Denmark

Event Publicity Poster Stamp

Publicity poster stamp for the DAL Markedsfest (DAL = Dansk Arbejder Loge - Market Fair) held in København (Copenhagen) on November 2, 1913.
The Fair was held at the Koncertpalæet (Concert Palace), which was the old name for the mansion which was the headquarters for the Danish IOOF (International Order of Odd Fellows).
The DAL, or Dansk Arbejder Loge, was the original name of the fraternal organization known as the Dansk Broder Orden, and still exists today.
    According to the Oredr's website at www.danskbroderorden.dk:

    The DANSK BRODER ORDEN was founded on a Masonic basis on 29 January 1894 in Copenhagen by a circle of men who represented very different attitudes to life, but who shared the desire to found the Order that today bears the name DANSK BRODER ORDEN.

    What brought these men together was the desire to create a society, a world of their own, from which the hustle and bustle of everyday life was shut out, and where only what was healthy and good in man was called upon.

    Brotherhood, community and security were the foundation and the supporting elements when the Order was founded in 1894 under the name DANSK ARBEJDER LOGE. In 1964 the name was changed to DANSK BRODER ORDEN.

    MISSION
    The DANISH BRODER ORDER seeks, through lodge work, to teach the members, who are called brothers, a number of good thoughts and life values. Furthermore, the Order tries to teach the brothers about the transience of life, about the value of love, charity, truth, tolerance and brotherhood, so that a true sense of brotherhood develops among the brothers.

    These goals are worked towards through serious work at weekly lodge meetings. This work is done through the use of instructions, symbols, ceremonies and rituals, which the brothers gradually become familiar with.

    Since the work of the lodge is always carried out in peace and tolerance, the DANISH BRODER ORDER excludes all talk of politics and religion, just as the Order does not ask a brother about his affiliation with these things.
This stamp was printed by the well-known Danish printing firm of Sophus Kruckows Trykkerier in sheets of 11 stamps (1 high x 11 wide). The design was identified as SK Samlermærker Nr 225, and the stamp has a backprint with the  printer's details.

This stamp 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 Udstillings- & Lejlighedsmærker 1913 # 12.
It is also listed in "A General Illustrated Catalogue of Exhibition and Event Poster Stamps to 1914" compiled by Stewart Gardiner and Steve Greiczek, on page 668 (Scarcity Rating = Common).

This example is XF, full original gum, never hinged, and includes top and bottom sheet margins.

Approximate Image Size: 35 x 55 mm.


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