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Denmark: New Arrivals: Covers

Newly acquired items worthy of your attention. These may or may not be described with quite as much detail as usual, however, as always, your satisfaction is guaranteed. All are available for approval viewing. Scott numbers have been used unless otherwise mentioned.

The covers in this section are generally in date order, thus airmails and other types of covers are mixed in by date. Be sure to carefully review all the listings. Please also see the full Danish Covers listings.

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235918

J15 [1922 10 øre Green Postage Due] (VF) tied by 26 July 1922 KJØBENHAVN cancellation on 24 July picture post card posted aboard the Swedish naval ship H.M.S. SVERIGE (apparently near Båstad, Sweden, at the time). There appears to have been a stamp affixed and canceled at lower right, but it must have quickly come off; there is a Swedish octagonal-boxed "T." handstamp, a blue manuscript Danish "10", and the Danish postage due stamp. If there had been a stamp that had fallen off, this should not have been rated as postage due.

39.00

235919

J15 [1922 10 øre Green Postage Due] (F-VF) tied by 25 September 1923 "KJØBENHAVN N." cancellation on 24 September (nice Swedish text-machine Gothenburg Exposition cancellation) underpaid envelope franked with 15 öre Sweden Scott #167 (or maybe 189?? Ha!). Swedish boxed "T 10 õre" (somewhat unusual) handstamp, blue manuscript Danish "10", and the Danish postage due stamp. The correct postage rate was 20 öre, thus the shortage was doubled. There was no return address, thus it could not be returned to sender for additional payment.

35.00

235920

J15 [1922 10 øre Green Postage Due] (Fine+) tied by 10 November 1922 "KJØBENHAVN K. / 5" cancellation on 9 November underpaid Swedish 10 öre postal card from BORÅS (an order to a stamp dealer). Swedish rounded-box "T" handstamp, blue manuscript Danish "10", and the Danish postage due stamp. The correct postage rate was 15 öre, thus the shortage was doubled.

44.00

235921

J17 [1921 20 øre Greenish Blue Postage Due] (Fine) tied by 24 August 1927 ODENSE cancellation on 22 August underpaid envelope from Germany, franked with 15 pf (stamps worn). German boxed "T......" handstamp with "20-" written in, blue manuscript Danish "20", and the Danish postage due stamp.

39.00

235922

J18 [1930 20 øre Gray Postage Due] (VF) tied by 31 August 1932 KØGE cancellation on 31 July seemingly unpaid (a stamp could have fallen off) picture post card (Kärnan tower in Hälsingborg, Sweden). No Swedish postage due markings, thus was probably mailed on the ferry or train between Hälsingborg, Sweden, and Helsingør, Denmark. Blue manuscript Danish "20 T", and the Danish postage due stamp.

39.00

235923

Denmark #70 pair [1905 5 øre Christian IX] (F-VF) on 14 June 1906 SPLIT-BACK picture post card (København City Hall Plaza) from LINDERSKOV to the U.S. The post card rate to the U.S. was 10 øre, however, split-back post cards (or any message on the address side) was not approved by the UPU between most countries until 1 October 1907. (Such cards with the proper 20 øre franking are actually scarce.) Danish rounded-box (wider than tall) "T." and double-lined octagonal-box "12 1/2 cts." [UPU gold centimes special "currency" for calculating postal rate interchange] handstamps. "NEW YORK / F / DUE 5 CENTS" machine postmark. U.S. pre-canceled (as typical) 5 cent postage due stamp applied at Omaha, Nebraska. A very nice example.

35.00

235924

J33 [1934 20 øre Gray Engraved Postage Due] (VF) tied by FARUM cancellation on 4 February 1943 underpaid business envelope bearing #230 Type II from "KØBENHAVN OMK. 22". The sender accidentally paid the local rate instead of the inland rate, resulting in a due amount (20) of double the shortage (10). A postal carrier notation on the reverse indicates that the recipient (at a bank) refused delivery. The postage due stamp was likely canceled at the time the carrier prepared it for delivery but the amount was not collected from the recipient -- it was returned to sender; I am not sure if the sender became liable for the shortage.

28.00

235925

J32 Dark Violet [1934 15 øre Engraved Postage Due] (VF) tied by "KØBENHAVN F." cancellation on 17 July 1942 BUSINESS REPLY MAIL post card (permit #13) from VORDINGBORG.

18.00

235926

J38 [1934 15/12 øre Surcharged Wavy-Line Postage Due] (VF) tied by "KØBENHAVN S. / 4" cancellation on 18 January 1936 BUSINESS REPLY MAIL envelope (American Tobacco Co. A/S) from HILLERØD with hand cancel.

26.00

235927

26.00

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235928

26.00

235929

J38 [1934 15/12 øre Surcharged Wavy-Line Postage Due] (VF) tied by "KØBENHAVN S. / 3" cancellation on 10 January 1936 BUSINESS REPLY MAIL envelope (American Tobacco Co. A/S) from AABENRAA with machine cancel.

26.00

235930

J38 [1934 15/12 øre Surcharged Wavy-Line Postage Due] (VF) tied by "KØBENHAVN S. / 4" cancellation on 13 January 1936 BUSINESS REPLY MAIL envelope (American Tobacco Co. A/S) from AARHUS with machine cancel.

26.00

235931

26.00

235932

Postage Due METER in green (PB 2929) 120 øre 17 April 1979 "KØBENHAVN V" on 13 April BUSINESS REPLY MAIL envelope (Cyclefabriken Sport, permit #418) from RØNNE (island of Bornholm) with pictorial bee "HUSK POSTNUMMER" (use post number) machine cancellation. Metered postage due covers tended not to be saved and thus are scarce.

14.00

235933

J34 [1934 25 øre Blue Engraved Postage Due] (VF) tied by 15 May 1951 "TRANEBJÆRG / SAMSØ" cancellation on 15 May 1951 UNFRANKED envelope with sender endorsement "Postbesørges ufrankeret" (mailed without postage) from "NORDBY SAMSØ". Adressed to Politikontoret (police station) in Tranebjærg. Though it is not well documented in the literature, mail from citizens to government offices could be sent unfranked. This is the only example of such mail that I can recall having in 38 years. Postal history from the small island of Samsø is avidly collected. Unusual!

30.00

235934

J30 3-strip, J33 4-strip [10 and 20 øre Engraved Postage Due] (VF) on 24 July 1944 "Debetseddel" receipt for for bulk payment of postage due. ROSKILDE cancellations. Paid by the police station; mail to government offices could be sent without payment of postage, but the post office collected from the government office. During German occupation period. Unusual!

28.00

235935

J27, J32 Dark Violet pair, J37 [5 and 15 øre, 1 kr Engraved Postage Due] (VF) on 24 August 1947 "Debetseddel" receipt for for bulk payment of postage due. ROSKILDE cancellations. Paid by the police station; mail to government offices could be sent without payment of postage, but the post office collected from the government office. Unusual!

28.00

235911

Iceland #112 [1922 5 aur Olive Green Christian X] and Denmark #94 [1921 10 øre Green Wavy-Line] (F-VF) on ICELANDIC - DANISH - NORWEGIAN TRIPLE COUNTRY cover hand canceled on 17 June 1929 at BERGEN and with black Bergen "Paquebot" handstamp, to København, Denmark. The sender may have been confused about what stamps were required or perhaps simply used whatever stamps were at hand. I have never before in 38 years had such a use. Spectacular!

225.00

235912

Denmark #192 [1927 15 øre Typographed Caravel] (VF, cover creased through stamp) on beautiful 10 June 1929 shipmail cover TO ICELAND, posted at sea. Upon arrival at Reykjavik, it received a black boxed "Skipsbrief" (ship letter) handstamp and was machine canceled. Very attractive Danish hotel illustrated advertising cover. Non-philatelic uses of this handstamp are quite unusual as are Icelandic-canceled foreign stamps.

180.00

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234900

286B [1945 Christian X 50 øre] (VF) on 1949 DKK 18.40 money order payment form from JEBJERG to SKIVE. The payment was either not deliverable or not accepted by the recipient, and returned to sender. Nice solo use for payments up to 25 kroner between 1 July 1946 and 31 May 1950.

10.00

234901

62, 64 [1912 10 and 20 øre Numeral and Wavy-Lines, Typographed with Crown Watermark] (F-VF) on 6 September 1912 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 4 kg parcel from AARHUS to København. A bit creased, but typical for such items.

14.00

234902

63, 74 x2 [1905 15 øre Numeral and Wavy-Lines, Typographed with Crown Watermark; 1907 20 øre Frederik VIII] (F-VF, Fine) on 28 September 1908 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for an 11 kg parcel from NØRRE SUNDBY to København. A bit creased, but typical for such items.

8.00

234903

63, 74 4-strip [1905 15 øre Numeral and Wavy-Lines, Typographed with Crown Watermark; 1907 20 øre Frederik VIII] (Fine) on 30 April 1909 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 19 kg parcel from RØNNE (on the island of Bornholm) to København. A bit creased, but typical for such items. Bornholm postal history is much sought after.

16.00

234904

72, 75 [1907 5 and 25 øre Frederik VIII] (F-VF) on 4 April 1910 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 10 kg parcel from RØNNE (on the island of Bornholm) to København. Very attractive. Bornholm postal history is much sought after.

20.00

234905

74 [1907 20 øre Frederik VIII] (VF) on 31 August 1911 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 4 kg parcel from RØNNE (on the island of Bornholm) to København. Bornholm postal history is much sought after.

14.00

234906

74 [1907 20 øre Frederik VIII] (Fine) on 20 June 1910 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 4 kg parcel from RØNNE (on the island of Bornholm) to København. Bornholm postal history is much sought after.

12.00

234907

74 [1907 20 øre Frederik VIII] (Ave) on October 1909 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 2 kg parcel from RØNNE, with faint cancel, (on the island of Bornholm) to København. Bornholm postal history is much sought after.

6.00

234908

97 4-strip [1913 5 øre Christian X] (F-VF) on 15 March 1917 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 1 kg parcel from NIVAA to København. Minor aging, but very attractive.

10.00

234909

103 [1913 20 øre Blue Christian X] (VF) on 17 March 1915 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 2.5 kg parcel from VIBORG, with Superb cancel, to København. Sent between Customs offices.

12.00

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234910

103 [1913 20 øre Blue Christian X] (Fine) on March 1916 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 2.5 kg parcel from KJERTEMINDE to København.

6.00

234911

103 x2 [1913 20 øre Blue Christian X] (Fine) on ca.1919 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 3 kg parcel from HUMLEBÆK to København. Scarce hand-stamped parcel label; creased and worn, but scarce label. Cancel date not clear but the rate did not start until 1 January 1919.

8.00

234912

120 [1913 50 øre Wine-Red Christian X] (F-VF, discolored spot due to handling in the mails) correct solo use on 16 February 1919 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 3 kg parcel from "KØBENHAVN 3" to Kjertminde. This solo use is somewhat scarce because this 3 kg postal rate did not start until 1 January 1919, but was again increased on 5 October 1919, however, this Wine-Red 50 øre was replaced with the Wine-Red and Black bicolored 50 øre on 2 January 1919! This stamp is generally quite scarce on cover.

40.00

234913

120 and 100 [1913 50 øre Wine-Red and 10 øre Christian X] (F-VF) on 1 July 1918 "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 5 kg parcel from "KØBENHAVN 5" to Ærøeskjøbing. The postal rate for a 5 kg parcel was 35; though this adressebrev does not bear any notations in this regard, it must have been a COD (cash on delivery; postopkrævning) parcel with 10-50 kroner payment due, which would explain the other 25 øre franking. The 50 øre stamp is quite scarce on cover.

45.00

234914

132 pair, 103, and 114 pair [1913 1 kr Engraved, 20 øre Blue, and 35 øre Orange Christian X] (F-VF, VF) on 12 December 1916 INSURED money letter "Adressebrev" parcel letter form (to accompany parcels in the mail) for a 4.57 kg parcel from "KØBENHAVN 1 (2)" to Nyborg. The violet parcel label denotes an insured money letter: in this case containing 50,000 kroner in currency! The 2.90 kr franking consists of: 30 øre parcel to 5 kg, 15 øre for the first 1000 kr of value and 49x 5 øre for each additional 1000 kr. Both the 35 øre and 1 kroner stamps are scarce on cover. Very fresh and attractive, but with a tear at left well away from the stamps (it has been gently closed, but an expert restorer could likely almost make disappear). Very colorful!

45.00

234915

Denmark #506 pair, 544 x2 [1976 10 kr Arms; 1977 100 øre Brown Queen Type I] (VF) on 29 August 1978 parcel card from "KØBENHAVN N / 1" to DUNDAS, GREENLAND (as usual, no Greenland receiving marks). Modern Danish parcel cards to Greenland are seldom offered (they were supposed to be retained by the post office for a few years and then the stamps torn off and sold as kiloware).

10.00

233868

4 Orange Brown [1854 4 Skilling, Dotted Spandrels] (VF) on 29 April 1856 folded cover with full contents, from NESTVED to København with VF+ #44 numeral cancel.

24.00

233866

4 Pale Brown [1854 4 Skilling, Dotted Spandrels] (VF) on 2 July 1857 HELSINGØR, with faint #24 numeral cancel, to København folded cover, with full contents, on bright grass green paper. Archival fold through stamp, but colored lettersheets are quite scarce. Very pretty!

30.00

233872

13 [1864 4 Skilling Arms] (VF), very interesting variety with severely eroded frame lines, 3 November 1869 folded cover (without contents) with Superb #65 numeral cancel and Superb SLAGELSE sans-serif side cancel, to Præsto. On reverse NESTVED transit and PRÆSTO year-dated receiver. An unusually attractive cover.

40.00

233874

13 [1864 4 Skilling Arms] (Ave) on ca.1869 envelope from VORDINGBORG with #78 numeral cancel to København.

9.00

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233871

13 [1864 4 Skilling Arms] (VF) on ca.1870 folded cover (without contents) with blurred numeral cancel, but "JYDSEK JB P.B. / 2 TOG" railway side cancellation, and ODENSE receiver on reverse.

12.00

233879

31b [1875 20 øre Bicolor, Print I, Thick Inverted Frame] (Average, tiny tear) solo use on ca.1875-76 to the U.S., addressed to a ship fireman (boiler tender) at the Sailors Home in New York. Nice "KBHVN:NØRREBRO lapidar-style cancellations (Skilling page 147; DKK 100, fairly scarce for a København postmark). Skilling indicates recorded postmark use of 11 February 1876 through 12 November 1879. There is no year-dated postmark, but there is a 1876 docketing., which may or may not be contemporaneous. The postmark is 7 December, thus if this is 1875 (which it could be), it extends the use period. AFA 2010 value for the most common inverted frame printing on cover is DKK 1600 = $290 [1/2010] for the most common use, which would be to Germany. Use to the U.S. is much scarcer. Very interesting cover at a very low price.

95.00

233880

1880s 8 öre postal stationery envelope with "J.M." PERFIN of the J. Moresco company, and with company return address. Used from KJØBENHAVN to Roeskilde, with receiver; all lapidar-style postmarks. In the world of philately, perfined postal stationery is a rare occurrence. While this particular item is not "rare", examples in such nice quality are seldom offered!

75.00

233875

26 [4 øre Perf 14 Bicolor] (VF) on 17 August 1886 (dated contents) PRINTED MATTER folded letter from "KIØBENHAVN Ø" to Skjelskor. Very neat and attractive; excellent quality for printed matter. It can be hard to find year-dated uses, especially of printed matter.

24.00

233878

26 [4 øre Bicolor Perf 14] (F-VF) FIVE-STRIP from positions B41-45 from Printings 40, 41, 42, or 44. 9 November 1887 cover from FAABORG with Lapidar-style cancels, to Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, U.S., with backstamps. While five examples on cover is not very scarce, it is quite unusual to find an intact 5-strip!

75.00

233882

"RONNE / 2 POST" (Skilling #5) Bornholm Island receiving postmark on 23 February 1892 4 øre postal stationery envelope that is missing a stamp, from Kjøbenhavn. Interesting early stamp club correspondence from the Kjøbehavns Philatelistclub! Skilling indicates that this postmark is quite scarce; though the front is not nice, the backside can be nicely shown in a Bornholm postmark collection.

6.00

233881

45 or 45a [1895 or 1902 10 øre Arms] (VF) on unusual picture post card to Italy. No date, however since the card back is not divided, the card likely dates from before 1907 and probably before 1901. Worn corners on the card, but it is a very unusual style and color of card from Denmark. Unusual destination for this time period.

5.00

233883

159 [1921 10 øre Green Kronborg Castle] (F-VF) solo use on 30 July 1921 local rate commercial cover (insurance) addressed to a stamp dealer, used from "KØBENHAVN 9" to "K" with machine cancel.

12.00

233895

RE59 3-strip with margin tab on very attractive 16 November 1933 cover to Norway. Examples of any of the Benzon advertising label designs are rarely seen on cover and especially not this nice looking. Covers leaving Denmark are very scarce.

350.00

233888

224, 230, 238C 4-block [5 øre Wine Red and 10 øre Violet Engraved Wavy-Line / Numeral, 20 øre Type II Engraved Caravel] (VF) on 10 øre Wavy-Line/Numeral Postal Card used 29 June 1940 from LANGESØ and also postmark in KØBENHAVN, to the U.S., by airmail with correct 105 øre franking. Nazi-German censorship handstamp applied in København. Message in Danish. Such uses are unusual.

50.00

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233893

281, 285a [1942 15 øre Green and 1945 35 øre ANILINE ROSE Christian X] (VF) on 6 June 1946 registered cover from RINGSTED to SÖDERBYKARL, SWEDEN, with backstamp. The Aniline Rose 35 øre is quite scarce on cover.

30.00

233891

282 [1942 20 øre Christian X] (VF) on Superb 9 July 1947 cover from KØNBEHAVN with VF machine cancellation, to Sweden. Unusually nice quality.

8.00

233887

333 non-fluor [12 øre Engraved Wavy-Line / Numeral] (VF) solo use on 14 September 1955 printed matter cover from ØRBÆK to Soborg.

8.00

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