JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Sept 20, 2023 19:57:27 GMT
Can someone tell me the significance of the Fra Faergen (assuming I read it correctly) marking on this card?  |
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hdm1950
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Post by hdm1950 on Sept 20, 2023 21:06:10 GMT
Can someone tell me the significance of the Fra Faergen (assuming I read it correctly) marking on this card? It appears to mean From Ferry Jeff. |
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Sept 20, 2023 21:08:00 GMT
hdm1950 Thanks! When I tried translating w Google I got this : from the color
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Sept 20, 2023 21:24:01 GMT
Let’s ask Morten ( classicalstamps), who is Danish, to see if he can definitively answer this question. |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Sept 20, 2023 21:36:04 GMT
I believe it translates as "From Ferry"
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vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on Sept 20, 2023 21:39:43 GMT
Denmark is made up of many islands, whilst recently some bridge connections have been built, for many years ferries had post boxes and mail got hand stamped to indicate it had been collected off one or other ferry , so we see Fra Aarhus, Fra Bornholm , Fra Ronne Fra Sverige etc
In fact the first handwritten line of the postcard reads “Aarhus-Kallundborg Faergen”. Ie on the Aarhus to Kallunborg ferry
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JeffS
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Post by JeffS on Sept 20, 2023 23:19:51 GMT
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Sept 20, 2023 23:31:08 GMT
Nice one, Alex ( vikingeck)! Sorry, I forgot about your Denmark connection…. |
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tobben63
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Post by tobben63 on Sept 21, 2023 8:54:03 GMT
The reason you got the rare translation from Google probably was that you wrote "Fra Fargen" witch means from color. On the card it's written "Fra Færgen" witch means From ferry.
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vikingeck
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Post by vikingeck on Sept 21, 2023 9:39:10 GMT
 Of course ! The Scandinavian Alphabets have some extra letters the first 3 are Danish and Norwegian , 4 & 5 are Swedish and the last two are Icelandic |
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Post by classicalstamps on Sept 21, 2023 18:32:43 GMT
It is of the postmark type known as "kassepost". Impossible for me to translate. It is of the "paquebot" family. The type is "Fra (from) ___" usually a name of city or country. In the case of "Fra Færgen", it is used on inland mail arriving in Århus (by boat/ferry). Here are the other types of kassepost postmarks:  (Anholz, 1953) |
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Post by vikingeck on Sept 23, 2023 12:38:52 GMT
It is of the postmark type known as "kassepost". Impossible for me to translate. It is of the "paquebot" family. Hi Morten classicalstamps , I always understood it to translate simply as “ box post “. Ie applied to mail dropped in a special Post box on the ferry. similar posting boxes were found on the Ferry from England to the continent. They were called in French. “Boites Mobile” and mail was marked “B.M.” Such mail involved separate handling to transfer to the regular mail system and the marks could excuse any delay in delivery.( at a time when post offices took pride in prompt delivery….unlike today’s post.) |
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