Danmark

Insufficiently paid domestic letter from Aalborg 14 October 1853 to Hobro 4 RBS Thiele I printing, tied by numeral ‘4’ AALBORG. Postal note ‘2’ indicating 2nd letter rate 15-30 gram, and charged in full ‘6’ skilling due by addressee.

Danish parcel card from Tønder 26 June 1920 to Frederikshavn, Denmark. 10, 20 and 40 øre 1. ZONE Plebiscit Slesvig tied by datestamp TØNDER (2) 26.6.1920 6-7. Parcel weighing 2,5 kg., value 30 Kr., value label ‘292 Tønder’. Parcel rate 50 øre, value fee 20 øre, total postage 70 øre, correct franking, corners with remnants from glue.

Danish parcel card from Apenrade 11 May 1920 to Aalborg, Denmark. 5 Mark on front, on back pair 20 pf, pair 2 Mark and single 5 Mark Plebiscit Slesvig, total franking 14,40 Mark. Label ’29 / Apenrade / 38’, parcel weighing 4,5 kg. German red ‘Eilbogen-Zettel’, Danish ilpakke and ekspres labels. Parcel rate 15.3 – 20.6.1920 until 5 Kg. rated at a fee of 12 Mark, German Express fee German Reich from 6.5.20 1 Mark, total rate 13 Mark. Overfranked with 1,40 Mark, stamps with minor faults.

Registered letter from Commission Internationale Slesvig in Flensburg 17 May 1920 to Aabenraa, Denmark. 10 pf and 1 Mk. C·I·S overprint tied by datestamp FLENSBURG 17.5.20 5-6N, registration label ‘R / Flensburg 1. / No. 355’ and backstamped APENRADE 17.5.20.

Part of travel pass. Stamped with the large VISA mark “Vised good for” stay and fortsat rejse in Slesvig at the border crossing Farris, 21 FEB 1920. Plebiscit SLESVIG 5 MK corrected to 8 Kr. and used as fiscal duty stamp, cancelled with oval “CIS 25 JAN 1920 SLESVIG”. Stamped with cachets from the CIS.

German Personalausweis Nr. 77, issued in Lüneburg 6 Mai 1921, valid until 5 Mai 1921. Issued for Anna Schuhmann, Geboren Hansen. On the back of the Reisepass, Plebiscit “Reise-Pas” issued Hamburg and stamped with the large VISA mark “Vised good for” stay in Slesvig at the border crossing Stedesand, 10. Maj 1920 and valid for stay in Slesvig until 15 Mai 1920. Pair of Plebiscit SLESVIG 5 MK used as fiscal duty stamp, cancelled with oval “CIS 10. MAJ. 1920 SLESVIG” and oval CIS Stedesand cachet.

Royal letter signed by King Frederik IV, dated Haupt-Qvartier vor Stade 10 September 1712 and addressed to General and General Gouvenor Jobst von Scholten during Great Northern War (Store Nordiske Krig). The letter is written in Stade, only two days after the Swedish capitulation and Stade remained Danish until 1715.

Postcard from Hoyerschleusse 11 July 1920 to Berlin, Germany. Plebiscit 10 øre 1 ZONE single postal stationery card cancelled with Danish railroad mark DAKA 266.02 ‘TØNDER – HØJER 11.7.21 T. 1207’, scarce on letters.

Entire sent from Christianhavns Caserne 21 December 1850 to Roskilde. Footpost cancellation Skilling 5 OVA-1 ‘F: 10 21/12 50 P:’ and on reverse Antiqua III ‘KJØBENHAVN 21/12 1850’ both in bluish green ink. Letter list ‘6 – 3’, no. 6 on the list and rate 3 sk. to Roskilde, in Roskilde 2 sk. local carrier’s fee, total due red crayon ‘5’ charged on front. Footpost letter sent to other cities in Denmark are quite unusual.

Letter from Copenhagen 18 December 1862 to Barth, Mecklenburg. 2 sk. 1855 and 16 sk. 1857 dotted spandrels, both tied by duplex “181 - SJ.JB.P.SP.B. 2 TOG” alongside boxed “Aus Dänemark” with transit marks “KDOPA Hamburg”, 2-ring “HAMBURG” and two-ring “BAHNHOF-HAGENOW” on reverse. The combination with 2 sk. 55 and 16 sk. 1857 is possible the only recorded, rate 18 sk. 15.7.1854 – 31.7.1865.

Entire letter delivered within Copenhagen ramparts 25 October 1818. Charged ‘8ß’ noted on back. In Copenhagen Foot-Post list no. 31 noted in NW-corner. Copenhagen Foot-Post struck FP type II in negative red imprint, only two-three such examples are recorded, stamped in red wax and with red crayon a cross. A great Foot-Post rarity in excellent condition.

Telegrafed message from Berlin 13 January 1854 to Flensburg. Message sent by letter from Flensburg to Nyborg 13 January Klk 11 F: 40 M, Aaret 1854 as Royal Service, postage 4 RBS Thiele II, cancelled with numeral 16 and datestamp FLENSBURG 13.1.1854. From Nyborg message telegraphed to Copenhagen 15 January, commenced 9 T 17 M, Endt 9 T 25 M, signed Pihl. Telegraph form ØRESUNDSLINIEN from Flensburg 19 January Klk 11 F: 40 M, Aaret 1854 to Nyborg. Two red waxseals TELEGRAFSTATIONEN FLENSBURG, and sealed another time with TELEGRAFSTATIONEN NYBORG. The telegraph service ØRESUNDSLINIEN is opened 2 February 1854.

16 sk. rosy mauwe 1863, rouletted issue, cancelled with numeral "1" Copenhagen. With plate flaw, dent in West frame near letter L, pos. 31 in the sheet.

Partly paid letter sent from Copenhagen 17 April 1791 to Saint-Quentin, France. Paid 9 Lübsche Schilling ‘fco. Hambourg’, postmarked T&T ‘DÆNNEMARCK’. Via Paris ‘8’ sols noted, due ‘36’ sols payable on reception. In order to impress the wax seal was added Gold dust, I have never seen gold dust in wax seals before on letters from the Kingdom of Denmark.

10 øre red KIØBENHANS EXPRESKORT (1882) cancelled with 1-ring bypost mark '4 9-10 P' and manuscript 'R380'.

Copenhagen “Fri-Correspondance” with pre-printed addressee Falk Valentin “No. 41.”sent 21 April 1888, stamped and affixed with a 4 øre bicolored paid by the addressee for order of '3 Tdr. Gas-Cokes'. Rare.

Letter from British soldier datelined Frederiksberg 17 August 1807 to London, Great Britain. The writer, Jackson, writes '' 'I've arriv'd at this place on the 17th and much to my surprise without opposition. The men offer'd every advantage on landing and our night march afterwards was a very hazardous performance. We expected a formidable resistance here, but after some shew of cavalry - the Danes retired''. ''I am well mounted on a Danish post horse taken the first day and he is worth bringing to England.''. On August 16th 30.000 British troops landed in Vedbæk, and then marched to Copenhagen. This letter is written the day after the landing. A historical letter which finally led to the bombardment of Copenhagen 2 September.

Two 4 sk. 1854 dotted spandrels with ink cancellation from 'Inside franking'. Letters or applications handed in to the Local Customs office for the administration had to be franked by the public for corresponding letter rate in order for the public not to enjoy free postage. This 'document' will therefore have weighed between 15 and 30 grams, 2x 4 sk. letter rate postage. Part of revenue document 'Wroblewsky 185(7) Malling' visible above, see attached example of a document.

15 pf. letter from Hamburg on February 1876 to Copenhagen, from there readdressed and posted to Assens on 17 February 1876 with an 8 øre bicolored (SE-corner missing perf) - a very unusually combination with danish and DR stamps.

4 øre stationery envelope uprated with 4-strip 3 øre bicoulored and pair 5 øre arms-type cancelled with 'KJØBENHAVN V. 6.2.95 7-4E' on registered letter to Lillehammer, Norway. Registration mark 'DANMARK R 0603'. Correct 10 øre letter rate to Norway plus 16 øre registration fee, total 26 øre. A very decorative letter.

Colour proof of 4 sk. 1854 plate IV, with missing imprint on the left side of the design and likely from the left column of stamps, without gum and burelage IIb printed in blue colour and dotted spandrels. In the Postal Museum the printing plate has empty spandrels in the lower half sheet of 50 stamps. Plate IV has been used for the last 1854 printing IV delivered from 16 June 1859. It is not known why this plate has had the spandrels removed, but perhaps experiments were made for a new design without spandrels and trials for another burelage colour since the yellow one that were used were sometimes almost invisible.