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Marius
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Listed as delivered to the PO on 1888-10-05, it was immediately embraced and replaced the old and stubborn CHRA BYP cancellations the very same day.
This became a workhorse at the PO's messenger dept, and over the years it sustained heavy damage.
Its current whereabouts is a vault in the Norwegian Federal Reserve where most of the former Postal Museum's treasures are stored.
1896 Repair, Bridges, steel cut |
The Postal Administration was searching for modern, cost efficient solutions. Thousands of cancellers were to be ordered in the coming years, and price was of utmost importance. Thanks to the Duncker order, the administrators were likely signalling engraver Throndsen that there were good alternatives open to them. Throndsen responded as desired, by lowering prices, and promising the same quality and design as the German manufacturer.
Evidently the shorter distance (although roughly only one day longer postal service from Hamburg) landed him the engraving jobs. Throndsen maintained a residence in Kristiania although his workshop was at Kongsberg.
This canceller is rarely spotted in use in 1888. However, it was probably used for the Christmas post, and definitely for the New Years' greetings. I have registered it on the following dates: 1888-12-31 and 1889-01-02.
After this period there is a long period with few sightings. 25 VII 91 is, however, I have found. The canceller reappears towards the end of 1896 when more cancellers were urgently called for in Christiania. It seems to have been delivered together with a copy that Throndsen might have engraved as his personal copy-cat-test or as a proof to the Postal Administration that he was capable of delivering exactly the same grade-A goods as the Germans. The only differnece between the original and the copy is that the copy has dots after month and year instead of this original's date and month.
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Ordered by the PM in Christiania, after approval by the postal authorities, with the conditions that the order be placed with Throndsen -- and the city's name spelled with a K. For long, the PM seems to have ignored the new, official spelling; this was the way to finally win him over.
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Started out at the Banco, but after 10 years there, was lifted to Brevavdelingen. Lived happily ever after there until the name change in 1924/25.
Strike from engraver Hellik Rui's order books following the name change recall reads 31 XII 24, believed to have been the last date of use.
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This was Throndsen's go at a time/date stamp similar to the one that was purchased from Duncher in Germany the previous fall.
It took a while before the Post asked him to deliver another, to put it nicely.
Either the hardening process ran too hot, or the engraving cut the steel too thinly. Either way the lower bridge broke one of the very first days it was in use. And it continued to fall apart in the years to come.
In 1897 the time-pieces were moved to the rear end of the date line.
Later, in 1897/98 (? I'll get back to this date) the cancel was reengraved.
It vanishes around the same time as the first Krag cancelling machine is fully functioning at the Letter dept.
Coincidentally, the design of that machine's head mimicks this one, with its three open stars...
2nd Ed, time-piece moved, 3rdmEd, 1898 re-engraving, 4th Ed ? |
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This postmark, a standard Swiss design, was in use for a long time. An unidentified postmark is listed by Langangen to have been delivered to the Banco on 1893-10-06. This has, by order of elimination, got to be it.
May have left the Banco at some point...
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Podssibly a Finnish manufacture, this one handled well printed matter and oversize objects, apparently being of a sturdy construction.
After the re-engraving, it was left with 7 + 7 oversize blades in the two combs. Eventually the bridges wear down.
In engraver Hellik Rui's order books following the name change recall, the strike reads 31. XII. 24 — indicating the last day of use.
1906 (Re-engraved by CC&S) |
On 1896-11-20, two date-time cancels were introduced in the messenger department, meant to double up as postmarks for outgoing mail as well as town delivery.
The Thin One, The Thicker One |
This was a private order, and did not ring well with the postal administration once they got wind of it... Already on 1898-2-3 the PM G. Jessen in Drammen complained that because of the circular shape, this cancel had caused COD parcels to be released without the dues being paid. It simply resembled a regular letter cancel too much.
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Delivered on 1897-12-30.
Returned on 1898-8-7.
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Ordered as a replacement for the privately commissioned Swiss PAKKEPOST cancel of 1897.
Shipped from the engraver on 1898-8-16; delivered to the PO on 1898-9-26. In use until 31 December 1924 (which is the date struck in the recall-engraver Hellik Rui's order books). The divider bridge breaks already after a year, and contintues to disintegrate between the first "i" and the "n".
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