| Here you see a postcard sent from the naval inspection ship "Beskytteren" which sailed in the Færoe waters from October 1918 to May 1919 (and in other periods too). The postcard was written on "Christmas 1918" but as the writer had a knowledge of the raise in the postage fee from 1 January 1919 (from 5 øre to 7 øre for local first weight letters and indland postcards) and that he had no possibility to send it before New Year, he franked the postcard correct with 7 øre. The postcard was probably sent on 2 January when "Beskytteren" according to its log book from 1919 was in Thorshavn.
The postcard was sent in a mailbag from "Beskytteren" to Denmark where the mail was postmarked on 8 January 1919 in Copenhagen and postmarked on the same day in Vedbæk just outside Copenhagen. The date of the postmark is 8 January even it seems that it is postmarked on 18 January. This "1" is just an imprint from the date wheel and not a "1" which also can be seen from the date setting in the Vedbæk cancel. The log book from "Beskytteren" from 1918/1919 is available at Marinens Arkiv/The Danish Rigsarkiv in Denmark: Skibsjournal for Inspektionsskibet "Beskytteren" |
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