Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

DENMARK Railway Stamps, D.S.B.

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Danske Statsbaner (DSB, Danish State Railways)

1875 "DE DANSKE STATSBANER 10 PUNDS" 20 o blue and 1903(?) "DANSKE STATSBANER 5 KILOGRAM" 25 o red. Also a 35 o green ("5 KILOGRAM", 1917)

Other railway companies with similar design stamps.

DSB: Similar design, but inscription "SUPPLEMENTSMAERKE": 10 o brown. I've seen it with a 1917 cancel.

"DANSKE STATSBANER SUPPLEMENTSMARKE TIL ET 20 ØRES FRIMAERKE": brown

1917 Similar design, but with value in large white circle, inscription "DANSKE STATSBANER"

Larger sized stamps with value in the center and "DANSKE STATSBANER" inscription and also smaller sized stamps in the same design.

In the larger size exist:
15 o orange, 25 o red, 45 o green, 60 o blue and 90 o brown (large size)
Overprints: "30" on 45 o green, "30" on 90 o brown, "90" on 15 o orange (see image above)

and in the smaller size the following values exist:
25 o red, 30 o orange, 40 o blue, 50 o blue, 60 o green, 75 o green, 90 o brown and 100 o brown.
'large' overprint: "10" on 25 o red, "10" on 30 o violet (see image above), "10" on 60 o blue, "10" on 100 o brown, "15" on 25 o red (see image above), "15" on 75 o green
'smaller' overprint: "25" on 30 o orange, "75" on 90 o brown (see image above).

Inscription "DSB" (Danske Stats Baner; Danish State Railways):

1913(?) (the earliest cancel I've seen is from 1913), they were still in use in the 1960's
I have seen the values 5 o grey, 7 o red, 10 o brown, 20 o brown, 30 o green, 40 o grey, 40 o yellow, 40 o blue, 50 o yellow, 50 o brown, 50 o red, 60 o red, 70 o brown, 80 o violet, 90 o red, 90 o violet, 100 o orange, 100 o blue, 120 o yellow, 200 o green
Also the following surcharges: "7" on 5 o grey (1920), "10" on 7 o red, "25" on 200 o light green (1937), "35" on 80 o violet (1932), "40" on 50 o yellow, "120" on 40 o yellow (1952), "150" on 120 o yellow (1952) and "10 kr." (vertically) on 30 o green (see image above).

An overprint "RUTEBILPK." (bus route, 1937?) has been applied on at least the following values: 50 o red and 100 o blue.
Also "25" on 200 o green, "35" on 80 o violet,"75" on 170 o orange,

Value in an ellipse (size as the previous stamp but value in an ellipse), 500 o lilac. Also larger, I have seen 10 o yellow, 15 o red, 25 o green and 75 o lilac; "20" on 20 o grey. I presume the larger stamps were supposed to be pasted on the parcel and the smaller stamps on the receipts.

1940 Inscription "Ekspres - Banepakke D.S.B.": 100 o red.

1947 Jubilee issue

"1847-1947": I've seen 60 o blue (steamtrain), 90 o green (ferry boat), 120 red (railway carriage)

1936(?) issue:

1936: In these designs I have seen 20 o red, "10" (two types) on 20 o red, "10" and 3 black bars on 20 o red, "5" on 30 o violet, "15" and 4 bars on 30 o violet, 40 o blue, "50" on 40 blue, 60 o green, "75" on 60 o green, 90 o brown, "100" on 90 o brown.

1951(?) Ferry design

1951 ferry

In the ferry design: 100 o blue, 120 o blue; "100" on 120 o blue.

1955 Various railway designs

1955 issue, signal, approaching train, Signalling box with alarm bell(?), railway bridge, joining mechanism between trains and trainwheel designs.

In the 1955 signal design I have seen: 150 o blue, 150 o lilac, 175 o brown; "5" on 175 o brown, "150" on 180 o brown, "180" on 100 o brown.
In the approaching train design: 200 o red, 200 o blue (perforated on two sides only).
In a trainwheel design: 25 o light brown, 120 o orange, 125 o green (perforated on all sides, or only perforated at the sides), 125 o olive; "120" on 125 o brown
Joining mechanism between two trains: 50 o blue, 60 o blue, 225 o blue (two types, "2" different, perforated only on th sides); "50" on 60 o blue.
Signalling box with alarm bell(?): 75 o olive, 90 o olive, "70" on 90 o olive, "80" on 70 o olive, "90' on 75 o olive.
Railway bridge: 75 o lilac (perforated on two sides only), 75 o blue (perforated on two sides only), 90 o green, 110 o lilac; "90" on 110 o lilac, "110" on 75 o lilac; "5" on 90 o green.

Parcel with tire tracks in front and railway tracks in the background.

1970's(?) Parcel with tire tracks in front and railway tracks in the background:
With perforation all around:
25 o grey, 30 o orange, 75 o orange, 110 o brown, 330 o blue, 340 o blue, 400 o blue, 420 o blue, 440 o violet, 450 o violet, 500 o blue (see image above), 520 o violet.
Overprinted: "20" and checkered pattern on 400 o blue, "20" and checkered pattern on 500 o violet, "30" and checkered pattern on 110 o brown, "40" and checkered pattern on 450 o violet, "340" and checkered pattern on 330 o blue, "440" and checkered pattern on 225 o violet, "450" and checkered pattern on 440 o violet,
"50" and four bars on 340 o blue, "50" and four bars on 540 o violet, "100" and four bars on 70 o orange, "330" and four bars on 25 o grey, "150" and four bars on 225 o blue, "175" and four bars on 150 o violet, "250" and four bars on 225 o blue, "330" and four bars on 300 o blue
With perforation on top and bottom only with control number at the bottom:
75 o red, 250 o blue, 330 o blue, 340 o blue, 400 o blue, 440 o lilac, 450 o lilac, 500 o blue, 550 o brown, 560 o brown, 600 o brown, 600 o lilac, 670 o green, 700 o brown, 800 o green, 900 o orange.
Taller design with "EKSPRES" added at the bottom: 110 o red (perforated at all four sides or only top and bottom), "110" on 100 o red (see image above).

1972 Inscription "DSB 1847 1972"; I have seen 1 kr brown and black, 5 kr blue and black, 6 kr lilac and black

1980's(?) Crossing railway tracks

Diverging railway tracks, inscription "DSB"

1980's(?) In the above diverging railway tracks design I have seen:
1 kr black, 2 kr grey and red, 3 kr green and red, 4 kr blue and red, 5 kr black. 10 kr red, 15 kr red, 18 kr orange, 21 kr green, 24 kr yellow, 25 kr blue, 30 kr yellow, 30 kr red, 34 kr light blue, 35 kr green, 40 kr brown, 45 kr lilac, 50 kr grey, 100 kr red and black