{"id":2156,"date":"2014-10-23T17:03:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T15:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.postmuseum.se\/?page_id=2156"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:10:36","slug":"stamps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.postmuseum.se\/en\/collections\/stamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section et_section_regular\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.postmuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Frimarken.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_image et_pb_animation_off\" \/><div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left\">\n\t\t\t\n<h1>Stamps<\/h1>\n<p>The philatelic collections consist of almost 4 million stamps as well as originals and printing proofs for Swedish stamps.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_text --><div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left\">\n\t\t\t\n<p>We also have 90,000 postal items such as envelopes and letters. The collections keeps expanding through donations and purchases.<\/p>\n<p>You can search for Swedish Stamps from the first Skilling Banco from 1855 onwards here: <a href=\"http:\/\/digitaltmuseum.se\/info\/owners\/S-PM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digitalt Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The collections also include the only letter with 6 skilling banco stamps.<\/p>\n<p>This letter was mailed from Stockholm to London in 1858 and arrived after five days. The postage was the equivalent of the wages paid for one day&#8217;s hard industrial labour.<\/p>\n<p>The museums greatest treasure consists of the &#8220;Post Office&#8221; stamps from Mauritius from 1847, the world&#8217;s first colonial stamps.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_text -->\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_column --><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_widget_area et_pb_widget_area_left clearfix et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"nav_menu-26\" class=\"et_pb_widget widget_nav_menu\"><h4 class=\"widgettitle\">Collections<\/h4><div class=\"menu-collections-container\"><ul id=\"menu-collections\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-2811\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2811\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postmuseum.se\/en\/collections\/stamps\/\">Stamps<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2809\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2809\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postmuseum.se\/en\/collections\/library\/\">Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2810\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2810\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postmuseum.se\/en\/collections\/objects\/\">Objects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div> <!-- end .et_pb_widget -->\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et_pb_widget_area --><div class=\"et_pb_blurb et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_blurb_position_top\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postmuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Postmuseum_Kajsa-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4>Questions? 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