On May 11, 2020, the PostNord issued a miniature sheet as part of the Europe series "Ancient post routes".
The Danish postal service was founded in 1624 by King Christian IV, at the same time nine postal routes were approved, along which foot and horse ends delivered correspondence.
Since 1640, the route between Copenhagen and Altona has become one of the most important. Today Altona is one of the districts of Hamburg, but in the 17th century it was an independent city near Hamburg. During the Thirty Years War in 1640, Altona was captured by the Danes and for more than 200 years - until 1864 it was ruled by the Danish crown. On the Copenhagen - Altona route, there were horse couriers and carriages carrying letters, parcels and goods.
On two miniature sheet's stamps with a denomination of 30 crowns, the artist Ella Clausen has placed old drawings from 1728 and 1742 with panoramas of cities - the end points of the postal route - Copenhagen and Altona. In the center between them is a postage stamp depicting an equestrian mail messenger with a post horn. In the margin of the miniature sheet on the left is an old map of the 17th century, and on the right is the text of the decree of King Christian IV of 1624 on the establishment of the postal service.
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