Danish West Indies, 1917
5 BIT King Christian X single postal card (Engström PC17B) from Christiansted 26 January 1916 to St. Thomas. Cancelled with four ring cancel no dot when arriving at St. Thomas post office by the mail boat. On reverse origin mark large 'C' struck and datestamp 'ST. THOMAS 27/1 1916', large 'C' rarely found and this is a clean and clear strike.
GBP 513.00
Danish West Indies, 1917
Transition letter. Letter from Frederiksted during the transition period 1.4.1917 - 30.9.1917 to Copenhagen, Denmark. US 5 cent stamp tied by US datestamp 'FREDERIKSTED ---/21 1917 / SAINT CROIX'. 5 Cents equals 25 BIT UPU single letter rate. British re-sealing tape 'OPENED BY CENSOR. / 542'. ODENSE reception mark 20.8.1917.
GBP 427.00
Danish West Indies, 1917
Envelope from Frederiksted 26 April 1917 to New York, USA. 2 cents US stamp cancelled with the Danish type LAP 'FREDERIKSTED 26/4 1917'. 2 Cents correspond to 10 BIT domestic rate, from 1 April 1917 DWI was US territory. Transition period from 1.4.1917 - 30.9.1917.
GBP 427.00
Danish West Indies, 1895, 5, 5y,10
Registered letter from St. Thomas 17 September 1895 to London, England. 12x 1 cent bicolored IX printing and 5 cents VI printing, 1c position 91 isolated normal frame in the first stamp of the upper right strip of four. UPU 10 cents letter rate plus 7 cents registration fee, total rate 17 cents.
GBP 855.00
Orange Free State, 1895, 7
2 cents single postal card sent from St. Thomas 27 December 1895 to Berlin, Germany. 2 cents card 5 text lines, frame type 3Ha [5,0 – 4,0] uprated with 1 cent bicolored inverted frame printing VII with two round corner perforations. Reception mark Berlin 17/1 1896. Sent with German HAPAG steamer, stamped purple ink ‘AUSTRALIA’ line mark twice, manuscript ‘St. Thomas 27/XII 95’ red ink. UPU postcard rate 3¢ until 31.12.1901.
GBP 470.00
Danish West Indies, 1904, 22
Private Mailing Card, Hamburg-American Line’s Cruises to the West Indies, Steamer ‘PRINZESSIN VICTORIA LUISE’ sent from St. Thomas 14 January 1904 to Illinois, USA. 2¢ Coat-of-Arms cancelled with cds ST. THOMAS 14/1 1904. UPU postcard rate 2¢ from 1.1.1902.
GBP 427.00
Danish West Indies, 1911
Postcard, to Gendarm Rasmussen Nr. 59, Frederiksted. An already used 5 øre Danish King Frederik VIII adhesive, affixed and then cancelled with a purple rubber mark, partly ‘St. Cröix’, maybe a stamp from the ‘Kasernen’. Certainly not sent with the post, likely delivered soldier's themselves.
GBP 85.00
Danish West Indies, 1915, 37,389
Letter from Christiansted April 1915 to Charlottenlund, Denmark. 10 BIT and 15 BIT King Frederik VIII tied by LAP Christiansted, backstamped ‘CHARLOTTENLUND 16.4.1915’. UPU letter rate 25 BIT from 1.10.1909 – 31.3.1917.
GBP 214.00
Danish West Indies, 1910, 41
Double picture postcard with St. Thomas view sent from St. Thomas 20 July 1910 to Münich, Germany. 30 BIT King Frederik VIII extremely rare SINGLE FRANKING tied by LAP ‘ST. THOMAS 20/7 1910’, sent as printed matter and registered mail with boxed mark ‘ST. THOMAS / R / 8399’ and reception mark on front ‘SOLLN 2. / (VILLENKOLONIE) 16 AUG 10’. UPU printed matter rate 5 BIT plus 25 BIT registration few, correct 30 BIT rate.
GBP 2,137.00
Denmark, 1853, 1Ia
Insufficiently paid domestic letter from Aalborg 14 October 1853 to Hobro 4 RBS Thiele I printing, tied by numeral ‘4’ AALBORG. Postal note ‘2’ indicating 2nd letter rate 15-30 gram, and charged in full ‘6’ skilling due by addressee.
GBP 342.00
Denmark, 1860, 7, 8
Letter from sent fom the Island of Seeland 28 March 1860 to Schwerin, Mecklenburg. Franked with 4 sk. 1858 II printing and 8 sk. 1858 wavy-line spandrels, tied by duplex numeral ‘182’ SJÆLL.POST:SPED.BUREAU T2 28/3 1860’. Insufficiently franked by 1 sk., rate 13 sk. 15.7.1854 – 29.2.1864, due by addressee = ¾ Sgr. noted in red crayon. A rare combination of 4 and 8 sk. wavy-line issue.
GBP 684.00
Greenland, 1946, 20-22
Letter sent from Ivigtut 27 May 1951 to Copenhagen, Denmark. DANMARK BEFRIET OVERPRINT 5 MAY 1945, with 10 øre blue overprint, 15 øre red overprint and 30 øre blue overprint cancelled with the large postmark GRØNLANDS / DEPARTEMENTET 27 May 1951. An extremely rare commercial letter although overfranked.
GBP 4,274.00
Greenland, 1954, 2,5,20,24
Express letter from Umanak 11 June 1954 to Copenhagen, Denmark. 10 øre and 2 Kr. American Issue and 5, 15 øre King Christian X tied by datestamp UMANAK 11-6-1954, red express label, and Copenhagen reception stamp on reverse 7.7.1954. Letter rate 30 øre 0-50 gram, 100 øre express fee, overfranked by 1 Kr. Although a late use, most of the high value stamps were at this time still for sale at in Greenland and frequently used for parcel cards. Philatelic usage.
GBP 1,282.00
Greenland, 1946, 8-16
Letter from Narsarssuak APO 858 on 13 May 1946 to Slagelse, Denmark. Franked with a complete set Greenland American issue cancelled with ARMY POSTAL SERVICE APO / 858 MAY 13 1946.
GBP 855.00
Slesvig, 1920, 4,6,9
Danish parcel card from Tønder 26 June 1920 to Frederikshavn, Denmark. 10, 20 and 40 øre 1. ZONE Plebiscit Slesvig tied by datestamp TØNDER (2) 26.6.1920 6-7. Parcel weighing 2,5 kg., value 30 Kr., value label ‘292 Tønder’. Parcel rate 50 øre, value fee 20 øre, total postage 70 øre, correct franking, corners with remnants from glue.
GBP 855.00
Slesvig, 1920, 20,26,27
Danish parcel card from Apenrade 11 May 1920 to Aalborg, Denmark. 5 Mark on front, on back pair 20 pf, pair 2 Mark and single 5 Mark Plebiscit Slesvig, total franking 14,40 Mark. Label ’29 / Apenrade / 38’, parcel weighing 4,5 kg. German red ‘Eilbogen-Zettel’, Danish ilpakke and ekspres labels. Parcel rate 15.3 – 20.6.1920 until 5 Kg. rated at a fee of 12 Mark, German Express fee German Reich from 6.5.20 1 Mark, total rate 13 Mark. Overfranked with 1,40 Mark, stamps with minor faults.
GBP 2,393.00
Slesvig, 1920, CIS 4,11
Registered letter from Commission Internationale Slesvig in Flensburg 17 May 1920 to Aabenraa, Denmark. 10 pf and 1 Mk. C·I·S overprint tied by datestamp FLENSBURG 17.5.20 5-6N, registration label ‘R / Flensburg 1. / No. 355’ and backstamped APENRADE 17.5.20.
GBP 1,026.00
Slesvig, 1920, 27
Part of travel pass. Stamped with the large VISA mark “Vised good for” stay and fortsat rejse in Slesvig at the border crossing Farris, 21 FEB 1920. Plebiscit SLESVIG 5 MK corrected to 8 Kr. and used as fiscal duty stamp, cancelled with oval “CIS 25 JAN 1920 SLESVIG”. Stamped with cachets from the CIS.
GBP 342.00
Slesvig, 1920
German Personalausweis Nr. 77, issued in Lüneburg 6 Mai 1921, valid until 5 Mai 1921. Issued for Anna Schuhmann, Geboren Hansen. On the back of the Reisepass, Plebiscit “Reise-Pas” issued Hamburg and stamped with the large VISA mark “Vised good for” stay in Slesvig at the border crossing Stedesand, 10. Maj 1920 and valid for stay in Slesvig until 15 Mai 1920. Pair of Plebiscit SLESVIG 5 MK used as fiscal duty stamp, cancelled with oval “CIS 10. MAJ. 1920 SLESVIG” and oval CIS Stedesand cachet.
GBP 1,709.00
Denmark, 1712
Royal letter signed by King Frederik IV, dated Haupt-Qvartier vor Stade 10 September 1712 and addressed to General and General Gouvenor Jobst von Scholten during Great Northern War (Store Nordiske Krig). The letter is written in Stade, only two days after the Swedish capitulation and Stade remained Danish until 1715.
Price on request
Faroe Islands, 1941, 6A
Cash on Demand form from Thorshavn 11 January 1941 to Vaag. Complete COD form for 186,91 DKK and franked with provisional 60/6 øre paying the 60 øre COD rate up to DKK 300 from 1.7.1920 – 30.6.1946. Arrived at Vaag 13.1.41, returned from Vaag 25.1.41 and received back in Thorshavn on 27 January. Returned to sender without being paid by addressee.
GBP 1,709.00