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ITEM: DKC-1920-SCHLESWIG
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TO DENMARK INDEX
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GERMANY-DENMARK-SCHLESWIG
- POSTAL HISTORY
SCHLESWIG 1920 PLEBISCITE ISSUE
ON EXPRESS FIRST DAY COVER
MAY 20 1920 - ISSUE REPLACED BY STAMPS OF DENMARK JUNE 30 1920
Catalogue: 3650 SEK ≈ $500+
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NOTES:
The highest fee for a 250-500 g letter was 60 øre
and the "ekspress" fee at that time was 50 øre - this cover is
"slightly" over-franked. It is clearly a philatelic cover - but as the
duration of this post plebiscite overprint issue was
only 6 weeks in
duration, this issue saw limited contemporary use under any circumstance.
This is also a
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE COVER. Please Note that " 1 ZONE" was the
Northern portion of Schleswig. This is the complete Scott lower set # 15-25
but does not include the 2K, 5K & 10K stamps. A very nice historical
reference to an amazing time in Europe and especially for the peoples of
Denmark and Germany as they wrestled with the national determination of
cultural populations left from a war-time border and a fifty year
delayed plebiscite.
Cover has been folded and has some wrinkling as well as staple holes
along the top; a bit battered but reminiscent of the times.
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