World War II

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.

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.

Copenhagen, Telegram from Liverpool, Copenhagen 7 August 1945. Post war censor mark 'C [Crown] 8' in violet. Rare.

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

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.

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.

Letter from refugee, Aloys Brzozon, Luftværkskontor, Esbjerg, sent from the Austrian Refugee Camp Tarp, Esbjerg Dorsten, Germany. Label affixed 'Interneret Brev / Postforsendelse / ØSTRIGSLEJR / 1946 / TARP ESBJERG / Portofrit i / Danmark' - tied by postmark and 40 øre danish postage stamps, and Danish post war consor resealing tape and censor hand stamp ' [Crown] 660 Danmark'.

Letter from Copenhagen 28 May 1945 to Akron, Ohio, U.S.A. Stamped on front 'Postforbindelsen ikke aabnet. Retur Afs.' - On the 5th of May 1945 Denmark was liberated. Horizontal fold in envelope affecting the upper pair.

Feldpost letter from Hellerup 20 October 1942 to SS Schütze Svend Lüthj at FP 45060C. On back stamped 'Modtagelse nægtet/Kbhvn.Ø.Distr.' and straight line 'FELDPOST KASTELLET' and blue crayon 'Retur Hellerup' and due '20' øre for which a 20 øre PORTO stamp has been affixed and canceled 'KØBENHAVN Ø.8 4.OMB 20.10.42'. Rare feldpostmark 'FEJDLPOST KASTELLET.

Letter from Randers 12 May 1945 to Helsingfors, Finland. Stamped on front 'Postforbindelsen ikke / aabnet. Retur Afs.' - On the 5th of May 1945 Denmark was liberated.

Letter from Refugee Margrethe Dippe, Ollerup, Svendborg 9 January 1946 to Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland. Sent from 'Flüchtlingslager V / Ollerup / Fynen / Dänemark' and censorship handstamp '[crown] / St. c. L. / Flygtningelejren / i Ollerup / Tlf. Vester Skerningen 382' red ink.

Letter from Kolding June 1945 to Geneva, Switzerland. Stamped on front 'Postforbindelsen kun for Brevkort - RETUR AFS.' and crossed out with blue crayon - Backstamped date line mark '14 JUNI 1945', front with red line stamp '1239 - 7SEP 1945' in red, opened and closed with 'Brevåbningskontoret' red resealing label. Rare return mark, letter opnened on three sides.

Censored parcel card from Copenhagen 19 April 1945 to Røykenviken, Norway. Card checked with chemical censor and stamped red 'Zensurstelle / K Geprüft K'. Parcel weighing 2,70 kg. and franked with 180 øre.

Letter from Refugee at Dragør Refugee camp 29 April 1947 to Hamburg-Poppenbüttel, Germany. Refugee camp hand stamp red ink 'FLYGTNINGELEJR NR. 126 / DRAGØR'. rare

P.O. Box 164 Viggo Beckmann, Lissabon 1 December 1944 sent to Copenhagen. Viggo Beckmann acted as undercover Post Office Box for mail being sent to Greenland and the Faroe Islands. German and chemical censorship, fragile paper and tear.

Letter from an Austrian refugee, Josef Ulm, sent from the Austrian Refugee Camp Tarp, Esbjerg to Christiansminde, Svenborg on 3 April 1946, returned to Esbjerg witih backstamped message 'moved, where not known' - with scarce label affixed 'Kun gyldig i Danmark / Interneret Post-forsendelse / Portofri' - tied by postmark.

Censored letter from Copenhagen 22 May 1946 to M-Gladbach, English Zone, Germany. Censored, resealed and censor's numeral mark '660 DANMARK', returned and stamped 'Fra Udlandspostkontrollen / retur Afsenderen', backstamped 'Retur i Henhold til / indlagte Meddelse' - message 'Det er indtil videre ikke tilladt at forsende til Tyskland: Fotografier..., Skakopgaver (Chess, cris-cross), seals, notes, stenografi, stamps and nodes, K-B 26'. Rare label.

Opened letter, likely containing a printed message, sent from Copenhagen December 1942 to Upsala, Sweden. Christmas Seal 1942 (Princess Margrethe of Denmark) with 20 øre caravel issue paying the 20 øre Nordic rate. Censored and stamped red censor mark 'Post- og Telegravæsenet / [Crown] / i Danmark' and 'Fra Udlandspostkontrollen / Retur Afsenderen' with message inside underlined 'Tryksager..... (kan kun sendes i Forretningsøjemed', a rare printed message from Udlandspostkontrollen, formular 'Udlpktr. 16 (1-42)'.

70 øre 'Postemblem' single franking on value letter from Stockholm 22 June 1942 to Aarhus, Denmark. Swedish exchange control, resealed and with two red wax seal 'PCA 1' by Stockholm Registration office and stamped 'Granskad enligt. Kungl. Maj:ts förordnande'. In Aarhus opened and resealed by 'AARHUS TOLDSTED' and danish censor mark 'Post- og Telegrafvæsenet [crown] i Danmark'. Rare

Airmail letter from Christiansfeld 20 January 1943 to Umanak, Greenland. Routing instruction 'Greenland / (via Lissabon - New York ), German censorship and Bermuda censor resealing tape 'P.C.90 OPENED BY EXAMINER / I.C. / 1347'. Letter rate 20 øre plus 80 øre Air Mail surcharge.

Danish Red Cross 'Deamndeur' form dated 25 October 1941 from Maribo to London, England. Message sent out by Red Cross in London to the addressee, Iris Sparrow.