Danmark

Colour proof of 4 sk. 1854 plate IV, block of six with full left sheet margin, pos. 41-42 / 51-52 / 61-62, without gum and burelage IIb printed in blue colour and dotted spandrels. The two stamps above with dotted spandrels and the lower four stamps with empty spandrels - a very rare example the upper and lower half sheet. 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.

Pair 16 sk. lilac imperforate pair, pos. 94-95 with large white line above POST in pos. 95, wide margin below, hinged and in excellent condition. Exhibition item.

4 Rigsbankskilling Ferslew printing, plate II position 95 with double strikes in SE-spandrel, hinged. Certificate

Copenhagen, Telegram from Middlesex, Copenhagen 5 June 1945. Post war censor mark 'C [Crown] 15' in violet. Rare.

100 øre bicolored normal frame perf. 12 3/4 watermark II, single franking on DKK 6.500 value letter from Copenhagen to Maribo 28 November 1902, lilac registration label 'Kbh.K.Pakkep. 221' and backstamped 'MARIBO 29.11.02 2-7F'. 10 øre domestic rate 1.10.1902-1.10.1919, value fee 0-200 kr. 10 øre 1.10.1902-1.7.1908, plus 20 øre from 200-1000 kr., plus 60 øre with 10 for each 1000 kr. from 1.000-7.000 kr., total postage exactly 100 øre. RARE single franking rate.

Money Order 2. Kr. 25 øre from Frederiksborg 29 July 1891 to Eslöf, Sweden. Manuscript 'Indlagt Fotografier' and parcel registration label '835. Frederiksborg'. Three 5 øre and one 20 øre Arms-type perf. 14 canceled with Frederiksborg LAP type postmark.

Fattigsag letter from Birkerød 23 February 1871 to Ballerup-Maaløv. Taarbæk type hand stamp 'BIRKERØD' alongisde TPO K-229 'n.sj.jb.p.b. 23/2 20TOG' and for service via Copenhagen Foot Post ' F: 11 1/2 23/2 71 P: ' in blue. Unpaid letter charged '6' sk. in red crayon.

"5 Kr. Central Post Office 1912 with watermark crown, Ist. printing. Large plate flaw with "missing cornish" pos. 8. By far the largest plate flaw of the newly discovred errors on the popular 5 kr. Central Post Office stamp. "

"5 Kr. Central Post Office 1915 with watermark cross. Large plate flaw with "missing cornish" pos. 8 on the left stamp. By far the largest plate flaw of the newly discovered errors on the popular 5 kr. Central Post Office stamp. Copenhagen cds 7.12.1951. Rare"

2 Rigsbankskilling Ferslew printing plate I-98, type 10 with part of Duplex numeral Copenhagen. Only recorded Ferslew printing with a c.d.s.

Lettersheet from Tandslet 20 December 1871 to Faaborg, Denmark. ½ Groschen and four ¼ Groschen NDP tied with upright Prussian 1-ring TANDSLET 20/12 71 5-6N, reception mark FAABORG on reverse. The rate from Slesvig-Holsten to Denmark for a single rate letter was from 1.5.1868 – 31.12.1874 1½ Groschen.

Militaria letter from Horsens 4 September 1864 to Aarhus. Hand stamp 'FIELD POST D. COMB.GARDE INF.DIV * 7/9'. Complete letter inside, sent by the 'Königlich-preußische General-Kommando', sent to General von Falkenstein in Aarhus.

Letter from Copenhagen 27 January 1862 to Paris, France. Pair 16 sk. 1857 and 4 sk. 1858 wavy-line spandrels tied by numeral 1 COPENHAGEN, datestamp KIØBENHAVN KB 27/1 and red transit TOUR T – VALENCIENNES 2 1 JAVN 62, on reverse KDOPA HAMBURG and HAMBURG T&T. Rate note ’26 / 9’ with 9 sk. Danish share and 26 sk. foregin share. Postal rate 35 sk. to France from 26.3.1860 – 31.3.1862, inevitably overfranked by 1 sk. since a 1 sk. Danish stamp never was issued. A very beautiful and rate letter.

Danish Red Cross 'Deamndeur' form (III-10-44) dated 28 August 1945 to Leif Graae in New York, USA. From Red Cross in London, forwarded with a note attached, to Leif t. Graae, APO 639, New York. and accompanying letter from British Red Cross with a reply to his mother Ella Graae dated 3rd August 1945, including the British Red Cross letter to Ella Graae in Denmark, plus a message form from Leif Graae to his mother dated 20 July 1944 and Danish Red Cross envelope . A RARE SET.

Lettersheet from Horsens 30 December 1851 to Altona, Duchy of Altona. 3-strip 4 Rigsbank-Skilling Ferslew printing, Plate I, pos. 54-55-56, cancelled with mute 5-ring cancel and datestamp Antiqua IIb HORSENS 30/12 1851. 12 sk. rate to the Duchy of Holsten from 1.4.1851 – 30.6.1853. Few recorded, exhibition quality.

Registered letter sent by the member of CIS commission, Oscar von Sydow, Chief of Göteborg from Flensburg 1 April 1920 to Göteborg, Sweden. Franked with CIS overprint 2½ Pf, 7½ pf and 20 Pf tied by datestamp FLENSBURG 1.4.20 9-10N. Registration label ‘R Flensburg 1. NO. 119’ and cachet of ‘COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE / SLESVIG’, letter inside with official letter header of the commission.

2 sk. inverted frame VIII. printing pos. 18 on letter front together with an 8 sk. , paying the 10 sk. rate to Holland.

PASSAGEER-BILLET for 1 Person med det Kongelige Postdampskib ”Eideren” fra København til Kiel 17 April 1851, betalt 10 Rbdlr. First Classe, Gentlemens cabin no. 10. Rare and very decorative.

Esrom type 'VEDBY' on 4 sk. brev-kort from Vedby 15 June 1872 via Slagelse, to Copenhagen. Superb 'VEDBY' strike and rare in this quality, two holes from stapler middle of the card.

Royal Service letter from Hobroe 14 February 1811 to Copenhagen, with notice on the front “Fra Byefogeden i Hobroe”, list no. 2 on the back. Content concerning the accommodation of the Spanish and sale through auction. From the Napoleonic war-time period with the British Forces at Anholt.

Air Mail service introduced due to frozen waters across the belts, airmail letter with two 10 øre wavy-line and 20 øre brown CHR X (round corner) on letter from Copenhagen 18 February 1922 to Aalborg (arriving 20.2.1922), paying 20 øre letter rate and 20 øre Air Mail charge. The plane flew between Aarhus-Samsø and Kalundborg. The Air Force established a tent camp at Gisseløre near Kalundborg and an “Airport” was made directly on the ice.