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Ship
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In the following I show a number of ship
cancellations used on the Finnish coast
there is a number of inland maritime cancellations - all quite rare |
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Ships-cancel
used a) 1894-1907 b) 1896-1900
Postmark found in 2 types a) 24mm and b) 20mm
used at Helsinki (similar rare type used at Hangö) |
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Nyslott * Savonlinna Ships-cancel
very rare - known used 1899-1902 |
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Wiborg Ships-cancel
rare - known used 1903-12
difficult to see - but WIBORG written on vessels bow.
Probably used on route Wiborg-Bjørneborg |
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Oval Turku Ships-cancel
used 1897-1907 |
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Turku Tri-Lingual Ships-cancel
Type 1 - one big star
2 ring postmark used in Turku - Åbo from May 1912 to
1914 for Ship mail |
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Turku Tri-Lingual Ships-cancel
Type 2 - one big dot |
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Turku Tri-Lingual Ships-cancel
Type 3 - 3 small stars
Type 3 with Russian text removed - all 3 found with
and without Russian text. after 1914 these cancellations were used as
arrival-postmarks only. |
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Ship cancellation with text POSTI
* POST below ship, used 1907-1939 and again in 1950'ties.
Postmark is often unclear and the number of small
differences that can be found in this postmark but they are often very difficult
to distinguish.
Similar types known used at Turku, Helsinki, and
Savonlinna (Nyslott), |
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Turku-ship cancellation - also
called Torpedo - only known used on 4 dates 7th, 8th, 11th and
13th May 1911 - extremly rare.
(Suomen Postimerkkeily Oy; 1/93 - lot 888) |
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FRÅN UTLANDET
this is a Harbour cancellation for incoming ship mail
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Figure
cancellation #377
used in Hanko on in-comming ships-mail
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Figure cancellation #441
used in Turku on in-comming ships-mail
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Figure cancellation #400
used in Kuopio on for ships-mail
postmark found on: 1889, 1895, 1891, 1901, 1902 issue
and Russian stamps from same period |
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Bore mail
card does not fit this page about postmarks, but is still
interesting part of Finnish maritime mail
Bore sank in the morning of
31. Dec. 1899 between Turku and Stockholm
read more
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Endorsement:
"medf. ångf. Gustafsberg"
another kind of
maritime mail: card from 1902 to Sweden endorsed with name of vessel.
other postmarks:
Hangö sågvexel village-postmark
Postilj.k. H-H railway mail postmark
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