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232187 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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"! ACTUAL item. |
175.00 |
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401685 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #C1-3 [10, 15, 25 øre 1925 Airmails] (F-VF, Fine) on 9 November 1926 airmail cover from "KØBENHAVN / LUFTPOST 2" to the New York City, United States. With black-on-yellow airmail label from the top position in the label pane, bearing the printing batch information "F. Form. Nr. 63 (13/4 26)". There is a horizontal filing crease in the cover, well away from the stamps and the label. These three stamps are the entire complete first airmail issue, released in June 1925, of the Airmail stamps. Scott #C4-5, the 50 øre and 1 kr stamps, were not issued until 1929. At this time, "normal" airmail service from Denmark to the United States was by sea to New York, and then onward to the interior of the U.S. by air (with distance-zoned rates) when speed would be increased by air. However, because this letter was addressed to New York, labeling the envelope for airmail service was not necessary because the trans-Atlantic ship would have arrived at the New York harbor (17 November receiving postmark on the reverse) and was delivered only a few blocks away on Wall Street. This was a business mailing the U.S. bank of a Danish person; the appearance of the envelope definitely supports the likelihood that the weight was between 20 and 40 grams, the second weight level. The total of 50 øre franking exactly pays the second weight level surface postage rate (correct for New York). The 0-20 gram surface rate was 30 øre and the additional per 20 grams rate was 20 øre (1 Nov 1925 thru 31 Dec 1926; [Tolbøl 2008]). The "Danish" person just mentioned was A.E. Pade, a famous Danish stamp dealer. Pade moved to the U.S. in the early 1930s, first setting up his business on Long Island, New York. Later in the 1930s, Pade moved his business to Denver, Colorado. He was most well-known in the stamp world as a specialist in kiloware, claiming to be the largest U.S. importer of kiloware. An Internet search will yield a few articles, including pictures of kiloware being unloaded from a railroad train car! I have previously read that it took more than one train car to move his inventory from Long Island to Denver! However, in 1926 when this letter was sent to his U.S. bank, Pade was still in Denmark, perhaps preparing for his move to the U.S. The used stamps on this cover -- if soaked off the cover -- alone, with their centering, would sell for $140 (7/2026)!! A wonderful use of the entire original set of Danish airmail stamps, correctly paying the postage for this cover. ACTUAL item. |
SOLD |
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232185 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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! ACTUAL item. |
230.00 |
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232195 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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! ACTUAL item. |
35.00 |
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232196 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C9 (VF but small gum soak stain) solo usage on 31 July 1937 air cover from KØBENHAVN to Dresden, Germany. Correct postal rate. Attractive. ACTUAL item. |
22.50 |
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232190 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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. ACTUAL item. |
15.00 |
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232203 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
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"! REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
39.00 |
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232204 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
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"! REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
24.00 |
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232197 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
C6 x2, C7 x2 (worn, defects) on 3 May 1939 air cover from NÆSTVED to London, England. Correct postal rate. Despite wear, still attractive. ACTUAL item. |
13.00 |
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232188 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
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. ACTUAL item. |
40.00 |
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