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NORWAY

The history of Norway is reflected in the three very similar designs of telegraph seals used.
Norway was in a union with Sweden from 1814 to 1905. At that time Norway became independent from Sweden, though giving their crown to the Prince of Denmark.
The first telegraph line began operating in 1855, a year after the first railroad between Christiania (later Oslo) and Eidsvoll opened.

Updates. I have updated a couple of images, added a few and re-ordered
things using 'RH' (Revised Hiscocks) numbers to avoid confusion.
Norway used seals for anti-TB purposes just as Sweden did.
Germany occupied Norway between 1940 and 1945.
No pricing as yet.


1844-1905 under Swedish control.	1905 onwards Independent.	1940s & 50s Telegraph Service

Swedish Arms.


#1 27mm	#2 1884-6, 26.5mm

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH1	1	-	Date? Imperf? Blue on white.	-	-	-
RH2	2	-	1884-6. Scalloped. Blue on white.	-	-	-

STATSTELEGRAF


#3 Date ? 27.2mm	#4 1892-5, 26.5mm - Redrawn, Lettering different (e.g. 'G' in 'TELEGRAF') and thunderbolts different(centre-left)

RIGSTELEGRAF


#5 26mm	#6 26mm (RIGS) Redrawn design. New crown. Shield shadow on right. Fewer lines of shading everywhere.

Norwegian Arms.

#7 25.5mm (RIGS)


#8 (H8) 1905-21, 25.5mm (RIKS)	#8 (H10) 25.5mm (RIKS)	#8 (H11) 25.5mm (RIKS)

Shades
Shades of type #8

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH3	3	-	Date? Perf. 11.4 Carmine-red. STATSTELEGRAF	-	-	-
RH4	4	3	1892-5, Perf. 11.2 Carmine STATSTELEGRAF	-	-	-
RH5	5	2	Perf. 11. Scarlet. RIGSTELEGRAF (Swedish Arms)	-	-	-
RH6	6	H5	Perf. 11.4 Red-orange RIGSTELEGRAF (New Swedish Arms)	-	-	-
RH7	7	-	Perf. 11½. Scarlet RIGSTELEGRAF (Norwegian Arms)	-	-	-
RH8	(8)	(1)	1921 Perf. 11¾. Scarlet. RIKSTELEGRAF	-	-	-
RH9	8	1	1905 Perf. 11¾. Orange.	-	-	-
RH10	(8)	(1)	1918 Perf. 11¾. Black on yellow.	-	-	-
RH11	(8)	(1)	Perf. 11¾. Black on pink.	-	-	-

Hiscocks added the following note:

Note. No.3 [now H10] recently appeared on an eBay auction but I was not able to examine it and I can only assume
that it really is black and is not just a black and white illustration of a red or orange seal.

Black was used on the death of a Monarch.


#9 1924, 23.5mm RIKSTELEGRAF	#10 1934, 23.5mm TELEGRAFVESEN	#10a year?, 23.5?mm TELEGRAFVESEN Large Crown differences.	#10/10a? 1939 Though this is a poor image, it looks like there may be differences of detail.

From type 9 to type 10 looks like just a change in the wording. type 10a is mostly re-drawn, the lions and thunderbolts on the left being most noticeable.
The 1939 image is poor but looks like the only difference may be the colour, though that may be simply due to a poor image.

#11 Date?, 23.5mm Telegraph Agency.

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH12	9	-	1924 Imperf. red-brown (RIKSTELEFRAF).	-	-	-
RH13	10	-	1934 Imperf. red (TELEGRAFVESEN)	-	-	-
RH13a	10?	-	1939 Imperf. brown.	-	-	-
RH14	11	-	Date? Scalloped. Embossed, red on white (Styrelsen).	-	-	-


#12 1944, 41.5mm 'To work against tuberculosis. Use to seal telegram form.	#13 1950, 41.3mm Poorer image, smaller lettering with rounded features


#14 Horizontals on cross are the same length.	#15 Larger lettering and different corners.	#16 Different lettering, larger clover-leaf.

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH15	12	-	1944 Imperf. Anti-TB seal. Blue and red on white.	-	-	-
RH16	13	4	1950 Imperf. Anti-TB seal. Blue and red on white.	-	-	-
RH17	14	-	Date? Imperf. Anti-TB seal. Blue and red on white.	-	-	-
RH18	15	-	Date? Imperf. Anti-TB seal. Blue and red on white.	-	-	-
RH19	16	-	Date? Imperf. Anti-TB seal. Blue and red on white.	-	-	-


#17 35mm To help healthcare.	#18 1955, 34.8mm 100th. Anniversary of Telegraphs in Norway.

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH20	17	5	Imperf. Anti-TB seal. Red on white.	-	-	-
RH21	18	-	1955. Imperf. Anniversary. Red and yellow on white.	-	-	-

This may not belong here

#19, 31.4mm (28 scallops) Swedish Arms

I know it has the Swedish Arms, but Norway used that until 1905, and this does not look Swedish.
It could even be Danish, though it translates better as Norwegian or Swedish.
Either way it may well be simply an etiquette. Information needed.

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH22	19	-	Scalloped (28). Red. Telegraph Director	-	-	-

PERSIA

The single seal below appeared on the internet in 2006 but the date of use and size are not known.
It seems to be rare.

Updates. The above was written by Steve Hiscocks.
So far I have only converted this to HTML.
No pricing as yet.

RH #	Type.	was	Description	Mint	Used	On telegram
RH1	1	#1	Die-cut circular. Light turquoise-blue.	-	-	-

If anyone can provide scans to help with this, I am happy to give appropriate credit.