Postal History

USA (1914) Cover / Roy to Copenhagen (Denmark)

29.95

POSTAL HISTORY – UNITED STATES TO DENMARK WITH INSERTS AND PHOTOGRAPH (1914)

  1. Item Type: Transatlantic Commercial Letter containing two original handwritten letters (with partial English text) and an enclosed historical cropped portrait photograph of a man.
  2. Origin: Roy, United States.
  3. Destination: Copenhagen, Denmark.
  4. Date of Dispatch: March 30, 1914 (Contents written progressively on March 9 and March 25, 1914).
  5. Franking & Rates: Single 5c Blue George Washington (Washington-Franklin Issue). Straight-edge variety (imperforate at the left margin). Paid the correct 5-cent UPU international surface letter rate.
  6. Postal Markings (Front): United States circular datestamp and duplex/machine cancellation from Roy.
  7. Arrival Markings (Back): Copenhagen official circular delivery backstamp dated April 14, 1914, documenting a standard 15-day transoceanic springtime transit.
  8. Condition & Rarity: Highly scarce as a fully intact genealogical and social history lot. The survival of the dual-dated correspondence alongside the original portrait photograph makes this an exceptional piece for immigration and transatlantic postal studies.

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