377th Auction

1852, entire letter from "CHRISTIANIA 16/7 1852" with adjacent "DANEMARCK" octagonal handstamp, via Hamburg to Paris, endorsed "franco dansk Graendse", altered to "franco direct" and charged "11" decimes upon arrival

1851, FIRE R.B.S., Thiele 1st printing, plate 2, horizontal strip of 4, nice colour and good to large margins, tied by mute cancel to envelope with adjacent "KJØBENHAVN 31/8 1852" to Hamburg, very fine, certificates Moeller BPP (2002) and Nielsen (2004) (AFA 1Ia)

2 rbs. blue, Thiele, plate 2, good to mostly large margins, neatly cancelled with upright "1", very fine, certificate Moeller AIEP (2021)

2 rbs. blue, Thiele, good to large margins all around, used with numeral "1", fine, certificates Kaiser (1978) and Möller AIEP (2021)

2 rbs. blue, Thiele, good to large margins all around, used with numeral "1", fine, certificates Kobenhavns Philatelist Klub (1978) and Möller AIEP (2021)

2 rbs. blue, Thiele, horizontal pair with close to large margins all around, used with numeral "1" on small piece, fine, certificates Gronlund (1976), Kaiser (1978) and Möller AIEP (2016)

1858, 8s. green, fresh colour and good margins all around, unused with part original gum, fine

1940/41, overprint issue 20-60Ø., mint never hinged resp 1Ø small adherence, fine  

1864, Inner-island letter to Claushavn with interesting contents: the newspaper arrived, brought by a British steamer, it reports the death of the king on November 15th and the invasion of German troops in Schleswig; very nice condition

1840, "LEEWARD ISLAND F" in green, clear strike on reverse of entire letter (the contents proving that it is coming from St. Thomas) to Edinburgh with clear London arrival mark of June 18, charged on arrival with "6/-"; some vertical folds, still fine and very scarce

"PAID AT ST. THOMAS" (CC2), good strike on entire letter from St. Croix with adjacent Danish "CHRISTIANSTED 12 5 1862" to South Zorra, West Canada, endorsed "Via Halifax", paid with 4 c. inland postage and "pd 4 d." British postage to Halifax, transported via "ST. GEORGES MY 18 1862", on reverse also transit mark of Quebec and arrival mark of May 31; on front marked "unpaid 5" which was applied to part paid letters. A very interesting and rare letter with light patina, one of the few recorded carried by open mail