ISSUE 182 - February 6, 2026 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Fabulous Firsts:
The First Stamps of Sweden
by Bertram W. H. Poole
(From Mekeel’s Weekly, August 29, 1938, with images added)
The kingdoms of Sweden and Norway were governed by one sovereign at the time their first postage stamps appeared though each seems to have had its individual postal administration. At that time King Oscar I, son of Bernadotte, was on the throne and the currency was the rather cumbersome one of the riksdaler (worth about 42¢) divided into 48sk banco. Norway was the first of the dual monarchy to issue postage stamps, its 4sk value being issued on January 1, 1855.
The Swedish stamps appeared just six months later, the series consisting of . . .
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