Stamps – BalkanPhila

Norway Post War Propaganda Card scarce

Kemal Giray — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:14:57 +0000

Norway: Propaganda Card: Post War colour card titled ‘Da Freden Kom Til Var Gard’ showing the forceful eviction of German Officers and their partners via the windows from an Oslo apartment block that had been forcibly requisitioned during the war, used internally with stamp removed, some slight creasing. A scarce card.

1945 Norway German Legion Slogan Cover

Kemal Giray — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:12:51 +0000

Norway: 1945 (28.4.) Kristiansands to Stockholm unsealed envelope bearing single franking 5o tied German Legion slogan (used for two months only) with circular framed ‘Ao’ hs (Auslandsbriefprufstelle Oslo); fine

1945 Norway Norsk Front Censored Slogan Cover

Kemal Giray — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:11:15 +0000

Norway: 1945 (1.3.) Oslo to Stockholm, Sweden commercial cover franked pair 10o tied Legion slogan NORSK FRONT, env resealed at left with SS Zensurstelle label tied on reverse with red h/s with index ‘O’ for Oslo. Censor pencil code on front for further investigation with a chemical blue streak on front.

1944 Norway Hauketo Censored to Harlstad

Kemal Giray — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:09:12 +0000

Norway: 1944 (7.11.) Hauketo to Harlstad, Sweden cover that clearly shows the four stages of censorship of the Oslo Office, stage 1 the sorter applies mark on reverse to send for censoring, the contents were censored and pencil code “589/1” added on front, then decision to send for further investigation with evaluation and indexing “22/1/47”
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1944 Norway Slogan Cover to Lugano

Kemal Giray — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:49:32 +0000

Norway: 1944 (12.3.) cover to Lugano, Switzerland bearing single franking 30o blue commemorative tied Oslo ‘Mot Lysere Tider’ machine slogan, censored with blue Munich OKW label; some slight toning around stamp.

1940 Norway Oslo Censored to Goteborg

Kemal Giray — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:41:12 +0000

Norway: 1940 (11.6.) commercial envelope, Oslo to Goteborg, Sweden franked pair 10o. tied machine slogan cancel, reverse with three-line ‘VIDEREBEFORDING TILLATT TYSK CENSUR’ handstamp (forwarding permitted by German censor). A good example of the second handstamp.

1940 Norway Vikersund German Censor Cover to Denmark

Kemal Giray — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:38:47 +0000

Norway: 1940 (20.5.) Vikersund to Copenhagen cover with local brown tape applied and straight-line violet ‘APNET VED TYSK CENSUR’ applied, further censored in Hamburg where the tape partly obscures the local handstamp. Good example of the first Norwegian text handstamp.