Danish West Indies

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.

Entire sent from St. Thomas to New York 1862, charged 5 cents stamped with 1-ring “5”.

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.

King Christian IX, imperforate colour essay, light blue colour with wide margins, with gum. Considered to be the work of Alfred Jacobsen.

Letter from Curaçao 19 July 1873 via St. Thomas to Havana, Cuba. Sent through the St. Thomas French Post Office, Caribbean 60c rate paid with two 30 C REPUB FRANC, tied by lozenge of dots and anchor, boxed PP (port partial), and the extremely rare consular St. Thomas octagonal ST. THOMAS 3 AOUT 73 and oval NA1 at Havana for mail arriving from Area de Norteamérica.

12 cents bicoloured INVERTED frame. Imperforate proof without watermark and gum. Small thin, rare.

5 BIT King Christian IX, imperforate trial colour proof ultramarine/black, glued on thick gray carton from “GRAVIERABTEILUNG - REICHSDRUCKERIE”. Great rarity and apparently only one other with red frame known from Reichsdruckerei.

Envelope sent from Frederiksted 5. September 1906 to New York, USA. Franked with pair 10 BIT and 20 BIT King Christian IX issued tied by CDS “FREDERIKSTED 5/9 1906”, paying the 40 BIT UPU rate 15.9.1905 – 31.12.1909. Routing instruction “Pr. Trinidad”.

4 Cents bicolored I printing, mint never hinged block of 4 with right sheet margin.

"Commercial letter from St. Thomas to Marseille 2 October 1905 bearing 40 BIT King Christian IX tied by "ST. THOMAS 1 10 1905" CDS. Correct franking with 40 BIT rate to UPU countries. Manuscript endorsed "Pr. S/S St. Thomas". "

Printed matter postcard from Frederiksted 29 February 1912 to Gand, Belgium. 5 BIT green/green King Frederik VIII tied by FREDERIKSTED 29/2 1912 LAP2 and Gand 18/3 receiving mark struck on front. Printed matter rate 15.7.1905 – 31.3.1917.

Dated St. Croix 10 March 1837 to Toronto, Upper Canada. Transit “NEW-YORK / APL / 8” and red straight line “SHIP” in red struck on front and carried to exchange point Queenston north of Niagara Falls, NY and struck “QUEENSTON AP 14 1837” in greenish blue ink. Charged “27” cents in red ink, with 2¢ ship charge and 25¢ US charge, total 27US¢ due = Canadian 1/4½ shilling, plus 7d Canadian charge = 1/11½ Canadian due by addressee. From the content a mention of local mail coach service. The brig arrived in Bassin yesterday & the letters due brought over by the stage coach today, you must know that we have a regular stage every day between the two towns.

Privately conveyed entire St. Croix 26 June 1816 to Copenhagen, Denmark. British Packet’s resumed service from St. Thomas in early 1817, this letter sent with Mm. Mothy and endorsed ‘Mm. Mothy’. She was accompanying three children back to Denmark onboard of the ship ‘Europa’ under the command of Capt. Bödker. Any letter’s from DWI to Denmark prior to 1840’ies is almost unrecorded.

Bookpost letter (printed matter) from St. Thomas 6. October 1883 to St. Louis, USA. Pair of 1 cent bicolored IV printing pos. 77-78 (1880), cancelled with cds ‘ST. THOMAS 6/10 1883’ ANT 3 wide ‘O’, noted ‘pr. Bookpost’ = printed matter UPU rate 2¢ 2.4.1878 – 31.12.1901, routing instruction ‘French Mail via Havana’, minor signs of wear. A scarce postal rate with the bicolored issues.

Letter from St. Thomas 19 January 1903 to Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Provisional Copenhagen overprint ‘8 Cents 1902’ on 10¢ bicolored tied by CDS ‘ST. THOMAS 19/1 1903’. UPU letter rate 8¢ from 1.1.1902 – 14.07.1905.

Mourning envelope from St. Thomas 30 August 1888 to Colchester, England. 10¢ bicolored IV printing cancelled with cds ‘ST: THOMAS 30/8 1888’ LAP1 and receiving cds ‘COLCHESTER SP15 88’ on reverse.

Complete set of King Christian X bicolored issue in pairs on small cuts, all tied by datestamp “ST. THOMAS 13.3.1917”. Complete sets larger than single stamps in used condition are extremely rare.

Postcard posted at a ship in St. Thomas 7 October 1908 to Paris, France via San Juan, Puerto Rico. King Frederik VIII 10 BIT tied by straight line ‘Ship’s Letter’ alongside cds ‘SAN JUAN, P.R. TRANSIT / OCT 7 1908’. A most unusual cancellation on a DWI postcard/letter.

Local letter from Kingshill 6 October 1911 to St. Thomas. 10 BIT King Frederik VIII cancelled with cds ‘KINGSHILL 6/10 1911’ LAP1 type, transit cds ‘CHRISTIANSTED 9/10 1912’ and receiving cds ‘ST. THOMAS 10/10 1911’ on reverse. Domestic letter rate 10 BIT from 15.6.1905 – 31.3.1917, correct postage.

Registered letter from St. Thomas 22 February 1914 to Copenhagen, Denmark. King Frederik VIII 25 and 40 BIT tied by cds ‘ST. THOMAS 20/2 1914’ alongside boxed registration mark ‘ST. THOMAS / R / 2269’. UPU 2nd rate 40 BIT plus 25 BIT registration fee, correct franking. Fine and excellent quality.

2 CENTS single postal card sent from St. Thomas to Port of Spain, Trinidad. 2 CENTS with 5 text lines (PC4A4a – FG3Ha) with 1st text line ”ENPOS” blurred, imprint type 3. Cancelled with cds ‘ST. THOMAS 19/2 1902’ and receiving ‘PORT·OF·SPAIN TRINIDAD / MR 5 1902’. Adressed to Kapitän von sms ”VINETA”. UPU postcard rate 2¢ from 1.1.1902 – 1.4.1917.