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.
307 F-VF on piece with "DEN DANSKE BRIGADE I TYSKLAND / 1" 4 May 1949 cancellation used by Danish military forces assisting in the post-WWII Allied control of Germany, thus a Danish stamp used in Germany! While this postmark is not terribly scarce, it is not often seen on non-philatelic mail, as this piece appears to be. However what is really special is that the stamp bears a large "W" PERFIN -- I have never before seen a perfin on a Danish stamp used in this service.
12.00
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234179
"DANSKE MÆND. 1 / NIELS EBBESØN" design: Orange Red, on white paper, perforated 4-sides. An "ILLEGAL" anti-Nazi label issued 1942-1945 by the Danish Communist Party and sold throughout Denmark for 1 kroner. (In 1340 Niels Ebbesøn assassinated a German ruler and drove the Germans from southern Denmark; they returned to defeat the Danes at Skanderborg and kill Ebbesøn, but then left Denmark.) Very scarce; it was 31 years before I first had an example! I believe that this was issued (at least some of the time) gummed, but I have never seen a gummed example. Usually only found in very poor quality. [These labels are listed in "Maerkatpropaganda i Danmark: Antifascistisk and Fascistisk 1930-1945" by Niels Gyrsting and Peter Poulsen.] Mint F-VF looking, without gum, with usual creasing.
18.00
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234180
"DANSKE MÆND. 1 / NIELS EBBESØN" design: Orange Red, on white paper, perforated 4-sides. An "ILLEGAL" anti-Nazi label issued 1942-1945 by the Danish Communist Party and sold throughout Denmark for 1 kroner. (In 1340 Niels Ebbesøn assassinated a German ruler and drove the Germans from southern Denmark; they returned to defeat the Danes at Skanderborg and kill Ebbesøn, but then left Denmark.) Very scarce; it was 31 years before I first had an example! I believe that this was issued (at least some of the time) gummed, but I have never seen a gummed example. Usually only found in very poor quality. [These labels are listed in "Maerkatpropaganda i Danmark: Antifascistisk and Fascistisk 1930-1945" by Niels Gyrsting and Peter Poulsen.] Mint F-VF looking, without gum, with usual creasing.
18.00
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234182
"DANSKE MÆND. 1 / NIELS EBBESØN" design: Orange Red, on white paper, perforated 4-sides. An "ILLEGAL" anti-Nazi label issued 1942-1945 by the Danish Communist Party and sold throughout Denmark for 1 kroner. (In 1340 Niels Ebbesøn assassinated a German ruler and drove the Germans from southern Denmark; they returned to defeat the Danes at Skanderborg and kill Ebbesøn, but then left Denmark.) Very scarce; it was 31 years before I first had an example! I believe that this was issued (at least some of the time) gummed, but I have never seen a gummed example. Usually only found in very poor quality. [These labels are listed in "Maerkatpropaganda i Danmark: Antifascistisk and Fascistisk 1930-1945" by Niels Gyrsting and Peter Poulsen.] Mint F-VF looking, without gum, with usual creasing.
18.00
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234183
"DANSKE MÆND. 1 / NIELS EBBESØN" design: Orange Red, on white paper, imperforate top. An "ILLEGAL" anti-Nazi label issued 1942-1945 by the Danish Communist Party and sold throughout Denmark for 1 kroner. (In 1340 Niels Ebbesøn assassinated a German ruler and drove the Germans from southern Denmark; they returned to defeat the Danes at Skanderborg and kill Ebbesøn, but then left Denmark.) Very scarce; it was 31 years before I first had an example! I believe that this was issued (at least some of the time) gummed, but I have never seen a gummed example. Usually only found in very poor quality. [These labels are listed in "Maerkatpropaganda i Danmark: Antifascistisk and Fascistisk 1930-1945" by Niels Gyrsting and Peter Poulsen.] Mint VF looking, without gum, with usual creasing.
20.00
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234184
"DANSKE MÆND. 1 / NIELS EBBESØN" design: Orange Red, on white paper, imperforate top. An "ILLEGAL" anti-Nazi label issued 1942-1945 by the Danish Communist Party and sold throughout Denmark for 1 kroner. (In 1340 Niels Ebbesøn assassinated a German ruler and drove the Germans from southern Denmark; they returned to defeat the Danes at Skanderborg and kill Ebbesøn, but then left Denmark.) Very scarce; it was 31 years before I first had an example! I believe that this was issued (at least some of the time) gummed, but I have never seen a gummed example. Usually only found in very poor quality. [These labels are listed in "Maerkatpropaganda i Danmark: Antifascistisk and Fascistisk 1930-1945" by Niels Gyrsting and Peter Poulsen.] Mint VF looking, without gum, with usual creasing.
20.00
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234185
"DANSKE MÆND. 1 / NIELS EBBESØN" design: Orange Red, on white paper, COLLECTION OF SIX PERFORATION TYPES (perf 4-side; imperf top, right, bottom; imperf top right; imperf bottom right. An "ILLEGAL" anti-Nazi label issued 1942-1945 by the Danish Communist Party and sold throughout Denmark for 1 kroner. (In 1340 Niels Ebbesøn assassinated a German ruler and drove the Germans from southern Denmark; they returned to defeat the Danes at Skanderborg and kill Ebbesøn, but then left Denmark.) Very scarce; it was 31 years before I first had an example! I believe that this was issued (at least some of the time) gummed, but I have never seen a gummed example. Usually only found in very poor quality. [These labels are listed in "Maerkatpropaganda i Danmark: Antifascistisk and Fascistisk 1930-1945" by Niels Gyrsting and Peter Poulsen.] Mint F-VF to VF looking, without gum, with usual creasing, some not too bad but some clearly damaged. A very scarce group!
99.00
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234186
"DANSKE MÆND. 1 / NIELS EBBESØN" design: Carmine, on coarse yellowish paper, Pair, imperforate left, right and bottom. An "ILLEGAL" anti-Nazi label issued 1942-1945 by the Danish Communist Party and sold throughout Denmark for 1 kroner. (In 1340 Niels Ebbesøn assassinated a German ruler and drove the Germans from southern Denmark; they returned to defeat the Danes at Skanderborg and kill Ebbesøn, but then left Denmark.) Very scarce; it was 31 years before I first had an example! I believe that this was issued (at least some of the time) gummed, but I have never seen a gummed example. Usually only found in very poor quality. [These labels are listed in "Maerkatpropaganda i Danmark: Antifascistisk and Fascistisk 1930-1945" by Niels Gyrsting and Peter Poulsen.] Mint, ungummed; one stamp with minor defects but the other with serious defects. Still a very scarce pair showing that this color/printing was in a sheet 2-wide (and I think 3-high).
"DANSKE MÆND. 1 / NIELS EBBESØN" design: Carmine, on coarse yellowish paper, Pair, imperforate left and right. An "ILLEGAL" anti-Nazi label issued 1942-1945 by the Danish Communist Party and sold throughout Denmark for 1 kroner. (In 1340 Niels Ebbesøn assassinated a German ruler and drove the Germans from southern Denmark; they returned to defeat the Danes at Skanderborg and kill Ebbesøn, but then left Denmark.) Very scarce; it was 31 years before I first had an example! I believe that this was issued (at least some of the time) gummed, but I have never seen a gummed example. Usually only found in very poor quality. [These labels are listed in "Maerkatpropaganda i Danmark: Antifascistisk and Fascistisk 1930-1945" by Niels Gyrsting and Peter Poulsen.] Mint, no gum, one stamp with just minor creasing, but the other with serious defects. Still a very scarce pair.
28.00
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234188
"DANSKE MÆND. 1 / NIELS EBBESØN" design: Carmine, on coarse yellowish paper, Single, imperforate top and right. An "ILLEGAL" anti-Nazi label issued 1942-1945 by the Danish Communist Party and sold throughout Denmark for 1 kroner. (In 1340 Niels Ebbesøn assassinated a German ruler and drove the Germans from southern Denmark; they returned to defeat the Danes at Skanderborg and kill Ebbesøn, but then left Denmark.) Very scarce; it was 31 years before I first had an example! I believe that this was issued (at least some of the time) gummed, but I have never seen a gummed example. Usually only found in very poor quality. [These labels are listed in "Maerkatpropaganda i Danmark: Antifascistisk and Fascistisk 1930-1945" by Niels Gyrsting and Peter Poulsen.] Mint, no gum, with various minor defects, but reasonably nice looking. Still a very scarce pair.
20.00
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234191
"DANSKE MÆND. 2 / SKIPPER CLEMENT" design: Orange Red on white paper. An "ILLEGAL" anti-Nazi label issued 1942-1945 by the Danish Communist Party and sold throughout Denmark for 2 kroner. (In 1534 Klemen Andersen, aka Skipper Clement, raised a large peasant army and defeated the nobility to control much of Jutland.) Very scarce; it was 31 years before I first had an example! I believe that this was issued (at least some of the time) gummed, but I have never seen a gummed example. Usually only found in very poor quality. [These labels are listed in "Maerkatpropaganda i Danmark: Antifascistisk and Fascistisk 1930-1945" by Niels Gyrsting and Peter Poulsen.] Mint fairly nice looking, but with usual defects.
19.00
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234192
"DANSKE MÆND. 2 / SKIPPER CLEMENT" design: Orange Red on white paper. An "ILLEGAL" anti-Nazi label issued 1942-1945 by the Danish Communist Party and sold throughout Denmark for 2 kroner. (In 1534 Klemen Andersen, aka Skipper Clement, raised a large peasant army and defeated the nobility to control much of Jutland.) Very scarce; it was 31 years before I first had an example! I believe that this was issued (at least some of the time) gummed, but I have never seen a gummed example. Usually only found in very poor quality. [These labels are listed in "Maerkatpropaganda i Danmark: Antifascistisk and Fascistisk 1930-1945" by Niels Gyrsting and Peter Poulsen.] Mint fairly nice looking, but with usual defects.
19.00
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234200
Danish Legion: Michel #IV picturing Christian Frederik von Schalburg and issued for the Schalburgs Memorial Fund. NH F-VF bottom margin single with the usual slightly irregular perforations. There is a thin in the bottom selvage, well away from and not affecting the stamp. Quoted from a very interesting Wikipedia.org article: von Schalburg was born in Russia to a Danish father and Russian mother of a noble family. Educated in the Cadet Corps of the Tsar; the family fled Russia, to Denmark, during the 1917 Revolution. He became an officer in the Danish Royal Guard, but reported as being "...unstable and ... possibly dangerous". From 1939 von Schalburg headed the youth branch (NSU) of the National Socialist Workers Party of Denmark (DNSAP) [Nazi Party] -- which issued (very sought after) Christmas seals! In 1939 he and a group of NSU members called "bloddrengene" (the blood boys) were among the Danish volunteers in the Finnish Winter War assisting the Finns against the USSR in 1939-40. He was thus not at home when Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany on 9 April 1940. Despite his national socialist beliefs he was deeply distressed that Denmark had surrendered almost without fighting. In September 1940, von Schalburg joined the Waffen-SS and served with 5th SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking [Viking] as a Hauptsturmführer (Captain). In February 1941, von Schalburg suggested to his friend, head of DNSAP Frits Clausen, the formation of a Danish SS unit, "Regiment Dannebrog", to be commanded by himself. During Operation Barbarossa von Schalburg served on the divisional staff of Division Wiking [Viking]. He was awarded the Iron Cross of 1st and 2nd class while serving in Division Wiking [Viking]. On 27 February 1942 von Schalburg arrived at Frikorps Danmark in Treskau [Posen-Treskau; SS training facility in town of Poznan, western Poland] and on March 1 he was given command of the corps now ranked Sturmbannführer (Major). On 8 May 1942 von Schalburg was flown by Junkers Ju 52 with parts of the corps into the Demyansk Pocket [encirclement of German troops by the Red Army around Demyansk (Demjansk), south of Leningrad, during the Second World War on the Eastern Front]. On 2 June 1942 von Schalburg initiated the first offensive operation of Frikorps Danmark. In an attempt to monitor the progress of the battle, von Schalburg advanced towards the front line, but stepped on a mine and was moments later killed by shrapnel from a Russian artillery shell. Philatelically, von Schalburg has significant connections to several different areas: Volunteer forces fighting in Finland against the Russians; SS Viking Division; DNSAP (Danish Nazi Party) and its Christmas seals; Danish Legion activities both in Denmark and on the Eastern Front. There are two label designs, each cataloged by Michel in NH condition at 700 Euro = $875 [7/2010]. Both designs are extremely scarce in nice quality, but this one is the most sought after. This is only the second time in 37 years that I have been able to offer this item.
SOLD
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233978
Collection of 1979//1994 Christmas Seal Sheets SIGNED BY THE DESIGNERS. A very attractive and quite amazing collection of 12 full Christmas seals sheets (these are all multi-design issues), that have been signed by their respective designers. (No, the issue designed by the Queen is not present.) The years present are 1979-1986, 1989, 1992-1994 inclusive. The individual prices of the least-costly types of the "normal" sheets total $152 and some of these are extremely difficult to keep in stock due to demand from both Christmas Seal collectors and thematic collectors. Signed sheets are seldom seen. In the last 37 years, I do not think I have seen a sum total of more than five artist-signed sheets! This is a very special group that needs a caring new home.
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195.00
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233980
Small group of various 1880s local post stamps. 25 stamps, including in four blocks, from Aalborg, Randers, København, Horsens, and Veile. Quality varies as usual. Some are very nicely centered.
Small collection of 40 mostly 1920s-1950s Christmas seals, mixed mint and used in varying quality. Includes some slightly better items such as WWII-era, etc.
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9.00
233005
Scott #220 1 øre WWII-era "Stamp Coins". Set of two different, but similar-format, designs. Fresh with completely intact cellophane wrapping.
16.00
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233007
Veile-Vandel Railway: Set of two 1913 20 øre red and 25 øre blue railway parcel stamps. Wonderful design including a steam locomotive. So few of the railway stamps actually picture trains that this set is a outstanding item. NH Fine/F-VF.
13.00
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232956
13 Official 1885 Reprint [1864 4 skilling Sword and Scepter] Thick paper, without watermark, issued without gum. Upper left corner margin 4-block. Upper stamps hinged (but issued without gum). The 4 skilling was printed in a different sheet format than the other values and is generally hard to obtain than the others. Singles sell for around $30 each.
FRAMA machine stamp of the first (1990) issue with 00.00 denomination. NH VF. Presumably this was produced by technicians testing / servicing the machine. I have only had two such 00.00 stamps and do not recall seeing any reports of others. Over time such items from other countries have proven to be extremely scarce.
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232170
Semi-Official Airmail Stamp: 1918 5 Kr "DANSK LUFTBEFORDRING KØBENHAVN - SKAGEN" picturing bi-plane with Danish flags and map of Denmark with route of the flight. Very attractive! Mint Superb appearance, but thin spot, light crease, and small natural inclusion. Seldom offered; unusually inexpensive!
35.00
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232172
Semi-Official Airmail Stamp: 1918 5 Kr "DANSK LUFTBEFORDRING KØBENHAVN - SKAGEN" picturing bi-plane with Danish flags and map of Denmark with route of the flight. NEVER HINGED VF 4-BLOCK. Wonderful example; most blocks have long ago been broken up. Priced at only the value of four NH singles!
320.00
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232173
C1 [10 øre] Plate Proof PAIR in Bright Aniline Carmine (aniline: rose tint showing through on back of thick paper) on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Extremely smooth print with crisp detail. Extremely nice example of a rarely seen value and color. [Could be divided into singles.]
475.00
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232174
C1 [10 øre] Plate Proof PAIR in Bright Aniline Carmine (aniline: rose tint showing through on back of thick paper) on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Extremely smooth print with crisp detail. Extremely nice example of a rarely seen value and color. Right stamp with faint natural crease. Enormous margins! [Could be divided into singles.]
450.00
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232175
C2 [15 øre] Plate Proof right-margin single in Ultramarine on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Textured print. Extremely nice example of a VERY RARELY SEEN value and color!
290.00
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232176
C2 [15 øre] Plate Proof PAIR in Light Blue on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Lightly textured print. Extremely nice example of a VERY RARELY SEEN value and color! [Could be divided into singles.]
525.00
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232177
C2 [15 øre] Plate Proof single in Green (issued color of 10 øre) on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Textured print. Extremely nice example of a VERY RARELY SEEN (especially the issued colors) value and color!
290.00
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232178
C3 [25 øre] Plate Proof right-margin single in Greenish Blue on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Lightly textured print. Extremely nice example of a rarely seen value and color!
C3 [25 øre] Plate Proof upper right corner margin PAIR in Greenish Blue on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Lightly textured print. Extremely nice example of a rarely seen value and color! [Could be divided into singles.]
470.00
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232180
C3 [25 øre] Plate Proof right margin PAIR in Greenish Blue on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Lightly textured print. Extremely nice example of a rarely seen value and color! [Could be divided into singles.]
470.00
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232181
C4 [50 øre] Plate Proof PAIR in Deep Blue on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Smooth finely detailed print. Extremely nice example of a rarely seen value and color! [Could be divided into singles.]
470.00
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232182
C4 [50 øre] Plate Proof PAIR in Deep Blue on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Smooth finely detailed print. Inconsequential faint hint of a thin spot. Extremely nice example of a rarely seen value and color! [Could be divided into singles.]
440.00
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232183
C4 [50 øre] Plate Proof single in Deep Blue on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Smooth finely detailed print. Huge margins. Extremely nice example of a rarely seen value and color!
255.00
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232184
C5 [1 kr.] Plate Proof single in Dark Greenish Blue on thick yellowish-white ungummed paper. Smooth finely detailed print. Huge margins. Extremely nice example of a VERY RARELY SEEN value and color!
290.00
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232214
Design of Scott #360, Facit #389, AFA #366 [1956 Jacob Christian Ellehammer; 50th anniversary of first test flight at Lindholm] ORIGINAL ARTWORK by the stamp designer Viggo Bang: Artist working drawing executed in India ink, pencil, and watercolor; black and shades of gray; on thick paper, 277 x 200 mm. Many similarities to the issued stamp, but showing the airplane straight-on and well off the ground. FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST (originally sold at auction in the 1980s). A handsome, unique item of interest to both philatelists and flight historians. Such items are usually only seen once (if that) in a lifetime. Spectacular!
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232215
Design of Scott #360, Facit #389, AFA #366 [1956 Jacob Christian Ellehammer; 50th anniversary of first test flight at Lindholm] ORIGINAL ARTWORK by the stamp designer Viggo Bang: Artist working drawing executed in India ink, pencil, and watercolor; black and shades of gray; on thick paper, 277 x 200 mm. Some similarities to the issued stamp, but showing the airplane at 3/4 angle and well off the ground. Design well developed with quite a bit of airplane detail. FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST (originally sold at auction in the 1980s). A handsome, unique item of interest to both philatelists and flight historians. Such items are usually only seen once (if that) in a lifetime. Spectacular!
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232216
Design of Scott #360, Facit #389, AFA #366 [1956 Jacob Christian Ellehammer; 50th anniversary of first test flight at Lindholm] ORIGINAL ARTWORK by the stamp designer Viggo Bang: Artist working sketch executed in India ink on tracing paper, 190 x 110 mm, mounted on partial album page from the collection of the artist. Single-line sketching of the outlines and key lines of the airplane. FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST (originally sold at auction in the 1980s). A unique item of interest to both philatelists and flight historians. Such items are usually only seen once (if that) in a lifetime.
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232217
Design of Scott #360, Facit #389, AFA #366 [1956 Jacob Christian Ellehammer; 50th anniversary of first test flight at Lindholm] ORIGINAL ARTWORK believed to be by the stamp designer Viggo Bang: Artist working sketch executed in pencil on acetate, 180 x 164 mm. Composite-design pencil sketching of the outlines and key lines of the airplane; a straight-on view flying; and side view of pilot in position. The outline view is an exact match to the ink outline view also being offered. Believed to be from the collection of the artist (which originally sold at auction in the 1980s), but though from the same collector as other related works, this item is without clear provenance. (The accompanying container is marked that it was lots 449 and 51784 in unnamed auctions; from that perhaps the provenance can be developed.) A unique item of interest to both philatelists and flight historians. Such items are usually only seen once (if that) in a lifetime.
5 øre Christian X postal card used 1919 with AARHUS machine cancel, printed matter to the U.S. A bit unusual to the U.S.
8.00
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224458
Ringstrom #5II [8 øre small format] Used VF with faint duplex numeral cancel.
13.00
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215206
1914 Danish Railway Locomotive Personnel Help Fund charity seal. NH VF with side margins. Issued annually from 1914 to 1957, these seals are extremely scarce and sought after.
45.00
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215207
1915 Danish Railway Locomotive Personnel Help Fund charity seal. NH VF with side and top margins. Issued annually from 1914 to 1957, these seals are extremely scarce and sought after.
1916 Danish Railway Locomotive Personnel Help Fund charity seal. NH VF with side margins. Issued annually from 1914 to 1957, these seals are extremely scarce and sought after.
42.00
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215209
1917 Danish Railway Locomotive Personnel Help Fund charity seal. NH VF with pencil on one side margin. Issued annually from 1914 to 1957, these seals are extremely scarce and sought after.
42.00
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215210
1920 Danish Railway Locomotive Personnel Help Fund charity seal. NH VF with side margins. Issued annually from 1914 to 1957, these seals are extremely scarce and sought after.
35.00
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215211
1921 Danish Railway Locomotive Personnel Help Fund charity seal. NH F-VF. Issued annually from 1914 to 1957, these seals are extremely scarce and sought after.
40.00
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215212
1923 Danish Railway Locomotive Personnel Help Fund charity seal. NH VF with side margins. Issued annually from 1914 to 1957, these seals are extremely scarce and sought after.
48.00
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215213
1924 Danish Railway Locomotive Personnel Help Fund charity seal. NH Superb. Issued annually from 1914 to 1957, these seals are extremely scarce and sought after.
45.00
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215214
1926 Danish Railway Locomotive Personnel Help Fund charity seal. NH VF with side margins. Issued annually from 1914 to 1957, these seals are extremely scarce and sought after.
45.00
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215215
1928 Danish Railway Locomotive Personnel Help Fund charity seal. NH Superb with side margins. Issued annually from 1914 to 1957, these seals are extremely scarce and sought after.
688a 10-pane from booklet edition #H26 [12 April 1984, Glamsberg] The complete pane of 10 stamps from booklet edition #H26. Map cachet, addressed. Very scarce FDC; the post office did not prepare FDCs for this issue.
35.00
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221481
1938 essay by Christian Blæsbjerg: Large "5" øre numeral of value, two small posthorns, and wavy band containing the text "DANMARK". Seemingly this design proposal was as a replacement for the long-running "wavy-line" series. Though not rare, this essay is seldom offered. Listed by Benfield and Nørdam as #*1938B-E(2a), Red.
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221482
1938 essay by Christian Blæsbjerg: Large "5" øre numeral of value, two small posthorns, and wavy band containing the text "DANMARK". Seemingly this design proposal was as a replacement for the long-running "wavy-line" series. Though not rare, this essay is seldom offered. Listed by Benfield and Nørdam as #*1938B-E(2B), Blue.
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221483
1938 essay by Christian Blæsbjerg: Large "5" øre numeral of value, two small posthorns, and wavy band containing the text "DANMARK". Seemingly this design proposal was as a replacement for the long-running "wavy-line" series. Though not rare, this essay is seldom offered. Listed by Benfield and Nørdam as #*1938B-E(2c), Yellow.
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221484
1938 essay by Christian Blæsbjerg: Large "5" øre numeral of value, two small posthorns, and wavy band containing the text "DANMARK". Seemingly this design proposal was as a replacement for the long-running "wavy-line" series. Though not rare, this essay is seldom offered. Listed by Benfield and Nørdam as #*1938B-E(2d), Purple.
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221485
1938 essay by Christian Blæsbjerg: Large "5" øre numeral of value, two small posthorns, and wavy band containing the text "DANMARK". Seemingly this design proposal was as a replacement for the long-running "wavy-line" series. Though not rare, this essay is seldom offered. Listed by Benfield and Nørdam as #*1938B-E(2a), Green.
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221490
Scott #156/159 [10 øre Reunion issue: Kronborg Castle (The location for Hamlet and including what most collectors include as a lighthouse)]. Plate proof in black on thick yellowish, smooth paper. A very attractive and inexpensive plate proof and a key item sought by lighthouse thematic collectors.
Scott #157 [20 øre Reunion issue: Sonderborg Castle]. Plate proof in black on thick yellowish, smooth paper. A very attractive and inexpensive plate proof.
29.00
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221492
Scott #158/160 [40 øre Reunion issue: Roskilde Cathedral]. Plate proof in black on thick yellowish, smooth paper. A very attractive and inexpensive plate proof, though this denomination is somewhat scarcer than the other two.
35.00
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223409
Collection of 1998-2001 officially issued "calendar" stamp cards. ("Stamp cards" are officially printed picture post cards that often picture stamps or may have designs related to stamp issues.) Complete set of 48 cards for these four years with the calendar stubs still attached. Attractively mounted with cover corner mounts on Scott pages (punched for 2-post and 3-ring). Some of those cards have designs with some relation to a stamp issue; others are just nice Danish pictures; all are very attractive. These cards seem to be scarce; I have never seen them offered for sale.
24.00
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214940
263 alternating block on cacheted (Kugelposten -- egg / ball mail coach) FDC. Unusually nice!
Denmark collection of 20 1932-1950 slogan cancel cut-outs. Mounted on album pages with drawn translated illustrations of the cancels. Includes a couple scarcer slogans.