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401045 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #55, 56, 57 [1904 4/8 Overprint and 15/24 Overprint, and 1905 1 øre Wavy-Lines Numeral with Crown Watermark] (VF, VF, F-VF) on 17 May 1911 "Adressebrev" (parcel envelope form) for one 2 kilo package, sent within København. The envelope has an inconsequential small piece missing on the right side. By looking at the 4/8 Overprinted stamp, using very bright from/through the back of the envelope paper, I am 90% sure that it has an INVERTED WATERMARK. That stamp with an inverted watermark is not "scarce" according to the AFA Catalog, but I cannot recall ever having (and I cannot find a database record of ever having), in 52 years, so much as a Used single of this stamp with an inverted watermark! The 20 øre postal rate made up of a remarkably unusual combination of stamps but the amount is correct for a package up to 2.5 kg (1 Jul 1908 thru 30 Oct 1917). The backside has no postal markings; it only has a return address of "Thorvald Cohn, Kjöbenhavn V.". Excellent strikes of a somewhat unusual "KØBENHAVN / * IV * " cancellation. From the start of parcel mail in the Scandinavian / Nordic countries, and in Europe in general, parcels (what Americans call parcel post) were mailed with an accompanying parcel card or parcel envelope. The package and the card or envelope both bore matching numbered parcel labels. One card or envelope could control a multiple-package shipment, with multiple, sequentially numbered labels. The stamps were always placed on the card or envelope, along with postal details (such as number of packages in the shipment, weight, insurance amount, COD amount, etc. While this type of postal history may be unfamiliar in other parts of the world, this is an important area of Danish cover / postal history collecting. It seems like a tremendous coincidence (?) that the three stamps have sequential catalog numbers in BOTH the Scott Catalogue (55, 56, 57) and in the Danish AFA Catalog (40, 41, 42)! Google AI reports that the addressee, Oluf Andreasen, was indeed a stamp collector and in fact advertised to other collectors that he wanted to trade stamps. Thus it is likely that this parcel envelope was for a box of stamps! A very unusual and very exotic looking cover -- these stamps are very seldom seen on covers! Even if the recipient (and probably the sender) was a stamp collector, it is legitimate and unusual use of these stamps on cover. ACTUAL item. |
49.00 |
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248269 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
444A x4 (two pairs), 494 [1969 4 kr gray Coat of Arms; 1974 50 øre brown Wavy-Lines NUMERAL ENGRAVED BY SLANIA] (VF) 16.50 franking on 8 December 1980 Adressekort parcel card [official form "K24 (1-77 A6)"] for one 2.3 kg parcel from ALBERTSLUND to Brabrand. Marked for "Rekommanderet pakke" (registered parcel), but no valuation stated. Instead of the usual red on white numbered parcel label, has a black on pink "V" numbered insured mail label (but again, no value was stated). The insured label has a handstamped "ALBERTSLUND" instead of a pre-printed town name. The component postal rates for 16.50 are: parcel 1-5 kg 10.00 (17 April 1979 - 1 January 1981) plus registration fee (special for parcels) 6.50 (2 June 1980 - 1 January 1981). Since no insurance amount was declared, even though a "V" insurance label was applied, apparently the slightly higher registration fee trumps (I do not know if registration of parcels included a default amount of insurance). A nice item for a Coat of Arms or Parcel Post collection. ACTUAL item. |
8.00 |
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248271 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
648 [1979 8 kr orange Coat of Arms] (VF) sole use 8.00 franking on 27 October 1980 Adressekort parcel card [official form "K24 (1-77 A6)"] for one 1 kg parcel from TØLLØSE to Højbjerg. Red on white numbered parcel label with pre-printed town name. The component postal rates for 8.00 are: parcel 0-1 kg 8.00 (17 April 1979 - 1 January 1981). A nice item for a Coat of Arms or Parcel Post collection. ACTUAL item. |
8.00 |
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248272 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
648 pair [1979 8 kr orange Coat of Arms] (VF) 16.00 franking on 29 October 1980 Adressekort parcel card [official form "K24 (1-77 A6)"] for one 6 kg parcel from FARUM (machine cancellation) to Højbjerg. Red on white numbered parcel label with pre-printed town name. The component postal rates for 16.00 are: parcel 5-10 kg 16.00 (17 April 1979 - 1 January 1981). A nice item for a Coat of Arms or Parcel Post collection. ACTUAL item. |
8.00 |
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248273 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
506 [1976 10 kr yellow Coat of Arms] (VF) sole use 10.00 franking on [1980 known from the batch this was in] Adressekort parcel card [official form "K24 (1-77 A6)"] for one 2 kg parcel from HØRNING to Højbjerg. Red on white numbered parcel label with pre-printed town name. The component postal rates for 10.00 are: parcel 1-5 kg 10.00 (17 April 1979 - 1 January 1981). A nice item for a Coat of Arms or Parcel Post collection. ACTUAL item. |
6.00 |
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248275 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
648, 668 [1979 kr orange Coat of Arms; 1980 200 øre Landscape, Børglum; SLANIA ENGRAVED] (VF) 10.00 franking on 27 October 1980 Adressekort parcel card [official form "K24 (1-77 A6)"] for one 2 kg parcel from HØRSHOLM to Hjøbjerg. Red on white numbered parcel label with pre-printed town name. The component postal rates for 10.00 are: parcel 1-5 kg 10.00 (17 April 1979 - 1 January 1981). A nice item for a Coat of Arms or Parcel Post or SLANIA collection. ACTUAL item. |
8.00 |
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248276 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
444A 3-strip, 494 pair [1969 3 kr dark green Coat of Arms; 1974 50 øre LIGHT RED BROWN Wavy-Lines NUMERALS ENGRAVED BY SLANIA] (VF) 10.00 franking on 27 October 1980 Adressekort parcel card [official form "K24 (1-77 A6)"] for one 2.2 kg parcel from "HORSENS / B" to Højbjerg. This must have been a high-volume mailer: The card was imprinted by the mailer with their sender information and the post office supplied special red on white numbered parcel label with pre-printed town name AND WITH THE MAILERS COMPANY NAME! Such officially printed company-use labels are quite unusual. The component postal rates for 10.00 are: parcel 1-5 kg 10.00 (17 April 1979 - 1 January 1981). A nice item for a Coat of Arms or Parcel Post collection. ACTUAL item. |
12.00 |