Hi all
I recently got the attached on auction. Its a 4 skilling 1858-issue, with Roststempel 40. The Bruun-Rasmussen auctioneers believe it to be genuine and I tend to agree with them. However, there is no expert certificate with the stamp.
In this connection I have two questions, which I would like your opinion on:
Given it is genuine, I do not recall I have seen such a late usage of Roststempeln on Danish skilling stamps - they normally appear on 4 RBS and 4 skilling 1854. Neither ARGE, AFA Special or DAKA lists Roststempeln on the 1858-issues, so I am wondering if any of you would have knowledge of such ?
The Roststempeln were allowed to be used on DK stamps from July 1st 1853, but I have never seen an end/decommission date. Given the seemingly "unstructured management history" of the Roststempeln, I would not be surprised if there were no clear rules about the end date of usage - but have any of you seen an end date or the latest known usage ?
Cheers
Ole