Denmark

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.

Unpaid letter from Hadersleben 24 February 1874 to Kolding. Hand stamp boxed 'Porto' and is extremely rare. 4 sk. border rate 1st letter rate - and as unpaid double charge of '8' sk. in red crayon. Very unusual type a border rate letter being unpaid and charged.

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.

Royal Service letter sent from Rødbye to Copenhagen 12 December 1858 stamped with curved 1-line mark “RØDBYE 1858” and ink date “12/12”. Postmark used a year between 1858 and 1859.

Value letter from Umeå 29 December 1942 to Bredsten, Denmark. Swedish exchange control, resealed and with three red wax seal 'KTR EXP 1' and resealing tape 'Granskad enligt. Kungl. Maj:ts förordnande'. In Copenhagen censored and resealed, with the scarce red censormark type 2 with small letters 'Post- og Telegrafvæsenet [crown] i Danmark' and only used for registered and insured mail and two red wax seal '[crown] KØBENHAVN [posthorn] UDLANDSPOSTKONTROLLEN' and rarely seen censorhip wax seal.

3 sk. bicoulored normal frame pos. A40, with watermark, no gum, imperforate colour proof with right sheet margin. Very rare with full sheet margin (AFA P17B)

Die in black of 4 sk. 1858 wavy-line on the right (with control figure 4) and on left side a die in negative with six different samples of a new wavy-line, both vertical and horizontal. Rare

1940 Christmas Metermark '8615 / CROME&GOLDSCHMIDT / JUL 1940' on business envelope (without window) sent within Copenhagen 20 December 1940, postage '010' øre.

Local letter with 2 sk. bicoulored VII printing pos. 77 INVERTED FRAME on dated letter Sorø 10 July 1874, cancelled with numeral ‘67’ alongside datestamp ‘SORØ 5/7 6 POST’. A very beautiful and lightly cancelled stamp on a clean and small sized envelope. Rare in this quality.

8 øre bicolored perf. 12 3/4 on COD 2 Kr. 60 Øre (Postopkrævning) parcel card from Ribe 9 April 1896 to Copenhagen. Manuscript '20 Øre paa Pakken' - a rare split franking in excellent condition.

Aerogram from Maribo 17 October 1951 to the dentist onboard the hospital ship ”Jutlandia”. Jutlandia was in service during the Corea war from January 23, 1951.

48 sk. normal thick frame perforated on three sides and left side imperforate with part of sheet margin, cancelled in Svendborg. Extremely scarce with imperforate left sheet margin.