Stampless Letters

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.

Letter sent from Nordstrand via Husum to Bredstedt 4 April 1852, prepaid (fr.) 2nd class of weight “2” crayon in upper left corner, stamped with a rare two-line mark “HUSUM 1852” and manuscript date “4/4”, used from 16.3 – 4.9.1852.

Unpaid parcel letter sent from Dagebøl via Læk to Kiel, 1 January 1860, with the latest recorded use of manuscript in chalk “Dagebøl”, alongside “LÆK 1.1.” and “LÆK 2.1” Antiqua VI, parcel weighing 6 1/2 and postage “36” red crayon. Dagebøl is located in Schleswig and near the Dagebüll harbour servicing the Island of Föhr.

Letter sent from Flensburg 24 February 1824 to Bordeaux, franco Hamburg. – T.T.R.4 – DANEMARCK / PAR HAMBOURG – and Danish boxed – FLENSB. / Febr. 24. – possible type RAM-1.

Entire dated Paris 1 January 1809 to Copenhagen via Hamburg. Opened and censored in Hamburg according to circular 12 DEC 1807, re-sealed with red wax seal “Königlich Dänisches Post Amt zur Hamburg / FR VI”. Hamburg mark 9 JAN 1809, list no. 258-36”. A rare example of early Danish censorship.

Royal Service Letter with cert. 351 sent from Itzehoe to Wilster (1854), with gothic “ITZEHOE 9.9” marked on front, also being the latest recorded use of this postmark, only known 18 days from 21.8.1854 till 9.9.1854. Scarce postmark.

"Entire sent from Friedrichsruh via Schwarzenbeck with a beautiful strike of the "Friedrichsruh" boxed segment mark and manuscript date “23/7 1852”, also “franco” with red crayon 2 (Sch.C), alongside a 1-ring “Schwarzenbeck” CDS. Indeed a superb example of the scarce Friedrichsruh mark."

Entire sent from Altona to Randers on 4 February 1854. Sent unpaid and charged “6” sk. due in red crayon, postmarked with railway mark “ALTONAER BAHNHOF” and stamped with the company mark “P.A. v ASSENS GODS EXPEDITION / AFGANG d: / FRA ALTONA.” and which also has been recorded as a forwarder mark between Hamburg and Altona.

Letter sent from Nordstrand to Schleswig 18 November 1864, transit via Husum and bureau “TÖNNING-OHRSTEDT Zug No. II”.

Forwarded letter sent from London through the Danish post office in Altona 29. May 1858 to Assens, Denmark. Franked with a 4 sk. 1858 dotted spandrels V. printing, plate V, retouch lower right spandrels, pos. 57 or 86.

Letter sent to Høyer (Tondern) in the Duchy of Schleswig from Bristol 21 July 1860, charged 39 sk. due at the addressee, with “7” Sgr. foreign share.

Napoleonic War. Royal Service Letter “K.D.S.” sent from Trittau 3 November 1808 to Tremsbüttel, noted “K.D.S. p o d s” and the “p o d s” it not yet known what it means.

Letter from Hamburg to Paris January 14th 1807 with 3-line mark ”B.G.D – Hambourg, R4 – 1807, Janv. 14” ARGE 5 in red from Großherzogliches Bergisches Ober-Postamt. Fine and readable mark.