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Denmark: Locals: Odense

Danish local post stamps are best cataloged by (and is the primary numbering I use in these listings) Christensen and Ringström (1974) which is in stock. The Daka Local Post Catalog (1996) is also sometimes used with numbers in [brackets]. The Daka catalog is also in stock. While the pricing is now obsolete in both books, they are both still very useful for understanding relative values.

Condition standards for locals are not the same as for regular stamps. In certain issues minor defects are the norm. Defects that affect the value or appearance of the stamps will be mentioned. As always, all items are guaranteed, as is your satisfaction.

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Christensen & Ringstrom [CR] 1974 numbers have been used, with some reference to Daka 1996 [Daka] numbers if so noted. Where there is conflict between the CR and Daka listings, and/or where I have identified additional variations, I have assigned JSA numbers. I am not aware of any more recent, comprehensive cataloging of Odense locals post stamps.

CR states that the Odense local post opened 1 February 1884 and lists the first stamps on that date; Daka states the local post opened 1 February 1885. I do not know for sure which is correct, but Daka generally has many more typographical errors. The local post was very active, closing on 2 June 1891.

Mint examples of Odense locals are often found without gum. Some Odense locals with gum are scarce and sell for higher prices.

C&R recorded only two types of cancellations: 1) Two-ring local post canceler in violet and 2) single-ring Danish post office canceler in black.

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CR #1-4: 1884 February 1, Numerals with Solid Background, Perforation 12.5, White Paper (though #2 is also found on Brownish Paper). CR #1-2 are small size stamps for letters; they are often poorly centered. #3-4 are large size stamps for parcels.

400811

Odense CR #2 on Brownish Paper [1884 5 øre brown, Numeral with solid background, Small-Format Letter Stamp, Perforation 12.5] NEVER HINGED with Average (typical for this stamp) centering. This example on Brownish Paper contradicts both the CR and Daka listings: CR states #1-2 are on White Paper, while Daka does not mention the paper color on those two stamps. However, both CR and Daka state that the Large-Format 5 øre Parcel Stamp (CR #3) exists on White Paper, Brownish Paper, and Grayish Paper. Thus it seems reasonably possible that this CR #2 Small-Format Letter Stamp could exist on the same Brownish Paper. While Odense #2 is not supposed to be a scarce stamp, Mint with-gum examples of this stamp are remarkably hard to find and NH examples (regardless of centering) are very seldom encountered! The Brownish Paper on this stamp is a previously unrecorded (in the literature of which I am aware) paper type for this stamp, potentially making it much "scarcer".

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16.00

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400812

Odense CR #2 on Brownish Paper [1884 5 øre brown, Numeral with solid background, Small-Format Letter Stamp, Perforation 12.5] NEVER HINGED with Average (typical for this stamp) centering, but with one pulled perforation tooth at top center. This example on Brownish Paper contradicts both the CR and Daka listings: CR states #1-2 are on White Paper, while Daka does not mention the paper color on those two stamps. However, both CR and Daka state that the Large-Format 5 øre Parcel Stamp (CR #3) exists on White Paper, Brownish Paper, and Grayish Paper. Thus it seems reasonably possible that this CR #2 Small-Format Letter Stamp could exist on the same Brownish Paper. While Odense #2 is not supposed to be a scarce stamp, Mint with-gum examples of this stamp are remarkably hard to find and NH examples (regardless of centering) are very seldom encountered! The Brownish Paper on this stamp is a previously unrecorded (in the literature of which I am aware) paper type for this stamp, potentially making it much "scarcer". If not for the pulled perforation tooth, NH with this centering would be $16.

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4.50

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400326

Odense CR #2 on Brownish Paper [1884 5 øre brown, Numeral with solid background, Small-Format Letter Stamp, Perforation 12.5] Used with F-VF centering, but has a couple of pulled perforations at top. This example on Brownish Paper contradicts both the CR and Daka listings: CR states #1-2 are on White Paper, while Daka does not mention the paper color on those two stamps. However, both CR and Daka state that the Large-Format 5 øre Parcel Stamp (CR #3) exists on White Paper, Brownish Paper, and Grayish Paper. Thus it seems reasonably possible that this CR #2 Small-Format Letter Stamp could exist on the same Brownish Paper. Correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. This example is STILL ON PAPER (thus makes the perfs at top and left look irregular). Keep in mind that NO covers bearing this stamp have been recorded to exist, in the published catalogs (CR or Daka) of which I am aware. (Almost all Danish locals are very rare, or not recorded, on cover.) Thus an obviously correctly canceled example of this stamp with envelope paper still on the reverse is likely a "rarity". Furthermore, the Brownish Paper is a previously-unrecorded (in the literature of which I am aware) paper type for this stamp, potentially making it much "scarcer".

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CR #5-7: 1884 February 1 (?), Numerals, Solid Background, Perforation 11.5. CR #5 is a small size stamp for letters. #6-7 are large size stamps for parcels.

CR #8: 1885 November 1, 3 øre Blue, Numeral with Lined Background, Perforation 12, White Paper. Printed in sheets of 100 with 10 horizontal tete-beche pairs in the two central columns (thus perhaps printed with a plate of 50 subjects using the print-and-rotate method).

400327

Odense CR #8 [1885 3 øre blue, Numeral with lined background, Small-Format Letter Stamp, Perforation 12] RIGHT MARGIN BLOCK OF FOUR. Mint, with original gum, hinged, with F-VF centering, but has a some gum disturbance, one thin spot, and some tiny thin specks. This issue is scarce with gum. A fresh-looking block -- multiples are seldom seen, especially with gum.

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CR #9-11: 1886 November 19, Odense Historical Coat of Arms (picturing King / Saint Knud / Cnut / Cnute), Thick Colored Paper, Perforation 11.5. CR #9, the 3 øre, is red on thick orange paper; compare to #15 on thin yellow paper. CR #10-11 are both 10 øre, bronze and gold respectively; they are easily confused -- the CR #11 gold is much scarcer. Cnute was an important historical figure, said to be the last of the Viking kings, he was King of England, then Denmark, and then Norway. As such, stamps picturing him belong in several types of topical / thematic collections. His Wikipedia page is well worth reading.

400813

Odense CR #10 [1886 November, 10 øre bronze, King Canute, Thick Yellow Paper] NEVER HINGED with VF centering. Wonderful example in all respects. Mint with-gum examples of this stamp can be remarkably hard to find -- NH examples such as this are very seldom encountered.

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12.00

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400328

Odense CR #10 [1886 November, 10 øre bronze, King Canute, Thick Yellow Paper] Used with F-VF++ centering, with neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very attractive example.

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7.00

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400834

Odense CR #11 [1886 November, 10 øre gold, King Canute, Thick Yellow Paper] Used with F-VF centering. The gold-colored #11 is very gold-metallic looking and is much, much scarcer than the bronze-colored #10 which is much darker and not as metallic looking. View these two numbers under bright light, altering the angle of view was you look. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. An attractive example.

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28.00

400835

Odense CR #11 [1886 November, 10 øre gold, King Canute, Thick Yellow Paper] Used with Superb centering and overall appearance, but with a thin. The gold-colored #11 is very gold-metallic looking and is much, much scarcer than the bronze-colored #10 which is much darker and not as metallic looking. View these two numbers under bright light, altering the angle of view was you look. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Despite the thin, this is beautiful example of a scarce stamp.

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12.00

CR #12-16: 1886 December 22, Odense Historical Coat of Arms (picturing King / Saint Knud / Cnut / Cnute), Thin Colored Paper, Perforation 11.5. CR #15, the 3 øre, is red on thin yellow paper; compare to #9 on thick orange paper. CR #14, the 2 øre Green on Rose-Red Paper has a large, ornate "2"; compare to #20 with a smaller, plainer "2". Cnute was an important historical figure, said to be the last of the Viking kings, he was King of England, then Denmark, and then Norway. As such, stamps picturing him belong in several types of topical / thematic collections. His Wikipedia page is well worth reading.

CR #12: CR lists #12 as "yellow brown on white paper" and #13 as "brown on white paper". I have never seen an example of what I could could describe as a brown color (#13). Daka #12 is described as "brownish yellow on white paper" and Daka #12a as "orange yellow on white paper". Daka does not mention a "brown" color.

I have (so far, as of September 2025) identified the following colors/papers: JSA #12a Brownish Yellow on Grayish Yellowish Paper and JSA #12b Brownish Orange on White Paper. All agree that the papers are (very) thin.

JSA #12a Brownish Yellow on Grayish Yellowish Paper [CR #12?, Daka #12?]

400330

Odense JSA #12a, CR #12?, Daka #12? [1886 December, 1 øre BROWNISH YELLOW on GRAYISH-YELLOW PAPER, King Canute, Thin Paper] LOWER RIGHT CORNER MARGIN BLOCK OF FOUR. Mint, with original gum, F-VF centering, but with modest vertical crease on the right stamps. While this has never been hinged, there is some slight gum disturbance, thus I describe it as Mint -- I think one stamp, on the upper left, could be described as NH. A very fresh and attractive looking "position piece".

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400329

Odense JSA #12a, CR #12?, Daka #12? [1886 December, 1 øre BROWNISH YELLOW on GRAYISH-YELLOW PAPER, King Canute, Thin Paper] Used with F-VF centering, but with some toning / age spots. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation.

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3.00

JSA #12b Brownish Orange on White Paper [CR #12? or 13?, Daka #12a?]

400815

Odense JSA #12b, CR #12 or 13?, Daka #12 or 12a? [1886 December, 1 øre BROWNISH ORANGE on WHITE PAPER, King Canute, Thin Paper] NEVER HINGED with VF centering. The gum interacted with the oiliness of the ink, making the gum look "patchy", but it is NH. (Sometimes these stamps were printed under fairly crude conditions.) Mint with-gum examples of this stamp can be remarkably hard to find -- NH examples such as this are very seldom encountered.

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8.00

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400816

Odense JSA #12b, CR #12 or 13?, Daka #12 or 12a? [1886 December, 1 øre BROWNISH ORANGE on WHITE PAPER, King Canute, Thin Paper] NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering, but one pulled perf on the right side. The gum interacted with the oiliness of the ink, making the gum look "patchy", but it is NH. (Sometimes these stamps were printed under fairly crude conditions.) Mint with-gum examples of this stamp can be remarkably hard to find -- NH examples such as this are very seldom encountered.

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3.00

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400331

Odense JSA #12b, CR #12 or 13?, Daka #12 or 12a? [1886 December, 1 øre BROWNISH ORANGE on WHITE PAPER, King Canute, Thin Paper] Used with VF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very attractive.

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5.00

400814

Odense JSA #12b, CR #12 or 13?, Daka #12 or 12a? [1886 December, 1 øre BROWNISH ORANGE on WHITE PAPER, King Canute, Thin Paper] Used with F-VF centering. Small part of neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Interesting example with lighter yellow-orange color on most of the stamp, but on the left side the ink was more oily and soaked into the paper differently. (Sometimes these stamps were printed under fairly crude conditions.)

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4.00

CR #14: CR lists #14 simply as "green on rose red paper". However, the "green" is fairly consistently a "yellow-olive green", though the overall appearance can very tremendously depending upon the amount of inking. Though the inking may or may not be just a "normal" variation within a range, the tremendous difference in appearance of the light vs heavy inking make them collectible differences. The paper color can vary from a very bright pink to a muted salmon pink. While they look to me like different paper colors, I have not seen any information indicating if the paper differences are the result of different paper supplies or suppliers, or if the differences are just a "natural" range in the somewhat crude production of colored papers in the 1880s.

400817

Odense CR #14 Yellow-Olive Green (Light Inking) on Bright Pink Paper [1886 December, 2 øre green on Pink Paper, King Canute, Thin Paper] Used with F-VF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very attractive with distinctively different appearance of both color (inking) and paper.

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4.00

400818

Odense CR #14 Yellow-Olive Green (Heavy Inking) on Salmon-Pink Paper [1886 December, 2 øre green on Pink Paper, King Canute, Thin Paper] Used with Fine centering, but with a thin. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very attractive with distinctively different appearance of both color (inking) and paper.

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2.25

400833

Odense CR #14 Yellow-Olive Green (Medium Inking) on Bright Pink Paper [1886 December, 2 øre green on Pink Paper, King Canute, Thin Paper] Used with Average centering, but one pulled perforation. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Priced very low.

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1.50

CR #15: This stamp is consistently red on thin yellow paper. (It is sometimes confused with CR #9 which is red on thick orange paper.)

400819

Odense CR #15 [1886 December, 3 øre red on Yellow Paper, King Canute, Thin Paper] Used with XF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Wonderfully attractive example of a stamp that can be quite hard to find with nice centering.

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7.50

400332

Odense CR #16 [1886 December, 5 øre blue on Brownish-Chamois Paper, King Canute, Thin Paper] Used with VF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very attractive.

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5.00

400820

Odense CR #16 [1886 December, 5 øre blue on Brownish-Chamois Paper, King Canute, Thin Paper] Used with F-VF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Attractive.

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4.00

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400821

Odense CR #16 [1886 December, 5 øre blue on Brownish-Chamois Paper, King Canute, Thin Paper] Used with F-VF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Attractive.

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4.00

400822

Odense CR #16 [1886 December, 5 øre blue on Brownish-Chamois Paper, King Canute, Thin Paper] Used with Fine centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Attractive.

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3.25

400333

Odense CR #16 [1886 December, 5 øre blue on Brownish-Chamois Paper, King Canute, Thin Paper] BLOCK OF FOUR. NEVER HINGED, full original gum, with VF-XF centering. An outstanding example of a stamp that is both scarce with gum and scarce NH, and scarce in multiples.

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CR #17-19: 1887, Odense Town Coat of Arms (looks like a double-ended "T", but it is a double-headed eagle, called a Biarritz), White Paper, Perforation 11.5.

400334

Odense CR #17 [1887 1-1/2 øre green on Thin White Paper, Double-Headed Eagle] Used with F-VF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very attractive.

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4.00

400823

Odense CR #17 [1887 1-1/2 øre green on Thin White Paper, Double-Headed Eagle] Used with F-VF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very attractive.

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4.00

400824

Odense CR #17 [1887 1-1/2 øre green on Thin White Paper, Double-Headed Eagle] Used with Fine centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very attractive.

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3.00

400825

Odense CR #17 [1887 1-1/2 øre green on Thin White Paper, Double-Headed Eagle] Used with Fine centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very attractive.

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3.00

400335

Odense CR #17 [1887 1-1/2 øre green on Thin White Paper, Double-Headed Eagle] UPPER RIGHT CORNER MARGIN BLOCK OF FOUR. NEVER HINGED, original gum, with VF centering. I note two obvious plate varieties (which do not affect the price): Upper right stamp has a color spot in the right margin and the lower left stamp has a large color "smudge" in the lower left corner. An outstanding example of a stamp that is both scarce with gum and scarce NH, and scarce in multiples.

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CR #18: This stamp is listed as the color being carmine, which it is. However, most (perhaps all?) examples show some degree of aniline ink being used, meaning that the ink dissolves in water. On some examples the aniline ink is obviously slightly dissolved -- especially when viewing from the back of the stamp. However, all that I have seen on which the aniline features are not obvious, but have been soaked in water, still show slight dissolving when viewed under 10x magnification. I would like to see examples that do not seem to have been printed with aniline ink. Additionally, the carmine ink is susceptible to oxidation, with the ink turning a much darker color.

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400336

Odense CR #18 [1887 4 øre "carmine" on Thin White Paper, Double-Headed Eagle] Used with F-VF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very attractive. This example shows a aniline (i.e. dissolves in water) color/ink. This aniline feature is not mentioned in any of the literature that I have seen. I have not observed enough examples to know if all examples show this aniline ink or if actually more than one ink was used for the printing of 4 øre stamps.

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400827

Odense CR #18 [1887 4 øre "carmine" on Thin White Paper, Double-Headed Eagle] Used with Average (typical) centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Fresh appearance. This example shows clear effects of aniline (i.e. dissolves in water) color/ink, especially on the backside.

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2.50

400828

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2.50

400826

Odense CR #18 [1887 4 øre "carmine" on Thin White Paper, Double-Headed Eagle] Used with XF centering, but thin spot. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very attractive. This example shows (under 10x magnification) only extremely light effects of aniline (i.e. dissolves in water) color/ink. Very attractive.

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2.25

400337

Odense CR #19 [1887 15 øre red and silver on Thin White Paper, Double-Headed Eagle] Used with XF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. An outstanding example!

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400829

Odense CR #19 [1887 15 øre red and silver on Thin White Paper, Double-Headed Eagle] Used with VF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. An outstanding example!

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8.00

CR #20: 1887, 2 øre Green on Rose Paper, Odense Historical Town Coat of Arms (picturing King / Saint Knud / Cnut / Cnute), Colored Paper, Perforation 11.5. The "2" is smaller and plainer; compare to CR #14 with a larger, more ornate "2".

400832

Odense CR #20 [1887 2 øre yellow green on (Thick) Salmon Pink Paper, Double-Headed Eagle; thinner and less ornate "2" than #14.] Mint, only faint traces of gum remain, with VF centering. Very fresh appearance and hard to find this nicely centered. Mint examples of this stamp are usually found without gum.

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6.00

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400830

Odense CR #20 [1887 2 øre yellow green on (Thick) Salmon Pink Paper, Double-Headed Eagle; thinner and less ornate "2" than #14.] Used with F-VF centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. An attractive example.

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3.25

400831

Odense CR #20 [1887 2 øre yellow green on (Thick) Salmon Pink Paper, Double-Headed Eagle; thinner and less ornate "2" than #14.] Used with Average centering. Neat, correct violet 2-ring local post cancellation. Very fresh.

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1.90

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CR #21-23: 1887 (?), Manuscript Surcharges on CR #17-19.

CR #24-28: 1887 (?), Handstamped Surcharges, in Various Colors, on CR #18-19 and #20.

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