Danmark

Parcel card franked with three 20 øre Coat-of-Arms issue perforation 14 x 13 1/2 and 12 øre bicolored pen-cancelled to be sent from Copenhagen to Stettin. Noted on top margin “pr. „Titania””. Quite remarkably not with any postmarks, dates or note of parcels, a piece that I never have the the like of earlier.

4 sk. 1858 V printing 1861, burelage IIa. The burelage was always ment to be on the same side as the stamp imprint itself. The printing process was first to print the watermarked paper sheet with the burelage, when ink was dry, the printing of the stamp design above the burelage was made. Only a very few times, the burelage printed sheet were mixed up and the stamp imprint actually was printed on the other empty side of the paper sheet, thus one side has the burelage, the other the stamp imprint. A true Danish gem of the squared issue in mint condition, extremely rare.

Entire sent from Copenhagen to Christiania on 22 September 1863 bearing a 16 sk. rouletted and 4 sk. 1863-issue, tied by numeral “1” alongside CDS “KIØBENHAVN O.P.E. 22.9.1863” in blue. 20 sk. is paying the letter rate to Norway by steamer, through Sweden it would have been 24 sk. at the time.

Wrapper 5 øre Coat-of-Arms sent from Aarhus 2 May 1905 to Italy, uprated with 10 øre King Christian IX (AFA 47) tied by CDS Aarhus. 

Entire from Gravenstein 3 September 1852 to Flensburg. Postage paid with a 4 RBS Ferslew printing plate I, cancelled with two strikes of mute 4-ring canceller and datestamped ANTIII-1 - GRAVENSTEIN. 3/9 1852 –, earliest date and one of only two recorded on letter with 4 RBS Ferslew.

Entire sent from Toftlund 7 September 1872 to Kolding, Denmark. Franked with DR 1 Groschen Small Eagle issue tied by prussian 1-ring cds ‘TOFTLUND 7 9 72 4-5N.’, paying 1 Gr. for the border rate Germany-Denmark, only very few border rate covers known with 1 GR DR Eagle issue.

Foot post letter from Copenhagen 11 November 1812 to Roeskilde. Manuscript “frit” indicated that the letter was prepaid to Roeskilde. In Roeskilde the local delivery fee of 2 sk. marked with red crayon “2” paid by addressee. Foot post letters sent outside Copenhagen to other provincial cities are in fact small rarities.

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.