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The Norwegian Boy Scouts Association held a patro l leader camp in Rensada len near Skiinland between Harstad
and Narv ik in Northern Norway. 275 patrol leaders and ass istin g patro l leaders atte nded. The camp was ca ll ed
"The camp where the sun never went down" due to its locati on north of the Arctic C ircle. The rural post office that
operated in the camp used a spec ial postmark (N-018) 9-15 July. The postmark was of the crown-and-posthorn
type without date, and posta l ite ms sho uld according to regu lations be postmarked with a datestamp when the
items arrived at a post office with such postmark, in thi s case Harstad post office. Thi s was often neglected .

Cover sent to Lyngseidet, postmarked (N-0 18) " SPE ID ERLE lREN-RENSADALEN-1953" .

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Cover sent to Os lo, postmarked (N-018) " SPEID ERLE lR EN-RENSADALEN- 1953" .
Redirected to naval vesse l KNM " Trondheim" and 25 ore additi onal postage was paid.