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STAMPS ON PAPER WITH FLUORESCENCE


Danske frimærker på fluorescerende papir Danish stamps on fluorescent paper.

Some Danish stamps can be found on paper with fluorescence.

Fluorescence is used on stamps made on special paper, which has the ability to reflect light not visible to the human eye. The reflected light is seen as a white or yellow-white light.

To detect if a stamp is on paper with fluorescence, you can use a lamp with ultraviolet light. The ultraviolet light shall be reflected from the stamp if it is fluorescent - you will see a bright drawing of the stamp in a white or yellow-white colour. If the stamp is on paper without fluorescence the stamp looks dull and greyish. To observe the stamps for fluorescence - it is best done in dark environment.

The purpose of using paper with fluorescence is that the reflection of the light can be used in machines to turn the letter in the right position for cancellation.

In Denmark the production of stamps with fluorescence began in 1962. As paper with fluorescence was a little more expensive than normal paper, there was a test period when stamps were produced on both types of paper. The test with fluorescence happened in Århus from the end of 1962 - and stamps sold around Århus in the following years were on paper with fluorescence, while they were on normal paper in the rest of the country. Most stamps released in the years 1962 to the beginning of 1967 can be found on both types of paper. After 1967 it is only the most used stamps that are made on normal paper. The last stamp that was prodused on two types of paper is 100 øre red Margrethe II - see76-14.

The chart below notes Danish stamps that is found on both types of paper. The first column shows the price for normal paper, the second column shows the price on paper with fluorescence and the third row is for stamps cancelled in Århus in the period of natural use. Examples on stamps cancelled in Århus is shown below.


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Danish stamps issued on paper with flourescence and on normal paper.
# Value Colour Normal paper Flourescence Flourescence cancelled
Århus		 note
st1 1 øre black C C
st50 5 øre red C C
st99 1 kr brown C C
st100 2 kr red C C
st101 5 kr blue C C
st122 10 øre green C C
st139 12 øre yellow green C 1.50 11,-
st195 60 øre blue C 1.50 9,- SAS 10 years
st 197 20 øre brown C 1,- 6,-
st 198 30 øre red C C 0.75
st 199 35 øre dark green C 1.50 9,-
st 201 50 øre bluegreen C 0.10 1.50
st 202 60 øre blue C 0.20 1.50
st 206 25 kr green 0.20 C
st 209 1.50 kr violet C C
st210 60 øre blue C 0.10 1.50 Ballet
st211 10 øre brownish red C C 1,- Børkop Mill
st213 60 øre blue 0.10 2,- 12,- Selandia
st214 35 øre violet C 0.10 1,- Tivoli
st215 20 øre brown C C 1.50 Møns Klint
st216 35 øre red C C 1.50 FAO
st217 15 øre green C C 1,-
st218 25 øre brown C C 0.50
st219 35 øre red C C 0.50
st221 15 øre green C 0.10 1.50 fugleflugtslinien
st222 60 øre blue C 0.40 2.50 100 year mail
st223 35 + 10 øre red 0.20 0.30 4,- Vanførefonden
st224 35 øre red C 0.10 1,- Niels Bohr
st225 60 øre blue C 0.30 1.50 Niels Bohr
st227 35 øre brownish red C 0.10 1,- 150 years school
st230 60 øre blue C 0.40 2.50 Research on the sea
st231 35 øre red C 0.20 1.50 Day of the stamp
st232 25 øre brown C 0.10 1,- Karup Å
st233 15 øre green C 0.10 1.50 School
st234 25 øre light green C C 0.75
st235 40 øre brown C C 0.20
st236 50 øre red C C 0.20
st237 80 øre blue C 0.10 1,-
st238 80 øre blue C 0.20 2,- ITU 100 years
st239 50 øre red C C 0.75 Carl Nielsen
st242 50 øre red C C 0.75 ballet
st244 40 øre brown C C 0.75 Bogø Mill
st247 25 øre dark green C 0.10 1,- Hedeselskabet
st248 50 øre red C 0.10 0.75 Chr. Kold
st249 50 øre red C C 0.75 Assistenshuset
st250 80 øre blue C 0.10 2,- Holte Alle
st251 80 øre blue C 0.20 2.50 Georg Jensen
st256 50 øre red C 0.10 1.50 Musikkonservatoriet
st257 80 øre blue C 0.20 1.50 EFTA
st258 25 øre green C 0.10 1,- Copenhagen 800 years
st259 40 øre brown C 0.10 0.75 Copenhagen 800 years
st260 50 øre red C 0.10 0.75 Copenhagen 800 years
st261 80 øre blue C 0.20 2.50 Copenhagen 800 years
st264 50 øre brown C C 0.20
st265 60 øre red C C C
72-07 70 øre red C C 0.20
74-04 70 øre red C C 1,-
74-18 90 øre red C C 0.20
76-14 100 øre rød C C 0.10