Facit Special catalog (s)

[tobben63]

I was at my local Library yesterday to return the Facit 2015 Special. 

I asked them what they did with the oldest catalogues. We throw them, they answered! Can you throw them at me, I asked

Well, I did get the 2012 and the 2014 catalogs for free.

I told them to keep the 2015 for ewer, it is the last issue with classic and new in one catalogue. From 2016 there is one with classic (start  -> 1951 I think) one from 1951 to last year.

The library only bay le issue with the last stamps in.

I then ask them about the "Norgeskatalogen" Special catalogue for Norwegian stamps only. They said that next time I visited them we could talk about that catalogue.

So, all in all it was a good day

PS the Facit 2012 is now listed for sale on a Norwegian online selling place (tiny ebay in Norwegian).

[khj]

Congratulations! The libraries here sell off the older catalogs, and usually the "Friends of the Library" club gets first shot at them. I had better success when I did a lot of traveling -- I would check to see when the local libraries had their annual fund-raising sale.

Now, not so much traveling. So I resort to getting older catalogs through online booksellers.

Apr 6, 2018 2:42:17 GMT -5 tobben63 said:

...keep the 2015 forever, it is the last issue with classic and new in one catalogue. From 2016 there is one with classic (start  -> 1951 I think) one from 1951 to last year.

I didn't know that. Thanks for that info!

k

[nigelc]

Hi Torbjørn,

Good luck with getting Norgeskatalogen!

I have the 2009 edition and it is excellent.

It has great illustrations including a large number of varieties that I've not seen even listed in other catalogues never mind illustrated.

[khj]

Apr 6, 2018 6:22:57 GMT -5 nigelc said:

Hi Torbjørn,

Good luck with getting Norgeskatalogen!

I have the 2009 edition and it is excellent.

It has great illustrations including a large number of varieties that I've not seen even listed in other catalogues never mind illustrated.

I had an opportunity to get a pre-2000 edition, but passed on it. But now I'm wondering if I should have gotten it. They aren't that easy to get hold of in the US, and Norway was my next step in ramping up my Scandinavia after I finished cleaning up my Sweden. Your thoughts on a much older Norgeskatalogen?

k

[tobben63]

Apr 6, 2018 7:24:50 GMT -5 khj said:

Apr 6, 2018 6:22:57 GMT -5 nigelc said:

Hi Torbjørn,

Good luck with getting Norgeskatalogen!

I have the 2009 edition and it is excellent.

It has great illustrations including a large number of varieties that I've not seen even listed in other catalogues never mind illustrated.

I had an opportunity to get a pre-2000 edition, but passed on it. But now I'm wondering if I should have gotten it. They aren't that easy to get hold of in the US, and Norway was my next step in ramping up my Scandinavia after I finished cleaning up my Sweden. Your thoughts on a much older Norgeskatalogen?

k

An older Norgeskatalogen will do the jobb, if it is the "posthorn" you want to idetify. But I think maybe it is only in Norwegian?
I also think there is a good online poshorn identifiet, but that also only in norwegian.
I will see what o can find later this weekend.

[khj]

Apr 6, 2018 7:53:32 GMT -5 tobben63 said:

An older Norgeskatalogen will do the jobb, if it is the "posthorn" you want to idetify. But I think maybe it is only in Norwegian?

Not a problem, I have you...

k

[tobben63]

And now it is later this weekend 😁

Here is the link to the posthornnøkkelen, in Norwegian. But with google translate it might work?
www.frimerkehuset.no/fh/posthorn/post1.htm

It is made by one of the best stamp shops in Norway.

[tobben63]

Apr 6, 2018 7:56:54 GMT -5 khj said:

Apr 6, 2018 7:53:32 GMT -5 tobben63 said:

An older Norgeskatalogen will do the jobb, if it is the "posthorn" you want to idetify. But I think maybe it is only in Norwegian?

Not a problem, I have you...

k

I will help as much as I can, but Im not a specialist.
When I get my study or stamp cave in order I can scan pages of the catalog and try to explain.