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…...
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…...
Originally Published December 2010The object of my May-June trip to Sweden was twofold: firstly, to attend the Nordia Stamp Show at Borås, and secondly, to experience the cruising on Juno from Stockholm to Göteborg via the Göta Kanal. Timing was…...
