Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
DANMARK across the top and ØRE at the bottom.
- 1DANMARK
- 220 ØRE
- Inscription
- DANMARK · 1920 · 20 ØRE
- Meaning
- DANMARK: Denmark; ØRE: the Danish hundredth of a krone.
- Issued by
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Today
- Denmark
- Year
- 1920. Issued 5 October 1920.
- Made by
- Valdemar Andersen (design, died 1928)
One fact
Three pictorial stamps marked the reunion of northern Schleswig with Denmark after the 1920 plebiscite; this one shows Sønderborg Castle.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Designer died 1928. 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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