In 1864 the first perforated Danish stamps were issued. The earlier stamps were quadratic, but the new perforated stamps were formatted like stamps for daily use are today, but just a little bit bigger.

The stamps are among the most beautilful stamps of Denmark for daily use.

6 years later, in 1870, another famous series of Danish stamps saw the light of day.

They were the first two-coloured stamps in Denmark, which were printed from 1870 to 1903.

The 1st of January 1875 Denmark changed the monetary system from Rigsdaler and Skilling to a decimal system, Krone and Øre. All the Skilling values were issued in Øre values, so a 2 Skilling stamp was equal to a 4 Øre stamp.

For some reasons the stamps are very interesting. It is possible to find the impressions of each stamps, because of small differences in the colors. Some of the frames are turned upside down at some of the printed sheets.

Special Stamps

To see how much the government departments were using the postal service, a series of special stamps were issued in 1871.

The 1st series was valued by Skillings, after January the 1st 1875, the facevalues are all in Øre. The use of these stamps stopped in 1924.