SWEDEN 153 FIRST DAY COVERS 1949-1983 + 5 Catalogs WHITE ACE BINDERS ~ Value $800+ ~ Excellent Condition     SWEDEN 153 FIRST DAY COVERS 1949-1983 ~ IN WHITE ACE BINDERS. Sweden is not a major issuer of postage stamps and in the 34 years from 1949 to 1983, Sweden brought out approx. 126 commemorative stamp issues plus 26 issues of definitive (regular) stamps, of between one and five stamps each. This lot contains 153 First Day Covers of most of these issues (the ones not included are mostly definitives). 86 of these covers are in two White Ace Continental size flip up cover binders. FDCs from 8/51 on have an insert in four languages that describes the issue in great detail. Sorry to note but the envelope flap has lightly stuck to some of these inserts. 139 of the covers are continental size (15½ cm x 11 cm or 6" x 4¼") and 14 are one of two larger sizes.     Most of these FDCs were actually postally carried from Sweden to New York, USA. Those that were not are unaddressed and are noted in the “Misc” column. Most of the FDCs after 1971 are unaddressed. The spreadsheet below shows all the FDCs from 1949 to 1971 included in this lot. Below is some general information about Swedish stamps, catalog numbers, and FDCs.       In addition to the FDCs, this lot also has 3 catalogs, an Information pamphlet, a wonderful booklet (in English!) about the Swedish postal system, and a rare folder about the Gota Canal with a 6-stamp souvenr pane and First Day cancel.     The earlier FDCs in this lot are priced by dealers for $4.00 to $7.00 each. Later ones tend to sell for somewhat less. The current retail price for these 153 covers is about $700.00 Add to that the price for two White Ace Continental Cover Binders and catalogs and the total retail value of this collection is more than $800.00. Here's your chance to get it for a fraction of that!     Postwar Swedish stamps and FDCs       A few Swedish postwar stamps were issued in sheet form, but the majority were issued as coils (horizontal or vertical). Commemoratives were generally issued in two values and the lower value also issued in booklet form, either horizontal or vertical. Swedish stamps are listed in the Michel (German) stamp catalog, generally with a suffix, as follows. A: Imperforate top and bottom (horizontal coil). B: Perforated on all sides (standard sheet stamp). This suffix is often not used, but just the number alone. C: Imperforate left and right (vertical coil). D: Stamp from a booklet, usually followed by a second letter.   DD: Pair from a booklet, horizontal or vertical, imperf 2 sides (sometimes a slash is used, i.e, D/D)   Dl: Left stamp from a horizontal booklet pair, imperf left side.   Dr: Right stamp from a horizontal booklet pair, imperf right side.   Do: Top (over) stamp from a vertical booklet pair, imperf top side.   Du: Bottom (under) stamp from a vertical booklet pair. imperf bottom side. E: Stamp from booklet imperforate on two adjoining sides.   EE: Pair from a booklet pane, imperf on two adjoining sides (or E/E).   ED or DE: Pair from a booklet pane, imperf on three sides (or E/D, D/E).     Swedish First Day Covers typically have all the stamps from an issue on a single cover. For example the FDC for the 1956 issue, Equestrian Olympics, has three single coil stamps, Michel 413-415A, and two booklet pairs, Michel 413DD and 414DD, or 7 stamps in all. FDCs produced by Swedish Post often have a pictorial cancel but rarely have a cachet. Of the roughly 170 FDCs produced in the 40 years from 1941 to 1981, only seven had a cachet on the envelope. This policy changed in mid-1985, and from then on, most FDCs had a cachet.       Sweden issued relatively few stamps per year in the years up through the 50s (about 4 issues per year), but ratcheted up the pace from the mid-60s on (9+ issues per year).

Swedish FDCs ~ 1949-1971 ~ The 40 FDCs from 1972 on are not listed in the spreadsheet. Click on Descriptions in blue for an image of the FDC Date Stamps on FDC Michel Catalog No. Michel Cat. Booklet Description Misc Info 01/22/49 5 346-48A 346DD August Strindberg   07/27/49 4 349-50C 350DD Lingiaden Gymnastics 09/10/49 7 351-53C 351DD, 352DD U.P.U. Cachet 06/06/51 9 356-60A 356DD, 359DD Definitives (5 values) Cachet 08/30/51 4 363-64A 363DD Christopher Polhem 04/09/52 4 367-68C 367DD Olavus Petri 11/11/52 7 376-78C 376DD, 377DD King Gustaf VI Adolf Birthday Cachet 05/27/53 6 379-82 379DD Athletic Federation - Sports 06/17/53 4 383-84A 383DD Stockholm, 700 yr anniv 11/02/53 5 385-87C 385DD Telegraph Service 02/13/54 4 388-89A 388DD Skiing 06/18/54 4 394-95C 394DD Anna Marie Lenngren 11/08/54 5 396-400   Rock Carvings 05/16/55 8 402-03A 402DD, 402DE Stamp Jubilee - First stamps 06/06/55 3 404-05   National Flag Day 07/01/55 5 406-10   Stockholmia 55 Philatelic Expo Cachet 07/21/55 4 411-12C 411DD Pehr Daniel Amadeus Atterbom 04/16/56 7 413-15A 413DD, 414DD Equestrian Olympics 10/30/56 2 416-17   Northern Swans 06/01/57 4 421-22A 421DD Sea Rescue Society 02/10/58 8 434-37A 434DD, 436DD Sea & Helicopter Mail 05/08/58 7 438-40A 438DD, 439DD World Cup Football 05/08/59 3 448C 448DD Red Cross, Henry Dunant 07/06/59 4 449-50C 449DD Werner von Heidenstam 09/04/59 4 451-52C 451DD Crown Forest Board 12/10/59 4 453-54C 453DD Svante Arrhenius 02/18/60 4 455-56C 455DD Anders Zorn 04/07/60 4 457-58C 457DD World Refugee Year 06/30/60 4 459-60A 459DD Voluntary Shooting Organization 08/22/60 4 461-62C 461DD Gustaf Froding 09/19/60 2 463-64   Europa C.E.R.T. Conference 11/23/60 4 465-66C 465DD Hjalmar Branting 03/20/61 9 468-70A 468-70, all DD King Gustaf VI Adolf 04/17/61 4 471-72C 471DD Carl Gustaf Plio 06/02/61 4 473-74A 473DD Jonas Alstomer 09/22/61 4 476-77A 476DD Royal Library & Printing 12/09/61 5 482-84A 482DD Nobel Prize Winners, 1901 01/29/62 4 485-86A 485DD Local Mail Delivery Service 03/21/62 4 487-88C 487DD Municipal Laws 09/24/62 6 495-96A 495DD, 496DD Historical Monuments 11/10/62 4 498-99A,C   King Gustaf VI Adolf Birthday Cachet 12/10/62 4 500-01A 500DD Nobel Prize Winners, 1902 02/15/63 4 502-03C 502DD Ice Hockey 03/21/63 4 504-05A 504DD Freedom from Hunger 05/27/63 4 506-07A 506DD Engineering & Industrial Art 09/16/63 7 508-10A 508DD, 509DD G.F. duRietz, Board of Health 10/25/63 4 511-12A 511DD Historic Buildings Cachet 12/10/63 4 513-14A 513DD Nobel Prize Winners, 1903 02/03/64 4 515-16C 515DD Erik Axel Karlfeldt 06/12/64 4 517-18A,C   Archbiscopric of Uppsala 12/10/64 6 529-30A 529DD, 530DD Nobel Prize Winners, 1904 04/05/65 4 531-32C 531DD Visby Ring Wall 05/17/65 5 533x,534-5C   Int'l Telecommunications Union 07/05/65 4 536-37C 536DD Prince Eugen 10/25/65 4 540-41A 540DD Frederika Bremer 12/10/65 6 542-43A 542DD, 543DD Nobel Prize Winners, 1905 01/15/66 4 544-45C 544DD Nathan Soderblom 02/18/66 10   546-48, all DD Speed Skating 03/26/66 2 549-50   National Museum Opening 05/12/66 4 553-54A 553DD Two-Chamber Parliament 06/15/66 10   555-57, all DD Drottingholm Theater 09/25/66 4 558-59C 558DD Carl Jonas Love Almqvist 11/15/66 10   560D-65D Ships - Nat'l Cancer Fund 12/10/66 6 566-67A 566DD, 567DD Nobel Prize Winners, 1906 02/15/67 3 573C 573DD EFTA 03/15/67 3 575A 575DD Landscape 04/11/67 4 578-79C 578DD Table Tennis 05/17/67 10   580-83, all DD Bronze Helmet Plates Cachet 06/16/67 10 584-85   Finnish Settlers 09/03/67 4 588-89A,C   Right Side Traffic 10/16/67 10 590-2C, 93A 590,2,3, all DD Plants & Animals Definitives 11/11/67 6 594-95C 594DD, 595DD King Gustaf VI Adolf Birthday 04/03/68 4 601-02C 601DD Franz Berwald 05/15/68 6 603-04A 603DD, 604DD Bank of Sweden 06/04/68 10   605DD, 606DD Lund University 07/04/68 4 612-13C 612DD World Council of Churches 08/04/68 10   607-11, all DD Wild Flowers 08/09/68 4 614-15C 614DD People's College 09/05/68 4 616-17C 616DD World Cup Orienteering 10/28/68 8   618Dr, 19DD, 20Dl Axel Petterson Unaddr 11/25/68 10   621-25, all DD Birds and Animals 12/10/68 6 626-27A 626DD, 627DD Nobel Prize Winners, 1908 Unaddr 02/28/69 4 629-30A 629DD Northern Countries Union Unaddr 03/31/68 4 632-33C 632DD Int'l Labor Organization Unaddr 04/28/69 4 634-35A 634DD Europa C.E.R.T. Building Unaddr 05/12/69 6 636-37A 636DD, 637DD Albert Engstrom Unaddr 06/06/69 6 638-43 M/S   Ivan Agueli paintings 09/03/69 10   644-49, all DD Warship Wasa 10/13/69 3 653C 653DD Hjalmar Soderberg 10/13/69 3 654A 654DD Bo Bergman 11/17/69 2 655-56A   Lighthouse Service 11/17/69 10   657-61, all DD Swedish Fairy Tales 12/10/69 7 662-64A 662DD, 663DD Nobel Prize Winners, 1909 02/09/70 4 665-66A 666DD St. Steven, Timber Floating 02/09/70 8   667-70, all DD Forgings 05/11/70 2 674-75A   Nature Conservation Year 06/05/70 5 676-80C   Polar Area 08/28/70 3 681C 681DD Glimmingehus, Skane Unaddr 08/28/70 1 682A   China Palace Unaddr 10/24/70 4 690-91A,C   United Nations, 25 years 11/20/70 10   692-96, all DD Christmas Birds 12/10/70 7 697-99C 697DD, 698DD Nobel Prize Winners, 1910 01/22/71 1 700A   Ferry & Royal Palace 03/26/71 4 704-05A 704DD Help for Refugees 04/23/71 5 706C, 707-8A   Paintings, Tapestry Unaddr 06/04/71 2 709A,C   Container Port 06/04/71 2 710-11A   Logging Sledge, Windmill 08/27/71 4 713-14C 713DD Royal Academy of Music Unaddr 09/28/71 1 716A   Mail Coach Unaddr 09/28/71 5 717-20C   Gotland Stone Masons Art Unaddr 10/20/71 4 721-22A 721DD Road Safety Unaddr 10/20/71 10   723-27, all DD Crown Jewelry Regalia Unaddr 11/10/71 3 733A 733DD Nils Holgersson Unaddr 100% of the proceeds of this sale go to Beyond the Walls (Charity) Make an offer!     What do you have to lose? For shipping, weight is 10 pounds. I will send the albums and covers via USPS Ground Advantage at the lowest current rate to any address in the USA. I'm not like some eBay sellers who build big profits into shipping and screw the buyer. Who am I? My web identity is SwapMeetDave, but I'm actually David Ahl, founder of Creative Computing, ex-editor of Military Vehicles, writer, incurable collector, and Christian. When you have time, take a look at my on-line carnival and flea market at SwapMeetDave.com, which is chock full of new clean jokes, patriotic pics, books, magazines, my bio, handyman humor, and other good stuff. I accept payments by check or PayPal. I ship the day I receive your payment or notification of payment from PayPal. Thank you!