Sweden. Cover. 'Swedish Mail Exchanged with Continental Europe 1658–1815', one frame exhibit (twelve square format leaves), awarded 93p at THAILAND 2023.
Almost all displayed items are rare–very rare, including many only recorded ones and earliest recorded usages.
The exhibit includes for example:
• The only recorded Swedish mail sent to the Spanish Netherlands (1668)
• The only recorded Swedish mail sent to the Ligurian Republic (1798)
• The only recorded Swedish mail sent to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1665–1815 (1781)
• The only recorded Swedish mail sent by the temporary sailing yacht route Ystad–Travemünde–Lübeck (1815)
• Only recorded Swedish pre-philatelic letter sent to Brunswick-Lüneberg (1807)
• Only recorded mail sent to the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin as part of the Confederate States of Rhine (1813)
• The earliest recorded Swedish mail sent to the Habsburg monarchy (allegedly in 1682, but content missing), with attest by Fritz Puschmann
• The earliest recorded Swedish mail sent to Spain (1752)
• The earliest recorded Swedish mail sent to Guernsey (1784)
• The earliest recorded Swedish mail sent to Naples, as well as any Italian state (1784)
• The earliest recorded Swedish mail sent to Portugal (1797)
• The earliest recorded Swedish mail sent to Tuscany (1800)
• The earliest recorded mail handled by the Royal Swedish Mail, sent to any overseas destination (the Canary Islands 1801)
• Only recorded Swedish mail sent to the Netherlands prepaid to Helsingør (1686)
• The second earliest recorded Swedish mail with a continental transit mark (France, 1732)
• Only recorded Swedish mail with transit mark H (Austrian Netherlands, 1785)
• Only recorded Swedish mails with pmk HAMBURG. 4 / B.G.D (Date), and B.G.D HAMBOURG / (Date) R. 4, respectively (1807)
• One of only two recorded Swedish mails with pmk HAMBOURG. R4 / B. G. D. (Date), and SUEDE p. le. B.G.D. 4 / HAMBOURG (Date), respectively (1807)
• One of only two recorded Swedish letters with the transit mark SUEDE / P.HAMBOURG (1813)
• One of only two recorded letters sent from main Sweden with any French Grande Armée mark.
Several items are depicted in the latest edition of Facit Postal.
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY to acquire a large proportion of the very best items in this area!
