Slesvig-Holsten

Letter inside date Aschau 6 May 1862 via Gettorf to Fernsicht per Kellinghusen. 4 sk. 1858 IV printing, wavy-line spandrels (small incision above right) cancelled with numeral ‘171’ blue ink Gettorf and datestamp GETTORF 6.5.1862. Aschau is located north of Gettorf.

Letter Kiel 26 June 1863 to Rauzau near Plön. 4 sk. wavy-line spandrels rouletted 1863 tied by the rare Kiel numeral “170” alongside CDS “KIEL BANHHOF 28/6 / 10-11V”. Kiel Bahnhof numeral 170 is extremely rare on cover.

COD sent from Hamburg to the Isle of Pellworm 23 June 1860 on WRAPPER BAND bearing a pair of 4 sk. I printing wavy-line issue tied by Hamburg numeral “2” alongside two-ring CDS “KDOPA HAMBURG”. COD for “11 Rthl 34 S”, fee “12” sk. noted and paid in cash, red crayon “11 R 34S” collected from the addressee. A rare postal document and exceptionally with a pair.

Letter sent from Kiel to Goldberg in Mecklenburg July 3, 1863 and franked with a pair of 4 sk. roulletted tied by numeral 168 of Kiel. 4 sk. from Danish rayon 1 and 4 sk. to German rayon 1, total rate 8 sk. in effect from 5.7.1854 to 31.7.1865. Only recorded letter with this franking.

Lettersheet Lügumkloster 18 April 1867 to Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig. Pair of 1 1/4 Schilling SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN green cancelled with Prussian two-ring 'LÜGUMKLOSTER 18/4 67 10-12-V'. Double rate letter franked with two 1 1/4 Sch.

Letter from Itzehoe 31 August 1854 to Flensburg. 4 RBS Thiele III olivebrown tied by numeral cancellation '19' alongside provisional straight-line mark 'Itzehoe 31/8' known from 21.8 - 6.9 1854. A clean strike of a very rare postmark.

BORDER RATE LETTER from Kolding 18 August 1869 to Meng By, Aller parish, east of Christiansfeld. 4 sk. 1864 crown-scepter-sword cancelled with numeral '36' alongside 'KOLDING 18/8'. The rural mail carrier writes on the back that the addressee is not known in Meng and return the letter, with his signature 'Ohlsen, Land Postbud'. Manuscript blue ink '21/8 retour' and stamped Prussian two-ring 'CHRISTIANSFELD 21/8 69 8-9V' and reception mark Kolding 21/8. Rural fee '2/1' red crayon. A very rare example of a returned border rate letter.

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.

Market-report sent from Haderslev to Flensburg 24 May 1867 bearing a 1/2 Sch. “Schleswig-Holstein” tied by 1-ring “HADERSLEBEN 24 5 67 6-7N”. Correct postage.

Price current with band sent from Altona to Wilster 25 April 1866, franked with 1/2 S. green Herzogth-Holstein, tied by Altona two-ring. Unusual item.

Royal Service letter endorsed “D.S.” sent from Schleswig-Holsteinische Regierung in Gottorp to Norderditmarschen 9 August 1848 with postal town manuscript on reverse “Von Schleswig den 11 August list 5 – “ and with full contents and well preserved wax seal.

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.

Letter sent from Lübeck to Altona 6 August 1862 baring a 4 sk. 1858-issue tied by numeral “3” alongside two-ring “BAHNH.LUEBECK * K. DÆN.POST 6/8 I.Z.”

Partly paid letter sent from Glückstadt to Cuxhaven 23 April 1866 bearing a 1 1/4 Sch. “HERZOGTH.HOLSTEIN” Mi. 20 tied by railway mark “BAHNHOF GLÜCKSTADT Z2 23 4 1866” and charged by the addressee for the postage from Hamburg to Cuxhaven by blue “3”. Ritzebüttel transit mark on reverse.

"1 1/4 Schilling blue/rose rouletted issued. Cancelled with the very different looking four-ring cancel "WESSELBUREN"."

"Letter sent from Altona to Laurvig in Norway 15 October 1867, franked with a 3-strip 2 Sch. blue Herzogth-Holstein cancelled with "Hamburg-Kiel" railway mark with ship to Norway by ship from Kiel, crayon "24" on front. Minor faults to stamps, but indeed a scarce letter to Norway from 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.

Field Post letter sent from Apenrade to Berlin 30 November 1864 and postmarked “K.PR.FELDPOST-RELAIS No. 6”. The Prussian troops occupied Jutland in the 1864-war and opened a Field Post office in Apenrade where the postmark was used during and after the occupation. Letters with these postmarks are rarely seen.

Letter sent from Copenhagen to Friedrichstadt in Slesvig 24 October 1864, franked with 4 sk. 1864 tied by numeral “1” alongside København CDS. The letter was during the 1864-war after Slesvig was occupied by Prussian troops and in this period there were no postal arrangement between Denmark and Slesvig. In this case, the letter is not charged 1 1/4 Sch. C by the addressee.