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FRAME 3 1855-1858 THE COAT-OF-ARMS TYPE I ”SKILLING BANCO”
4 Skilling Banco a1. Blue [July 1855]
Registered letters, so‐called “closed registration” according to the terminology of the times, required an
additional fee of 12 Skilling Banco to be paid with stamps.
Domestic letter rate 4 Skilling Banco (≤ 1¼ lod) with closed registration, for which the additional fee
was 12 Skilling Banco, 4 x 4 = 16 Skilling Banco from GAGNEF 28.6.1856 to Östersund.
4 Skilling Banco c. Bright blue with dense background [July 1855]
Domestic letter rate 4 Skilling Banco (≤ 1¼ lod) with closed registration, for which the additional fee was
12 Skilling Banco, 4 x 4 = 16 Skilling Banco from GEFLE 18.9.1856 to Stockholm.
