USA (1914) Cover / Lewis Town to Copenhagen (Denmark)

POSTAL HISTORY – UNITED STATES TO DENMARK TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (1914)

1. Item Type: Transatlantic Commercial Letter with fully preserved original handwritten contents in the Danish language.
2. Origin: Lewistown, United States.
3. Destination: Copenhagen, Denmark.
4. Date of Dispatch: January 27, 1914.
5. Franking & Rates: Single 5c Blue George Washington (Washington-Franklin Issue). Straight-edge variety (imperforate at the bottom margin). Paid the correct 5-cent UPU international surface letter rate.
6. Postal Markings (Front): Standard US machine flag cancellation and circular datestamp.
7. Arrival Markings (Back): Copenhagen official distribution backstamp reading “30 MB 9.2.14” (9 February 1914), confirming a regular and efficient 13-day transoceanic transit time.
8. Receiver’s Docketing Inscriptions: Frontal family archival annotations in black ink written in Danish: “modtaget [moth.] 9 Febr. 1914” (Received Feb 9) and “besvaret 25/2” (Answered Feb 25), correlating perfectly with the official arrival backstamp.
9. Condition & Rarity: Highly desirable due to the perfect alignment of the dispatch date, the specific Danish delivery markings (MB – Medbringe), the family archival annotations, and the preservation of the inner letter text.