“Onward Air Transmission”

Collectors of airmail letters and others with an interest in postal censorship during the Second World War are probably familiar with the rare “O.A.T.” marking. At 6 pm on Sunday, a rare, censored O.A.T. letter will go under the hammer at our online auction.

1944. Chr.X, 1 kr. on O.A.T Airmail cover from Fuglefjord, via Thorshavn 14.6.1944 to Sweden. Very rare. DAKA +8000. Stamp damaged. Estimate: DKK 1,000.

 

The “O.A.T.” marking, which is found in various types and sizes, is mainly seen on airmail letters sent during the period from 1943 to 1946, but it was used right up until the late 1960s. 

“O.A.T.” stands for Onward Air Transmission, and the marking was used solely on the top letter of the bundles of letters carried on international flights and in transit to other destinations. The marking is usually stamped in black ink, but violet, blue and red markings are not uncommon.

Sunday’s online auction features a rare, censored O.A.T. letter sent from Fuglefjord on the Faroe Islands to Sweden. The letter is just one of many interesting lots in the auction’s fabulous Faroese postal history section.The auction also has a strong section of the first Danish stamps and a section of classic England with several wonderful Penny Black letters, etc.

View the entire selection up for auction 

 

For further information, please contact:

Christian Grundtvig: +45 8818 1214 · cg@bruun-rasmussen.dk

Lars Godsk Jørgensen: +45 8818 1211 · lgj@bruun-rasmussen.dk

Torben Ringtved: +45 8818 1225 · tr@bruun-rasmussen.dk