Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

BYPOST Namsos - Tonsberg

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Namsos (Norway)

1888 Fish

(Reduced sizes)

Image obtained thanks to Lasse Hult

  2 o brown
  4 o red
  8 o lilac
  10 o green

Surcharged with large number
  '2' on 8 o lilac
  '4' on 10 o green

I have never seen a used stamp of Namsos. Used stamps seem to be very rare. For more information on Namsos Bypost stamps see: http://www.nordische-staaten.de/laender/Norwegen/Bypost/bypost.html (in German).

Odense (Denmark)

The Odense Bypost operated from 1884 to 1889.

1884 Numeral in the center

  3 o red (white numeral)
  5 o brown

1885 Numeral, inscription "ODENSE BYPOST"

(Reduced size, image obtained thanks to Lasse Hult)

  3 o blue (blue numeral)

I've seen tete-beche stamps of this value.

1886 Man with flag:

Different '2'

  1 o orange
  1 o brown
  2 o green on red (2 types, the '2' is different)
  3 o red on yellow (misprint? 10 o red on yellow)
  5 o blue 
  10 o brown (red) on yellow
  10 o black on yellow

Surcharged
  '3' on 2 o green on red

With a 'T' in the center:

Postal stationary also exists in this design: 3 o brown.

Surcharged '3' manually

  1 1/2 o green
  4 o red 
  15 o red and black (central 'T' is black)

Surcharged manually
  '3' on 1 1/2 o green
  '3' on 15 o red and black

Surcharged
  '3' (red or black) on 4 o red
  '3' (silver) on 15 o red and black

1884 Parcel stamps, inscription "PAKKE FRIMAERKE ODENSE BYPOST"

Reduced size. Most stamps of Odense that I have seen have a cancel "ODENSE BYPOST Omb" in violet or black color.

  5 o brown
  10 o red

Randers Bypost og Pakke Expedition (Denmark)

The Randers Bypost issued stamps from 1885 to 1889.

1885 Ellipse, inscription "RANDERS BYPOST."

  3 o blue
  5 o red

I've seen these stamps cancelled with a cirular violet "RANDERS BYPOST" cancel with no date (also with the letters S.C. in the center). Later issues have 'Randers * Bypost *' (also with no date and in violet).

1885 Towers:

(reduced sizes, I have also seen a surcharge of '1' on the 3 o value)

  3 o blue
  5 o red

Surcharged (1887)
  '1' (handstamped; smudgy or printed) on 3 o blue 
  '2' on 5 o red (2 types, smudgily handstamped or printed; see images above)

1887 Towers in a circle

(Arms of Randers in a circle, I have also seen a 2 o green with a 'R' overprint)

  1 o violet (exists imperforate)
  2 o green (exists imperforate; I've also seen proofs in red color)

Surcharged
  'T 3' on 1 o violet (manually surcharged or printed)
  'T 3' on 2 o green (manually surcharged or printed)
  'R' on 1 o violet
  'R' on 2 o green

1887 Knight (or viking?)

  1 o red (exists imperforate)
  1 o brown (exists imperforate)
  2 o green (exists imperforate)
  2 o orange (exists imperforate)
  3 o green (exists imperforate)
  3 o blue (exists imperforate)
  5 o red (exists imperforate)
  5 o blue (exists imperforate)
  8 o yellow (exists imperforate)
  8 o brown (exists imperforate)
  10 o lilac (exists imperforate)

Surcharged

  '2' (black) on 10 o violet
  '2' (red) on 10 o violet
  '1 1/2' on 3 o blue
  '3' (small, covering the '5') on 5 o red
  '3' (large, placed on knight) on 5 o red

Overprinted 'Telefon-Mrk' (1888)
  10 o violet

Overprinted '4 Strommen' (1888):

  "4 Strommen." on 8 o yellow

Overprinted "Randers Mark." (1888):

  5 o red

1888 Knight, new type in an ellipse

  2 o green

1889 Value, inscription "RANDERS BYPOST OG PAKKE EXPEDITION"

  1 o brown
  2 o green  
  3 o blue
  5 o red
  8 o orange
  10 o violet
(all values exist imperforate)

Stenkjaer (Norway)

1888 Bear in forest

  2 o green
  4 o red
  8 o orange
  10 o brown

Genuine cancelled stamps are very rare.

Stockholm (Sweden)

The 'Stockholms Stadspost' operated from 1887 to 1889.

I've seen some 'cancels?' with "I", "II", "III", "IV" and "V".

  1 o blue
  2 o brown
  3 o red
  4 o blue and brown
  5 o brown and green
  10 o green and red

Smaller head:

  3 o red
  4 o blue and brown

Overprint 'STOCKHOLMS WW LOKALPOST' on a insurance stamps:

Also other values the 4 o has inscription 'STOCKHOLMS AB. LOKALPOST'

Lasse Hult provided me with the following information concerning the above stamp:
"All stamps in 1926 issued by this operator (translated = Stockholms Private Local Post), were provisionals overprinted on Assurance Company labels. They are no rarities, but still not often seen. I have 5 different of them."

Postal stationery:

Svendborg (Denmark)

Svendborg used stamps in 1887.

(Reduced size)

  1 o green
  2 o brown
  3 o red
  5 o blue
  10 o orange and black

I have often seen these stamps overprinted with a violet circle with the text 'Svendborg Bypost.', also 'SVENDBORG BYPOST' in a straight line:

Tammerfors (Finland)

For local issues of Helsingfors and Tammerfors click here.

Throndhjem see under Trondhjem.

Tonsberg (Norway)

1884 Arms of Tonsberg

Imperforate  
  1 o blue on red
  1 o blue on yellow
  1 o brown
  2 o brown on brown
  3 o green on green
  3 o orange
  5 o red on blue
  5 o green
  10 o red
  20 o blue

Perforated (1885)