Hi everyone,

I recently purchased these Danish stamps from a local store, and after reading some reviews, I’m concerned that they might be selling invalid stamps. The stamps are marked 50 Øre each, but I’m not sure if they’re still valid for use, especially for international mailing from Denmark to Germany.

Has anyone had experience with using older stamps for international mail? Any advice on how to check their validity?

Thanks in advance for your help!

by MessierEigthySeven

4 comments

  1. the minimum price to mail a letter to germany is 50kr (new post nord prices since january first of 2024), so you’d need 100 * 50 øre stamps.

    then again, i have no idea if that’s even true.

    if you really want to mail a letter to germany, you’d want to use the post nord app and buy postage through there.

  2. Stamps are not valid to use after 1/1 ‘24 in Denmark due to some kind of Strange VAT rules.
    But stamps can still be used for international mailing – so you are lucky. But you will bog get alot for 3 x 0,50DKK…….

  3. with 50 øre stamps you’d need 100 of those stamps for one letter to germany but im pretty sure they are invalid. what did you pay for them? pretty sure they are only collectors items now

  4. A new Postal Code came into force on the 1st of January 2024. This means that the special status of PostNord (formerly PostDanmark) is abolished and that older stamps are no longer usable for sending letters *within* Denmark.

    Older stamps can still be used for sending letters *out of Denmark*. So your old stamps shown above can *theoretically* still be used to send letters abroad from Denmark.

    However: Sending a standard letter (up to 100 grams) from Denmark abroad now costs 50 DKK (yes, this is mind-bogglingly expensive). That means that it’ll take 100 of the old stamps shown above to send a standard letter abroad from Denmark.

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