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Iceland 1923
1923 - Iceland - Cover
Rare use of a single 2 kr Christian X stamp from the first issue on an incoming parcel card sent from Denmark in 1923. The 2 kr stamp used to pay import/customs fees for a parcel weighing 3800 grams, the stamp annuled with the circular date stamp of the Reykjavik customs post office according to the regulations that were in effect from the beginning of 1922 until March of 1924.
  • Lot: 62141
ISK 65,000.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland ca 1905
ca 1905 - Iceland - 1 - Cover
Incoming ship letter from LEITH, franked with a British 2 1/2 penny stamp first cancelled in transit in AKUREYRI before being forwarded to Laxárdalur near Húsavík. RARE ITEM.
  • Lot: 62142
ISK 9,000.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland 1939
1939 - Iceland - 252 - Cover
Unusual ship mail cover sent to the FAROE ISLANDS in 1939, presumably mailed at portside in Reykjavik (from a Reykjavik merchant). The relatively unusual franking of a single 20 aur NYWF cancelled with a THORSHAVN Klipfisk slogan CDS with the boxed "Paquebot" ship letter handstamp from Thorshavn alongside. The cover slightly reduced at left.
  • Lot: 62143
ISK 17,000.00
No. of bids: 2
Sold
Iceland 1911
1911 - Iceland - Cover
Incoming postcard from Denmark sent with the mail ship S/S "CERES" according to the endorsement.
  • Lot: 62144
ISK 2,000.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland 1911
1911 - Iceland - Cover
Incoming postcard sent from Copenhagen by "S/S Ceres" to Reykjavik in 1910.
  • Lot: 62145
ISK 2,800.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland 1913
1913 - Iceland - Cover
Nice little ship letter franked with 4 and 6 aur Christian IX stamps. The letter first cancelled on arrival in Copenhagen with a cancellation unusual on Icelandic stamps "KJOBENHAVN B. B. B.".
  • Lot: 62146
ISK 14,000.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland 1936
1936 - Iceland - Cover
Ship letter franked with a British stamp, mailed onboard a ship destined for Reykjavík and cancelled there before being sent onwards to the addressee in the UK.
  • Lot: 62147
ISK 2,000.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland 1936
1936 - Iceland - Cover
Ship mail postcard mailed onboard a Dutch cruise ship "M.S. COLOMBIA", franked with a 7 aur Jochumsson stamp (printed matter rate) cancelled in Reykjavik before being forwarded through the Icelandic postal system to the addressee in Holland.
  • Lot: 62148
ISK 4,500.00
No. of bids: 1
Sold
Iceland 1967
1967 - Iceland - Cover
Scarcely seen properly postally forwarded ship mail postcard sent onboard an incoming ship from Denmark in 1967, franked with Swedish stamps that have been cancelled on arrival with a Reykjavík cds as well as the "Frá Danmörku" hand stamp.
  • Lot: 62149
ISK 2,000.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland 1967
1967 - Iceland - Cover
"Frá Finnlandi" from Reykjavik ship letter handstamp on 1967 cover.
  • Lot: 62150
ISK 2,000.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland 1992
1992 - Iceland - Cover
FLEKKEFJORD - Very rare modern ship letter mailed onboard "M/F HERJÓLFUR" in 1992, around the time that the ship left for it's new owners in Iceland from Flekkefjord in Norway where it had just been built.
  • Lot: 62151
ISK 7,500.00
No. of bids: 6
Sold
Iceland 2004
2004 - Iceland - 600 - Cover
REYKJAVÍK ÍSLAND - wavy lines machine cancel with INVERTED place name on a cover from 2004.
  • Lot: 62152
ISK 1,500.00
No. of bids: 1
Sold
Iceland 1907
1907 - Iceland - TJ34 - Cover
Scarce ROYAL VISIT Falcon cancellation of 1907 tying a 4 aur Two Kings Official stamp to the image side of a wonderful postcard showing a view of Tjörnin in Reykjavik by Eymundsson.
  • Lot: 62153
ISK 27,000.00
No. of bids: 6
Sold
Iceland 1958
1958 - Iceland - Cover
COD parcel card with 2 kr stamp sent to Reykjavík. Two ÍTREKAÐ handstamps on front.
  • Lot: 62154
ISK 1,200.00
No. of bids: 1
Sold
Iceland 1959
1959 - Iceland - Cover
Official parcel card sent by stock center of the national telephone monopoly in Reykjavik to the telephone/telegraph office at Gerdar in Gardur with numerous office handstamps of which one is the "BÍLPÓSTUR" marking.
  • Lot: 62155
ISK 4,500.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland 1969
1969 - Iceland - Cover
Imperf 10 kr University stamp on a 1969 COD parcel card, returned to sender with boxed "Ekki Vitjað" return handstamp.
  • Lot: 62156
ISK 2,500.00
No. of bids: 1
Sold
Iceland 1977
1977 - Iceland - Cover
Cover cancelled LAUGARBAKKI with interesting return hand stamp "Þekkist ekki" (Not known).
  • Lot: 62157
ISK 1,800.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland 1994
1994 - Iceland - Cover
Machine cancellation WITHOUT PLACE NAME inserted, used for a short time in Garðabær around Christmas in 1994.
  • Lot: 62158
ISK 1,900.00
No. of bids: 3
Sold
Iceland 1995
1995 - Iceland - Cover
Special pictorial machine cancellation promoting the World Handball Championships held in Iceland in 1995 on a cover in a small collector-friendly format.
  • Lot: 62159
ISK 1,000.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland 1943
1943 - Iceland - 233, 247... - Cover
First day cover with those values of fish/Geysir/Viking that were issued in 1943, sent by registered mail to Sweden.
  • Lot: 62160
ISK 7,500.00
No. of bids: -
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Iceland 1944
1944 - Iceland - 268-273 - Cover
Beautiful unaddressed first day cover (FDC) with a complete set of the Jón Sigurðsson issue of 1944. The cover sent by registered mail from ÞINGVELLIR / THINGVELLIR to Sweden, British censorship handstamp on front.
  • Lot: 62161
ISK 13,000.00
No. of bids: 7
Sold

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