- 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.
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3 sk grey-violet, June 1857 issue.
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4 sk deep blue 344 within 3 rings.
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8 sk lake used at BERGEN.
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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.
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2 shades of 4 sk on a letter from DRAMMEN in 1862.
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Antiqua circle at BERGEN in 1862 on three 3 sk 1857 issue.
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Same cover with a strip of three 8 sk 1856 issue.
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