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Norway: Bypost - local post Jul 25, 2018 12:16:52 GMT classicalstamps, Beryllium Guy, and 3 more like this

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Post by barbu on Jul 25, 2018 12:16:52 GMT

For everyone interested in Norwegian Local stamps - the "Bypost" (directly translated to English meaning " Townpost").

Here is an useful link to a German site with a Bypost "web catalogue":

www.nordische-staaten.de/index.html?http://www.nordische-staaten.de/laender/Norwegen/Bypost/Arendal.html

In this link you can scroll in the upper right through all the Norwegian towns local stamps / "bypost".

Last Edit: Jul 25, 2018 12:54:54 GMT by barbu: Link not showing up after posting

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Norway: Bypost - local post Jul 25, 2018 15:43:48 GMT tomiseksj, Beryllium Guy, and 2 more like this

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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 15:43:48 GMT

After searching some 7000+ pages of the Posthorn, only a few articles on Arendal & Christiania appear.
It is noted that only a few specialized catalogs list these locals.

Norges. Byposter og Annen Norsk Lokalpost. By Carl A. Pihl.
The Stamps of the Private Byposts of Norway. S. Sanness and H. R. Holmes.
Katalogisierung der Norwegischen Lokalposten (Bypost). Jurgen Tiemer, 1984,

In particular, the top one by Pihl appears to be the most authoritative. A copy recently sold for under $5

I came across this interesting notation (translated)

"Many of the last city posts (and smallest) sold the bulk as collectors' stamps. The sale of stamps to philatelists was also a prerequisite for financing city mail in small places with a limited customer base, and that activity was similar to today's CTO? services. "

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blaamand Member Currently creating custom pages until 1940. Posts: 1,459 What I collect: Worldwide - Stamps and Postmarks - not enough time...	Norway: Bypost - local post Jul 25, 2018 19:58:04 GMT Beryllium Guy and Bombadil like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by blaamand on Jul 25, 2018 19:58:04 GMT barbu - that's awesome, hadn't seen that site before, very useful reference,
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renden Member Posts: 8,705 What I collect: World W collector with ++ interests in BNA (Canada etc) and USA	Norway: Bypost - local post Jul 25, 2018 22:21:35 GMT Beryllium Guy and blaamand like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by renden on Jul 25, 2018 22:21:35 GMT Jul 25, 2018 19:58:04 GMT blaamand said: barbu - that's awesome, hadn't seen that site before, very useful reference, I agree
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Norway: Bypost - local post

Post by barbu on Jul 25, 2018 12:16:52 GMT

Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 15:43:48 GMT

Post by blaamand on Jul 25, 2018 19:58:04 GMT

Post by renden on Jul 25, 2018 22:21:35 GMT