Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
DANMARK across the top of the oval and three lions.
- 1DANMARK
- Inscription
- DANMARK · POSTFRIM. 5 ØRE
- Meaning
- DANMARK: Denmark. The three lions are the Danish arms.
- Issued by
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Today
- Denmark
- Year
- 1902. Coat-of-arms type, this printing 1902.
- Made by
- Nilaus Fristrup (design, died 1909)
One fact
Denmark’s small arms-type stamps showed the three crowned lions of the national coat of arms.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Designer died 1909. Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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