The Danish West Indies joined the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1877 and thereby requested to introduce stamps fulfilling the UPU requirements for international letters. As the Danish West Indies at that time was as part of the Danish kingdom it was decided to introduce arms type stamps. As both the county name and the currency and values needed to be changed new drawings was made. The new drawings were made by Johan Christian Danielsen, who also took care of the engraving of the necessary postmarks.
The 1 cent green and 5 cents blue were issued in 1900 12 years after the first arms type stamp has been introduced in Denmark.
|
Printing |
Watermark |
Perforation |
Number of sheets |
Issued |
|
1 |
II |
12 ¾ |
1,125 |
1900 |
|
2 |
II |
12 ¾ |
2,000 |
1901 |
|
3 |
II |
12 ¾ |
3,000 |
1902 |
|
Total |
|
|
6,125 |
|
Source: Danmark og Dansk Vestindiens frimærker, bind 4,KPK 1951
|
Printing |
Watermark |
Perforation |
Number of sheets |
Issued |
|
1 |
II |
12 ¾ |
1,125 |
1900 |
|
2 |
II |
12 ¾ |
2,000 |
1901 |
|
Total |
|
|
3,125 |
|
Source: Danmark og Dansk Vestindiens frimærker, bind 4,KPK 1951
In 1903 the
last two values of the arms type is issued the 2 cents red and 8 cents brown.
|
Printing |
Watermark |
Perforation |
Number of sheets |
Issued |
|
1 |
III |
12 ¾ |
2,000 |
1903 |
Source: Danmark og Dansk Vestindiens frimærker, bind 4,KPK 1951
|
Printing |
Watermark |
Perforation |
Number of sheets |
Issued |
|
1 |
III |
12 ¾ |
2,000 |
1903 |
Source: Danmark og Dansk Vestindiens frimærker, bind 4,KPK 1951
In 1905 two provincial stamps based on the arms type is issued. It is a 5 bit issue printed on the 5 cent blue and the 8 cent brown arms type
It is estimated (Hagemann) the in total 750 sheets of the issue printed on the 5 cent blue is sold and 900 sheets of the issue printed on the 8 cent brown arms type.