I had earlier indulged in some domestic crashpost covers, (word indulged indicates serious expense) and now have extended to a foreign one, where incoming to Sweden, with a Swedish explanatory etiquette visible. It’s a commercial airmail flimsy to Stockholm sent…...
A pair of unusual covers were featured in Høiland’s auctioning of Jussi Tuori collection as lots 651 & 690 a few years back, that are so entrepreneurial in their application, that I happily feature them here. Believed to be very…...
Sweden’s Crown Post (or State Courier Post) operated from earliest times, (sixteenth century, possibly earlier) and distributed the kings’ and parliaments’ decrees and notices by private courier, outside the jurisdiction of the public body, the General (Royal) Post Office, KGPS,…...
Part 1: 1896-1903 (acknowledging the format and part-content of Herr B. Reher, in German) The railway known to Swedes as the Malmbanen (iron ore line) was built from Luleå (port) to Gällivare (mining town) between the years (August) 1875, and…...
