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postmarked at Reykjavik 17.8.07

offered at 332. AB Philea Auktion, 20th January 2016, as Lot #2142 for 700 SEK

offered at 361. Heinrich Köhler Auktion, 21.9.2015, as Lot # 183 for  200 €

sent from cruiser “FREYA”, dated  14.8.1907

Collection E.Schilling

stamp removed, without date

Collection Wilbur Jonsson

ex Collection R.Hosking

“The undated single ring 22 mm diameter “QUEENSTOWN SHIP LETTER” mark is sought after on Iceland mail because this town (now Cobh, in Eire) was not a port of call for Icelandic ships. Most of the 30 or so Iceland covers known with this mark come from the crew of the German battle cruiser SMS”FREYA” which left Kiel on 19th July 1907, on a training voyage, calling at Christiania (now Oslo) and Bale-Strand (both in Norway) then Reykjavik on or about the 12th August. The vessel left on the 16th or 17th, because the Captain was paid 6 Icelandic Kroner on the 16th by the Icelandic Post Office to convey mail to the next port of call. This mail was dated Reykjavik 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th August. The next port was Queenstown. The “QUEENSTOWN SHIP LETTER” mark was supplemented by a larger single ring datestamp of Queenstown showing the 22nd August 1907, wich was applied to the revers of some of the items received. It could be thought that there should be more than 30 postal items in existence – mostly in Germany.”  by M.Tuttle (Source: TPO-Journal, Spring 2010)

Collection R.Hosking

The card is from a doctor in a small village (postmark rarer by far than the Queenstown ship letter) asking a pharmaceutical firm for samples.

Collection W.Jonsson