Iceland
Iceland, 1947, 231
Registered Express Airmail letter to New York from Reykjavik July 1947 with NY arrival mark on reverse. Registration 60 aur, express 125 aur, letter 0-20 gram 60 aur, 2x 90 aur airmail surcharge each 5 gramm, total 425 aur. Overfranked by 75 aur, but still an attractive cover.
GBP 85.00
Iceland, 1908
Insufficiently paid 5 aur Two Kings stationery sent from Reykjavik to Hamburg 14 December 1908. UPU rate 10 aur, 5 aur under franked, 10 aur due. German 1-ring “T” and 1-line “PORTO” and Hamburg CDS arrival mark on front, manuscript “12 1/2 cts”.
GBP 256.00
Iceland, 1899
5 aur postal stationery REPLY CARD sent from Reykjavik to Kolding 2 December 1896, additional franked with 3 aur small numeral perf 14, with Kolding JBPE CDS arrival mark on front. Denmark favoured rate only 8 aur instead of 10 aur UPU rate.
GBP 299.00
Iceland, 1954
5 aur brown Vestmanneyjum with gutter in two single rowns to form a block of six - Only ten pairs gutter-pairs recorded.
GBP 2,137.00
Iceland, 1890
Iceland BRJEFSPJALD colour proof sheet with frame only, in greyish black color. Rare.
GBP 171.00
Iceland, 1941
Letter sent to US Army General Bonesteel, US Perhsing Camp 22 December 1941. In October General Bonesteel had established his headquarters at Camp Tadcaster, soon renamed Camp Pershing, some two miles east of Reykjavik and about a mile from British headquarters at Camp Alabaster. Also 1941 Thorvaldsen-Society Christmas seal, but not tied.
GBP 171.00
Iceland, 1924
Printed matter sent from Reykjavik 27 August 1924 bearing a pair of 1 eyr and 4 aur King Chr. X 1920-22 issue, tied by Reykjavik machine cancel. Correct 10 aur franking for printed matters.
GBP 128.00
Iceland, 1910
Postcard sent from Reykjavik to Nakskov 20 November 1910 bearing two 4 aur Two Kings issue tied by Reykjavik CDS. With manuscript “S/S CERES” and carried by the ship to Copenhagen.
GBP 85.00
Iceland, 1873, 4B
16 sk. yellow perf 12 1/2 strip of three, largest used multiple known. Cancelled to order, on piece.
GBP 299.00
Iceland, 1873, 2B
4 sk. rose perf 12 1/2, huge margined copy with good centring, mint hinged.
GBP 1,026.00
Iceland, 1929
50 aur air mail Two Kings issue with airmail surcharge, left stamp with King Chr. IX hair RETOUCHED, extremely rare variety, hinged.
GBP 855.00
Iceland, 1929
50 aur air mail Two Kings issue with airmail surcharge, on registered air mail letter, with variety “Tail of plane broken” and colour dot in L in ISLAND.
GBP 299.00
Iceland, 1882
5 Aur-value, black print, imperforate, thin smooth paper, with thin and small faults. Rare.
GBP 128.00
Iceland, 1892
50 aur bicolored oval issue a beautiful “ISAFJÖRDUR” date stamp. Rarely found in this quality.
GBP 192.00
Iceland, 1931
Postcard sent from Budapest 23 June 1931 to Hamburg with “Graf Zeppelin” passing through Reykjavik, with Friedrichshafen and Reykjavik Transit marks and “Icelandfahrt 1931” cachet on front. Attractive piece.
GBP 214.00
Iceland, 1891
20 aur greenish blue III printing 1891 nicely cancelled with lapidar type “DYRAFJÖRDUR”.
GBP 85.00