Stamps of Denmark: Battle of Dybbøl in 1864 (2014)

18 april 1864 was one of the blackest days in the history of Denmark. Twenty thousand Prussian soldiers stormed the Danish defences at Sønderborg, and three months later the country had lost almost half of its territory with the population of the Kingdom of Denmark being reduced by a million.
Post Danmark is issuing two stamps to mark the 150th anniversary of the war in 1864, which cast dark shadows across Denmark. The loss of land which had always been considered intrinsically Danish was an extremely traumatic experience for the Danish nation, and the defeat came to have a powerful bearing on the Danish psyche for decades.
Source: WOPA Stamps
Released March 24th, 2014