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 thefull Danish Covers listings.
C1-3 [10, 15, 25 øre 1925 airmails] (VF, F-VF) on 17 November 1926 airmail cover from KJØBENHAVN to Germany. The used stamps alone would sell for $197 (9/08) off cover! Very attractive!
230.00
232187
C2 4-BLOCK, #113 x3 [15 øre 1926 Airmail; 30 øre 1925 Blue Christian X] (block F-VF/Fine, lower left stamp with sealed tear; other stamps F-VF) on 13 September 1926 large piece of cover from "KØBENHAVN / LUFTPOST 1". Block of the airmail stamps are very scarce on cover, even on piece. Just the three sound 15 øre stamps would sell as used stamps alone for $186 (9/08)! Priced at less than the "breakup value"!
175.00
229380
Denmark #91 [7 ore green typographed Wavy-Line] on 1928 printed matter rate cover (reduced size but looks completely natural) from Denmark or mailed aboard a Danish ship, to AKUREYRI, Iceland. Machine canceled in REYKJAVIIK and with superb strike of boxed "Skipsbrjef" mark, indicating incoming ship mail. Also with AKUREYRI cancel as the cover was forwarded to SIGLUFJORD. An extremely unusual usage. A bit worn as one might expect.
75.00
229296
Denmark 192 (F-VF) on 1929 ship letter TO ICELAND, with Icelandic "Skipsbrjef" boxed handstamp (equivalent of paquebot marking) and REYKJAVIK 18.IV.29 cancellation. A very nice example; quite scarce.
60.00
232195
C6, C7, C8 (VF) on 21 June 1935 air cover from KØBENHAVN to Switzerland. Part of return address removed from back flap. A beautiful 3-color cover!
C6 x2, C7 (VF) on 6 September 1936 NEPA stamp show (5-7 Sept) cacheted (airplane) cover with special stamp show cancels. Carried on the NEPA 7 September 1936, with red handstamp, first flight from HORSENS to KØBENHAVN, with airmail receiver.
29.00
232196
C9 (VF but small gum soak stain) solo usage on 31 July 1937 air cover from KØBENHAVN to Dresden, Germany. Correct postal rate. Attractive.
22.50
232190
C7 (VF, but gum soak stain) solo usage on 6 September 1938 cover from TØLLØSE to MÄNTTÄ, FINLAND with receiver. Airmail label; may have been unsealed printed matter; however the 15 øre seems only to pay the normal letter rate to Finland, but if printed matter, the surface component was 7 øre but I have not been able to confirm the air surcharge for printed matter to Finland. Unusual.
15.00
232203
C6, #263 2x 4-blocks with alternating overprint configurations (VF) on 6 September 1938 cacheted (airplane) Stamp Day cover for first flight SLAGELSE - KØBENHAVN, with special Slagelse postmark, violet pictorial (map, plane) handstamp, and København Luftpost receiver. Sent to the U.S. (unusual). The two used blocks sell for $21 EACH off cover (9/08)! A handsome cover priced below "break up value"!
39.00
232204
C6, C8, #263 4-block (VF) on 6 September 1938 cacheted (airplane) Stamp Day cover for first flight SLAGELSE - KØBENHAVN, with special Slagelse postmark, violet pictorial (map, plane) handstamp, and København Luftpost receiver. Sent to the U.S. (unusual). The used block sells for $21 off cover (9/08) plus the value of the airmail stamps! A handsome cover priced below "break up value"!
24.00
232205
C7 pair, #263 4-block (VF) on 6 September 1938 cacheted (airplane) Stamp Day cover for first flight SLAGELSE - KØBENHAVN, with special Slagelse postmark, violet pictorial (map, plane) handstamp, and København Luftpost receiver. Sent to the U.S. (unusual). The used block sells for $21 off cover (9/08)!
27.00
232206
C6 pair, C7, #263 4-block (VF) on 6 September 1938 LARGE-SIZE (180 x 135 mm) cacheted (airplane) Stamp Day cover for first flight SLAGELSE - KØBENHAVN, with special Slagelse postmark, violet pictorial (map, plane) handstamp, and København Luftpost receiver. Interesting and somewhat scarce red brown stamp show labels on reverse (ball coach and train/plane). The used block sells for $21 off cover (9/08)! This is the only example of this larger-size cacheted cover that I can recall seeing.
39.00
232188
C7 x2 [15 øre 1934 Airmail] plus #221 Type I and #226 (all VF) on 7 øre (Fabr 128) 28 September 1939 postal card from BORUP, marked "Via Sverig" (Sweden) to the U.S.(Illinois). 46 øre convenience overpay of 45 øre rate. Airmail-franked postal cards are quite scarce. The airmail label (over the edge) is the one position in the sheet showing the form number and print date. Interesting message: It would seem that the card was sent via Sweden to avoid German interference since the war in Europe had already recently started.
40.00
232189
C6, C7, C9, #262 x2 (VF) on 5 September 1939 registered cover to the U.S. (Illinois), with backstamps. Mailed two days after the Germans declared war on France, Great Britain, and much of the UK; one can only imagine the message that was being sent. Correct 105 øre rate (until 11 October 1939). Interesting and attractive.
50.00
232194
C9 (VF) on 17 April 1939 VIBORG stamp show cacheted (airplane) cover with special stamp show cancels. Carried on the VIBORG-KØBENHAVN special flight, with red handstamp to the U.S. This is a slightly scarcer (3647 flown) show/flight cover, but it is very scarce to the U.S. The 50 øre stamp was only enough postage to pay the European air rate, thus the airmail label was crossed out and a violet (surely Danish) handstamp added (in French, the UPU language) "Seulement Europa" (only [enough postage for] Europe). This is the first and only example of this supplementary marking that I have seen in 37 years. The handstamp is the star of this show.
C6 x2, C7 x2 (worn, defects) on 3 May 1939 air cover from NÆSTVED to London, England. Correct postal rate. Despite wear, still attractive.
13.00
232198
C6 3-strip (VF, gum soak stain) on 5 October 1939 cover from "KØBENHAVN OMK 13" to LETTLAND (LATVIA). 30 øre was the surface rate to Europe. Very attractive; the Baltic destinations are unusual.
19.00
232192
C6, C7, B10 x2, B11 (VF) on 4 March 1940 Stamp Day cacheted cover (war theme: Olive branch; DANMARK and ENGLAND) from "KØBENHAVN 24" to the U.S. Germany invaded Denmark just over a month later (9 April 1940).
18.00
232191
C6 x2 (VF) on 5 April 1942 Airmail Stamp Show (Fredericia 5-6 April 1942) cacheted card with special airplane pictorial FREDERICIA postmark, to Aarhus. Scarcer stamp show card.
30.00
232201
C7, B12, 278 (VF) on 28/29 January 1942 ICE MAIL cover carried by D.D.L. (airline). "KØBENHAVN LUFTHAVN" 28 Jan to poste restante (general delivery) AARHUS 29 Jan and back to "KØBENHAVN LUFTHAVN" 29 Jan. This specific date/route was not listed by Luning, though many others are. Though there was a time when such covers were not uncommon, I now only rarely see them.
35.00
217962
U.S. 15 Cent Transport Airmail on 18 September 1947 airmail cover to ODENSE, Denmark, with incomplete address, and returned to sender with five Danish markings and pink Danish "Til Returpostkontoret" label. These markings and labels are seldom seen; such covers are very scarce.
58.00
215189
1948 Scarce overseas inter-post office international stampless cover to the U.S. Very unusual.
25.00
229297
Denmark 306a, 307a on 30 November 1949 airmail cover to Iceland, there forwarded on 22 December with OLAFSVIK transit postmark. Very unusual usage and especially for the Icelandic forwarding with postmark.
1951 April 1: First Helicopter Mail Flight in Denmark. Cacheted cover with red pictorial (helicopter) handstamp. Scott #331 pair (first day of use). All ties in to 100th anniversary of Danish stamps.
13.00
232209
1960 October 11: København - Tokyo, Japan, leg of SAS First DC-8 Ordinary Jet Flight. Official SAS cachet. Proksch #1131.
7.00
232208
1961 December 5: København - Geneva, Switzerland, leg of SAS First DC-8 Jet Flight (Scandinavia - South America). Blue handstamped cachet. Proksch #1190 (scarcer leg).
9.00
215096
410 Non Flour [Niels Bohr, Nobel Winner] 1963 5 gram letter to U.S.
12.00
215095
409 Non Flour [Niels Bohr, Nobel Winner] 1964 post card to U.S.
12.00
232202
C9, C10 (VF) on 6 March 1965 first HELICOPTER FLIGHT cacheted cover for "first helicopter flight by post Frederiksberg - Kastrup". Registered cover with "København Lufthavn" airport registry label (not often seen) and airplane pictorial postmarks of same, to AARHUS. From Aarhus, sent back to København (return label on reverse now missing). Also with red pictorial "flying trunk" handstamp (nice H.C. Andersen item). Not listed by Luning. C10 is seldom seen on cover, even this late a usage.
28.00
215193
565 s/s (VF) on May 1976 cover to England. VERY SCARCE POSTALLY USED!
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