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1946,Coat of arms 1 Kr Brown ( cancellation 6.2.51) Denmark
Text:
1 Kr Denmark
Condition: Ø = used/cancelled
Title:
Coat of arms
Face value: 1 Kr Denmark
Stamp Currency:
Country/area: Denmark
Year:
1946-07-11
Set:
1946,Coat of arms
Stamp number in set: 1
Basic colour: Brown
Exact colour:
Usage: Definitive
Type: Stamp
Theme: Coat of Arms, Heraldic Animals
Stamp subject: Coat of Arms
NVPH number:
Michel number: 289
Yvert number: 304
Scott number: 297
Stanley Gibbons number: 346
Printing office:
Perforation: K 12¾
Size:
Watermark:
Paper:
Printing: Recess
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The national coat of arms of Denmark
(Danish: Danmarks rigsvåben) consists of three crowned blue lions accompanied
by nine red hearts, all in a golden shield. The oldest known depiction of the
insignia dates from a seal used by King Canute VI c. 1194. The oldest
documentation for the colours dates from c. 1270. Historically, the lions faced
the viewer and the number of hearts was not regulated and could be much higher.
Historians believe that the hearts originally were søblade (literally: sea-leaves)
but that this meaning was lost early due to worn and crudely made signets used
during the Middle Ages. A royal decree of 1972 specifies these figures as søblade
but Danes normally refer to them as hearts. The same hearts can be found on
several flags from the north of the Netherlands where they can still be
recognized as water lily leaves. The current version was adopted in 1819 during
the reign of King Frederick VI who fixed the number of hearts to nine and
decreed that the heraldic beasts were lions, consequently facing forward. A
rare version exists from the reign of king Eric of Pomerania in which the three
lions jointly hold the Danish banner, in a similar fashion as in the coat of
arms of the former South Jutland County. Until c. 1960, Denmark used both a
"small" and a "large" coat of arms, similar to the system
still used in Sweden. The latter symbol held wide use within the government
administration, e.g., by the Foreign Ministry. Since this time, the latter
symbol has been classified as the coat of arms of the royal family, leaving
Denmark with only one national coat of arms, used for all official purposes.
The crown on the shield is a heraldic
construction based on the crown of King Christian V, not to be confused with
the crown of King Christian IV. The main difference from the real crown is that
the latter is covered with table cut diamonds rather than pearls. Both crowns,
and other royal insignia, are located in Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen.
The blazon in heraldic terms is: Or,
three lions passant in pale Azure crowned and armed Or langued Gules, nine
hearts Gules.
This insignia is almost identical to the
coats of arms of Estonia and Tallinn which can both be traced directly back to
King Valdemar IIand the Danish rule in northern Estonia 1219-1346. The main
differences are as follows: In the Danish coat of arms the lions are crowned,
face forward, and accompanied by nine hearts. In the Estonian coat of arms, the
"leopards" face the viewer, they are not crowned, and no hearts are
present. The coat of arms of Tallinn resembles the Estonian arms, but the
leopards in the former arms are crowned with golden crowns[2] similar to the
ones in the Danish arms. It shows great similarities with the contemporary
insignia of England's Richard the Lion heart and the current arms of the German
state of Baden-Württemberg. The Danish coat of arms has also been the
inspiration for the coat of arms of the former Duchy of Schleswig, a former
Danish province (two blue lions in a golden shield). The hearts of the coat of
arms also appear in the coat of arms of the German district of Lüneburg.
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