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Revision as of 10:26, 23 November 2015
Malmö is Sweden's third largest city by population after Stockholm and Gothenburg. It is the capital of Skåne County. Together with Copenhagen, it constitutes the transnational Øresund Region. Malmö was one of the earliest and most industrialized towns of Scandinavia, but it struggled with the adaptation to post-industrialism. Since the construction of the Øresund bridge, Malmö has undergone a major transformation with architectural developments, attracting new biotech and IT companies, and particularly students through Malmö University, founded in 1998. The city contains many historic buildings and parks, and is also a commercial centre for the western part of Scania. Malmö was ranked #4 in Grist Magazine's "15 Green Cities" list in 2007. Malmö is thought to have been founded in 1275, as a fortified quay or ferry berth of the Archbishop of Lund, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) to the north-east. It was for centuries Denmark's second biggest city. Its original name was Malmhaug (with alternate spellings), meaning "Gravel pile" or "Ore Hill". In the 15th century, Malmö became one of Denmark's largest and most frequented cities, reaching a population of approximately 5,000 inhabitants. It became the most important city around the Øresund, with the German Hanseatic League frequenting it as a marketplace, notable for its flourishing herring fishing. During that time, the city arms were granted in 1437 by King Eric of Pomerania. It was based on Eric's own arms from Pomerania: argent with a griffin gules. It gave the griffin's head to Malmö, eventually this extended to the entire province of Scania.
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Postmark Examples
Postal Cards & Covers
 Letter from Malmö 22.7.1868 via Stralsund and Berlin to Stettin. Postage 40 öre franked 2 x 20 öre Type Lying Lion. Postage to this part of Germany was 40 öre 1865-1869. Private FRANCO postmark on the front. Malmö was the Swedish harbour for the line to Stralsund from May 1, 1868 until 1897 when the line Trelleborg-Sassnitz was opened. |
 Foreign postcard from Malmö 6.9.1896 to Stepenitz in Pommern 8.9.1896. Transit cancellation Stralsund PAQUEBOT (Hosking 924:D rare). PAQUEBOT postmarks were introduced in 1894 in accordance with a decision from 1892 among the members of UPU. Letters posted on board a ship were thus brought to a post office in the next port of arrival for cancellation. |
Display Pages of Cancels
Printed Matter from Stockholm Stockholm via Malmo picked up from the wreckage of steamship Gefion wreck in a collision in 1901 en-route to Copenhagen.
The second image is of Railway Mail cancels.
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Järnvägspost Railway Post
The 10C cancels were used on the Nässjö-Malmö railway line during 1887 (NED [south] and UPP [north])
