BJORN ØYA BYPOST
by
Magne Josefsen. Last update 24/2-2005.
The Bjorn Øya local stamps were issued and
used by Mr.Bradley J. Arch
of
collector
of Arctic stamps and a member of the S.Allan Taylor
Society,
which
is devoted to the collection of Cinderellas.
No more than 200 exist of any value. A cancelling device was made
but very few were ever cancelled.
It is most likely that the
currency on the stamps represents Norwegian
øre because stamp number 8 has ‘ore’
written on it.
No.1
1965:
Typographed in dark blue on uncoated, buffed,
gummed paper with a large
value 3 in a circle in the middle. The number
‘3’ has a flat line at
the top
and is in upright position. ‘BJORN ØYA’ is located at the top
and
‘BYPOST’ in the bottom panel. The size of the frame is 20x24½ mm.
The perforation is 6¼ x 6¼. Sheet size is 2 rows by >=3 col.
1. 3 øre dark
blue Less than 200
issued.
No.2a No.2b
1966 summer:
Typographed in light blue on white, surface-coated,
gummed paper
using the same plate as no.1 and the same size.
No.2a with perforation 11½ x 11½ and small perf. holes such that it
almost appares like a rouletted stamp. No.2b imperforated. Sheet size
unknown
but is at least 2 by 3 stamps. This stamp also comes in tete-
beche pairs.
2. a. 3 øre light blue,
perforation Less
than 200 issued.
b. 3 øre
light blue, imperforated. Less than 200 issued.
No.3
No.4 No.5 No.6 No.7
1969: ?
New issue were made with five different values. The number in the
middle
is now leaning to the right. Imperforated and same size as
Before. Sheet size unknown.
3. 1 øre
black Less than 200
issued.
4. 2 øre dark
green Less
than 200 issued.
5. 3 øre light
blue Less
than 200 issued.
6. 5 øre
purple Less than 200
issued.
7. 7 øre red Less
than 200 issued.
No.8
1970:
New issue as a tribute to the UN on its 25-year birthday.
A cinderella
issued by UN is overprinted with the black text
‘BJORN OYA BYPOST 1970’. The
text ‘UN’ is surrounded by overprint
‘25’ on the left side and ‘ÅR’
(=years) on the right side.
The size of the frame is 25x29 mm. The perforation
is 12½ x 12½.
Sheet size is unknown.
8. 10 øre black overprint Unknown number issued.
Cancellations:
The BJORN OYA single ring cancel
was the only known cancel in use.
The colour is black. No date is given. Only very few stamps were
ever cancelled.
Overprints:
a b
Two different overprints were made. One was
made for official mail
(‘Offentlig Sak’)
and a second were made for postage due (‘T-stempel’,
T=Taxe).
a. Overprint ‘O. S.’ on no.2b in
black
b. Overprint ‘T’ on no.2b in purple
Examples of stamps on mailed letters:
This letter is sent from
Bradley J. Arch. 2 x 10 cent US stamps
is used and a cancelled BjornØya
no.2a in the upper
left corner. The
‘Cedar Crove N J’.
Sources:
- A stamp dealer from
- “Alverdens Frimærkelande”
by Kylling & søn, DK.
-
“Scandinavian Contact” by
- Geir Sør-Reime.
- Different internet sources and ASFE
stamp collectors.
This article is a part of Katalog over Norsk Lokalpost og
annen Privatpost:
http://home.online.no/~mjosefse/Norsk_Lokalpost.htm
(C) 2003 Magne Josefsen.
The information is for privat use only and
may
not be published without authorization.
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