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HMS Freja West Indies voyage 1902-03 1903 Sw. Warship mail Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe - Stockholm, Sweden. The UPU congress 1891 Cancelled at “Malmö 1” 5 öre, F52, Postcard decided that exchange of Jan. 30, 1903. within Scandinavia Apr. mail with warship over- 1, 1885 - May 31, 1918. seas in peacetime should be in closed mail bags with the home country. Two recorded items with cancel “Örlogspost.” The warship HMS Freja had received a Only known January-February 1903. rubber cancel “Örlogspost.” (=Warship From March 1903 a special warship mail), that was to be used on all outgo- mail postmark were used on incoming ing mail. mail, thus no need to have a special postmark on the ships. The new regulations valid from 1903:  Domestic rates for mail to and from Sweden.  The mail from the ship were cancelled at the exchange post office Malmö 1.  All mail to the warships should be addressed to “Malmö 1, Örlogspost” (exchange post office for warship mail).  The mail could only be a letter, postcard, printed matter or a postal money order with no additional services.  Each ship captain received in advance stamps to be used on mail to Sweden. All stamps and money were accounted for when back at home port.  At longer voyages a “postmaster” should be appointed (often a lower rank officer) and handle the mail. Duration: Oct. 28, 1902 - Apr. 12, 1903 Main area: West Indies Mission: Naval training of cadets Sw. sailors: 293