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DANISH WEST INDIES

(Dansk Vestindien)

1855 Arms of Denmark, value in 'cents'

3 c red, perforated 4 c blue

  3 c red (imperforated)
  3 c red (perforated)
  4 c blue (perforated)

Forgeries exist, example:

(Forgery)

1873 Number

4 c brown and blue

  1 c green and red
  3 c blue and red
  4 c brown and blue
  5 c green and grey
  7 c lilac and yellow
  10 c blue and brown
  12 c lilac and green
  14 c lilac and green
  50 c violet

Surcharged

  '1 CENT' on 7 c lilac and yellow

  '10 CENTS 1895' on 50 c violet

  '2 CENTS 1902' on 3 c blue and red
  '2 Cents 1902' on 3 c blue and red
  '8 CENTS 1902' on 10 c blue and brown
  '8 Cents 1902' on 10 c blue and brown

Surcharged in new currency (bit)

  '5 BIT 1905' on 4 c brown and blue

In 1903 the 4 c could be used bisected diagonally, to be used as a 2 c stamp:

Postcards in the same design with value 2 c blue and 3 c red exist.

There exist forgeries of this serie, but they can be easily identified: there is no '-' between 'DANSK' and 'VESTINDISKE', they also differ in many other aspects (for example the cancel). So far I've seen the following values 1 c, 3 c, 4 c, 7 c and 14 c. The forged cancels are 6 lines (the middlest ones longer) or a New South Wales look-alike cancel. The real cancels can be seen above. Examples of these forgeries:

Genuine copy Fake!
(Genuine left, forgery right)

(Forgeries)

More information on these forgeries can be found on the Forgeries idenfication site of Bill Claghorn. I have seen full sheets (5 x 5 stamps) of the 3 c and 14 c values of these forgeries. Most likely they were made by Spiro.

1900 As arms type of Denmark, inscription 'DANSK VESTINDIEN'

  1 c green
  2 c red (1903)
  5 c blue
  8 c brown (1903)

Surcharged in new currency (bit)

'5 BIT 1905' on 8 c brown

  '5 BIT 1905' on 5 c blue
  '5 BIT 1905' on 8 c brown

1905 King Christian IX, new currency

25 b blue

  5 b green
  10 b red
  20 b green and blue
  25 b blue
  40 b red and grey
  50 b yellow and grey

1905 Sailship

  1 F green and blue
  2 F red and brown
  5 F yellow and brown

1908 King Frederick VIII

  5 b green
  10 b red
  15 b lilac and brown
  20 b green and blue
  25 b blue (2 shades)
  30 b brown and black
  40 b orange and grey
  50 b yellow and brown

1915 King Christian X facing the right

(Reduced sizes)

  5 b green
  10 b red
  15 b lilac and brown
  20 b green and blue
  25 b blue (2 shades)
  30 b brown and black
  40 b orange and grey
  50 b yellow and brown

Postage due stamps

1902 Crown, inscription 'CR PORTOMAERKE'

  1 c blue
  4 c blue
  5 c blue
  10 c blue

1905 Number, inscription 'EFTERPORTO'

  5 b red and grey
  20 b red and grey
  30 b red and grey
  50 b red and grey

Postal Stationery

ENVELOPES

1877 Number in ellipse

  2 c blue
  3 c red

Fiscal Stamps

Inscription 'DEDANSK VESTINDISKE OER STEMPELMAERKE'

I have seen the values 10 b red and green and 50 b green. Similar stamps exist for the Virgin Islands (US), the crown has been replaced by the US eagle, the inscription now reads 'INTERNAL REVENUE OF THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS'.

Copyright by Evert Klaseboer

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