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Default Sweden~ Vaxholm ship and blood-money coin

Sweden issued two new stamps in its definitive series in
1971 Denominations were 80ore and 4k.

The 80 ore denomination shows a graceful, older type
steamer leaving Stockholm harbour. These white ships
which serve the Stockholm archipelago, when passing the
Royal Palace as the stamp depicts, form a classic part of
the Stockholm seascape.
They got their white colour at the end of the 19th century
when this type of ship reached its highest stage of
development. In Swedish they are called
"Waxholmsbatar," after the small summer town now
spelled "Vaxholm," which is a central point in the
archipelago.
The stamp shows the SS "Storskar," one of the big,
steam-powered archipelago ships still in operation. She
was built in Gothenburg in 1908 and has a speed of 15
knots.
http://cjoint.com/data/dAcBDepBut.htm

These ships are the object of great affection and represent
monuments of a period covering more than one hundred
years in the history of the Stockholm archipelago. During
the golden age of steamer traffic a whole fleet of the
white ships called regularly at no less than 600 landing
stages in the area.
Printed in coil format with vertical perforations the stamp
was designed by Lennart Petersens from a photograph,
and engraved by Czeslaw Slania. Recess printing was in
blue and brown by the Post Office Stamp Printing Works
in Stockholm on fluorescent paper.


Blood money Coin

The 4k stamp reproduces both sides of a coin which bears
the intriguing name of "Blood-money Coin."
http://cjoint.com/data/dAcFwbed32.htm
They were
minted by rebels during a civil war in Sweden which
broke out in July 1568. Dukes Johan and Carl raised the
banner of rebellion against their brother King Erik XIV.
The rising started in Vadstena, where the four-sided coins
were minted to provide ready cash. The denominations
were half, 1, 2, 4, and 8 marks.
The background to their strange name was the political
event of the previous year in Uppsala, the so-called Sture
murders, in which several leaders of the Swedish nobility
were put to death. Among the victims were three
members of the Sture family, Count Svante (the son of
Regent Sten Sture the Younger), and two of his sons.

King Erik himself took part in the murder of Nils Sture.

Their mother, Countess Marta, received one thousand
marks (about 420 pounds silver) in compensation: "Silver
with the curse of misfortune," as she called it. In the
summer of 1568 she put this money at the disposal of the
Dukes who were her nephews.
The coins are beautifully designed with the initials of
Johan (Johannes) and Carl, and a vase surmounted by a
crown - the family coat of arms. The man who designed
them was the goldsmith Mikael Hansson.
Also in horizontal coil format, this stamp is recess
printed in black by the Post Office Stamp Printing
Works. Design was by Sven Ake Gustafsson with
engraving by Czeslaw Slania.





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