Denmark Stamps for the Moderate Specialist (1926)
Sunday, August 17th, 2008: "Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal", Denmark & Colonies, Philatelic PublicationsFirst published in Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal (October, 1926) and written by Stanley Phillips. I have for some years felt that the stamps of the Scandinavian group of countries deserved more attention at the hands of English collectors, as a body, ...
Greenland: The First Issues (1938)
Friday, May 30th, 2008: Atlantic Islands, Denmark & Colonies, Greenland, Icebergs on Stamps, Polar Bears on Stamps, ThulePrior to 1938 there was little or no necessity for stamps since mail went to Denmark free of charge. Stamps were produced at Thule, the cryolite mines of West Greenland, and a linocut air stamp was produced in 1932 by the ...
Stamps of Denmark: The First Issues (1851)
Thursday, May 29th, 2008: Denmark & Colonies, Engravers, First Issues, IcelandDenmark adopted adhesive stamps in April, 1851, when the 4 rigsbankskilling stamp was issued. A 2 rbs value, for Copenhagen local letters, was issued later the same month.
Denmark Post (Post Danmark)
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008: Denmark & Colonies, Postal AdministrationsPost Danmark (website in Danish or English) was formed on 24 December 1624. King Christian 4 issued a regulation called postvæsnets on postmen. A postmaster in Copenhagen was appointed and had to sit on the Stock Exchange for two hours ...