Danish West Indies, 1900
"Postcard sent from St. Thomas to 13 August 1900 on German steamer „ASCANIA” with manuscript cancellation on 3 cents IX printing inverted frame, stamp cancelled with ink "X + 31/8. 00.” alongside purser mark ASCANIA."
GBP 556.00
Denmark, 1846
Letter sent from Copenhagen to Bordeaux 18 June 1846, with transit via Hamburg T&T, charged 20 decimes, posted aboard the steamer “Christian VIII” from Copenhagen.
GBP 214.00
Faroe Islands, 1944
Air mail letter sent from Fresno to LD Hansen, the then postmaster of Thorshavn 7 October 1944. American resealing censor tape for resealing, censormarks DOT and single BAR, dot for the need for censorship to be done, and a bar to confirm the letter has been censored. Thorshavn receiving mark on reverse.
GBP 171.00
Slesvig, 1881
"10 pf. letter from Gravenstein to Byllerup-Bau 26. April 1881 tied by the scarce preussian one-ring mark "Gravenstein i. Schleswig", DAKA 56.09."
GBP 256.00
Danish West Indies, 1858
"Entire from St. Thomas 16 January 1858 to Hamburg via London. Rate to Hamburg 3 sh. 2d ( 3 ounce letter 1/4 per 1/4 ounce plus 2d marked by ink) red chalk "54" payable by receiver. Cancelled with the British St. Thomas Post Office single 1-ring on the reverse, quite a scarce postmark."
GBP 256.00
Denmark, 1947
Letter sent from the “ROYAL DANISH MILITARY MISSION” c/o B.A.O.R. in Bad Salzuflen to Hamburg 21 January 1947 with a two-ring seal “HQ CONTROL COMMISSION FOR GERMANY – Message and Mail Centre”. Quite unusual letter sent from the Danish military representation in Germany.
GBP 128.00
Slesvig-Holsten, 1852
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.
GBP 342.00
Slesvig-Holsten, 1860
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.
GBP 256.00
Danish West Indies, 1869
Folded letter sheet from Arroyo, Puerto Rico 9 April 1870 via St. Thomas to New York, USA. Franked with 10c yellow bright shade pictorial issue (SC 116) tied by N YORK – STEAM SHIP and ST. THOMAS 14/4 1869 cds, routing instruction Pr. Brazil Str. and forwarder Lamb & Co cachet in red. A beautiful letter.
GBP 2,393.00
Slesvig-Holsten, 1824
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.
GBP 214.00
Danish West Indies, 1872
St. Thomas, 13 June 1872, from Ponce, Puerto Rico via St. Thomas to Philadelphia. RATE - 4d plate 12 ROUTE - US Packet. Vertical C51 marking. “N.Y.STEAMPSHIP * 10 * Jun 19” stamped on front.
GBP 342.00
Iceland, 1840
Pre-philatelic letter from Barkarstadir to Storuvellir dated May 22, 1840. Full contents and translation. Vertical fold.
GBP 299.00
Slesvig-Holsten, 1864
Field Post letter sent from Kr. Pr. Feldpost in Flensburg to Gustrin, Prussia 18 April 1864. Stamped with two-ring “K.Pr.FELDPOST RELAIS FLENSBURG” and boxed soldiers unit.
GBP 171.00
Slesvig-Holsten, 1848
Military parcel letter with value 35M 14s sent from IV. Compangnie II. Jäger Corps to Bredstedt (1848-50) and weighing 23 loth.
GBP 103.00
Iceland, 1938
Letter from Stóra-Giljá with numeral 275 to Reykjavik bearing 20 aur red Geysir issue. Until 31 December 1939 the letter rate were 20 aur, thus used between 1938-1939.
GBP 171.00
Iceland, 1939
Printed matter sent from “Reykjavik ?” to London via Bergen, franked with pair 1 Eyr Chr. X and Jochumsson 5/35 aur tied by “Bergen 24 April 1939” CDS alongside boxed lilac “Paquebot” mark. A rare and unusual letter.
GBP 128.00
Slesvig-Holsten, 1867
Letter sent from Flensburg to Mehlbye near Cappeln 11 September 1865 bearing a 1 1/4 Sch. “SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN” Mi. 9 tied by two-ring “AHRENSBURG 11 9 65 8-12N”. 1/2 Sch. red crayon charged by the addressee for rural carriage to Mehlbye.
GBP 214.00
Slesvig-Holsten, 1874
1 Gr. Brustschilde large shield stationery sent from Ekensund to Tondern stamped with PER I-o “EKENSUND 15 3 74” (1874). DAKA 41.01.
GBP 85.00
Faroe Islands, 1945
Letter sent from Thorshavn to Reykjavik 3 February 1945 bearing a 20 øre King Chr. X, tied by CDS “THORSHAVN”. Examined in England with British resealing tape “P.C.90/OPENED BY/EXAMINER 5010”.
GBP 171.00
Faroe Islands, 1941
Letter sent from Thorshavn 30. April 1941 to Copenhagen, Denmark, bearing a “20 20”/5 øre provisional issue tied by “THORSHAVN 30.4.1941 9-13” cds. British resealing tape “P.C. 90 / OPENED BY / EXAMINER 4461 and Danish resealing tape and censor mark in red, most of these letters are with German instead of Danish censorship. In Dimmalætting 16 April 1941, it was announced that mail service to Denmark for ordinary letters was open from 16. April 1941, this letter sent only 5 days after the announcement in Dimmalætting.
GBP 513.00
Slesvig-Holsten, 1809
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.
GBP 1,538.00