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DENMARK 1882-1920

Return To Catalogue - Denmark 1851-1881 - Miscellaneous - Danish West Indies - Bypost (local post)

Curreny 96 Skilling = 1 Rigsbankdaler, after 1875 100 Øre = 1 Krone

Capital Kopenhagen

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1882 Arms, 3 lions with crown, so called 'Våben type'

  1 o orange
  5 o green
  10 o red
  15 o lilac
  20 o blue
  24 o brown

Surcharged

  '15 ORE 15' on 24 o brown (1904)

For the specialist, the values 5 and 20 o were also issued with very small numbers in the four corners:

(Zoom-in)

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 o	c	c
5 o	***	**	Small numbers in the corners
5 o	c	vc	Large numbers in the corners
10 o	c	vc
15 o	c	vc
20 o	***	*	Small numbers in the corners
20 o	c	vc	Large numbers in the corners
24 o	*	c
15 o on 24 o	c	c

Postcards in the same design:

(Reduced size, 5 o green, I have also seen 10 o red)

1904 Value in an ellipse with wavy pattern, crown and lions at top of stamp

  1 o orange
  2 o red
  3 o grey
  4 o blue
  5 o green
  5 o brown
  7 o green
  7 o violet
  8 o grey
  10 o red
  10 o green
  10 o brown
  12 o violet
  15 o lilac
  20 o blue

Surcharged
  7 on 8 o grey
  '8' on 3 o grey

Overprinted 'PORTO' (postage due stamp, 1921)
  1 o orange

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

These stamps were issued in later without the small triangles below and above 'DANMARK':

(No triangles')

Many values were issued without triangles (even up to the 1970's), for example: 1 o green, 2 o red, 4 o blue, 5 o green, 5 o red, 6 o orange, 7 o violet, 7 o green, 7 o brown, 8 o grey, 8 o green and 10 o orange.

Postcards in the same design:

(Reduced size)

1904 King Christian IX

  5 o green
  10 o red
  20 o blue
  25 o brown
  50 o black
  100 o yellow

These stamps have perforation 13 and watermark 'Crown'.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 o	c	vc
10 o	c	vc
20 o	c	vc
25 o	*	c
50 o	*	*
100 o	*	*

A so-called 'Stjernestempel' (Starcancel):

1907 King Frederic VIII

  5 o green
  10 o red
  20 o blue
  25 o brown
  35 o yellow (1912)
  50 o red
  100 o brown

These stamps have perforation 13 and watermark 'Crown'.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 o	c	vc
10 o	c	vc
20 o	c	vc
25 o	*	vc
35 o	*	c
50 o	*	c
100 o	*	c

1912 View of the postoffice in Kopenhagen

  5 K red

These stamps have

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Watermark 'Crown', perforation 13 (1912)
5 K	***	***
Watermark 'Multiple Crosses', perforation 14 x 14 1/2 (1915)
5 K	***	**

1913 King Christian X in an ellipse

  5 o green
  7 o orange
  8 o grey
  10 o red
  12 o green
  15 o lilac
  20 o blue
  20 o brown
  20 o red
  25 o brown
  25 o brown and black
  25 o red
  25 o green
  27 o red and black
  30 o green and black
  30 o orange
  30 o blue
  35 o orange
  35 o yellow and black
  40 o violet and black
  40 o blue
  40 o yellow
  50 o red
  50 o red and black
  50 o grey
  60 o brown and blue
  60 o blue
  70 o brown and green
  80 o green
  90 o brown and red
  1 K brown
  1 K brown and blue
  2 K black 
  2 K grey and red
  5 K violet and lilac
  5 K violet and brown
  10 K red and green

These stamps have perforation 14 x 14 1/2 and watermark 'Multiple Crosses'.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 o	c	vc
7 o	c	vc
8 o	c	c
10 o	c	vc
12 o	c	c
15 o	*	c
20 o blue	*	vc
20 o brown	*	vc
20 o red	c	vc
25 o brown	*	c
25 o brown and black	*	c
25 o red	*	vc
25 o green	*	vc	1925
27 o	*	*
30 o green and black	*	vc
30 o orange	*	vc
30 o blue	*	vc	1925
35 o orange	*	c
35 o yellow and black	*	c
40 o violet and black	*	vc
40 o blue	*	vc	1922
40 o yellow	*	c	1925
50 o red	*	c
50 o red and black	*	vc
50 o grey	*	vc
60 o brown and blue	*	c
60 o blue	*	vc
70 o	*	c
80 o	**	*	1915
90 o	**	c
1 K brown	*	c
1 k brown and blue	*	vc
2 K black	**	c
2 K grey and black	**	c	1925
5 K violet and lilac	***	*
5 K violet and brown	***	*	1927
10 K	***	*	1927

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  '2 ORE' on 5 o green (1919 issued for Faroer Islands)
  7 on 20 o red
  7 on 27 o red and black
  8 o on 7 o orange
  '8 8' on 12 o green
  12 on 15 o lilac
  20 on 30 o orange
  20 on 40 o blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted 'SF' (for soldier letters, 1917)

(Forged overprint!)

  5 o green
  10 o red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

With overprint 'PORTO' (Postage due stamps, 1921)

  5 o green
  7 o orange
  10 o red
  20 o blue
  25 o brown and black
  50 o red and black
  'S F' and 'PORTO' on 10 o red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1918 Fiscal stamps overprinted 'POSTFRIM DANMARK' and value

  27 o on 1 o olive
  27 o on 5 o blue
  27 o on 7 o red
  27 o on 8 o green
  27 o on 10 o lilac
  27 o on 20 o green
  27 o on 29 o orange
  27 o on 38 o orange
  27 o on 41 o brown
  27 o on 68 o brown
  27 o on 1 K green and red
  27 o on 5 K red and green
  27 o on 10 K brown and blue  

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1920 Buildings

  10 o red
  10 o green (1921)
  20 o grey
  40 o brown
  40 o blue (1921)

Red Cross issue

  '+5+' (red) on 10 c green
  '+10+' (red) on 20 c grey

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

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