Denmark

Fundraising Poster Stamp

Poster stamp type receipt issued by Mændenes Hjem, the Mission to Homeless Men, in København. Mændenes Hjem was founded by Napoleon Bang on October 25, 1893, when he held the first of many "Homeless Men" meetings in a basement room under Bethseda, Indre Mission's house in Rømersgade. For the meetings, hungry and abandoned men received warmth and food, after which there was a worship service. There was some turmoil in the group when the Indre Mission wanted to take in Bang's group as part of their own. (Indre Mission, or "Kirkelig Forening for den Indre Mission i Danmark", (Church Association for the Internal Mission in Denmark) was founded on September 13, 1861). Eventually, in 1898, Mændenes Hjem was organized as a separate group. The new association got the impressive name "The Mission among Homeless Men in Copenhagen", a name that clearly described its work.

This stamp was issued as a fundraiser in 1918, on the 25th anniversary of Bang's first meeting. The stamp was printed in sheets of 20 (5 x 4) and is known with both light blue and dark blue sky. The sheets have no selvage, so 14 stamps in each sheet will have either one or two straight edges, and 6 stamps will have perforations on all four sides.

The image on the stamp depicts the story of the Good Samaritan. There are some Bible passages around the border and in the tablet at the bottom of the stamp. The text reads:

"A man was set upon by robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and left him half dead. A Priest and a Levite felt sorry for him - but passed him by - the Samaritan was truly compassionate and helped him. Will you do the same thing?"

There is also a denomination of 25 øre. The back of the stamp has the following text:

"The homeless man is unhappy and suffers physical and spiritual distress. Do you want to be like the merciful Samaritan? It is your brother, our own country's children, who have fallen into the hands of robbers. Let us pray to Jesus, who has been merciful to us, that he will show us the way."

There is also the address of the organization, and the denomination 25 øre. I believe that this stamp was issued without gum, intended more as a donation receipt than as a stamp to be affixed to something.

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