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Spectacular Sweden First Day Cover Collection
1949-1971 ~ With White Ace Binders ~ Value $600+
1949-1971 ~ With White Ace Binders ~ Value $600+
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In the 23 years from January 1949 through December 1971, Sweden brought out approx. 125 commemorative stamp issues plus 25 issues of definitive (regular) stamps, of between one and five stamps each, Michel 346A to 736C. This lot continas 113 First Day Covers of these issues (most of the ones not included are definitives). 100 of these covers are in two White Ace Continental size flip up cover binders. FDCs from Michel 363 (8/51) on have an insert in four languages that descibes the issue in great detail. Most of these FDCs were actually postally carried from Sweden to New York, USA. Those that were not are unaddressed and are noted in the “Misc” column. The spreadsheet below shows all the FDCs included in this lot. Below is some general information about Swedish stamps, catalog numbers, and FDCs. The earlier FDCs in this lot are sold by dealers for $4.00 to $7.00 each. Later ones tend to sell for somewhat less. The current retail price for these 113 covers is at least $500.00 The retail price for one White Ace Continental Cover Binder (Album) is $50.75. So the total retail value of this collection is more than $600.00. Here's your chance to get it for a fraction of that! Yours for only $229.95! Postwar Swedish stamps and FDCs A few Swedish postwar stamps were issued in sheet form, but the majority were issued as coils (horizontal or vertical). Commemoratives were generally issued in two values and the lower value also issued in booklet form, either horizontal or vertical. Swedish stamps are listed in the Michel (German) stamp catalog, generally with a suffix, as follows. A: Imperforate top and bottom (horizontal coil). B: Perforated on all sides (standard sheet stamp). This suffix is often not used, but just the number alone. C: Imperforate left and right (vertical coil). D: Stamp from a booklet, usually followed by a second letter. DD: Pair from a booklet, horizontal or vertical, imperf 2 sides (sometimes a slash is used, i.e, D/D) Dl: Left stamp from a horizontal booklet pair, imperf left side. Dr: Right stamp from a horizontal booklet pair, imperf right side. Do: Top (over) stamp from a vertical booklet pair, imperf top side. Du: Bottom (under) stamp from a vertical booklet pair. imperf bottom side. E: Stamp from booklet imperforate on two adjoining sides. EE: Pair from a booklet pane, imperf on two adjoining sides (or E/E). ED or DE: Pair from a booklet pane, imperf on three sides (or E/D, D/E). Swedish First Day Covers typically have all the stamps from an issue on a single cover. For example the FDC for the 1956 issue, Equestrian Olympics, has three single coil stamps, Michel 413-415A, and two booklet pairs, Michel 413DD and 414DD, or 7 stamps in all. Most FDCs issued by Swedish Post are the smaller Continental size, 6" x 4.3" (15.5 cm x 11 cm) but to accomodate the larger issues, some FDCs are 7.15" x 4.95" (18 cm x 12.5 cm) and occasionally 7.65" x 4.95" (19.5 cm x 12.5 cm), which in recent years has become the European standard. FDCs produced by Swedish Post often have a pictorial cancel but rarely have a cachet. Of the roughly 170 FDCs produced in the 40 years from 1941 to 1981, only seven had a cachet on the envelope. This policy changed in mid-1985, and from then on, most FDCs had a cachet. Sweden issued relatively few stamps per year in the years up through the 50s (about 4 issues per year), but really ratcheted up the pace ftom the mid-60s on (9+ issues per year). |
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For shipping, I will send the collection by USPS Parcel Post for just my out-of-pocket cost (in USA, $12 to $19 depending upon where you live relative to New Jersey). I'm not like some Internet sellers who build big profits into shipping and screw the buyer. In January 2013, the USPS made a very large increase in foreign postage rates. These two binders weigh 7 pounds and would cost $59.95 to mail to an address in Europe. |
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