Machine Advertising Cancels of the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics (1^st. ed)

 

To collect any early Olympic Winter Games is a challenge simply because there is limited postal evidence available. In the case of Oslo 1952 Games, I am rather delighted by the quality (and pricey) and quantity of the material available. Although Norway Post issued only three stamps to commemorate the occasion, there were over a dozen of advertising machine cancels used before and during the Games. Seeing little literature on those, mostly scarce, cancels, I attempt to have a quick introduction of them along with their scarcity based on my own findings.

 

Two types of machine cancels were used: 1. Continuous Roller and 2. Regular Two-line Text

 

1. Continuous Roller

 

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Post Offices:  Br, VIKA, HOLMENKOLLEN BAKKEN, and SKOYEN

 

	Post Offices	Notes	Figure
1	Br	Br. = Brev avdelingen = Letter Department was used at the main post office in Oslo, hence the most common one.	Fig. 1
2	VIKA	It shouldn’t be a surprise to rank this one as the “common” one next to Br. Roller above.
3	HOLMENKOLLEN BAKKEN	Scarce
4	SKOYEN	Recognized as one of the rarest, if not the rarest, advertising machine cancels.

 

 Fig. 1

 

 

1. Regular Two-line Text

 

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Post Offices:  Majorstua, SANKTHANS HAUGEN, Elisenberg, Grunerløkka, Rodeløkka, Moløkka, Solli, Gamlebyen and Homansby.

 

	Post Offices	Notes All of them are scarce if not rare. I have seen most of them but not all. I believe Homansby is rather rare.	Figure
5	Majorstua		Fig. 6
6	SANKTHANS HAUGEN
7	Elisenberg
8	Grunerløkka
9	Rodeløkka
10	Moløkka
11	Solli
12	Gamlebyen
13	Homansby		Fig. 7

 

 Fig. 6

 

 Fig. 7