Nr. 3088

From Stockholm's environs.  View at Skuru Sound

Nr. 3087. Kinnekulle, Vy af Råbäck

Nr 3087 Kinnekulle.  View of Råbäck

Front and back of the card used in 1902.

Nr 3084, Kinnekulla, Emilie Högkvists paviljong i Råbäcks Munkäng

Nr 3084, Kinnekulla, Emilie Högkvists Pavilion at Råbäcks Munkäng

Nr 3083, Kinnekulle, Trappan till Kiosken vid Råbäck

Nr 3083, Kinnekulle, Steps to the Kiosk at Råbäck

Finland

Three patriotic Finnish Cards

The card on the right was printed for the American market, while the other two were ostensibly printed for the Finnish market.  It is unknown if they actually were sold in Finland.

The top card is the one printed for the American market.  Despite bearing used stamps the two made for the Finnish market were most likely not postally used.  Both stamps were previously used prior to being affixed to the cards.  This was most likely done to enhance the card's value since at this time Finland was under the control of Russia.  In 1904-05 Russia was involved in the Russo-Japanese war and there is clear reference to Japan in the suns rays as it is breaking over the horizon.  See also: http://www.jiv.dk/finland/history_patriotic.php

The two cards made for the Finnish marker are numbered, while the American market card is not.  The card's number possibly indicates that the cards were printed in 1910, and were number 147 on the printing plate.

Nr. 3082 Kinnekulle. Björkskog vid Råbäck

Nr. 3082 Kinnekulle. Birch forest at Råbäck

Nr. 3081 Kinnekulle. Jernvägen genom Råbäcks Munkång

Nr 3081 Kinnekulle. Railroad through Råbäcks Munkång

Nr. 3080 Kinnekulle . (3 words Illegible) Hellekis Munkäng

Nr 3080 Hellekis Munkäng

Unfortunately someone has tried to obliterate the message on this card, and in so doing has badly damaged the location's name on the card.

Nr 3079, Kinnekulle, Floragruppen vid Råbäcks gård

Nr 3079 Kinnekulle, Flora group at Råbäck farm

Nr. 3078. Från Stockholms Omgifningar. Djurgårdsbrunn

Nr 3078 From Stockholms Districts.  Deer Garden's Canal

 The first two examples of card 3078 were both used in 1902.  The first copy is the normal numbered copy, while the second one is not numbered.

 The American version of card nr 3078, sent from Illinois to Washington state in 1908.

Nr 3077, Stockholm. Parti från Linneparken

Nr 3077 Stockholm.  View from Linnaeus Park

Nr. 3076 Stockholm. Parti af Mälaren med Järnvägs och Vasabron

Nr 3076 Stockholm.  View of Mälaren with Railroads and Vasa Bridge

Axel Eliassons Konstförlag, No 3076 appears twice on this card of the Vasa and Railroad bridges.  This is a great view with horse drawn carriages and a train crossing the bridge.

Nr. 3075 Stockholm. Riddarholmen

Nr 3075 Stockholm.  Riddarholmen

Used in 1907 from Sweden to Minnesota.  The card's divided back has Brefkort in three languages, Swedish, French and English. 

Used in 1918 the writing on the card's front is now in red; Brefkort no longer appears on the back of the card.

Nr. 3074 Från Sveriges Bygder

From Sweden's Districts

We unfortunately do not know where this photo was taken or who the photographer is.  We do know that the photographer took a photo at the same time that was used on a card that was imported in to the U.S. by both Svenska Amerikanaren, Chicago and Fredrik Peterson, Boston. 

The front of the card imported in to the U.S. by Svenska Amerikanaren and Fredrik Peterson.

It is interesting to note that the spaces for the correspondance and the address are reversed from where they should be!

Nr. 3073. Från Sveriges Bygder

From Sweden's Districts

The card above was used in 1904.  The color of the back is a medium brown which is less common than the green back. 

  

Axel Eliasson printed cards for the mainland European market.  This card was used in Italy, possibly in 1903.  Only Axel's initials appear on the lower left front of the card along with the card's number.

Nr. 3072. Från Sveriges Bygder

Nr 3072 From Sweden's Districts

Prior to 1906 messages on cards were only permitted on the front, where a space was left for it.  The backs were undivided and only the address to whom the card was going was permitted.  The Universal Postal Union changed the rules allowing the backs of cards to become divided.  Half of the back would be for the address and half for a message.  We don't know exactly when this card was used because someone has removed the stamp that was used to mail the card with.  The back of this card is undivided, while the front does not contain a space for the message.  This leads me to believe the card was printed about 1907 about the time the rules were changed to allow messages on the back of a postcard.

Nr 3071, Från Sveriges Bygder. Södermanland

Nr 3071. From Sweden's Districts, Södermanland

 In these two cards we see two versions of the card.  The one above was printed about 1906-07 as determined by the number of times "Brefkort" is printed on the back.  We can also see that "Import" is spelled with an "I", rather than "Jmport" as in older cards.

In the second version of card 3071 we can assume that it was printed about 1902, based on the design of the back of the card. 
This is one of my favorite Axel Eliasson cards since it shows a farm scene reminiscent of a farm similar to ones my ancestors lived on.

Nr 3070. Strandparti från Siljan

Beach view from Siljan

 The design of the back of a postcard is one tool used in determining the age of the card.  Axel Eliasson's cards from the 1890's contain only one word "Brefkort", literally 'letter card', for postcard on the back.  About 1900 the French "Carte Postale" was included.  About 1906 or 1907 it was printed in 14 different languages.  About this time the spelling in Swedish was changed from "Brefkort" to "Brevkort" and this appeared twice at the top of the card.

Card used in 1907

Nr 3069, Från Stockholms Omgifningar, Drottingholms Slott

Nr 3069, From Stockholms Surroundings, Drottningholm Castle

Nr 3068. Stockholm. Utsikt från Arffurstranes Palats

View from Arffurstranes Palace

This card was used in 1905.

Nr. 3062, Upsala, Parti af Fyrisån

Nr. 3062, Upsala, view of Fyrisån

This card is a bit unusual in that "Axel Eliassons Konstförlag, Stockholm" is printed twice on the card, once on the left side without the card's number and once in the lower left corner with the card's number.

Nr. 3061 Sköfde, Hotel Billingen

Nr 3061, Sköfde, Hotel Billingen

Nr. 3058 Söderhamnsån och jernvägsviadukten

Nr 3058 Söderhamnsån and Railway viaduct

Nr 3067. Stockholm, Utsikt från Skeppsholmen

View from Skeppsholmen (Ships Island)

Nr 3067.  Stockholm, Utsikt från Skeppsholmen

Nr 3066. Från Stockholms Omgifningar. Saltsjöbaden. Utsigt från Skidbacken

From Stockholms Environs.  Saltsjöbaden.  View from the ski slopes

Used 17 May 1902

Used in November 1902.

 These two cards, Nr 3066 show the transition in Axel Eliasson's cards from unnumbered to numbered cards.  Both of these cards were used in 1902.  Both of the cards contain "Axel Eliassons Konstförlag, Stockholm" on them, but the card used in November now contains the card number.  There is also a very slight difference in the size of the font used in the two cards, with the older card's font being slightly larger than the newer card. 

The top card is the numbered version of the two 3066's, while the bottom is the unnumbered version.  There are slight differences in the shading of the ink between the two cards.

Nr 3057. Jämtland. Brudslöjan

Nr 3057.  Jämtland, Brudslöjan



This is obviously an Axel Eliasson card, despite the fact that his name is not printed on the card.  The card's number 3057, unusually appears by itself in the lower left corner.

Nr 3052. Jämtland. Östersund från Frösön

Nr 3052.  Jämtland, Östersund från Frösön

This card is used in 1902