Denmark

Publicity Poster Stamp

Issued in 1912 as publicity for the IOGT (Independent Order of Good Templars) in Denmark, by the Propaganda Committee for the Aarhus lodge, for 1913.

    According to Wikipedia:

    The International Organisation of Good Templars (IOGT; founded as the Independent Order of Good Templars), whose international body is known as Movendi International, is a fraternal organization which is part of the temperance movement, promoting abstinence from alcohol and other drugs.

    It describes itself as "the premier global interlocutor for evidence-based policy measures and community-based interventions to prevent and reduce harm caused by alcohol and other drugs". It claims to be the largest worldwide community of non-governmental organisations with a mission to independently enlighten people around the world on a lifestyle free from alcohol and other drugs.

    IOGT International works to promote the avoidance of alcohol and other drugs by supporting communities and societies around the world. Founded in 1851, their constitution claims that this will lead to the liberation of peoples of the world, this leading to a richer, freer and more rewarding life. Today the headquarters of IOGT International are situated in Stockholm.

    History of the IOGT in Denmark

    In mid-February 1880, an advertisement was placed in Berlingske Tidende, inviting people to discuss the abstention cause and the establishment of IOGT in Denmark. Barely 20 men and a single woman showed up in the white hall of the Hotel d'Angleterre. Carl Frederik Balle, who was admitted to the Order in Norway, informed those present about the order and its purpose. Subsequently, on March 13, 1880, the order was founded in Denmark at a meeting on Gammelholmen, and the lodge was named Tempelherren, lodge no. 1. The 32-year-old doctor Henrik Selmer, became the lodge's supreme temple.

    Shortly afterwards, the lodge's first female member was admitted. The 41-year-old Miss Lene Blauenfeldt was on Easter vacation with her brother-in-law, Niels Amandus Thorsen, who was one of the 13 co-founders of the Temple Lord. Shortly after her return to Vejle , she established IOGT's second lodge, which was named Jacob Molay.

    The high admission and membership fees made it possible to get lodge rooms and already in 1882 there were 13 IOGT lodges around Denmark. The lodges lacked a supremacy and after obtaining the necessary powers, Denmark's IOGT Grand Lodge was founded on 28 August 1882. The connection with the world lodge had so far been maintained through Norway; but the lodges now became, through the Grand Lodge, an independent link of the order.

    Since the founding of IOGT Denmark's Grand Lodge, there have been IOGT's construction companies, boarding houses, free homes, singing associations, savings associations, sports associations, insurance companies, etc. The last lodge housed in an IOGT property is the Hope of the Future, located at Norgesgade 23, Esbjerg.
This stamp was printed in sheets of 25 stamps (5x5) with full margins allaround, and it depicts a Viking sailing ship with a rising sun in the background. It is listed in A. Hartvigsen's "Illustreret Katalog 1885-1920 over Jule-, Velgørenheds- og Foreningsmærker samt Udstillings- og Lejlighedsmærker fra Danmark, Island, Dansk Vestindien, Sønderjylland, Norge, Sverige og Finland", as: 1912 #8.

This example is a F/VF single, OG, NH.

Approximate Image Size: 26½ x 40½ mm.

* STOCK IMAGE


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