Denmark

4 Rigsbankskilling Ferslew plate I-41 with a superb mute-cancel strike.

Prepaid letter from Ledreborg 27 March 1812 to Lütetsburg north of Emden. Paid to Altona, with a break down of the postal rate on the flap, P. Haders ?. – 6, Pr. Hamburg ? 5-30, Pr. Grænsen 5-30, total 66 sk. paid, list no. 2-66. With a “6” marking and stamped “DANNEMARC/P·HAMBOUG”. Letter’s with a calculation of the paid postage is extremely scarce for letters abroad. Sent during the Napoleonic War.

Royal Service K.T. parcel letter from Humlebæk to Copenhagen, 11 May 1864-75. Postmarked with numeral 166, Humlebæk – who only had this postmark available.

Early letter from the British Ambassador Thomas Henshaw in Copenhagen 19 October 1672, to his friend, Robert Clayton, London’s wealthiest citizen in his time. Sent through the Danish Post Office in Hamburg, via Amsterdam and by ship to London, rated 8d in Great Britian. On arrival stamped London receiving office mark – 2 Off – in circle. Very early letter from Denmark to a foreign country.

Soldiers letter sent from “Skowerup” Skovrup located NW of Christiansfeld to Usedom, with contents dated 7. July 1848. Stamped “KONIGL.PREUSS. FELDPOST” and boxed “F.B. I. B. XII. F.R” and manuscript on reverse “Unteroff. Dahl im König. Preuss. 12. xx Infanteri-Regiment”.

10 øre red/black Svendborg local with inverted center, block of four with sheet margin, hinged with some original gum.

"Single rate letter franked with 4 sk. 1854 issue from Faaborg to Copenhagen August 4, 1857 and cancelled with numeral 15 and alongside Faaborg cds. Manuscript "9" indicating that the letter has been handed over to the post office 1-2 hours after normal opening hours and therefore a fee of 9 sk. paid. Highly unusual on stamp covers."

48 Sk. colour Essay blue/red, AFA 21F, good margins.

Prepaid letter Fredericia 10 October 1856 to Holstebro. 4 sk. 1854 dotted spandrels III printing tied by Fredericia numeral “17”. Due to the absence of Fredericia date stamp, the office line mark “Fredericia” was stamped on reverse and date added “10/10”.

Postal receipt for purchase of stamps at the Bornholm Nexø post office, issued 24 September 1919. Receipt paid with 5 øre King Christian X 5 øre, cancelled with 1-line mark “NEXØ”.

Parcel letter (Adressebrev) 8,60 kg. from Copenhagen Railroad station August 1906 to Taasinge. 10 øre red and 20 øre blue King Chr IX tied by 3-ring 'K 2' Esrom type, parcel label 'Kjøbenhavn B 539.' and backstamped 'TAASINGE 1.9.06 7-8F'. Vagn Jensen recorded from 3.3.1910 - 5.10.1916, this letter is postmarked August 1906.

Freight Bill „s/s Skjelskør” of the DAMPSKIBSELSKABET SKJELSKØR dated 21 December 1953, franked with 25 and 50 ØRE freight stamps, for 2 bags potatoes weighing 75 kg, sent from Omø to Slagelse. Rare.

Post War censored Air Mail letter from Copenhagen 3 July 1945 to Cooperstown, N.Y., USA. Routing mark 'par avion / jusqu'à N.York'. Censor's mark 'Fra Udlandskontrollen / RETUR AFSENDEREN', re-sealing tape and censor's mark '468' and backstamped 'Retur i Henhold til / indlagt Meddelelse'. Message from Udlandspostkontrollen 'Det er ikke for Tiden tilladt at afsende Forretningsbreve hvorved Handler afsluttes. Portoen for denne Forsendelse vil blive refunderet ved Henvendelse til et Postkontor. (Kuverten bedes medbragt), message offer refund of postage bringing the envelope to the post office, very unusual.

Airmail letter from Hvalsø 10 February 1942 to Narnotalik, Greenland. Routing instruction 'Greenland / (via Lissabon - New York ), German censorship and Bermuda censor resealing tape 'P.C.90 OPENED BY EXAMINER / I.C. / 1347'. 2nd letter rate 2x 20 øre plus 2x 80 øre Air Mail surcharge, total 200 øre rate.

Two 4 sk. 1858 wavy-line spandrels II printing on piece from 'Inside franking'. Letters or applications handed in to the Local Customs office for the administration, had to be franked by the public for the letter appropriate weight scale, in order for the public not to enjoy free postage. This letter will therefore have weighed between 15 and 30 grams, 2x 4 sk. letter rate postage.

4 øre and 16 øre I printing on letter to Antwerp, Belgium. Cancelled with cds 'KJØBENHAVN KB 7/9' and backstamped 'ANVERS 9 SEPT 6-7M 1875'. 20 Øre rate UPU rate from 1.7.1875.

Colour proof of 4 sk. 1854 plate IV, pos. 1-2 / 11-12, block of four without gum and burelage IIb printed in blue colour and dotted spandrels. In the Postal Museum the printing plate has empty spandrels in the lower half sheet of 50 stamps. Plate IV has been used for the last 1854 printing IV delivered from 16 June 1859. It is not known why this plate has had the spandrels removed, but perhaps experiments were made for a new design without spandrels and trials for another burelage colour since the yellow one that were used were sometimes almost invisible.

Die in black of 4 sk. 1858 wavy-line, from the same as on the larger sheet with a print on the left side a die in negative with six different samples of a new wavy-line, both vertical and horizontal, although here cut away.

Copenhagen, Telegram from Liverpool, Copenhagen 7 August 1945. Post war censor mark 'C [Crown] 8' in violet. Rare.

2 sk. stationery envelope uprated with 8 sk. bicolored III printing (one short perf) on registered foot post letter 15 October 1874, cancelled with numeral '1' and oval FP MARK and manuscript ledger no. '112' - paying 2 sk. local letter rate plus 8 sk. registration fee. A most unusual and rare local registered letter.

Postcard sent from Copenhagen to Middlesex 29 September 1936 via Berlin aboard the Hindburg “OLYMPIADEFAHRT 1936” - bearing a complete set of the Airmail stamps. The Olympic flight rarely found with Danish stamps.