur 1.1.1908 – 31.12.1919 plus 15 aur registration fee, total 25 aur correct rate.

Imperforate Essays 1938 by Österreichische Staatsdruckerei with Geysir, Leifur Heppni, Ingolfur Arnarson and National Theater Building Reykjavik. Four colours grey, dark bloue, darnk green and green colours, value 10 Leifur Heppni, 20 Geysir, 35 Ingolfur Arnarson and 1 Kr. Theater Building, three first values in Rakeltiefdruck, and the last one Kunstkupferdruck. A very rare set.

Registered letter from Reykjavik 10 March 1922 to Paris, France. 1 Kr. King Christian X (1920) and pair provisional '5 aur'/16 aur King Christian IX tied with 'REYKJAVIK 10.III.22 15' and boxed 'R' mark. French green customs label affixed.

OAT letter from Reykjavik 22 March 1947 to Michigan, USA. 50 aur Cod-issue and 1 Kr. Geysir bluegreen cancelled with 'REYKJAVIK - 22.III.47 17'. Onward Air Transmission stamped with large oval 'O.A.T.'. All inclusive rate up to 5 gram 150 aur (group 7b, USA) correct franking.

Parcel card from Hamburg 14 March 1922 to Reykjavik, Iceland. Prepaid in cash, no German stamps. Charged with Icelandic 1 kr. King Christian X and cancelled with datestamp 'REYKJAVIK 18.IV.22', with the stamp used as TOLLUR but cancelled with ordinary postmark.

Imperforate black print with 10 aur, 10 aur frame and building center of the Views and Building issue, small paper fold to the right of the frame print. A very rare set printed on one piece of paper.

Envelope with pair 10 aur Oval type Icelandic issue sent locally within Copenhagen 30 November 1899. The pair 10 aur oval perforation 12¾ cancelled with cds ‘KJØBENHAVN KKB 30.11.99.3-4E’ framed framed with blue crayon and ‘O=’, charged double 4 øre Danish local rate, due 8 øre by addressee. The letter is sent by the company Thor. E. Tulinius company in Copenhagen, likely the letter was intended to be sent from Iceland, but did not happen, but sent from Copenhagen instead. A very unusual cover with ‘fraudulent’ use of the Icelandic stamps in Copenhagen.

Parcel card from Remsched 1 November 1927 to Reykjavik, Iceland. Deutsches Reich with three 100 pf (MI 343) and two on the back and 40 pf Leibniz (MI 395) cancelled 'REMSCHEID 1.11.1927'. Rare destination.

7 aur green Views and Buildings approved colour proof affixed on cardboard paper. The perforation is different here with line perforation 11½, the issued stamps is with comb perforation 14 x 14½. Only recorded.

Postcard from Dyrafjördur 26 March 1901 to Reykjavik. Oval 5 aur dull green III printing 1898 tied by grotesque ‘DYRAFJÖRDUR 26/3’ with receiving cds ‘REYKJAVIK 29.3.1901’ struck on front. Domestic postcard rate 5 aur from December 1879 – 15.10.1917.

40 aur light-liac II printing perforation 14 x 13½, cancelled with DANISH grotesque type cds ‘KJØBENHAVN.III 4/7 1POST’ – Extremely beautiful stamp and maybe the best cancelled copy of this printing.