Four new Norwegian Polar FDCs have been obtained. These are plain covers with very rare postmarks from Svalbard and Bjørnøya. The postmark are pictorial with a seal (Ny-Ålesund), polar bear (Isfjord), musk (Sveagruva) and an auk (Bjørnøya).
Monthly Archives: January 2019
SA 4.41 – US FDC scout cover
An extremely rare US FDC turned just up on Ebay. It was a girl scout cover where the Girl Scouts congratulate the Girl Guards & Sunbems on the 100th Anniversary of the Salvation Army. The Girl Guards emblem is pictured. I have not seen this around before, but it is pictured in the SA FDC catalogue as no SA 4.41.
SA 5 – Unusual letter card
A very unusual cachet of the SA 5 was obtained: a prestamped letter card (QE 4d) with Express tag . With set of the UK centenary stamps (and the international centenary of the Salvation Army) The PM was from a little village in Northern Ireland – Antrim.
SA 25 – Svalbard FDCs – Norway
I wish you all a happy new 2019!! Two rare Norwegian FDCs are shown here on the new year’s day: A very characteristic Svalbard FDC cachet picturing a map of Norway and Svalbard, with a Polar bear on top and the text: North Pole. This is a far north as you can get!! The cachet seems to have been used on a series of FDCs issued on Svalbard. At least two PMs have been seen, the Reindeer logo used at Longearbyen and the Polar bear logo used at Isfjord. Pictured here with the Norwegian Salvation Army stamps issued in 1988 to commemorate the centenary of the SA in Norway. Remarkable items, must be rare, they are seldom seen on Norwegian auctions.