Denmark, 1670
Early letter sent from NORDBORG on the Island of Als to Botha 28 December 1670. One of the earliest letters with contents that is known and to be sent from Denmark to a foreign destination. This letter has been sent by Rudolf Friedrich (1645-1688) Herzog to Schleswig-Holstein-Nordburg.
GBP 1,538.00
Denmark, 1870
Passenger-Ticket with the daily mail-coach (inside seat) from Nibe to Aalborg, 19 August 1879.
GBP 342.00
Denmark, 1927, PF 5, 10
Freight Bill for a load of meat weighing 100 kgs bearing a 10 øre wavy-line and a pair of 15 øre Caravel POSTFÆRGE overprints, tied by two-ring mark “AGGERSUND FÆRGERI”. Sent to Aggersund from Løgstør.
GBP 363.00
Denmark, 1858, 4
4 sk. 1858 V printing watermark II, with corner sheet margin. A very appealing stamp.
GBP 1,026.00
Denmark, 1858, 7x
4 sk. 1858 wavy-line spandrels, V. printing, watermark II. Huge margins and with purple ink cancellation. Highly decorative stamp. This stamp has not been offered since 1977 !
GBP 427.00
Denmark, 1854
ENVELOPE WITH ORNAMENTATION sent from Nakskov to Broholm near Svendborg 26 september 1854 bearing a 4 RBS Thiele III greyish brown plate III tied by numeral “43” alongside CDS “NAKSKOV 26.9.1854”. A most appealing and striking Lady's cover.
Price on request
Denmark, 1925
"Expres Post Lykönskning 40 øre envelope issued for ”Kunstforlaget” paying the express fee of 40 øre sent from Odense to Copenhagen as "Poste Restante". Apparently the missing fee for the letter rate of 15 øre has not been charged."
GBP 684.00
Iceland, 1902
Letter sent from Reykjavik to Metz in France 24 September 1902, bearing a pair of 10 aur perf 12 3/4 tied by swiss-type “Reykjavik”, transit Edinburgh and Metz receiving mark on reverse.
GBP 470.00
Faroe Islands, 1873
SKYDSBREV dated “Høivig den 6. Ogtober 1873” sent from P. Mohr to Hans Joensen in Nolsø.
GBP 342.00
Iceland, 1896
5 aur BRJEFSPJALD unsevered REPLY CARD sent from Reykjavik to Oppeln, Germany 19 October 1896, with additional franking 5 aur perf 14 x 13 1/2.
GBP 256.00
Danish West Indies, 1871
Letter sent from P. Camp to Paris through the British Post Office at St. Thomas 23 October 1871, franked at St. Thomas with 3 and 4d tied by C51 vertical format, showing 1-ring “St. Thomas PAID A” in red, London transit mark and exchange office “Angl. Amb. Calais F”. Round corner at 3d stamp and interesting plate flaw at 4d stamp, vertical fold in cover not affecting the stamps.
GBP 684.00
Danish West Indies, 1864
Letter sent from St. Thomas to Kingston, Jamaica 12 April 1864 with British mail at 4d rate. Red “ST. THOMAS A - PAID” and Kingston receiving mark on front, with contents.
GBP 128.00
Danish West Indies, 1850
Envelope forwarded from St. Thomas to Rocky Hills, Conn, charged “6” cents and Boston, Mass. CDS on front and “SHIP” mark, ca. 1850'ies. On reverse forwarding agent mark “FORWARDED BY - G.W. SMITH & CO. - ST. THOMAS” in greenish blue.
GBP 214.00
Danish West Indies, 1862
Entire sent from St. Thomas to New York 1862, charged 5 cents stamped with 1-ring “5”.
GBP 85.00
Denmark, 1851, 2b
2 Rigsbankskilling Thiele printing, plate II-32, type 8. Huge margins, cancelled with a clear numeral ”1” Copenhagen.
GBP 1,026.00
Denmark, 1880
The first Danish label from the letter opening office. Small thin's as usual, much original gum.
GBP 128.00
Iceland, 1979, 549
Music. Mother die proof on large paper of the Iceland 120 aur Famous Icelanders issue, with P. Gudjohnsen, organist and hymnbook author. Engraved by G. Bétemps and printed by Périgous, France.
GBP 171.00
Denmark, 1853
Passenger Ticket for one passenger from Nakskov to Copenhagen 17 August 1853, signed at the Royal Post Office in Nakskov. Highly decorative item.
GBP 427.00
Slesvig, 1920
Plebiscit overprinted ”MAK.” on imperforated blocks of four of the values 7 1/2pf, 10, 2, 35, 40 and 75 pf. from printers bin.
GBP 205.00
Danish West Indies, 1909, 36
5 BIT King Frederik VIII postcard additional franked with a 5 BIT Fr. VIII stamp from St. Thomas 18. September 1909 to Karlsbad in Austria.
GBP 128.00
Denmark, 1933
Parcel shipped from Copenhagen to Stokkseyri, Iceland via Reykjavik 21 May 1933. From Reykjavik to Stokkseyri a charge for transportation by car of “Bilgj ób 1 kr.” were paid upon arrival by receiver. The rate was 5 aur per 50 km, thus for parcel of kg. 10 x 10 aur (50-100 km) makes 100 aur. It is very unusual to find this sort of local charge by car.
GBP 137.00