Iceland, 1903, 35,36
3 aur King Christian IX BRJEFSPJALD double card from Reykjavik 29 November 1903 to Bern, Switzerland. Uprated with 3 and 4 aur King Christian IX tied with 'REYKJAVIK 27.-11.-1903.', alongside two-ring 'TROON / 330 / B DE 10 03' and boxed 'SHIP LETTER TROON' with receiving 'BERN 12.XII.03.X-' mark on front.
GBP 127.00
Iceland, 1908, 53
Postcard from Iceland to London, England. 10 aur Two-King's issue tied with foreign postmark two-ring 'EDINBURGH - 8 - 2.15PM 12 MY 15' alongside italic style 'PAQUEBOT' violet ink.
GBP 127.00
Iceland, 1911, 53
Postcard from Reykjavik 26 April 1911 to Vannes, Morbihan, France. 10 aur Two-King's issue tied with 'REYKJAVIK 26.IV.11' alongside 'LONGHOPE MY 4 11 ORKNEY' and 'VANNES 19 25 4/5 11 MORBIHAN' receiving mark on front. Rare
GBP 233.00
Iceland, 1945, 212,217,240
OAT letter from Reykjavik 12 September 1945 to Gand, Belgium. 5 and 25 aur Cod-issue and 1 Kr. Geysir (minor imperfections) cancelled with 'REYKJAVIK - 12.IX.45 18'. Onward Air Transmission stamped with boxed 'O.A.T.' and red six horizontal mark. Unusual.
GBP 339.00
Iceland, 1940
OAS letter from FPO 306 on 28 April 1940 to Keighley, Great Britain. Stamped 'FIELD POST OFFICE 306 - 28 AP 40' Reykjavik and boxed censor mark 'PASSED BY CENSOR No. 2351' and signature. Registration fee 3d paid with adhesive, registration label 'R / 28' and stamped with the same FPO mark. Rare
GBP 339.00
Denmark, 1871-75, 20
16 sk. bicolored on 70 Rbd. value letter from Stubbekjøbing 1871-75 to Copenhagen. Cancelled with numeral '69' and datestamp 'STUBBEKJØBING 30/10'. Value label 'Fra Stubbekjbg. 652', stamped 'TALT' and marked with blue crayon '14'.
GBP 169.00
Denmark, 1894, 22,34
4 øre stationery envelope uprated with 4-strip 3 øre bicoulored and pair 5 øre arms-type cancelled with 'KJØBENHAVN.L. 12/10 3 TOG' on registered letter to Lillehammer, Norway. Transitstamped 'HELSINGØR 12.10.94 7-9E' and registration mark 'DANMARK / R / No. 14'. Correct 10 øre letter rate to Norway plus 16 øre registration fee, total 26 øre. A very decorative letter.
GBP 381.00
Denmark, 1875
4 sk. BREV-KORT from Randers 26 April 1875 to Copenhagen. Skilling/Øre usage with 4 sk. paying 8 øre domestic post card rate. The 4 sk. card was used from 1.4.1871 paying for the 4 sk. domestic postcard rate, after 1.1.1875 - 4 sk. corresponded to 8 øre and paying the correct postcard rate. SV short corner and crease in SE corner.
GBP 127.00
Danish West Indies, 1875
TEN CENTS HAPAG margin pair on piece with triple embossing of the white center on the stamp to the right in a pair with a normal embossed example, a world rarity of a private steam ship stamps. Double embossing is recorded in the literature, although a triple embossing a first time and what's add to the allure of the stamp is the combination of normal and triple embossing shown in pair, from pos. 1 and 2 in the sheet with full corner margin, on piece, cancelled with Danish West Indies 'ST. THOMAS 2/8 1875.
Price on request
Danish West Indies, 1905, 26
20 BIT King Christian IX die colour proof in the approved dull ultramarine colour.. Printed on large paper 67 x 80 mm without watermark and gum. Only a few recorded.
GBP 1,186.00
Danish West Indies, 1900, 17
5 CENTS Coat of Arms issue, imperforate, colour proofs, on large paper format, thin paper, without gum and watermark.
GBP 1,695.00
Slesvig-Holsten, 1810
Letter from Altona 9 October 1810 to Troyes, France. Prepaid, stamped at the 'Kaiserlich Königlich Französisches Haupt-Postmamt' 'P.P.R.4. / HAMBOURG.' and straightline mark 'P.P.P.P.' (Port Payé Passe Paris) both in red.
GBP 847.00
Iceland, 1938
Leifr Eiricssons Day 1938, 10 (aur) LEIFUR HEPPNI red with full margins on all 4 sides, perforated. Halftone recess printing by Staatsdruckerei, Wien. As small single stamp sheet extremely rare.
GBP 508.00
Denmark, 1870
Letter from Sailor D. Lamont, S. Steward, on board HMS “Aboukir” on (29) September 1870 to Stoke, Devonport, England. Commanding Officer confirmed soldiers letter rate with signature, franked with 1d plate 122 cancelled with horizontal type 1b ‘C51’ St. Thomas. From St. Thomas with RMSPC steamer 'SHANNON' 29 august arriving Plymouth 12 September and backstamped 'DEVENPORT CO / SP13 / 70'. Sailors letters at favoured 1d rate from St. Thomas are scarce.
GBP 2,119.00
Denmark, 1865
Printed matter from St. Thomas 23 October 1865 to Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada. British 1d plate 74 cancelled with horizontal 'C51' St. Thomas, backstamped single-line arc 'ST. - THOMAS A /OC23 65' with code letter A. This postmark is extremely rare, four recorded examples in the DWI census, not listed in the publication 'GB Used Abroad: Cancellations and Postal markings by John Parmenter and Ken Gordon.
GBP 2,034.00
Danish West Indies, 1899, 5By,10
Registered postcard from Frederiksted 13 December 1899 to Copenhagen, Denmark. Pair 1 cent X printing inverted frame and 3-strip 5 cent IV printing, canceled with datestamp lapidar 'FREDERIKSTED 13.12.1899, registration mark 'Dansk Vestindien / R No. 663/7507' and stamped on arrival 'KJØBENHAVN 5.1.00 3-9E'. Routing instruction 'via St. Thomas & Hamburg'. Franked as a letter 10 cents UPU rate 1.9.1877 - 31.12.1901, registration fee 7 cents 1.9.1877 - 31.12.1905, total 17 cents. Rate for postcards only 3 cents.
GBP 593.00
Danish West Indies, 1906
Local letter from Christiansted 22 December 1906 to St. Thomas. 5 BIT King Christian IX cancelled with cds ‘CHRISTIANSTED 22/12 1906’ LAP3. Domestic letter rate 10 BIT from 15.6.1905 – 31.3.1917, 5 BIT insufficiently franked, due double 5 BIT = 10 BIT charged and stamped circle ‘T’ on front. On reverse a pair of 5 BIT EFTERPORTO tied by cds ‘ST. THOMAS 23/12 1906’ LAP type. This being the only recorded King Christian IX LOCAL LETTER WITH EFTERPORTO stamps affixed in payment for missing postage and cancelled. Only three other stamp franked local postage due letters recorded. The relative large numbers of consignees letters that are known with due stamps has not been taken into consideration. A great postal history rarity.
GBP 2,034.00
Danish West Indies, 1916
Folded parcel paper to make up for a letter on official matter from St. Thomas 11 October 1916 to General Office for the Postal Service in Copenhagen, noted on front ' Postanliggende ' (postal matters), and registration mark 'ST. THOMAS / R / 10544' and on reverse paper seal 'ST. THOMAS KGL. POSTKONTOR D.V.I.'. Being an official letter sent free of charge, such letters are almost non existent.
GBP 1,525.00
Danish West Indies, ca. 1915
St. Thomas manilla label with preprinted 'Antilles Danoises. / Dépêche de St. Thomas pour / ...... / Veuillez revoyer cette étiquette. ', with added text 'Korsör - Kiel, Danmark.' - For mailbag sent directly with Danish ship to Korsör from Danish West Indies. Only recorded such manilla label.
GBP 1,017.00
Denmark, 1860, 4,6
Poste Restante from Copenhagen 13 June 1860 to Stavanger, Norway. Franked with 16 sk. 1857 and 4 sk. 1854 dotted spandrels, cancelled with numeral '1' Copenhagen alongside 'KIØBENHAVN KB 13/6 10-11', backstamped 'SANDØSUND 14/6 1860. 20 sk. is paying the letter rate to Norway by steamer from 26.3.1860 - 30.9.1865. Through Sweden it would have been 24 sk.. Poste Restante letters are scarce.
GBP 1,356.00
Denmark, ca 1920
Privately delivered letter to Kiosk 1 Kongens Nytorv. A fee paid of 20 øre red 'KØBENHAVNS TELEFON KIOSKER) affixed stamped 2-ring mark 'TELEFON KIOSKEN KONGENS NYTORV 1.' in violet ink.
GBP 508.00