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THE 3 SKILLING BANCO YELLOW

Robert Mattson’s cover reconstructions During the Skilling Banco period and until 1869 the
Three different reconstructions of usages with the stamp should be placed in the upper left hand corner.
3 Skilling Banco yellow on cover have been made by Half of the cancellation extends to the right outside
Robert Mattson at the Postal Museum in Stockholm. the stamp itself.
In his deposition in 1931, Georg Wilhelm Backman There should also be an extra cancellation on the
(who discovered the stamp) describes the cover with cover. In this instance it has been applied to the upper
the 3 Skilling Banco yellow – error of denomination. right corner of the cover. Since the cover had a double
The cover consisted of a blue sheet of writing paper. domestic rate postage the number “2” has been
According to the deposition there was only one stamp written under the stamp.
on the cover. He could even recall that the blue cover The addressee Per Wilhelm Sillén was a land‐owner
had contained a sample of moss sent by his grand‐ living at the estate Westra Munga. Usually the name
father’s brother. of the estate was written at the bottom of the address.
The square cancellation on the 3 Skilling Banco Directly under the name of the addressee you put the
yellow is from Nya Kopparberget of the type 3 used name of the post‐office which ought to have been
1848‐1858 as the main cancellation. The cancellation Westerås in this case.
stamp was rather worn out at the end of its usage. In Robert Mattson’s wife Christina Tersmeden has
1857 the number 5 of the year was hardly visible. written the address in a way one used to write at the
The Handbook “Tidiga svenska datumstämplar, del II time. The reconstructions has the right colour of the
Fyrkantsstämplar” (Early Swedish date‐cancellations, 3 Skilling Banco stamp, i.e. pale yellow‐orange.
part II Square Cancellations) is the source of this
piece of information.

Second domestic letter rate as the most probable usage of the 3 Skilling Banco Yellow, based on
Georg Wilhelm Backman’s description in 1931, and a reconstruction made by Robert Mattson.

Second domestic letter rate 8 Skilling Banco Error of denomination (1¼ lod ≤ 2¼ lod) from NYA KOPPARBERGET
13.7.1857 to Westerås.