2¢ ultramarine shade stationery envelope sent from St. Thomas 21 July 1879 to Portland, USA. With watermark IA, thin paper and ungummed flap. Carried onbard Brazil Lin’es COLORADO, first of three charters replacing regular sailings of USBMSC CITY ships. Small stain at top right outside the imprint. Eight 2¢ ultramarine stationery envelopes in used condition are recorded.

10 aur Printed Matter sent from Reykjavik to New York December 1925 posted aboard a ship in Reykjavik going to Aberdeen and there cancelled with the boxed “SHIP LETTER” alongside two-ring “ABERDEEN 2 – 27.DE.25”. Correctly franked with 10 aur.

Kongelig Tjeneste med Attest, HASTER, fra Københavns Amt 26 Marts 1848, til Roskilde. Indhold vedørende manglende fremmøde, formentlig vedr. indkaldelse til militær tjeneste. På forsiden påtegnet “K. T. / m.a. / Haster”, og forseglet med 3 laksegl som sjældent ses på tjenestebreve fra denne periode. Fra Napoleonstiden forsynedes breve med 3 laksegl og var dermed berettiget til særlig hurtig transport. Den 23. marts 1848 udråbte tyske embedsmænd, officerer og borgere en provisorisk slesvig-holstensk regering i Kiel.

Royal Service letter from Sonderburg 16 November 1738 to Husum with Sonderborg city wax seal. Front with Royal insignia - C6tus Königl. Commission Affairer ·/· and noted – ohne Attest – and crossed out; Königl. Commission Affairer. It is thought, that Husum sent a letter so that Sonderburg had to pay postage since Sonderburg is writing the following inside the letter; 6-tus setzen zu lassen, damit es an porto keine Kostern verursachen möge. Likely only recorded with reference to Royal Insignia letter was not charged. Illustrated in ARGE SCH 163.VII-VIII.

13 sk. letter sent from Odense to Amsterdam 26 October 1872 bearing a 3-strip 3 sk. and a 4 sk. bicoloured issue tied by railroad duplex mark “10” Fyen Jb.P.B.” and Amsterdam 12.10 arrival mark on reverse.

Postcard sent from Reykjavik to Gent in Belgium 5 August 1902, bearing a 4 aur 1900 and pair of 3 aur 1901, making up the 10 aur UPU postcard rate. Transit mark CDS “TROON 330 - C 13 AU 02” alongside boxed “SHIP LETTER - TROON” alongside and Gand receiving mark on front. Scarce combination.

Letter sent from US First Marine Brigade to San Fernando, CA 19 JAN 1942. Stamped by rectangular “Marine's Mail - CG 1st MarBrig (Provisional)” in greenish blue, alongside “Passed by Naval Censor” in same colour.

20 aur light violet I printing 1876 cancelled with Bær antiqua mark. A fantastic well preserved color. Exhibition item.

6 aur Í GILDI ’02-’03 RED overprint on IV. printing, smudgy grey. Hinged, very fine centering. Excellent copy.

Rural carrier mail sent from Dalby Præstgaard Kerteminde to Copenhagen 28 November 1874 and boxed in manuscript on front “Betalt 4S frimærke”, franked with 4 sk. tied by numeral 33 alongside Kerteminde CDS 23/11. A rather unique endorsement on reverse “Afsendt 28 Novbr. 74 kl. 1 eftermidg. Fra Pastor P. Raae Dalby Præstgaard pr. kjerteminde”.

"6 aur grey perf. 12 3/4 with SON "REYKJAVIK 17.5.97" CDS. "

Letter sent from Iceland, stamped Reykjavik 29 September (1893) to Vejle, Denmark. The adhesive has gone missing enroute to Denmark, then noted in blue crayon with a cross “mgl” meaning missing/mangler with Copenhagen transit mark and Vejle receiving mark on reverse. Charged 30 øre by the addresse, which likely is the 30 aur 2nd letter rate, some restoration to preserve an unusual letter from Iceland.

PRINTED MATTER envelope St. Thomas 7 February 1905 to Utrecht, The Netherland. 1¢ Coat-of-Arms issue (AFA 16) tied with “UTRECHT 24 FEB 05” receiving mark on reverse. In this form as an envelope sent as printed matter is extremely rare. Rate 1¢ from 1.1.1902 – 14.7.1905.

Letter docketed Ballum, postmarked Ballum September 1862 sent to Ebeltoft v/Grenaae. 4 sk. V printing tied by numeral Ballum “161” and date-stamp “BALLUM 1x/9 1862” and transit mark “GRENAAE 16/9 1862”, on reverse “AABENRAA 14/9 4-6 EF”.

4 (sk.) stationery envelope sent from Copenhagen to Dresden on 19.10 (after 1875) uprated with 4 sk. bicolored issue tied by CDS “KJØBENHAVN KB 19/10 2-3”. Stationery envelope without watermark.

Double weight letter sent from Roeskilde 2 April 1863 to Copenhagen. Postage 8 sk. 1-2 lod, paid with 8 sk. 1857 dotted spandrels tied with numeral 58 and datestamp ANTIII ROESKILDE 2/4 1863. A most fresh and well preserved letter.

Letter from Herning 12 October 1855 to Copenhagen. Postage 4 sk. rate franked with 4 sk. 1854 I. printing dotted spandrels. Numeral 84 and datestamp HERNING 12.10.1855. Superb condition.

Insured letter with 600 kr. sent from Thorshavn 23 January 1941 to Tveraa. Provisional issue 60/6 and 10+5 øre Queen Aleksandrine tied with THORSHAVN 23.4.1941 16-17, value label “V Thorshavn 018”. Letter sent from Folmer Østergaaard with salary payment to construction workers. 20 øre letter rate plus 50 øre insured fee up to 1000 kr.

Air mail letter sent from Copenhagen to Brazil 15 June 1936 bearing HC Andersen 30 øre 3-strip and pair 2 Kr. King Chr. X tied by CDS “KØBENHAVN 12 - 15.6.36” and front stamped with red “DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST - EUROPA-SÜDAMERIKA”. Letter rate 30 øre 0-20 gram, plus 2x 230 øre airmail surcharge each 5 gr (5-10 gram), correct franking of 490 øre.

Registered letter sent from “Commission Internationale Slesvig” in Flensburg 21 April 1920 to Næstved and franked with 75 pf overprinted CIS. Letter rate 30 pf and registration fee 30 pf, total franked 60 pf, apparantly overfranked by 15 pf.

Letter sent from Aarhus 2 February 1942 to Max Andersen, a Danish slave labourer in Germany at the camp “Lager zur Hochbrücke Kiel-Wik under control of “Marinebauamt”, but then returned to sender with the message that he has left the camp. A rare example showing that Germany also used a lot of Danish slave labourers.