Denmark

Letter from an Austrian refugee, Josef Ulm, sent from the Austrian Refugee Camp Tarp, Esbjerg to Christiansminde, Svenborg on 3 April 1946, returned to Esbjerg witih backstamped message 'moved, where not known' - with scarce label affixed 'Kun gyldig i Danmark / Interneret Post-forsendelse / Portofri' - tied by postmark.

Unpaid parcel letter from Copenhagen 6 November 1879 to Frankurt a/m, Germany. Parcel registration label 'Fra Kbh. Pakke. 679' and cds 'KJØBENHAVN PP 6/11', Slesvig border transit mark boxed 'Aus /über) Dänemark / via Hamburg 2 / Porto von Woyens'. Charged '100' in blue crayon, backstamped Hamburg 7/11 and Frankfurt a/m 8/11 79. Rare sealing label in blue on back ' ·KONGL.BREVPOSTKONTOR / KIØBENHAVN.' with crown and posthorn in the seal.

Parcel letter from Copenhagen 13 August 1871 to Potsdam, Germany. Hand stamp 'KIØBENHAVN 13/8' and parcel registration label 'Fra Kbh. Pakkep. 548' and Slesvig transit Train Post Office TPO boxed 'Aus (über) Dänemark / via Woÿens.' and 'Auslagen' in red. Blue crayon '4/6' 4 Sgr. (4 sk. per pound, but minimum 16 sk.) Danish share and 6 Sgr. German share (Rayon IV 8-120 mil) 4 Sgr. pr. 2 pound but minimum 6 Sgr., total charge 0f 10 Sgr. '10' blue ink.

Postcard from Soldiers dated Gudumholm, 28 November 1915 to Aurillac, France. Photocard with soldier friends, sent to prisoner 'Soldat Christian Birch de Apenrade, 6'/86' Nr. 4618, Depôt spécial de Prisoniers de Gùerre, Aurillac, Cantal, France'. Censored and hand stamp 2-ring oval cachet ' Depôt spécial de Prisoniers de Gùerre / VISE / AURILLAC '.

Part of inquiry from Ribe/Hvidding 22 July to Lügumkloster and replied. DR 20 pfenning blue stamp cancelled with superbly applied RER I-o stamped 'LÜGUMKLOSTER 23/7 88 4-5N' and also office mark 'POST-AMT Lügumkloster / EING 23/7 No. ' Rare.

4 øre blue wavy-line wrapper from Vallekilde 26 February 1909 to Åbenrå, Nordschlesvig. Uprated with 2 øre red wavy-line, 5 øre and pair 10 øre King Frederik VIII. Canceled with starcancel 'VALLEKILDE' alongside swiss type 'HØRVE 26.2.09 3-6E. Printed matter, 6th rate 250-300 gram, 30 øre 1.4.1879 - 30.6.1920, overfranked with 1 øre.

Wrapper 5 øre green King Christian X sent from Fredericia 7 August 1919 to Aarhus. Uprated with 2 øre wavy-line and canceled with 2-line mark 'Dansk / Købestævne.', rare.

Censored letter from Copenhagen 22 May 1946 to M-Gladbach, English Zone, Germany. Censored, resealed and censor's numeral mark '660 DANMARK', returned and stamped 'Fra Udlandspostkontrollen / retur Afsenderen', backstamped 'Retur i Henhold til / indlagte Meddelse' - message 'Det er indtil videre ikke tilladt at forsende til Tyskland: Fotografier..., Skakopgaver (Chess, cris-cross), seals, notes, stenografi, stamps and nodes, K-B 26'. Rare label.

Opened letter, likely containing a printed message, sent from Copenhagen December 1942 to Upsala, Sweden. Christmas Seal 1942 (Princess Margrethe of Denmark) with 20 øre caravel issue paying the 20 øre Nordic rate. Censored and stamped red censor mark 'Post- og Telegravæsenet / [Crown] / i Danmark' and 'Fra Udlandspostkontrollen / Retur Afsenderen' with message inside underlined 'Tryksager..... (kan kun sendes i Forretningsøjemed', a rare printed message from Udlandspostkontrollen, formular 'Udlpktr. 16 (1-42)'.

70 øre 'Postemblem' single franking on value letter from Stockholm 22 June 1942 to Aarhus, Denmark. Swedish exchange control, resealed and with two red wax seal 'PCA 1' by Stockholm Registration office and stamped 'Granskad enligt. Kungl. Maj:ts förordnande'. In Aarhus opened and resealed by 'AARHUS TOLDSTED' and danish censor mark 'Post- og Telegrafvæsenet [crown] i Danmark'. Rare

Airmail letter from Christiansfeld 20 January 1943 to Umanak, Greenland. Routing instruction 'Greenland / (via Lissabon - New York ), German censorship and Bermuda censor resealing tape 'P.C.90 OPENED BY EXAMINER / I.C. / 1347'. Letter rate 20 øre plus 80 øre Air Mail surcharge.

Danish Red Cross 'Deamndeur' form dated 25 October 1941 from Maribo to London, England. Message sent out by Red Cross in London to the addressee, Iris Sparrow.

HOLTE 2 sk. green LAND-POST 1872, with colour proofs of 2 in red, blue and black. RARE set.

Copenhagen, Telegram from Great Britain, Copenhagen 24 June 1945. Post war censor mark 'C [Crown] 8' in violet. Rare.

'frit' noted letter originally franked with 4 sk. bicolored Ib printing (1870) cancelled with numeral '89' Marstal and datestamp 'MARSTAL 24/2 1871'. Due to the 'frit' manuscript in lower left corner, the letter was subject to full unpaid rate of 6 sk. Thus, when bringing the letter to the counter af the post office, the clerk noted the franco marking, and sender was obliged to pay the missing 2 sk. - and then an additional stamp of 2 sk. lineperforation 12 1/2 1864-issue added. An extremely rare postal history item.

70 ØRE King Christian X bicolored issue, imperforate colour proof. Rare

'Kriegsgefangenenpost / Rückantwortbrief' written by Stella Skov in Copenhagen on 20 March 1945 to her husband Hans Skov, prisoner no. '309020'. Stamped in red 'Interneret Post', 'Retur' and 'Overflyttet til Frøslev' and dateline mark '22. MRTS.1945'. Hans Skov was arrested on 19 September 1944 and sent to Buchelwald the same date, and transferred to Frøslevlejren 10 April 1945 from KZ Buchenwald. He was arrested with reason for 'Aktion politi'.

Feldpost card from Tondern 13 October 1917 to Berlin. Censored boxed 'Geprüft / 5. Mar.-Luftschiff-Trupp' and circular 'Kaiserliche Marine / Postprüfung / V. Marine- Luftschiff-Trupp Tondern' both in red ink.

Letter from FIELD POST OFFICE 504 9 December 1945 to Copenhagen, sent by Tove Rasmussen, UNRRA-Team 89, 30th Corps-Distr. HG, B.O.A.R., Germany.

5 øre King Christian X, soldierstamp overprint SF. Complete corner sheet marign, printing number No. 114-O (AFA 3.000)

Letter from Svendborg 7 June 1858 to the small island Lyø just outside Faaborg. 4 Sk. 1854 cancelled with numeral '70' Svendborg, backstamped with straightline mark 'SVENDBORG' LIN-2, and manuscript '7/6 1858'. Only recorded example of this 1-line mark.