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Marius
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This covers the prephilatelic period up to January 1st 1855 when Norway's first stamp came into use. (Contrary to popular belief, the stamp had already been on sale for a month's time at the Christiania post office before becoming valid for franking. For years Norway No 1 was considered by catalogues and collectors alike an 1854 emission...)
The PO being closed for Sunday service, the last date of the prephilatelic period would be 30-12-1854. You'll find an entire sent that day in this section. (Hits: 594)
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The first known impression of this cover is on a folded letter date stamped on 7 January 1845. 10 covers are known for posperity with this cancel in red. Additionally a few flaps are known. In blue color the cancel reappears in February 1849, possibly because the "summary recording" is introduced at the main post offices around that time, and the Christiania PO was expecting new cancellers in any day. A few handfuls in blue are known from this period. Some more, particularly in June 1850, have shown up. Furthermore, 3 blue strikes have been recorded for foreign destinations, the last one in 1854. In black the cancel shows up in 1856, albeit very worn and with new year insets. Most of the black versions are thought to reside in the former FCM Jr collection.
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Possibly a Danish product, this cancel appears first in red at the end of January 1845. It is struck on the back of the covers until ca 10th June that year. After that in red on the front until 16th February 1847. From EARLY March known in blue (the prephil register in Norgeskatalogen is hopelessly outdated).
Christiania-blue would for periods be closer to green, which was the instance when the first stamps were put to use in 1855. From February 1856 until September the same year, struck in black for cancellation purposes. Then blue again until mid December 1858, after which black was the standard color. Known for one curly 2 date inset. The insets change to sans-serif ca 1873. The most widely used of the early cancels; ended its days at the banco dept ca 1880.
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Due to a research error in the 1950s and '60s, this was called type III, but has not been documented in use before type IV. The IIIa is the original, known for sure from 12th February 1849. However, the cancel must have been too lumpy for the good citizens of Christiania, and was soon reengraved/cut thinner. Hence, type IIIb is common while IIIa less common.
First use of type IIIb registered as 16-3-1849.
This canceller seems to disappear soon after the introduction of the stamp, but this is difficult to verify because no postal records exist from Christiania at that time, and the canceller which remains in use is so heavily re-worked that it can either be type III or type IV.
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Known used from 5th February 1849. Possibly the delayed delivery of this cancel was the reason why the octagonal re-appeared in blue on 2nd February. It was soon cut thinner (type IVb), and may have remained in use well into the 1870s.
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