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1855-1858 THE COAT-OF-ARMS TYPE I ”SKILLING BANCO”
4 Skilling Banco f. Blue with dense background [September 1856]
The principal route to Finland was by ship across the Åland Sea. (If winter conditions interfered the mail could
be sent overland via Haparanda in northern Sweden and Torneå across the boarder in Finland). Finland was the
most common foreign destination from Sweden during the skilling period with 141 recorded covers.
First letter rate 5 x 4 = 20 Skilling Banco from LUND 16.8.1857 to Finland.
4 Skilling Banco j3. Ulmarish grey, dark (slate blue) [September 1857]
First domestic letter rate 4 Skilling Banco (≤ 1¼ lod) from STOCKHOLM 15.10.1857 to Arboga.
