Stampless Letters

Royal Service letter sent from Cismar to Neustadt 14 December 1859 with “Cismar, 14/12 60” 1-line mark applied on front alongside “Lensahn” CDS. ARGE type 6.

Royal Service Letter “K.D.S. mit Attest” sent from Bordesholm to Meldorf 13 August 1860, alongside town manuscript “Bordesh. 13/8” with railway mark “Elmsh-Itzeh.Ebn.Post. Bur:” CDS on reverse.

Unpaid parcel letter sent from Wandsbeck 25 May 1864 to Neuenkirchner Wiseh near Wilster with RED WANDSBECK CDS, and then returned to Wandsbeck with Crempe transit mark. Danish postmarks used when Schleswig-Holstein were occupied by the Prussian and Austrian forces.

Unpaid letter sent from Heiligenhafen to Burg Fehmern 17 January 1853, stamped with 1-line mark “Heiligenhafen” + ink. 17/1 and “2” Sch. C due in red crayon. Heiligenhafen 1-line mark only recorded used from 16.11.52 till 21.1.1853 a little more than only two months. Scarce. Heiligenhafen is located north of Oldenburg and south of the Fehmarnsund Brücke in Holstein.

Postal Money Order sent from Grube to Burg 9 April 1858, with 3 Rdl. 87 s. and paid in cash with 12 sk., weighing 4 1/2 loth. Town manuscript on front “Grube 9/4 58” and from 1.1.1857-31.3.1866 Grube was a small collecting office, located between Cismar and Oldenburg in the Duchy of Holstein.

Unpaid letter charged “6” sk. noted in red crayon sent from Herzhorn to Glückstadt 29 November 1859 and endorsed with town manuscript “Von Herzhorn 29/11 59”. Herzhorn is located in Holstein, just to the east of Glückstadt. Scarce.

Napoleonic War. Royal Service Letter “K.D.S.” sent from Ahrensburg to Tremsbüttel 15 March 1814, noted “Durch reitende Bothen von Dorf, zu Dorf saglich zu besorgen, Abgesendt von Ahrensburg d. 15te Martz, des Morgens 9 1 2 Uhr” and with two was seals on reverse. Rare letter.

Royal Service letter sent from Cismar to Heiligenhafen 13 February 1859 with “Cismar” 1-line mark applied on front alongside “Lensahn” CDS. ARGE type 5.

Letter (front) sent from Kiel to Coblenz 13 August 1821 stamped with the boxed “KIEL” and the only recorded example of this postmark. Known for many years and certainly among the most wanted Danish postmarks used in the Duchy of Holstein.

Napoleonic War. Military letter endorsed “D.S.” Dienst Sache sent from Fresenburg to Tremsbüttel in Holstein 31 May 1813. On front endorsed “Lieut Sachau, Comm. Der 2’ Comp. ---“. An unusual endorsement on the front of the letter, 1 wax seal on reverse.

Unpaid letter sent from Rendbsburg franco Hamburg to Francomont 14 November 1833, showing the scarce boxed “RENDSB 13 Nov 33”, Hamburg transit “DANEMARCK – PAR HAMBOURG” and receiving mark in Francomont on reverse. “40” decimes due by addressee marked on front. Latest recorded date of the boxed Rendburg mark.

Parcel letter containing 30 Rdl 12 S sent from Tangstedt via Heidkrug, KDOPA Hamburg to Schleswig 8 October 1861, prepaid in cash with “24” Sch. C. noted in blue ink. and with town manuscript “Heidkrug” in ink. Tangsted is located just north of Hamburg. This is the earliest recorded manuscript of Heidkrug.

Express letter sent from Flensburg 1 October 1749 to Husum with full contents.

Letter prepaid 2 Sch. Courant in cash (6 skilling Danish) sent from Eutin to Hamburg 6 April 1852 stamped “EUTIN” 1-line and dated in manuscript “6/4 52” below the mark. Postmark known from February 1850 till April 1852, this letter being the latest recorded use. Rare.

Official letter sent from Brunsbüttel to Meldorf 2 March 1855, charged 6 sk. by the addressee. “Brunsbüttel” CDS Ant. IIb in blue ink.

Letter sent from Schönwalde to Altona 5 November 1859 with rural octagonal mark “L.P. SCHÖNWALDE” through “EUTIN 5 11 1859” and Charge 6 sk. by red crayon. Letter returned and arrived in Eutin 5 November and charged “2” Sch. by the sender.

K.D.S. m.att, Official letter sent from Bordesholm to Itzehoe 22 November (1857) applied with a clear strike of “Bordesholm” line mark in antiqua.

Letter sent from Friedrichstadt to Copenhagen and then re-directed to Stettin 13 May 1862. For the forwarding the Danish share marked in red crayon 1 1/4 Sch. C and due 4 1/4 in blue ink for the Mecklenburg by the addressee. Unusual letter.

"Official letter sent from Barmstedt to Breitenburg near Itzehoe 12 May 1852. Postmarked "Barmstedt" CDS Ant. IIb type, with manuscripted date. Very fine and clear strike."

Royal Service Letter “K.D.S.” letter sent from Gross Brebel to Husum and paid to Schleswig 14 September 1829 and delivery fee of 2 Sch. C. paid by the addressee. It was not until 1855 that a small collecting office was opened in Gross-Brebel, located South East of Kappeln.

Letter sheet from Itzehoe 3 March 1822 to Uslar near Göttingen, Germany. Boxed – ITZEHOE Marts 3 – struck on front. Instruction to the post: cito cito, for express service.