Denmark - Postcard (200) - 1890-2002

Large set of Danish Postcard & Postal History Collection

This collection comprises over 300+ lots (190+ individual scans, front and back where done on approx 60% of box of postcards and envelopes. The material spans from the 1890s classic period through to the 2000s, with the bulk concentrated in the 1900s–1960s.

The collection is overwhelmingly Danish in origin, with a small amount of incoming foreign mail (Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Norway) and outgoing mail to Sweden and the USA. It is strong in three areas in particular:
● Danish Christmas postcards and Julemærker (Christmas seals), 1902–1985
● First Day Covers, many with illustrated cachets and several in blocks of four
● A complete set of 1950s Danish military-humour postcards by the artist “Steff”

A notable feature of the collection is that a large share of the Christmas postcards and covers form several traceable family correspondences, most prominently:

● The Hansen family, Lyngby (the single largest thread, spanning 1958–1969, addressed variously to Ejnar, Ellen, and their son Leif Hansen)
● The Bendtsen family, Gedesby/Gedser (1964–1985, several different addresses over time)
● A Bornholm family (Hansine Jensen / Münch family, Aakirkeby & Nexø), 1907–1918
● Gunnar Madsen, near Kaas, Jylland (1934–1940)

This kind of coherent, dated run of family correspondence over many years can add appeal for some

Notable items — individual highlights :

These are the items that could be of more interest and rare :
1. 1941 Vitus Bering First Day Cover (complete 10/20/40 øre set)
Illustrated FDC with the special Horsens 'Vitus Berings Fødeby' cancel, addressed to Carlsberg Breweries. Complete FDC sets of this issue in good condition typically have a high value.

2. 1923 Faroe Islands “Jol 1923” Christmas seal
An early Faroese Christmas seal on a Danish Christmas postcard. Early Faroese seals are a genuinely scarcer sub-collecting area.

3. Complete set of 13 unused “Steff” military-humour postcards (1950–52)
A cohesive, artist-signed set (plus at least one confirmed duplicate) of unused Danish barracks-life comic cards, publisher J. Schiøtt/Vilh. Søborgs Eftf. As a complete unused set this has good appeal to anyone collecting Danish postcard-humour.

4. HAFNIA 76 souvenir sheet First Day Cover
Engraved by Czesław Słania, the celebrated Polish-Swedish master engraver whose work commands a dedicated collector following.

5. Anthropomorphic “cats in a car” novelty postcard (1939)
A charming dressed-animal comic postcard in the classic Alfred Mainzer/Eugen Hartung style. This genre has an active, dedicated collector base independent of Danish philately.

6. 1959 multi-franked airmail cover to Portland, Oregon, USA
Seven different Danish stamps on one cover (Frederik IX anniversary, Red Cross, Ballet Festival, Grønlandsfonden, plus wave definitives) — a strong “exhibit quality” cover for a topical or worldwide-postal-history collector.

7. Henry Heerup art card (“Flugten til Ægypten”), 1981
A charity postcard reproducing an original by Henry Heerup, a well-known Danish artist associated with the CoBrA movement. Original Heerup work sells for real money; a charity-edition postcard reproduction is a minor item in comparison, but worth a mention since his name carries recognition.

8. Provisional surcharge cover — 20 øre on 15 øre, WWII era (1945)
A black-surcharge provisional stamp, less commonly seen than the regular issues.

Othera to mention :

● Roughly 20 First Day Covers overall, several in blocks of four with illustrated cachets (Tycho Brahe, Ole Rømer, Danish Railway Centenary, US Bicentennial, Tivoli/Georg Carstensen, Dannebrog 750th anniversary, FAO ‘Freedom from Hunger’)

● Several early classic-period covers (1880s–1910s) with postal stationery and combination frankings

● A small run of “mouth/foot-painted artist” charity Christmas cards — a specific, collectible charity-card genre

Please check images closely, as theee are scans or pictures of the actual postcard or envelope. Some of the envelopes also include the original letter. The scans represent approx 60% of the box, so there is 40% of postcards and envelopes unscanned.