Foreign Transorma.

 

The Transorma machine was demonstrated in 1927 and the first machine was installed in Rotterdam, Holland in 1930. The mashine was used until July 1968. In Brighton, England they installed two Transorma 1935. Most of the ciphers are red but there is black too. Even Sweden tested the machine, but it did not work properly.

The name came from TRANsport and SORting Marchand Andriessen)

 

Quality of ciphers

 

Quality of ciphers

(5) Very choice (4) Very good
(3) Good (2) Legible
(1) Decipherable (-) Missing

1930-19.?  Transorma - Holland (Picture from unknown source)

1930 Rotterdam, Utrecht, ´s-Gravenhage

Aueng Trans 2½ cent letter from Rotterdam 7-IV 1934, sent to Sweden, with a red Transorma F (5)
Trans Oslo Letter from Norway sent to Utrecht 13.2.1950 with a red Transorma AF  
Utrecht The sortingmashine in Utrecht 1950. Picture from the museum in "den Haag"
tr holl ZB Postcard from Holland 1971 to Sweden with red Transorma ZB

 

1935-1968 Transorma 5/250 - Brighton

Two machines were installed during the summer of 1935, and were ready for trials in September. The official opening took place  on the 7th October 1935. The machines remained in use until 25th May  1968. In June 1968 it was destroyed because it was too costly to keep in proper working order.

Brighton 1924 British Empire Exhibition 1924 in Brighton, was ewen before the Transorma was demonstrated in Rotterdam. Cancelled 1923-08-09.
Traeng Hove36 24 Nov 1936 Brighton & Hove sent to Sweden, with red L  (4)
Traeng_Hove37 6 Nov 1937 Brighton & Hove sent to Sweden, with red F  (3)
Traeng_Hove49 4 July 1949 Brighton & Hove with red 30 (2). The Transorma-machine in Linköping started 21 Oct 1949.
Traeng Brighton Postcard sent 24 MAY 1966 with a red 31 to Gothenburg

1939-19.?  Transorma -  USA 

1939  New York 5/300, 1957  Silver Spring 5/300.

New York 1939 only on display during the World Exhibition, no mail serviced
Silver Spring Silver Springs, Maryland: Introduction 8. April 1957 till 1969, dismantled and sold for scrap.  (Thanks to Claus Seelemann) Used letters BB
Silver Spring Link to Silver Spring postal history

1940-19.? Transorma - Brazil

1940 Rio de Janeiro.  1952 Sao Paulo.  1954 Belo Horizonte

Brazil AH Envelope with 3 pieces Transorma AH, AN, BK (3) cancelled 1950
Trans Brazil Swedish postcard with a black AW sent to Brazil 21.2.1976

1942-1945 Transorma - Germany.

In 1942 the German moved one of the Dutch Transorma-machine to Berlin, Steglitz, Germany.

another machine they moved to Mönchengladbach, Germany. This one was destroyed by bombs 1943.

Steglitz "Feldpost" from nowhere sent 23.1.1943 sorted with red AB to Berlin-Steglitz
Stegl AD Lokal Postcard to Berlin - Steglitz sent 1943-11-06 with a red AD*
Mönchenglad. Lokal letter sorted in Mönchengladbach 1943

1947-19.? Transorma - Belgium

1947  Brussel giro, 1947  Gent X.

Antwerpen Postcard with red B and I (3) from Antwerpen 15. X. 1954 sent to Gothenburg
Gent AC Letter with black AC (5) sent from Gent 25.11.1947 to Gothenburg

1948-19.? Transorma - Argentina 

1948  Buenos Aires 5/300. 1949  Rosario 5/300.  1949  Bahia Blanca 5/300. 1955  Bahia Blanca 1/160.

Argentina DB Letter with red DB (3) sent from Buenos Aires 11.12.1953 to Sweden
Rosario56 Letter with red LX (3) sent from Villa del Rosario -9 ENE 1956 to Sweden

1949-1951 Transorma - Linköping - Norrköping

The enormous Transorma-machine was tested in Linköping and Norrköping, the only places where there was a high ceiling, to install the machine. Most of the ciphers are faint strike, but end of 1949 and oct. 1950 are good.

The Machine Photo from "Postens årsbok 1949". The machine was handled from a keyboard. 
Linkoping Letter from Linköping 1 7.10.1950 sent to Vadstena with a red BA (3)

Tra Norrköping

17.4.1950 Norrköping, 30 öre Meter stamp with a colorless AJ, which normally is in black. See detail

Tra Norrk detail

There are max. 5 black AJ  Transorma known from Norrköping. All known are from 1949. This is the first colorless. Probably they had forgotten to change the ribbon.
  Copy of a letter sent from Norrköping with a black AJ

1955-1963  Transorma - Canada 

1955  Peterborough 5/300.

Thanks to Claus Seelemann

Peterborough

Introduction: 27th June, 1955 till end of 1963, sold for scrap early 1964.
Used letters AA, AC,AD, AH, AJ, AL,AN, AP,AQ, AS,AT,AU, AV,AW,AX,AZ and BA, BB, BC, BF, BH,BK and BL.
Peterborough Link to Canada Post Corporation at FactsCanada.ca

1956-19.? Transorma -  Venezuela

1956 Caracas 5/300.

Venezuela 1 Letter  with red BP (1) from Caracas 19 MAR 1957 sent to Sweden
Venezuela 2 Letter  with red BW (2) from Caracas 30 MAY 1957 sent to Frankfurt

1965-19.?  Transorma - Philippines.

Manilla.

Manilla

 
   

Unknown Transormaplaces / ciphers:

Tr San Marino Postcard from San Marino with a red BD (3) sent 8.9.1958 to Denmark
Ungern Postcard from Hungary with a red AO (3) sent 1958-06-08 to Holbæk, Denmark
Is this a Transorma or what is this lilac/purple B ? Wiesbaden 12.7.67. Tr_wies_B

Internal Link pages:

Main page   PMSC  Flaggaeng    Automation  Flaggaeng   Meterstamp Animal on Sw.Meters Flaggaeng 
Swedish Meters Cinderella Meters (S) Telephone Postcard in Swedish.  Postal collection of curios (S)   Transorma

Annotation:

 (S) = Links in Swedish  

Flaggaeng

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Interesting External websites:

 
Postmuseum SSPD SFF:s Home page
Ptt Postmuseum Holland    
K-frimärken Stamp-Trader Magnus Aronsson   Postcard
CL -Frimärken JUNE - Frimärken Transorma
Postalt hos Kjell Andersson "Samlaren" med många annonser Blanketter i bild - Sören Andersson
VIRTUAL INTERNATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION  ==> EXP-O-NET <==A VERY interesting web on the net

Literature.

NPT nr 5 1971 Stockholm Ban Article by Douglas N. Muir
NPT nr 3 1979 Wiesbaden PMSC

 

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