Tore Gjelsvik

Introduction 5
Early Mail Connections with Northern Norway 9
2.1 The Few Norwegian Postai Routes in 1647 9
22 Northern Norway Finally on the Post Map 12
2.3 New Times with the Norwegian Post Office 14
2.4 The Beginning of a New Era 17
The Nordland Post Office on Land 19
3.1 The First Class 1 Post Office North of Throndhjem 19
3.' The Indherred Post 20
3.3 Organising the New Boat Post North of
the Nordland Post Office 22
3.4 Ups and Downs for the Postmasters at
the Nordland Post Office 25
3.5 Over to Otters0 35
3_6 The Final Years of the Nordland Post Office 50
Pioneer at Sea 55
1.1 Government Steamship Services 55
4.2 The First Steamship in Services to Northern Norway 60
Developing the Postai Services 63
Interconnecting Services
Christiania-Throndhjem-Hammerfest 68
4_5 New Times and New Routes 73
4.6 The Introduction of Dated Handstamps 75
Better Services by Two Alternating Ships 81
5.1 New Ships and New Possibilities 81
5_2 Expanding the Services to Northern Norway 83
5.3 The Northern Norway Steamers Outside
the Nordland Post Office Area 92
5_4 The Private Steamer «Nidelven» in Services
to Northern Norway 1851-53 94
6 Expansion to Steamship Services All Year Round 97
6.1 Increasing the Fleet 97
6.2 Three Ships in Four Week Cycles 100
6.3 Four Week Cycles with Four Ships 106
6.4 Two Fairly Stable Years 114
6.5 The beginning of Another New Era 124
6.6 Differing Dates in the Lofoten and Vesteraalen Districts ... 129
6.7 Totally Differing Cancellations 1855-1859 133
7 From Nordland to Hammerfest-Hamburg 145
7.1 Stabilising the All Year Round Service 145
7.2 The Beginning of the End 164
7.3 The Assumed Additional Winter Trips 1860-1862 172
7.4 Totally Differing Cancellations 1860-1865 173
7.5 The 1865 Summer Take-over 179
7.6 Phasing out the Nordland Post Office 191
8 The Eastern Finmarken Service 1853-1868 203
8.1 The Outskirts are Finally Included 203
8.2 The Mail Services in the Early Years 205
8.3 The Eastern Finmarken Service in the First Part of the Adhesive Postage Stamp Period 209
8.4 Developing and Stabilising the Eastern Finmarken Service 215
8.5 Larger and Better Steamships in Eastern Finmarken 221
9 Government Services in Lofoten and Vesteraalen 1867-1868 231
9.1 Changes Make a New Service Necessary 231
9.2 The Mail Services 235
9.3 The Final Year 937
10 References 239
Subject Index 245
Acknowledgments 951
The Author 253… (mehr)