Denmark

Letter from Randers 12 May 1945 to Helsingfors, Finland. Stamped on front 'Postforbindelsen ikke / aabnet. Retur Afs.' - On the 5th of May 1945 Denmark was liberated.

Fieldpost letter sent from Assens/Augustenborg 30 April 1864 to Copenhagen. 4 sk. 1863 canceled with numeral '223' alongside 'FELTPOST № 1 P1 30/4' ANT VIII-1.

Letter from Refugee Margrethe Dippe, Ollerup, Svendborg 9 January 1946 to Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland. Sent from 'Flüchtlingslager V / Ollerup / Fynen / Dänemark' and censorship handstamp '[crown] / St. c. L. / Flygtningelejren / i Ollerup / Tlf. Vester Skerningen 382' red ink.

Letter from Kolding June 1945 to Geneva, Switzerland. Stamped on front 'Postforbindelsen kun for Brevkort - RETUR AFS.' and crossed out with blue crayon - Backstamped date line mark '14 JUNI 1945', front with red line stamp '1239 - 7SEP 1945' in red, opened and closed with 'Brevåbningskontoret' red resealing label. Rare return mark, letter opnened on three sides.

Envelope from Broager 11 April 1869 to Flensburg. Three 1/3 Groschen NDP tied with upright Prussian 1-ring BROACKER 11/4 69, reception mark AUSG. 11/4 No. 2 on reverse. The rate for a single rate letter was 1 Groschen.

Prepaid letter from Copenhagen General-Post-Amt 8 April 1777 to Christiansand, Norway. On back with red wax-seal GENERAL POST AMTS SIEGEL, letter is about pension to Fräulein Cathrine Dorothea von Dumbsdorff zu Christiansand. List no. on back 30-11, paid 11 sk. for the postage. Letters to Norway as early as this is very unusual. Although sent from an Official administration, not sent as Royal Service KT, since the addressee is a private person.

Censored parcel card from Copenhagen 19 April 1945 to Røykenviken, Norway. Card checked with chemical censor and stamped red 'Zensurstelle / K Geprüft K'. Parcel weighing 2,70 kg. and franked with 180 øre.

Letter from Refugee at Dragør Refugee camp 29 April 1947 to Hamburg-Poppenbüttel, Germany. Refugee camp hand stamp red ink 'FLYGTNINGELEJR NR. 126 / DRAGØR'. rare

2 skilling 1855 pair, mint never hinged. Plate I pos. 52-53 with white line through 2 in right stamp which make it looks like an '8'.

P.O. Box 164 Viggo Beckmann, Lissabon 1 December 1944 sent to Copenhagen. Viggo Beckmann acted as undercover Post Office Box for mail being sent to Greenland and the Faroe Islands. German and chemical censorship, fragile paper and tear.

Pair 48 sk. bicoulored normal frame pos. pos. 89-90, with watermark, no gum, imperforate colour proof with right sheet margin. Very rare with full sheet margin (AFA P21B)

16 sk. bicoulored normal frame pos. A70, with watermark, no gum, imperforate colour proof with right sheet margin. Very rare with full sheet margin (AFA P20B)

Thiele 2 Rigsbankskilling type 2 disjoined foot in pair, plate I type 10 & 2, pos. 48-58 with black numeral 1 cancellation. Clearly visible disjoined foot in pair with huge margins.

Registered letter from Korsør to Copenhagen August 22, 1874 franked with strip of three 4 sk. bicoloured tied by duplex 37. 8 sk. registration fee and 4 sk. letter rate. List no. 53 and boxed Anbefalet. Fine cover

25 øre brown King Frederik IX with additional 15 øre wavy-line, printing 206. EB 131. Rare.

Airmail letter sent from Odense to Paraguay 19 November 1935 bearing 5 øre HC Andersen and three 1 kr. Airmail stamp tied by Odense CDS. This flight from Africa to South America is aboard the 2nd pendular flight. A short time in November 1935 the ship was taken ashore for repairs and flights was carried out by a Zeppeliner across the Atlantic sea.

10 øre Chr. IX postcard from Copenhagen 28 April 1916 to Reykjavik, Iceland. Sent from S/S Vesta mentioning sailing route via Scotland.

Parcel letter (Adressekort) 800 gram from Copenhagen Railroad station 21 October 1921 to Udbygade, Nørrebro, Copenhagen. Block of four 20 øre re-union, sinle and pair 5 øre King Christian X tied by 3-ring 'K 2' Esrom type alongside swiss type 'KJØBENHAVN21.10.21 6 1/4-7 E 17 *B.* ', parcel label '390 Kjøbenhavn B..'. Vagn Jensen recorded from 3.3.1910 - 5.10.1916, this letter is postmarked October 1921.

Advertising pair '10 øre green BUICK' 2nd emblem (AFA type t) on postcard from Korsør 5 March 1929 to Copenhagen.

Advertising pair '10 øre green CHEVROLET' 2nd emblem (AFA type w) on postcard from Korsør 17 February 1930 to Copenhagen.

Letter sent from Copenhagen to Barth 17 November 1862 bearing a 2 sk. 1855 and pair of 8 sk. 1858-issue, both tied by duplex “181 - SJ.JB.P.SP.B. 2 TOG” alongside boxed “Aus Dänemark” with transit marks “KDOPA Hamburg”, 2-ring “HAMBURG” and two-ring “BAHNHOF-HAGENOW” on reverse. Rare combination.