Each summer my wife and I spend a day in Denmark, buying a 24-hour ticket for the Greater Copenhagen area (basically the northern part of the island of Zealand). What interests us is the network of local lines all starting at Hillerød, an ancient city located in the central part of the island. In the past, the Hillerød station was the hub for a number of privately owned and operated railway companies serving mostly local towns and rural communities. They all used stamps in connection with their carriage of parcels.
One of the lines used to be known as the Hillerød-Frederiksvaerk Jernbane and was opened on 31 May 1897. In this way the industrial town of Frederiksvaerk in the West of Zealand could ship its products by rail to other parts of the country. Parcel stamps were issued in late 1897 and the acronym of H.F.J. was used to identify the company. On 22 December 1916 the extension to the coastal town of Hundested was inaugurated and the
