Norway 1856-1857 King Oscar I

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue Dates: 21 December 1856 - 1857
  • Designed by: P.A.Nyman
  • Printed by: Nymans print
  • Print Process: Typo
  • Perforations: 13
  • Watermark: Lion
  • Catalogue N°s Michel 2-5, Yvert 2-5

Oscar I was King of Sweden and Norway between 1844 and 1859. Only issue with his portrait. Valid until 1908.

Used stamps

2 sk orange-yellow, circle at BERGEN.
3 sk grey-violet, June 1857 issue.
4 sk pale blue used
4 sk deep blue 344 within 3 rings.
8 sk lake used at BERGEN.

Covers

1860 Letter from CHRISTIANIA to Permerend, Holland (Netherlands). Sent via Hamburg Post with transit postmark. 30 skilling franking (a strip of 3 of the 8 Sk Brown-Carmine and a pair of 3 sk Lilac-grey. FRANCO postmark.
2 shades of 4 sk on a letter from DRAMMEN in 1862.
Antiqua circle at BERGEN in 1862 on three 3 sk 1857 issue.
Same cover with a strip of three 8 sk 1856 issue.