Post Danmark

Post Danmark is the post office in Denmark. The principal office is located at 1912 built building Centralpostbygningen in Copenhagen.

History

Originally, the message traffic in Denmark of individual cities and foreign merchants was worried. King Christian IV (1577-1648) founded the Danish postal sector through a postal order of 24 April 1624th It was first led by a council of four merchants. 1653 leased Frederik III. (1609-1670) the postal service to the merchant Klingenberg. Klingenberg remained until 1685 postmaster general until he was forced to cede the postal system for 12,000 thalers to the illegitimate son Gyldenlöwe of Christian V ( 1646-1699 ). When the king saw what profit had the Krag widow by post ( 25,000 rix-dollars a year), Frederik wished IV ( 1671-1730 ) the postal service of its own. Mrs. Krag had in 1711 the postal service against a pension of 4,000 thalers annually assign to the king.

State Post

1711 is the year of birth of the Danish state postal system. An employee of the woman Krag, the former inspector Christian Christopher Erlund was appointed Inspector General of the Danish Post. He has become known for spying on letter contents, by which he procured important information for the government. Until the change of government in 1849 surpluses to offset the post of government spending served.

On March 21, 1851, the first postage stamps were issued on April 1. 1859 Joseph Michaelson published a proposal to repeal the passage fee for letters and printed matter and to establish a uniform tariff in the mutual intercourse in fees for letters.

1924, Denmark had 1,368 post houses, including 253 post Warehouses, 4340 Stamp outlets and 10,500 mailboxes.