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War against Russia 1700-1721 1709 Double rate letter by Sw. Royal Mail from the Swedish warship Öland, Reval, Estonia - Carlscrona, Sweden… ...via Stockholm and with listing 20 öre silver coins Reval-Carls- nr “2”. Dated “the warship crona letter rate 1¼-2¼ lod (=16.6- Öhland ride at anchor at Nargöön 29.9g.) Jan. 1, 1693-Jan. 31, 1710. June 24, 1709” (outside Reval). Content is that the first line-of- Also with the rare ribbon town battleship Öland is waiting for postmark “REVAL” (Jun. 9, 1708 - wind for the homeward journey, Oct. 1710). One of the first town after completed escort of transport cancellation in Sweden and its ships with crucial supplies and provinces. Probably made in new soldiers to Reval, which was Pernau. under siege. The earliest known cover from or to a Swedish warship! The battleship Öland was built 1705 at Naval Shipping Yard, Karlskrona. Design by the ship constructor Charles Seldon. She was 40,97 m. long, 10,69 m. wide with weight 1100 ton. Armed with 56 canons; 22 15.5 cm. calibre, 24 12.2 cm. and 6 9.6 cm. Finland St. uu (Sweden) Petersburg In 1709 the Russian Army control whole Estonia Reval uu 1709 except for the major cities as Reval and Pernau. SWEDEN 1709 uu RUS- At this time the Swedish Navy did an important Stockholm Estonia SIA work by escorting transport ships with supplies uu Livonia to the cities under siege, e.g. Reval. uu uu The last Swedish Baltic city, Reval, capitulated Riga in September 1710 and the ship Öland evacu- ated the last Swedes. uu Carlscrona The letter route Enemy forces