Denmark

Airmail letter from Copenhagen 11 December 1945 to Dakar, Senegal, Africa. Letter rate 40 øre plus 50 øre air mail surcharge. Red boxed 'O.A.T.' stamped on front.

First Day Cover with King Christian X 75th Birthday, 26 September 1945 to Helsinki, Finland. Export certified numeral 'A.Nr. 3395' and with rare post war censor mark 'Udlandskontrollen [CROWN] Danmark' Bloch type 4, page 137.

Letter from Copenhagen 12 February 1943 to Internee Camp Store Grunnet, Vejle sent to Ingeborg White, then married to an American diplomat and for that sent to the internee camp Store Grunnet, Vejle. Higher ranking staff at British and Ameerican embassies in Denmark were interned and sent to Store Grunnet. All mail was directed to General Post Directorate in Copenhagen and sent to Store Grunnet. Censored and stamped 'Post- og Teletrafvæsenet i Danmark'. Rare.

16 sk. bicolored on 70 Rbd. value letter from Stubbekjøbing 1871-75 to Copenhagen. Cancelled with numeral '69' and datestamp 'STUBBEKJØBING 30/10'. Value label 'Fra Stubbekjbg. 652', stamped 'TALT' and marked with blue crayon '14'.

4 øre stationery envelope uprated with 4-strip 3 øre bicoulored and pair 5 øre arms-type cancelled with 'KJØBENHAVN.L. 12/10 3 TOG' on registered letter to Lillehammer, Norway. Transitstamped 'HELSINGØR 12.10.94 7-9E' and registration mark 'DANMARK / R / No. 14'. Correct 10 øre letter rate to Norway plus 16 øre registration fee, total 26 øre. A very decorative letter.

4 sk. BREV-KORT from Randers 26 April 1875 to Copenhagen. Skilling/Øre usage with 4 sk. paying 8 øre domestic post card rate. The 4 sk. card was used from 1.4.1871 paying for the 4 sk. domestic postcard rate, after 1.1.1875 - 4 sk. corresponded to 8 øre and paying the correct postcard rate. SV short corner and crease in SE corner.

Poste Restante from Copenhagen 13 June 1860 to Stavanger, Norway. Franked with 16 sk. 1857 and 4 sk. 1854 dotted spandrels, cancelled with numeral '1' Copenhagen alongside 'KIØBENHAVN KB 13/6 10-11', backstamped 'SANDØSUND 14/6 1860. 20 sk. is paying the letter rate to Norway by steamer from 26.3.1860 - 30.9.1865. Through Sweden it would have been 24 sk.. Poste Restante letters are scarce.

Privately delivered letter to Kiosk 1 Kongens Nytorv. A fee paid of 20 øre red 'KØBENHAVNS TELEFON KIOSKER) affixed stamped 2-ring mark 'TELEFON KIOSKEN KONGENS NYTORV 1.' in violet ink.

Postcard from Flensburg 1 February 1920 to Hellerup, Denmark. Pair 10 pf Plebiscit tied by datestamp ‘FLENSBURG 1.2.20 1-2V / *1 k’ and official cachet ‘COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE * SLESVIG * LE PREFET DE POLICE’, scarce on letters.

Letter from the naval ship PILEN 25 august 1848 to Copenhagen. Soldier’s mail free of charge, marked by an X red crayon. Letter written Ludvig Holbøll (premierløjtnant, 1826-1856).

Reiseausweis issued Tinnum 13 April 1920 issued for Arthur Petersen, living in Tinnum, für den Internert Röm. Valid until 1 August 1920 for the purpose travel to and from the Abstimmungsgebiet. Stamped with the cachet ‘COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE SLESVIG’, cachets CIS Stedesand on reverse.

German parcel card from Hoyer 30 April 1920 to Hamburg, Germany. Mixed franking of two 40 pf. 20 pf, 1 and 2 Mark Plebiscit. Value 800 Mark, registration label ‘589 / Hoyer / 35’, parcel weighing until 10 kg, parcel fee above 75 km. = 2,50 Mark, registration 0,20 Mark, value fee until 1000 Mark 0,40 Mark, total 3,20 Mark, correct franking.

Foot Post letter within Copenhagen ramparts sent on 31 May 1849. The Foot Post service was in the hands of the Danish Postal System from 14 May 1849 and no longer a private enterprise. A new postmark was introduced for canceling letters, this example is THE EARLIEST RECORDED example postmarked OVA-1 'F: 5 31/5 49 P:' and in superb condition in every respect.

Foot Post letter sent from Copenhagen 30 March 1851 to Faaborg, the the province and far outside the range of Copenhagen Foot Post. Postmarked 'OVA-1 'F: 9 30/3 51 P:', backstamped Antiqua KJØBENHAVN 30/3 1851' Antiqua in green postal rate endorsement '6 - 11' with '6' the ledger and '11' being skilling due. Sent as 'K..T.' Royal Service and charged '13' which include a '2' local letter fee in Faaborg. Letters at this time sent to the province are scarce.

4 Rigsbankskilling Ferslew plate I-41 with a superb mute-cancel strike.

Prepaid letter from Ledreborg 27 March 1812 to Lütetsburg north of Emden. Paid to Altona, with a break down of the postal rate on the flap, P. Haders ?. – 6, Pr. Hamburg ? 5-30, Pr. Grænsen 5-30, total 66 sk. paid, list no. 2-66. With a “6” marking and stamped “DANNEMARC/P·HAMBOUG”. Letter’s with a calculation of the paid postage is extremely scarce for letters abroad. Sent during the Napoleonic War.

Royal Service K.T. parcel letter from Humlebæk to Copenhagen, 11 May 1864-75. Postmarked with numeral 166, Humlebæk – who only had this postmark available.

Early letter from the British Ambassador Thomas Henshaw in Copenhagen 19 October 1672, to his friend, Robert Clayton, London’s wealthiest citizen in his time. Sent through the Danish Post Office in Hamburg, via Amsterdam and by ship to London, rated 8d in Great Britian. On arrival stamped London receiving office mark – 2 Off – in circle. Very early letter from Denmark to a foreign country.

Soldiers letter sent from “Skowerup” Skovrup located NW of Christiansfeld to Usedom, with contents dated 7. July 1848. Stamped “KONIGL.PREUSS. FELDPOST” and boxed “F.B. I. B. XII. F.R” and manuscript on reverse “Unteroff. Dahl im König. Preuss. 12. xx Infanteri-Regiment”.

10 øre red/black Svendborg local with inverted center, block of four with sheet margin, hinged with some original gum.

"Single rate letter franked with 4 sk. 1854 issue from Faaborg to Copenhagen August 4, 1857 and cancelled with numeral 15 and alongside Faaborg cds. Manuscript "9" indicating that the letter has been handed over to the post office 1-2 hours after normal opening hours and therefore a fee of 9 sk. paid. Highly unusual on stamp covers."