Danmark, 1953
Freight Bill „s/s Skjelskør” of the DAMPSKIBSELSKABET SKJELSKØR dated 21 December 1953, franked with 25 and 50 ØRE freight stamps, for 2 bags potatoes weighing 75 kg, sent from Omø to Slagelse. Rare.
DKK 4.100,00
Danmark, 1945
Post War censored Air Mail letter from Copenhagen 3 July 1945 to Cooperstown, N.Y., USA. Routing mark 'par avion / jusqu'à N.York'. Censor's mark 'Fra Udlandskontrollen / RETUR AFSENDEREN', re-sealing tape and censor's mark '468' and backstamped 'Retur i Henhold til / indlagt Meddelelse'. Message from Udlandspostkontrollen 'Det er ikke for Tiden tilladt at afsende Forretningsbreve hvorved Handler afsluttes. Portoen for denne Forsendelse vil blive refunderet ved Henvendelse til et Postkontor. (Kuverten bedes medbragt), message offer refund of postage bringing the envelope to the post office, very unusual.
DKK 2.610,00
Danmark, 1942
Airmail letter from Hvalsø 10 February 1942 to Narnotalik, Greenland. Routing instruction 'Greenland / (via Lissabon - New York ), German censorship and Bermuda censor resealing tape 'P.C.90 OPENED BY EXAMINER / I.C. / 1347'. 2nd letter rate 2x 20 øre plus 2x 80 øre Air Mail surcharge, total 200 øre rate.
DKK 2.610,00
Danmark, 1858, 7
Two 4 sk. 1858 wavy-line spandrels II printing on piece from 'Inside franking'. Letters or applications handed in to the Local Customs office for the administration, had to be franked by the public for the letter appropriate weight scale, in order for the public not to enjoy free postage. This letter will therefore have weighed between 15 and 30 grams, 2x 4 sk. letter rate postage.
DKK 1.120,00
Island, 1925
Parcel card from Copenhagen 5 April 1923 to Reykjavik, Iceland. Pair Danish 40 aur and 1 Kr. King Christian X cancelled with 'KØBENHAVN 5.4.23 4-6E K1'. Charged with Icelandic 30 aur King Christian X (defect NE-corner), cancelled with datestamp 'REYKJAVIK 14.IV.23'. Rare.
DKK 1.490,00
Danmark, 1875, 23,27
4 øre and 16 øre I printing on letter to Antwerp, Belgium. Cancelled with cds 'KJØBENHAVN KB 7/9' and backstamped 'ANVERS 9 SEPT 6-7M 1875'. 20 Øre rate UPU rate from 1.7.1875.
DKK 2.990,00
Danmark, 1859, P4u
Colour proof of 4 sk. 1854 plate IV, pos. 1-2 / 11-12, block of four 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.
DKK 2.610,00
Danmark, 1858, P7d
Die in black of 4 sk. 1858 wavy-line, from the same as on the larger sheet with a print on the left side a die in negative with six different samples of a new wavy-line, both vertical and horizontal, although here cut away.
DKK 1.120,00
Danmark, 1945
Copenhagen, Telegram from Liverpool, Copenhagen 7 August 1945. Post war censor mark 'C [Crown] 8' in violet. Rare.
DKK 1.870,00
Danmark, 1874, 19
2 sk. stationery envelope uprated with 8 sk. bicolored III printing (one short perf) on registered foot post letter 15 October 1874, cancelled with numeral '1' and oval FP MARK and manuscript ledger no. '112' - paying 2 sk. local letter rate plus 8 sk. registration fee. A most unusual and rare local registered letter.
DKK 7.460,00
Danmark, 1936
Postcard sent from Copenhagen to Middlesex 29 September 1936 via Berlin aboard the Hindburg “OLYMPIADEFAHRT 1936” - bearing a complete set of the Airmail stamps. The Olympic flight rarely found with Danish stamps.
DKK 4.480,00
Danmark, 1916, 40
Letter from St. Thomas 22 May 1911 to St. Louis, USA. 25 BIT blue/blue King Frederik VIII II printing tied by ST. THOMAS 22/5 1911 LAP. Routing instruction PER S/S PARIMA VIA NEW YORK. 25 BIT UPU letter rate from 1.10.1910 – 31.3.1917.d
DKK 750,00
Danmark, 1854
Prepaid lettersheet from Odense 17 September 1854 to Salzgitter, Kingdom of Hannover. Paid 22 sk. postage, sent – Franco Directe – and Hanoverian – D – in red crayon for D of Denmark.
DKK 370,00
Danmark, 1844
Unpaid letter sent from Copenhagen 22 June 1844 to Randers. Routing instruction – Via Callundborg – and charged 5 sk. also noted top middle of the letter, paid by the sender for handing in the letter the first hour after normal opening hours at the Copenhagen post office. Charged 18 sk. for the rate to Randers and 1 sk. local delivery fee at Randers, total paid 19 sk. by addressee. Sent with the steamer Chr VIII on the Aarhus-Copenhagen mail route, 2nd weekly trip on Saturday's.
DKK 1.490,00
Danmark, 1831
Franco letter (letter front with flap) from Randers (1831-32) to Gothenburg, with instruction - franco Helsingborg - , Swedish postage 9 Skilling Banco paid to Gothenburg, and Swedish bill no. 5 on front. . – RANDERS – straight line mark - on reverse and town manuscript – Rand. DAKA #3. According to Carstensen, only recorded use in 1831 of the 25 mm RANDERS postmark. With disinfection holes against cholera.
DKK 5.970,00
Danmark, 1855
Royal Service K.D.S. ship-letter sent from Copenhagen 27 July 1855 to Itzehoe, showing a clear strike of the octagonal – FRA KJÖBENHAVN – a rare use on Royal Service letters. Furhtermore, the letter is sent by an official from Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg Wasserbau Directorat (wax seal). This is an interesting letter, showing that an official from Altona using the Royal Service in order to mail a letter during his stay in Copenhagen, a very rare use from an Official traveling in an official capacity.
DKK 7.460,00
Danmark, 1864
Militaria letter from Randers 14 September 1864 to Viborg, from the Prussian occupying forces in Jütland. Sent through the Field Post Service and stamped – K. PR. FELDPOST / III. ARMEECORPS. 14/9 -.
DKK 2.990,00
Danmark, 1836
Partly paid letter to from Svendborg 4 October 1836 to Christiania, Norway. Sent – Franco Helsingborg – departure town manuscript on reverse – Svendborg – and straight line – SVENDBORG. – struck on front, the only recorded example from the pre-philatelic period, and known again on letters from April 1851. Postal rate marking, list no. – 69-24 – 24 sk. paid to Helsingborg.
DKK 7.460,00
Island, 1892
8 aur postal card with 3 aur oval issue perf. 14 sent from Reykjavik to Leipzig 28 March 1892 stamped by lapidar C2 “REYKJAVIK” alongside Edinburgh octagonal “SHIP LETTER” large letter mark. Overfranked by 1 aur.
DKK 3.730,00
Dansk Vestindien, 1912
Wrapper band for printed matters bearing two 5 BIT King Fr. VIII issue sent from Christiansted to Saxkjøbing 24 May 1912, paying the 10 BIT UPU printed matter double rate. Rare.
DKK 7.460,00
Danmark, 1864
Soldiers letter sent from Guderup on Als to Korsør 19 April 1864, bearing a 4 sk. rouletted 1863, tied by Field Post numeral “221” alongside CDS “FELTPOST NO. 1 P1 19/4”.
DKK 2.610,00