Postage stamps, booklets, flight, censored and maritime mail and philatelic covers of Danish West Indies, now the U.S. Virgin Islands for sale
Danish West Indies, now the U.S. Virgin Islands has much to offer the philatelist. The stamp issues provide a fascinating study and for the postal historian there is a wealth of material as so much early mail was routed through the islands. There are a number of philatelic books on D.W.I. philately but, in my opinion, the best is the three volume work, Danish West Indies Mails, 1754-1917 edited by V.E. Engstrom.
Post and packing is extra but does not increase however many items are ordered. Inland £1, Europe £1.50 and Overseas £2
![]() | 1816 (18 Oct) boxed PACKET LETTER h/s on cover posted at St Thomas addressed to London and with London b/stamp. Rated 2/2d. Fine. Cover sent from Curacao by hand and placed in the mail at St Thomas. | £80.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1845 (14 Jun) ST THOMAS double arc cds on cover to London Rated 2/10 (double rate) and sent on the packet Tay to Bermuda arriving 20 Jun and on to Southampton on the Medway packet50 | £50.00 |
![]() | 1850 (16 Sep) EL with fine ST THOMAS double arc cds addressed to Copenhagen with London ds. Carried from St Thomas on RMSP Clyde to Southampton and then from London on the Hamburg Packet and delivered to the Danish postal agency there where it received the 'K.D.O.P.A. HAMBURG cds in blue. Rated 1/9d and 24½ skillings. Fine. | £120.00 |
![]() | 1850 (14 Feb) EL with fine ST THOMAS double arc cds addressed to Messrs Webster Gordon Cossart & Co in London. London ds in red. Rated 1/5d (1/3d to Falmouth + 2d inland postage) | £45.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1858 (15 Jan) crown circle PAID AT ST THOMAS in red on cover to the French Ambassador in Copenhagen. Scarcer ST THOMAS broken circle cds on reverse. Also London PAID cds, Hamburg cds and mark of the Danish Postal Agency in Hamburg. Rated 1/4½d. Slightly reduced on back. Postal rate: 6d packet rate + 10½d overland via Belgium. | £300.00 |
![]() | 1860 (13 Aug) ST THOMAS double arc dcs on EL to Paris with boxed 'G.B. 1F60C' accountancy mark also London ds and French '16' decimes rate mark. Fine. Carried by La Plata to Southampton and then via London and Calais to Paris. | £90.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1865 (13 Jun) ST THOMAS cds on cover to France with boxed 'GB 1F60c' Anglo French Accountancy h/s and various transit marks. Fine. | £38.00 |
![]() | 1865 (13 Jan) ST THOMAS PAID cds in red on EL to London with GRUNNER & CO ST THOMAS oval company h/s and London cds. Rated 1/- Carried on RMS Atrato. | £200.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1877 (10 Nov) EL from Gonaives to St Thomas with GB 4d sage green plate 15 tied by 'E53' obliterator (SG Z45). Fine PORT AU PRINCE A NO 10 77 cds at left. St Thomas cds on reverse. Rare inter island mail. | £300.00 |
![]() | 1879 postal stationery 2c ultramarine envelope (bottom flap under side flaps) (Engstrom E1b), very minor tone spots and small h/s of Ringstrom on reverse of flap, otherwise clean unused. Rare. | £45.00 |
![]() | 1879 Danish West Indies postal stationery 2c blue envelope (bottom flap under side flaps), (H/G2) used to Scotland in 1880, endorsed 'Circular.' Light vertical crease and slightly soiled. Watermark not visible. Very scarce early use. | £65.00 |
![]() | 1880 postal stationery 2c blue envelope (bottom flap under side flaps) (Engstrom E1a), clean unused. | £18.00 |
![]() | 1893 postal stationery 3c red orange envelope (bottom flap over side flaps) (Engstrom E7a), clean unused. | £20.00 |
![]() | 1893 postal stationery 3c orange envelope (bottom flap over side flaps) (Engstrom E7b), clean unused. | £20.00 |
![]() | 1901 Virgin Islands 1d postal card (H/G5), used in 1902 to soldier in St Thomas with 'A91' obliterator and light TORTOLA cds plus fine ST THOMAS arrival mark. No message. | £36.00 |
![]() | 1902 Danish West Indies Postal Stationery 1c on 3c postal card (H/G19), fine used in 1902. | £90.00 |
![]() | 1902 Danish West Indies Postal Stationery 1c on 2c postal card (H/G20), used with ST THOMAS 30 4 02 cds, fine. | £60.00 |
![]() | 1902 Danish West Indies Postal Stationery 1c on 2c postal card (H/G20), used with FREDERICKSTED 3 1 02 cds, fine. | £60.00 |
![]() | 1902 Danish West Indies Postal Stationery 1c on 3c postal reply card (H/G23), fine unused. Ex Ringstrom with his h/s on reverse. | £25.00 |
![]() ![]() | 1903 Danish West Indies 4c bisect tied by ST THOMAS 20 3 03 cds on postcard. Used in the correct period. | £48.00 |