Danish West Indies

Letter sent from St. Thomas to Jersey City 30 October 1891 bearing a 10 cents V printing and a 2c US tying the US stamp to the envelope and not taking into account the 10 cents which were paying the rate to US. Shipped aboard the steamer s.s. “Esqurança”. Rare combination of US and DWI stamps on envelope together, some wrinckles on the left on envelope.

Letter sent from St. Thomas to Jersey City 27 February 1891 bearing a 10 cents V printing tied by “St. Thomas” CDS and NY transit and Jersey City arrival mark on reverse. Shipped aboard the steamer s.s. “Smeaton Tower”.

10 Pf. Reichspost Naval mail postcard sent from St. Thomas 13 January 1898, stamped “KAIS.DEUTSCHE MARINE SCHIFFSPOST No. 17 13/1 98”.

2 cents stationery envelope with watermark I sent to Christiania in Norway from St. Thomas 8. November 1888 with a merchant mark on the front. An unusual destination.

Letter sheet from St. Thomas 25 July 1840 to Marseille. “OUTRE-MER / PAUILLAC 25 AOUT 40” in red stamped and charged 15 decimes due by addressee. Routing instruction “P. Paquebot Bordelaire” on front.

Entire dated St. Thomas 14. September 1855 to Caracas, Venezuela. Sent through and stamped with “FOREIGN LETTER OFFICE - ST. THOMAS” on reverse. Routing instruction “pr. Isabel”, Venezuelan receiving mark struck on front and charged “2” reales due by addressee. Merchants in St. Thomas maintained the office from 1846 to 1860. Mail was bagged and shipped by private packets to avoid high charges of inconvenient schedules.

Unpaid letter dated St. Thomas 13 June 1862 to Bordeaux, France. Loose packet letter sent with RMS „SHANNON” arriving and stamped “SOUTHAMPTON / PACKET LETTER / JU28 1862”, rare on letters. London Anglo-French accounting mark “GB // 1F60c” and charged double 8c rate “16” decimes charged. Right side of envelope stained.

Entire dated St. Thomas 8. August 1884 to St. Croix, bearing 3¢ IV printing tied by CDS “ST. THOMAS 8/8 1884” DAKA Ant. 3 “wide O”, and receiving mark “CHRISTIANSTED 9/8 1884” DAKA Ant. 3 on reverse.

"Lettersheet St. Thomas 25. April 1884 til Bordeaux, Frankrig. To 5 ¢ II. udskrivning bundet af CDS "ST. THOMAS 25/4 1884 "DAKA Ant. 3 bred "O". Routing instruktion "pr. Steamer via Southampton ", Fransk" CALAIS A PARIS 12 MAI 84 "og Bordeaux receing mark. Lodret fold i kuvert gennem to venstre frimærker."

Postcard from St. Thomas 28 December 1910 to Svebølle, Denmark. 10 BIT King Frederik and Christmas Seal 1910 tied by “ST. THOMAS 28/12 1910” paying the 10 BIT UPU postcard rate.