1927 Caravel Sailship Red 15 øre Typographed Denmark

1927 Caravel  Sailship Red 15 øre Typographed Denmark 

1927 Caravel  Sailship Red 15 øre Typographed Denmark 

Text:    15 øre Denmark Post

Condition:    Ø = used/cancelled

Title:   Caravel  Sailship

Face value 15 øre Denmark

Stamp Currency:         øre

Country/area:              Denmark

Year:   1927-01-02

Set:     1927  Sailship

Stamp number in set:           1

Basic colour:      Red

Exact colour:      Vermilion

Usage:            Definitive

Type:               Stamp

Theme:           Ship, Vehicle, Sailship

Stamp subject:   Caravel

NVPH number:                    

Michel number:        168

Yvert number:            181          

Scott number:             192          

Stanley Gibbons number:   246

Printing office:         

Perforation:    K  14 x 14½

Size:                  44 x 33 mm

Watermark:    Wim. 2 Multiple crosses

Paper:           

Printing:            Typography

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In 1927 a set of six stamps depicted a caravel, modeled after an old engraving. The 1927 set was typographed; from 1933 to 1940 the design was reissued with the use of engraving instead. The engraved design was soon changed to reduce the left-side margin, with the "Type IIs" having only one column of squares between sail and frame line, where the "Type Is" have two columns. (Both types are common today, except for the type I 25o blue.)

During World War II, Germany occupied Denmark, but the stamp program gives no evidence of that. A new series depicted Christian X full-face instead of in profile, and continued in use after the war. However mail was subject to German postal censorship.

In 1946, a new design appeared for high values; the three lions of the state seal. Like the wavy lines design, this design remained in regular use for the highest denominations into the 1990s.

A caravel (Portuguese: caravela, IPA: [kɐɾɐˈvɛlɐ]) is a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African coast and into the Atlantic Ocean. The lateen sails gave her speed and the capacity for sailing to windward (beating). Caravels were much used by the Portuguese for the oceanic exploration voyages during the 15th and 16th centuries in the age of discovery.