401 OFFICIAL MAIL, 1750-1820: Quartet of covers with a variety of official endorsements and seals inc. (1750) Frk. 5tg mit Attest on Flensburg-Husum cover; m/s 'crown' with F5tns monogram on EL signed on behalf of the King ex Fredensborg Castle to Skagen (1758); fine Post Office wax seal on E to Aerøskjobing (1813) with K.T. endorsement; 1820 EL with Aalborg N6 and pictorial seal. (4 items) £160
402 OFFICIAL MAIL, 1851-1902: Study of the handling of official mail inc. six stampless 'franked' covers - two of which (compulsory reports) were disallowed and charged postage - endorsed K.T. or K.T.m.A and a 'reduced postage' item with N.P. and crayon '8' (1876); also three stamped covers of the 1870s inc.2s, 4s & 8ø rates and official postcards at 3ø & 5ø. Interesting group. (11 items) £150
403 ADDITIONAL FEE COVERS: Group of stampless covers of the 1840s with additional postage fees due inc. 1846-7 pair ex Mariager with 1s due as indleveringsgebyr on high-rate postage, three covers showing Copenhagen late fee charges of 4s or 8s (2) plus 1849 følgebrev parcel letter with 3s delivery charge.Also (1845) 8pp official postage rate list for Løgstøer. (7 items). £100
404 REGISTERED MAIL, 1852-1978: 1852 Stampless E with NB endorsement and 8s reg'n fee; attractive 1861 cover with 4s franking , m/s 8s reg'n and '2' receipt fee; c1866 E with red Anbefalet h.s.and similar calculations plus c1869 rural post cover showing full payment in stamps (4s x 3) and m/s NB & 'x'. Also 1873 -89 pair with numeral issue frankings and a range of later reg'd covers to the 1970s (30 items). £200
405 MONEY LETTERS, 1805-38: Group of four early money letters carried by the Agende Post, three with heavy wax seals ex Skive (2, with NB endorsements) or Slagelse and itemising contents, the fourth a følgebrev for an insured packet containing money ex Lemvig. (4 items). £180
406 MONEY LETTERS, 1858-70: Trio of money letters inc. (1858) stampless adressebrev ex Horsens concerning a money order; similar item c1860 with 4s franking ex Holbek with Hermed en Postanvisning 14½rd endorsement; 1870 unpaid money letter ex Copenhagen postmaster with lilac control label and m/s Indlagt Rd.4s. (3 items) £100
407 INSURED MAIL, 1893-1908: Group of insured letters with purple control labels, mainly pre-printed Indlagt Es from Copenhagen (3), Kjøge or Viborg with various 24ø frankings (one at 20ø); also an insured parcel post adressebrev to Roskilde with 20ø (2) franking. (6 items). £120
408 EXPRESS MAIL, 1853-1928: 1853 stampless special messenger E sent from Løgstør to Randers endorsed pr.Expr./franco/Svar udbedes;1904 10ø provisional stationery E endorsed Expres!! and uprated with 5ø & 15ø stamps cancelled by Copenhagen Station cds; 1928 E ex Odense franked at 40ø and with red EXPRÈS label; 1931 scarce receipt for express telegram with 30ø due pair attached. (4 items). £100
409 CASH ON DELIVERY, 1855-64: Trio of scarce early C.O.D. letters with 4s frankings inc. (1855) freight bill ex Aalborg with m/s collection charges; 1855 printed postforskud E with a further 8s due in fees plus 1864 printed sheet to Ronnede with similar calculation. (3 items). £75
410 CASH ON DELIVERY, 1884-1926: Useful group of C.O.D. covers inc. 1884-93 pair with large numbered labels of Christianshavn & Copenhagen, 1883 COD card with payment refused plus two later examples, adressebrev trio plus two covers with triangular remboursement labels. (10 items). £100
411 PARCEL POST, 1868-1916: Useful group of parcel post covers with control labels inc. early (1868) uprated 4s stationery E with white paper Fra Praestø label and rural postman's crayon 'x'; 1880s pair of 8ø postcards uprated with 8ø or 12ø stamps and with labels Fra Viborg or Fra Nykjøb.i.Jyll.; also six printed adressebrev covers inc. one accompanying three parcels with strip of 6 x 16ø stamps (1902), 1908 example ex Ringkjøping with 10ø official stamps x 6 and WWI pair of stampless Es to the Red Cross POW service. (11 items). £160
412 PARCEL POST - RAILWAY & FERRY MAIL: Unusual parcel post items inc. (1923) A-B paa Als parcel way-bill with 30ø expresgods stamp; 1943 S.F.J. way-bill with 10ø (5) & 80ø (5) railway stamps; also 1952-66 pair of parcel cards from the Fanø-Esbjerg Ferry with postfaerge stamps to 5kr. (4 items). £100
413 PARCEL POST - TO & FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES: 1889-1973 Group of parcel cards with German items inc. (1889) blue card with 10pf, 20pf & 50pf stamps, two WWI cards to the Danish Red Cross, unusual Inflation period (1923) card ex Berlin with oval Gebuhr bezahlt h.s. in place of stamps; 1940 Danish card to Germany with swastika control h.s.; also 1893 card ex Sweden with boxed Toldpliglig overstruck by Roeskilde Toldkammer cachet. (10 items) £100
414 POSTAGE DUE MAIL, 1855-64: 1855-62 Pair of 4s stamped covers, each over-weight and charged 6s extra as underpaid letters, one ex Copenhagen to Roskilde with weak 'compass' letter-box mark, the other from Heide with fine Elmsh.-Itzeh.Ebn. Post: But TPO cds. Also two stampless unpaid covers with crayon '12' second weight step due marks. (4 items). £120
415 POSTAGE DUE MAIL, 1870-1902: Red, boxed Utilstraekkelig/frankeret [insufficiently-paid] h.s. on pair of 1870 Es ex Copenhagen franked with 2s or 4s stamps and with crayon '4' or '8' due marks; also 1874-75 pair of unpaid covers ex Vordingsborg with m/s '8' & '16'. In addition, 1893 Hvalso local E with 4s stamp, redirected with '4' charge and 1902 infringement of postcard regulations - strip of 1ø (5) covering 'Postkarte' - charged '6'.(6 items). £100
416 POSTAGE DUE MAIL, POST-1871: Album with variety of postage due covers to c1970s inc. 1894 Copenhagen business reply card with 4ø stamp for due fee; 1916 stampless E with fine stjernstempel of Mammen and crayon '10'; 1921 postage due issue in various combinations inc. strip of 1ø (4) on printed matter E and 2ø & 5ø on local census card, provisional porto frankings etc. (25 items). £120
417 SUNDAY DELIVERY COVERS, 1933-72: Study of special Sunday delivery letters, well written-up inc. Søndagsbrev endorsements, unusual 1944 Viborg label. explaining failure of delivery and similar hand-stamp of Aalborg, postcards, franking machine item, inward mail from Sweden (underpaid) & Norway etc. (21 items). £150
418 RETURNED MAIL, 1871-1959: Official, printed return E unused but with boxed Oprindelig/frankiert h.s., WWI period Copenhagen RLO unused lilac label, various RETOUR h.s.on incoming foreign mail, 1916 Red Cross E with framed Tilbageleveres/Afsenderen [Return to Sender] h.s., 1930-40 pair of returned postcards with large grey or pink RLO labels etc. (14 items). £150
419 POSTAL STATIONERY & PRINTED MATTER RATE, 1865-1911: c1883 rare example of uncut pair of 5ø wrappers used for over-weight printed matter to Germany, 1865-69 1st & 2nd types of 4s envelopes , 4s (2) & 4ø local postcards plus other local post stationery cards inc. 2s, 3ø & 4ø, local rate frankings inc. 1870 2ø on price-list, 3ø postcard rate etc. (18 items). PHOTO. £150
420 POST OFFICE INSTRUCTIONAL LABELS, RECEIPTS etc: 1880s-1970s Covers etc. with variety of marks inc. violet (2) or green paper labels explaining delay in delivery (1887-93), boxed 'Frimaerket/gaaet tabt/undervej' h.s. explaining loss of stamp (1930s), late fee h.s. (1953), 1897 telegram forwarded by post, 1856-68 certificates of posting (2), money-letter receipts etc. (17 items). £100
421 POST OFFICE SEALS, PPCs OF POSTMEN etc: Trio of fine wax seals on official PO covers 1852-92 inc. EL ex Slagelse(1860) with Korsör Jernb. Postexpd. cds, plus three others 1917-46 with paper seals inc. WWI reg'd E ex Russia with Copenhagen seal. Also a fine group of pre-WWI PPCs (11) of postmen inc. staff of Herlufmagle, town & rural delivery and mail coaches.(17 items). PHOTO. £120
422 SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS, PICTORIAL ENVELOPES etc: Interesting group of cards cancelled at exhibitions, bazaars etc. 1901-25 inc. scarce 1903 Tivoli Bazaar card used to UK, 1907 Stamp Exhibition, Tivoli Gardens, aarhus Show (4) etc. Socialist Congress (1910) cover, fine 1905 use of pictorial 'Copenhagen' E, miniature covers (4), Xmas seals on cover (4, 1904-19) etc. (25 items). £150
423 'BUS MAIL & THE MOBILE P.O.: Nine items (1936-62) carried by 'bus inc. parcel way-bill with 25ø (2) stamps plus various Rutebilbrev h.s. Also a small collection of cards cancelled at the mobile P.O. 1936-39 plus one post-WWII cover showing a variety of cancellations. (19 items). £120
424 COPENHAGEN, 1850s-1980s: Accumulations of Copenhagen-related covers & cards, some written-up on sheets and inc. (1856) 'triplex' railway cancellation, registered mail, COD cover (1933), instructional marks & labels, packet d.s., sub-offices, machine cancellations, sheets of cancellations on loose stamps etc. Fine basis for development. (100s) £160
425 JUTLAND: Extensive study of the cancellations of Jutland to 1892, on cover and on loose stamps, arranged alphabetically by PO in 5 albums plus a stock-book with a similarly-organised collection of BRS sub-office cancellations on stamps / pieces plus 28 covers, inc. smaller offices. A fine opportunity for development. (58 covers & 100s of stamps) £240
426 VIBORG (JUTLAND): Carton containing a specialised study of the cancellations of Viborg, housed in two albums and a box-file, inc. marks from 1851 to 1930s (32 items) plus railway mail c1864-1960, sub-office cancellations, related rural cancellations up to 1990s inc. commemorative cancellations plus extensive maps, illustrations, notes etc. Inspection recommended. (Large qty). £260
427 SJAELLAND & FYN: Album with study of cancellations used in Sjaelland c1858-90 inc. 25 covers and a qty of stamps arranged alphabetically by PO, with strength in numbered 'target' cancels; better items noted inc. TPO & duplex. Good lot for development. (25 covers & qty stamps). £140
428 SMALL ISLANDS: Extensive study of the postal history of some of the smaller Danish Islands from c1860, housed in two albums and a box and inc. marks of Aggersø, Anholt, Avernakø, Bogo & Farø, Drejø, Endlave, Nordby (fine 1859 4s cover ex Fanø noted), Sonderhø, Feiø, Vesterby, Fur, Hesselø (fine 1908 PPC of entire Island population with earliest recorded strike of the Hesselø cancellation), Jegindø, Lindholm, Lyø, Laesø, Masnedø (letter-box stamp, 1930), Ourø, Samsø, Sejerø, Søby, Taasinge, Tunø, Thurø etc. Mainly early 20th century with fine range of stjernstemplar inc. many scarce examples. A fine study for continuation. Inspection recommended. (58 covers in albums plus qty of stamps and many more unmounted covers.) Photo plate 5A £500
429 FAERØE ISLANDS: Useful group of covers 1941-63 inc. scarce 1941 cover to Thorshavn with Viderejde cancellation and FAERØSK KLIPPISK cds; various Thorshavn cds. plus two examples of the Copenhagen FRA FAERØERNE machine cancellation. (9 items). £80
DENMARK - RAILWAY MAIL
430 COPENHAGEN STATION P.O., 1848: (19.February) earliest recorded date of use of the first type KJØBENHAVN/JRB.PST.EXP. duplex - a very fine strike in blue-green on flap of EL to Viborg with crayon '20' charge. Exhibition item. Photo plate 5A £100
431 COPENHAGEN STATION: 1852-56 Fine matched pair of covers with 4s frankings cancelled by very fine examples of the First & Second Type triplex cancellation KIØBENHAVN/JRB.PST.EXP. with dumb or numbered (34) obliterator; also (1865) EL with Copenhagen Foot Post d.s.and 34/KBH.JB.PSTCT duplex struck on reverse. (3 items). £150
432 EARLY CANCELLATIONS: Four 4s franked covers with early railway cancellations inc. ROESKILDE/JRB.PST.EXP. (1856), BAHNHOF RENDSBURG cds used with dumb cancellation (1857) and two covers with 1860 duplex SJAELL:POST:SPED:BUREAU (181 & 182). Useful group. (4 items). £120
433 TOWN NAME-STAMP CANCELLATIONS: 1886-87 Trio of covers inc.4ø franking with scarce dated m/s cancellation of Stenderup; also two 8ø covers used on Fyn with fine, s/l blue Holmstrup cancellation and Odense cds or boxed Aarslev with Odense-Svendborg TPO d.s.(3 items).Photo plate 5A £120
434 OVAL CANCELLATIONS: 1895-1939 - Four items inc. attractive (1901) E with 4ø local franking cancelled by fine double-oval rubber ALMINDE/K.E.J. d.s., 1895 E with mainly fine oval KNABSTRUP d.s. plus a clearer strike on loose pair of 8ø stamps, 1939 E with SØRVAD/R.Ø.H.J. oval cancelling 15ø stamp and 1908 PPC ex Copenhagen with fine oval ESPERGAERDE/D.S.B. d.s.(not cancelling stamp). (4 items). Photo plate 5A £100
435 JUTLAND T.P.O.s (Part I): Substantial study of 19th Century TPO marks inc. ANT & LAP types plus numeral cancellations on covers and loose stamps inc. Aalborg-Frederikshavn, Aarhus-Grenaa,Fredericia-Aalborg, Vestjydske Jernbane,the Langaa, Randers & Skanderborg lines etc. with many attractive items noted inc. stjernstemplar cancellations and scarce '286' numeral (Randers-Hadsund) on loose 8ø stamp with Jensen cert. Fine lot for development. (45 items & many stamps) £340
436 JUTLAND T.P.O.s (Part 2): Study of BRO I type TPO marks from 1892 with good range of examples on covers & cards from the Aalborg & Aarhus Districts, Routes 77 & 55, various branch lines etc. Also a 12pp official leaflet listing TPOs operating from May 1892. Good lot; inspection recommended. (66 items) £200
437 JUTLAND T.P.O.s (Part 3): Study of BRO II & III TPO cancellations on cover c1916-56 - extensive group in an album with selection of attractive posthorn letter-box h.s.and good variety of single- and 2-ring cds types.Inspection recommended. (38 covers) £120
438 ISLAND RAILWAYS: Interesting group of (mainly pre-WWI) covers transported by rail on some of Denmark's small islands, well written-up on sheets, inc. Bornholm (4), Lolland & Falster (8), Sjaelland & Falster (3), Fyn (13) plus a study of the Sjaelland & Falster line's link with Germany (31) with a variety of cancellations inc. duplex and cds sub-types. (59 items) £220
439 SJAELLAND RAILWAYS: Album containing a study of the cancellations used by the Island's railways inc. numerous stamps with numeral and cds cancellations plus a group of 17 covers & cards c1865-98 with a range of marks inc. a number of attractive duplex cancellations. Good opportunity for development. (17 items & qty of stamps). £120
440 CANCELLATION MISCELLANY: Interesting group of covers with railway cancellations inc.1862 EL to Nibe with 4s franking and fine Soro Jernb:Postexpd: cds (1862), 1870 4ø cover with SJ.JB.P.SP.B/181 duplex cancellation, violet GLOSTRUP (2 types), 1945 card with KILDEKROG/(HORNBAEK) 'posthorn' h.s. cancelling stamps etc. (9 items) £100
441 BALANCE OF THE RAILWAY COLLECTION: Carton with ranges of rail-borne covers and cancellations on stamps or pieces, mainly 20th century but with useful earlier, inc. duplex & cds TPO marks, station cancels etc. from a wide variety of lines. Inspection will confirm that this is a useful lot. (approx 200) £140
DENMARK - DOMESTIC SEAPOST
442 STEAMSHIP MAIL, 1844-48: Trio of interesting covers inc. (1844) EL to Saxkiøbing carried by the 'Caroline Amalia' from Copenhagen with crayon '14' due mark; 1847 cover carried by the 'Iris' on the Aalborg-Copenhagen route with fine 'K.D.P.A./AALBORG' cds; 1848 parcel-letter ex Altona with oval FAC of Lubeck with 'p.Dampschiff' endorsement and 'half postage' seapost rate marked on reverse. (3 items). £120
443 SHIP MAIL -K.D.P.A. / AALBORG COVERS, 1848-54: Trio of attractive covers carried from Aalborg to Copenhagen at the ship letter concession rate operating between the two ports: very fine strike of the KDPA cds with year slug on paid letter to Copenhagen; 1851 unpaid letter to Aarhus (m/s '6') struck with cds without year slug plus similar strike on 1854 E to Fjerritslev with 4rbs stamp [Grønlund cert. 1971]. (3 items). Photo plate 5A £150
444 COPENHAGEN LETTER-BOX MARKS: 1858 4s E to Copenhagen illustrating the use of the 'compass' mark to indicate clearance of the mobile box carried on the Aalborg-Copenhagen ferry; 1854 E (filing fold) to Randers with 4rbs stamp and m/s 'p.Cimbria' but posted in a letter-box, with 'compass' date-stamp; 1867 'Cimbria' letter ex Copenhagen, cancelled on arrival at Randers. (3 items). £120
445 STEAMSHIP POST OFFICES, 1857-94: Group of 4s franked covers (5) with DAMPSK:POST-SPED: cds marks inc. No.2 in blue on E to Sorö (rouletted 4s), No.3 on covers 1857-61 to Copenhagen (2) or Kiel and No.4 (blue) ex Aarhus to Copenhagen; also DPSK:P:EXP:/No.6 duplex cancellations on cover (1182) and card (1894) ex Nyborg to Copenhagen & Sorö respectively. (7 items). £200
446 NORTH JUTLAND FERRIES: 1854 Pair of 4rbs franked covers ex Copenhagen addressed to Randers with 'via Kallundborg' endorsements, s/l Fra Aarhus (2 types, 1917 & 1937) plus cds type (2, 1939-52), s/l Fra Faergen (1932), Fra Aalborg (2 types, 1933 & 1959) and (1960) 2-line Indgaet med skib/København-Aalborg . (10 items). £160
447 BORNHOLM FERRIES: Straight-line FRA KJOBENHAVN on PPC to Nybro cancelled at Rønne (1908); Fra Bornholm on 1923 card ex Rønne ; Fra Rønne cancelling stamp on c1910 PPC and two further examples struck alongside stamps (1921-30). (5 items). £100
DENMARK - SCHLESWIG AND HOLSTEIN
448 SCHLESWIG - INTERNAL MAIL: Three covers inc. 1845-51 pair to Bredstadt with fine cds marks of Tönning or Leck plus (1856) 4s franking with '71' numeral cancellation and fine Sønderborg cds addressed to Schleswig town. (3 items). £75
449 SCHLESWIG ISLANDS: Group of covers from the Schleswig islands inc. 1857 4s franked E ex Burg (Fehmarn), three items from Wyck (Fohr) inc. 1857-63 stampless pair with 'WYCK' or 'VYK' cds plus 1862 4s cover to Helsingør with '79' cancellation; 1857 stampless E ex Nordstrand with fine BAHNHOF HUSUM arrival cds plus small piece with 4s stamp and partly fine strike of the KEITUM PAA SYLT cds. (5 covers & a piece). £120
450 HOLSTEIN: Group of covers inc. 1851 E ex EUTIN to Bredstedt, stampless Es with fine cds of Meldorf (1850), Neumünster (1847), Elmshorn (1847), Segeberg (1856) & Uetersen (1861), 1854 pair of Es with K.P.A./ALTONA cds and four 4s franked covers, 1856-62, with numeral cancellations and cds of Kiel, Altona or Neumünster - the last a fine strike in blue.(13 items). £150
451 LAUENBURG: 1838-61 Group of Es inc. stampless (3) with oval LAUENBURG h.s. or Ratzeburg cds; good pair of Lauenberg railway covers 1861-62, franked 4s with '148' or '149' cancellations and fine station cds of Lauenburg & Möln. (5 items). £100
452 SCHLESWIG & HOLSTEIN - GERMAN RULE: Four stamped covers, 1866-68, inc. Holstein 1¼s on E ex Elmshorn, Schleswig ½s printed matter cover ex Flensburg plus 1¼s E ex Burg and 1868 E with NGPC 1g stamp posted at Kiel Station. (4 items). £100
453 MAIL BETWEEN DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG, 1868-76: Three Es to Flensborg (2) or Østerby franked with 1864 'crown' issue stamps - two with 2s & 4s frankings with Copenhagen Station duplex cancellations (plus a piece), the third underpaid with 4s (imperf? trimmed margins? cut-out?) and boxed 'Utilstraekkelig/frankeret'; also an 1876 E from Augustenburg to Sjørring with German 5pf & 10pf stamps. (4 covers & a piece). £100
454 DANISH MAIL TO SCHLESWIG - 'CONVENTION' & 'GRAENSE' RATES, 1876-1902: Attractive trio of covers inc. 1876 to Haderslev, the 4ø & 8ø stamps (perf. staining) tied by the scarce oval d.s. of MARLEV/J.F.J.; also two border-rate covers (1882) franked at 16ø with 'underpaid' mark sent between Randers and Woyens or (1900) 8ø cover ex Kolding to Woyens; also 1917 censored E to Christiansfeld from Kolding. (4 items). £120
455 RAILWAY STATIONS & T.P.O.s:Selection of covers c1844-68 inc. various types of station marks of Altona & Kiel plus single-ring BAHNHOF GLÜCKSTADT (1858) and BAHNHOF (CROWN)EXPD:ZU WRIST (1846); several TPO marks inc. fine 'Elmsh.-Itzeh.Ebn.Post Bur.' used with 'SLESV.P.SP.BUR.1' (1861), 'HOLST.EB.P.Sp.B/3zug' (1862) and two others. Also an original timetable (1861). (14 items). £150
456 NORTH SCHLESWIG T.P.O.s, 1892-1916: Group of covers & cards with oval h.s. of N.Schleswig TPOs inc. Apenrade to Gravenstein, Lugumkloster & Rothenkrug (3), Hamburg to Vamdrup, Højersluse & Hvidding (5); Sønderborg-Nørdborg, Tønder-Hvidding, Vojens to Arnum & Rødding; also a fine strike of the oval Høyersluse-Munkmarsch ferry to Sylt (1902). (13) £120
457 WWI - P.O.W. MAIL: Four items of mail from Schleswig-Holstein soldiers imprisoned by the Allies inc. fine British POW printed E used from Feltham Camp (Middlesex) with censor label PW88, worn E ex Handforth Camp (Cheshire) with 'P.C.' h.s. and unusual printed 'Portofrit' label with writer's details and return address; also two printed Camp cards ex Aurillac (France) with different censor marks. Interesting group. (4 items). £100
458 WWI - GERMAN CENSORSHIP: Examples of paper sealing tape used at Hamburg and Flensburg, 1918 E with paper label tied by Flensburg h.s. and postcards (2) with two different '3' censors; four cards with circular 'Ü.-K.' h.s. of Tondern (2), Apenrade & Hadersleben also 1919 E ex Denmark to Schleswig with currency control label. (10 items). £120
459 SCHLESWIG PLEBISCITE, 1920: Scarce group of covers franked with Plebiscit stamps inc. 25pf pair on reg'd E to Hamburg, 10pf & 20pf on opened cover with SLESVIG/COMMISSION/INTERNATIONAL h.s. tying censor tape plus three other commercial items inc. 15pf postcard; also 1.ZONE opt'd 10ø single & pair on card and E. In addition, seven items franked with 1920 commemorative issue and 1921 Red Cross opts (both). (14 items). £150
DENMARK - FOREIGN MAIL
460 EARLY MAIL VIA HAMBURG & AMSTERDAM, 1688: EL ex a British ship's captain at 'Elseneur' to a merchant at Rotterdam, mentioning the post leaving for Hamburg; endorsed P. address of D.Melvin Elsenore and franco Amstdam; no postal markings. Scarce early letter from Denmark. PHOTO. £100
461 DANISH MAILS TO FRANCE BY THE TURN & TAXIS POST: Interesting group of covers, all to Bordeaux from Copenhagen (4) or Norway (2), inc.(1742-50) s/l 'D ALLEMAGNE' Types I & II (latter with forwarding agent endorsement), curved 'HAMBOURG' (1753) or 2-line 'DANNEMARC/P.HAMBOURG R.4' (1811). Also a 1771 EL ex Trondhjem via Denmark with s/l 'HAMBOURG' or from Frederikshald (1804) with scarce 'R4/DAENNEMARK'. (6 items) £140
462 MAIL TO FRANCE VIA HAMBURG BY THURN & TAXIS POST, 1784-1804: Fine group of Es to Bordeaux (6) or Paris from Sønderborg, Flensburg, Copenhagen etc. showing v.fine 'HAMBURG', 'DAENNEMARK' or the scarce 'R4/DAENNEMARK' and a variety of rate marks. (7 items). £120
463 MAIL TO DENMARK VIA HAMBURG: 1801 EL ex Genoa with forwarding agent's endorsement and fine Hamburg monogram mark 'HB'; also 1807 E from Setubal (Portugal) with French transit and mainly fine strike in red of the scarce 'HAMBOURG:R4/B.G.D.23 Mars 1807' h.s. of the Duchy of Berg P.O. at Hamburg. (2 items). £100
464 DANISH MAIL TO AUSTRIAN NETHERLANDS VIA FORWARDING AGENTS: 1743 EL to Ghent ex Copenhagen with the endorsement Pr.Addr:UIDSSDn: Christian Van Orsay & Soonen @25 9br:1743 Amsterdam and '8'[schellings] charge; also 1753 EL from Copenhagen to Ghent endorsed with two forwarding agents' inscriptions at Altona & Amsterdam, with mainly fine s/l red HOLLANDE and '6' charge.Fine pair. (2 items) £100
465 DENMARK - EARLY DATE-STAMPS ON FOREIGN MAILS, 1815-43: Scarce early dated town marks inc. fine boxed HELSINGOR/29 May 32 and HELSINGOR/1843/25/1 cds on covers to Schiedam; also two letters from Copenhagen to London via Altona with attractive ornamental KIØBENHAVN cds (1837) or boxed KIÖBENH./25 Sept 40. Good group. (4 items). £140
466 EUROPE MISCELLANY: Group of mainly pre-stamp covers sent to / from Denmark and various European countries inc. Austria-Hungary with 1844 E ex Hayda to Copenhagen via Prague & Hamburg, 1854 E from Meran via Lübeck, EL to Bohemia (1861) with red 'Aus Dänemark'; 1852 E to Finland, paid to Helsingfors, 1872 14ø franking (fault) to Italy with two boxed 'underpaid' marks and Italian dues, 1854 E ex Archangel to Helsingør with St Petersburg and fine Hagenow-Rostock TPO transits, boxed 'Memel' (1862), price-list ex Alicante via France & Germany, letters to & from Switzerland via Hamburg etc. (18 items). £120
467 FRANCE, 1814-75: Study of rates and routes taken by mail to and from France with range of marks inc. DANEMARCK/PAR HAMBOURG and TTR4, boxed DANEMARCK, KDOPA HAMBURG cds, French entry marks, sea routes, forwarding agent etc. and inc unusual group (4) of Es ex Algeria to Copenhagen with crayon rate marks, two with fine strikes of the scarce octagonal-framed 'F/34' accountancy mark, TT36, boxed P39 etc. Also 1872-73 pair of stamped Es to Paris at 16ø or 32ø rates etc. (25 items) £200
468 GERMANY - BERGEDORF, LÜBECK etc.: Fine 4s 'Convention' letter to Bergedorf from Aabenraa (1860), series of letters to Lübeck inc. (1855-56) stamped Es ex Saxkjøbing & Nykiøbing, examples of the KDOPA LUBECK cds on stampless and 4s covers (2) - the latter cancelled with numeral '3' of Lubeck and another with fine BAHNH.LUEBECK/K.DAEN.POST; also KDOPA d.s. on 1866 E ex GB to Sweden. In addition, 2 parcel-cards (1927-38) with cancellations of the Danish Parcel Office at Flensburg. (11 items). £150
469 GERMANY - HAMBURG, 1803-73: Fine study of Danish mails to/from Hamburg and the Danish PO in the City inc. (1803) wax seal of the Danish PO on cover to Copenhagen, KDPA/HAMBURG & HAMBURG?K.DAN.OPA cds ( the latter with boxed OBETALT FR.DANNEMARK/H=BORG), KDOPA cds in blue & black plus several examples of the '2' cancellation on cover (5) and on piece (5) plus 1864 EL with Hamburg 1¼s stamps (2) cancelled by the Danish '2' etc. Good lot. (18 covers and 5 pieces). £200
470 GERMANY - HAMBURG CONSULAR MAIL- FIRST SCHLESWIG WAR:1849 (27.July) EL from the Danish Consulate at Hamburg to Randers, with m/s Hamborg written across the flap (tear on opening) - the scarce provisional annotation recorded during July 1849 during the closure of the Danish PO at Hamburg following the resumption of war with Prussia; Copenhagen m/s '11 - 29' rate annotation plus Randers red '31' total fee. £100
471 GERMANY, 1835-72: Collection of covers sent between Denmark & Germany illustrating various rates & routes inc. (1853) stampless E with Copenhagen letter-box 'compass' mark, 'Aus Dänemark' (1857) plus another strike on 1865 E to Stettin with 4s strip of three with TPO duplex cancellations; most are incoming mail from Germany inc. Copenhagen Forwarding Agent, German railway mail, sample letter, poste restante mail etc. (14 items). £140
472 HOLLAND & BELGIUM, 1814-66: Group of stampless Es showing various routes from / to the Low Countries with marks inc. red AMSTERDAM/Fo.GRENZEN (1814), boxed TT/HAMBURG/1.Juli.41. with KDPA cds, , KDOPA HAMBURG etc. Almost all are ingoing mail, one item in transit to Norway. (10 items) £100
473 NORWAY, 1806-1922: Study of mails between Denmark and Norway inc. trio of early unpaid letters 1806-26, original 1810 printed rate table, mail via Sweden, fine EL to France ex Trodhjem via Denmark and Hamburg (1852) with KS&NPA cds & boxed 'Aus Schweden' etc., steamship mail, examples of 1870s frankings from Denmark, later stationery cards, 1907 scarce Bureau de Mer cancellation etc. Inspection invited. (23 items). £180
474 SWEDEN, 1749-1918: Study of mails between Denmark and Sweden inc. 1749 EL ex Copenhagen to Westerwick with m/s 'Franco Elseneur', 1838 fine boxed d.s. of CARLSKRONA to Copenhagen, variety of marks inc. boxed OBETALT FR./DANNEMARK/H.BORG, boxed blue 'Aus dem/Post-Verein', Copenhagen 'compass' h.s., Hamburg POs, rate h.s. of '18 öre', '36 öre' & '60 öre' on unpaid mail etc. Also a fine 1893 C.O.D. parcel letter ex Roskilde, 5ø & 8ø Es uprated for reg'n (1893-1902), 1915 returned E etc. (26 items). £200
475 SWEDEN - 'LOOSE LETTER' MAIL, 1852-76: Trio of letters addressed to Copenhagen and cancelled on arrival inc. very fine strike of the 'compass' h.s. struck when the ship-board box was cleared at Copenhagen; also two different 12ø frankings (1870-76) cancelled with scarce FRA SVERRIG cds or by Copenhagen '1' numeral with the cds struck alongside, carried by Malmö or Landskrona ferries. (3 items). £120
476 SWEDEN - BOXED 'FRAN DENMARK' BOX MARKS: 1880-1902 Group of postcards to Sweden cancelled on arrival either by the boxed mark (2) or by cds with the h.s. alongside (2), also PKXP d.s. (2 types) etc. (6 items). £100
477 SWEDEN -'FRA SVERRIG' BOX MARKS, 1882-1906: Swedish cards addressed to Denmark, cancelled on arrival, either with framed / unframed FRA SVERRIG cancellations (3) or with Danish cds cancellations and the origin mark struck alongside; three types of h.s. noted. (6 items). £100
478 SWEDEN - UNBOXED 'Fra Sverige' MARKS, 1882-1900: Fine group of Swedish postcards carried by the Malmö ferry and cancelled in Denmark by s/l marks inc. 'Fra Sverige' (4, 1882-84), 'Fra Sverige/M' (3, 1885-1900 - the last with boxed 'Paquebot' also) and boxed 'Fra Sverige' (2, 1897). Also an 1893 E with multiple franking of Swedish low-value stamps cancelled by three fine strikes of the scarce 'Fra Sverige/L' of the Landskrona Ferry. (10 items) £100
479 U.P.U. RATES, 1876-c1950: Interesting bundle of cards & covers illustrating the foreign postcard rates from 1876 with a number of early cards uprated, 1911 5¢ card with fine advertisement for Danish butter returned from St Thome (Portuguese W.Africa!), 1912 PPC to Bangkok, 1939 card to UK with censor etc. Also a few examples of letter-rate covers inc. nice 1880 E to France with entry mark, printed matter and a few Express mail items c1938-50. (40 items). £120
480 U.P.U. RATES - REGISTERED MAIL - GERMAN - 'Vom Ausland' RAILWAY LABELS:1879 E ex Copenhagen to Brunswick, franked with a total of 36¢ (perf.stain), with s/l 'Anbefalet' and fine 'Vom Ausland/Bahnpost 17/Hamburg-Kiel/Eingeschrieben' label; also (1880) Copenhagen EL to Switzerland with similar franking and 'Bahnpost 17/Vamdrup-Hamburg' label. Attractive pair. (2 items). £90
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321-400
401-480
481-560
561-640
641-720
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801-880
881-960
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1521-1564
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