Denmark – Scott #s 871-72, used

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Denmark 1970 Folketing Election Stamps — Scott #871–872 (Used Pair)

This Denmark 1970 Folketing election stamp pair (Scott #871–872) highlights civic participation through two striking modern designs. One stamp features a bold red hand casting a ballot, while the companion design depicts stylized voters beneath the Danish flag, reflecting the graphic experimentation and social-democratic visual language of late-20th-century Scandinavian design.

Both stamps are genuinely postally used, each bearing visible cancellations consistent with normal mail circulation rather than philatelic or CTO cancels. Color remains strong across both issues, with intact perforations and no major faults observed. An appealing matched pair for collectors of elections, democracy, political iconography, or modern Danish issues.