a new focus 2022 ...

the current year shows a change in tasks.

1. tofarved sorted by OF ...  GOTO facebook group
2. I am reviewing my NORGE posthorns 1879-2015.  Posthorns require time to catalog ...
3. with machin, tofarved and posthorns studies progressing ... I no longer have time to dedicate to several of my collections to anyone interested. see links > ...cash offers accepted, or trade for materials I seek ...  4ore lapidars or NORGE posthorns.

Lasse Nielsen 's TOFDATA ...

Installation: As with the previous versions, the two files mustTOF806.EXEandTOF806.DATtransferred to the desktop, after which the program is started by double-clicking TOF806.EXE. Optionally, you can then remove old Tofdata files. (This is not a necessity). If you are not already familiar with the program, it is recommended that after starting the program, first, press F1 and read the information.

 
the study group results are represented in TOFDATA.

start > press enter
T for bicolor plate (tryk) ... add 1...130

R.Hg = Rammehovedgruppe.
R.Serie = Frame series.
R.Setting = Frame Set.
RM = Frame Type,
RF = Frame Error,
OM = Oval Type,
OF = Oval Error.

DK23 4ore emissions ...

Number	dk-0023 (danish stamps)
Motif	Tinted eartags 1875
artist	Philip Batz
Gravure	Philip Batz
Value	4 øre
Printing	HH Thieles Book Printing
Print Technique	Bogtryk
Category	Definitive

circulation

Release date: 1875-01-01
Number of sheets	4000000
Brands / sheet	100
Paper	commonly
Colour	Gray / Blue
watermark	Crown 2
perforation	14 x 13½

Release date: 1895-09-01
Number of sheets	3080000
Brands / sheet	100
Paper	commonly
Colour	Gray / Blue
watermark	Crown 2

Release date: 1903-12-01
Number of sheets	105000
Brands / sheet	100
Paper	commonly
Colour	Gray / Blue
watermark	Crown 3

 stocks needed to augment my collections ... will swap modern danmark for 4ore bicolor lots ...contact me about your offer via email shown .

4ore plates ... my collection

the 30 year span 1875-1905 showed 3 groups of postmarks : ANT antiqua - LAP lapidar and BRO (bridge-comb) cancels.  plates are known in each group - DKPM archive or private plates.  yet many are still unknown ...

the middle period 1885-1894 is my focus ... medium circles  Kobenhavn offers most PMKS for study...  the 4DYD are uncommon ... e.g. 1878

22 plates are unknown ... but TOFDATA aids in plate reconstruction

Børge Schäffers Collection

the  KPK hosts     Børge Schäffers Collection

• Roman numerals on worksheets is TRYK # ... ( Hagemann) 
• inspection reveals many unknown positions, not in museum archive. 

the Carton series is quite interesting /   

• u-plates...  u32 u33 ...
• worksheet format :  positions arrayed vertically
• verify using TOFDATA .

also note Bent Moller reconstructed these sheets.

1885 FM Stockholm ... 12sen rate M35B

  M35B - r10

locating the plate of origin ...

method :   as lapidars are accumulated:

1.  sort by town cancel.   CITIES are more common, than rural POs.
2. sort by type, within a batch of town/city.
3. refer to lapidar reference , and note year/date interval
4. now research plates by year ...

due to volume mails,  rural POs have wider year intervals.