Auction # 214 The Gummesson Collection of Finland Part 1 Malmö 1 October 2016 Next Auction! The Gummesson Collection Ovals & Roulettes Unique mixed franking with 40 penni and 5 kopek 24-25 March 2017 More previews further back in this catalogue, page 82-84 14 2 16 # ber 20 1 Octo The Gummesson Collection at Öresundshuset, Malmö 1 October 2016 at 13.00 Featuring: Outstanding pre-philately Postal stationery starting 1845 Fantastic first issue Ovals Early sheets Classic private local stamps Postiljonen AB · Box 537 · S-201 25 Malmö · Sweden Visiting address: Hans Michelsensgatan 9 Tel. +4 640258850 · Fax. +4 640258859 www.postiljonen.com · [email protected] Preface After having known and cooperated in various ways with We hope that many of you will find the time and moti - Rolf and Per Gummesson for decades it is a great pleasu - vation to visit us for the occasion in Malmö on the 1st of re for us to introduce the sale of the grand collection of October and/or in Helsinki for the viewing of these Finland with this catalogue, the first in a series of auc - exquisite items. tions. The word legendary has been used about this collection POSTILJONEN and it cannot be claimed to be an exaggeration. The international exhibition career of Rolf Gummesson star - ted in 1959 in Palermo with a Gold Medal and was crowned already 1963 in Luxembourg at Melusina, Exposition Internationale Timbres-Poste where he was awarded the Grand Prix d Honneur for his 20 frames of outstanding classic Finlan’ d in competition with the famous French philatelist Dr. Joseph Schatzkés. These honorable awards did not stop Rolf Gummesson from continuing to develop the collection throughout. After many years of business relations also developing into a personal friendship, it is very special for us to have been entrusted the honorable mission of placing these jewels on the market for the pleasure of other collectors. The work with the Gummesson Collection and this auc - tion has been a great pleasure and enjoyment for us, it is our hope and wishes that the study of this catalogue will Lars-Olow Carlsson Claes Arnrup bring pleasure to you as well. Managing Director Chairman of the board Contents The Gummesson Collection Part 1 Saturday 1 October at 13.00 Lot # Page # Pre-Philately 2301-2320 13 Postal Stationery 2321-2357 21 The Oval Issues 1856 – 1858 2358-2417 38 Early Complete Sheets 2418-2460 60 Local Private City Post 2461-2479 76 Helsinki & Tammerfors 4 Viewing In Helsinki In Malmö At Filatelia meeting room, Restaurant Postpää , At our office Hans Michelsensgatan 9 Mannerheiminaukio 1 B Monday 26 – Tuesday 27 September Friday 23 September 9.00-17.00 13.00-19.00 Wednesday 28 – Friday 30 September Saturday 24 September 9.00-18.00 11.00-16.00 Saturday 1 October All items from The Gummesson Collection, with the excep - 9.00- tion of extremely expensive ones. Should you wish for us to bring a particular expensive rarity, please contact us before - hand. In addition we will also take with us all Finnish single items and chosen lots & collections from the general auction # 212. Other non-bulky lots may be brought upon request. Meet us in Helsinki ! In connection with our special viewing at Restaurant Postpää you also have the possibility to hand in consignments for our future international auctions. Or just use this opportunity to meet our philatelic experts Claes Arnrup and Steinar Fridthorsson for a friendly chat. Managing Director Lars- Olow Carlsson will be there at your service as well. We look forward to seeing you there! If there is anything you are wondering about regarding our visit to Helsinki, please contact us at: +46-40 25 88 50 or [email protected] 5 Mail Bidders! V. A.T. We always endeavour to simulate the actual Please note that the buyer’s premium 25% includes auction situation for our mail bidders, you must Swedish V. A.T. however beforehand have determined the maxi - Buyer’s premium 20% excl. V. A.T. only for: mum you wish to pay for each lot and we will ensure that this maximum is not exceeded. 1. Export to countries outside of EU. Your bids must be in Euro and divisible by 10. 2. V. A.T. registered dealers inside of EU The bidding always starts with the second highest (Not Swedish). V. A.T. number has to be mail bid plus the next increase (see conditions of forwarded to us in good time before the sale sect. 2). The bidding then continues between auction! the bidders in the audience and the highest mail bidder. MOMS Avoid missing out on every item you wanted Köparprovisionen 25% inkluderar moms för kunder because of higher bids from others by bidding inom Sverige och EU. Momsregistrerade handlare, on many items but limit your total purchase to se ovan. an amount of your choice (see bid form “my total purchase must not exceed:...excl. commission”). Import V .A.T. € You can for example bid for a sum of 10 000 but Lots marked • € limit your total purchase to 1 000 or any amount Please note that lots marked • in front of the lot you wish. No. are subject to importation V. A.T. 1 2% will be added to the auction price except for: You can also bid on two or several items and add “or” in between. We will then make sure that you 1. Export to countries outside of EU. get only one of these items. 2. V. A.T. registered dealers inside of EU (Not Swedish). V. A.T. number has to be Further, according to your instructions we can for forwarded to us in good time before the example also raise your bid on one item if it turns auction! out that you got another item less expensive than your highest bid. Importskatt tillkommer med 1 2% på auktionspriset på alla objekt markerade med • före objektnumret. Should there be two or more equal mail bids then Momsregistrerade handlare utanför Sverige, v.g. the first bid received will buy the lot, so please sub - se punkt 2 ovan. mit your bids as early as possible. To ensure you a safe handling of your bids, we Financing the auction need them at least 24 hours before the auction starts. Purchase By leaving purchased lots as security, we are able to finance a large part of the total purchase for shorter or longer periods. Credit or payment arrangements must be agreed on in good time before the auction. Currency Euro This auction is held in Euro. Nyhet ! If there is anything you are wondering about regard - ing this, don’t hesitate to contact us! Denna auktion avhålls i Euro. För de svenskar som så önskar kan fakturering ske i Nu kan du även betala med Swish till Postiljonen AB . SEK till av oss, på auktionsdagen, fastställd växelkurs. 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For overseas customers we recommend that you notify your bank before the transaction. On our website you can also find a secured payment form to use for sending your credit card information. Please fill in and send us the form below (or a photocopy) for payment by card. Invoice No: MasterCard/Eurocard q VISA q Card number: Exp. date: CVV2/CVC2 (3 digit security code) Name on card: ___________________________________________ Your signature: ___________________________________________ 7 Extra scans on the web! We are now one step closer to our goal to include scans of all our lots at our website. At our website www.postiljonen.com you will find all certificates of the single items, lists, complete scans and selections of collections & lots that are not included in the printed catalogue! New pictures will be uploaded continuously until the auction! We believe we have made a good selection of scans and hope there is something for everyone. Look for lots marked with µ, they have something extra for you at our website. Please have a look at: www.postiljonen.com “Postiljonen Horses” Postiljonen has always emphasized the advantages and the importance of collecting philatel - ic items of the highest quality. We think this is an important step for the development of modern collecting. To highlight, and to a certain degree reward what we think is interesting, fun, beautiful and high quality philately, we are choosing a number of items in our auction catalogues and pre - sent them with Postiljonen emblems. It should be specially noted that it is not a complete classification, you will surely find other items that would well deserve extra attention. This choice of excellence is a subjective opinion, even if done with professional as well as philatelic skill and experience.