Three stamps of the Copenhagen Local Post, a city-wide local delivery service in the 19th century.

The 3-ore stamps appear to all be the same, but I am offering the trio so you will get the interesting cancellation variants, to add interest to your collection.

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Copenhagen's founding has traditionally been dated to Bishop Absalon's construction of a castle on the small island of Slotsholmen in 1167 where Christiansborg Palace stands today. As the town rose in prominence, it was repeatedly attacked by the Hanseatic League.

On 2 April 1801 a British fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker defeated a Danish-Norwegian fleet anchored near Copenhagen. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson led the main attack. He famously disobeyed Parker's order to withdraw, destroying many of the Dano-Norwegian ships before a truce was agreed.

The Second Battle of Copenhagen (16 August – 5 September 1807) was from a British point of view a preemptive attack on Copenhagen, targeting the civilian population in order to seize the Dano-Norwegian fleet. But from a Danish point of view the battle was a terror bombardment on their capital. Particularly notable was the use of incendiary Congreve rockets (containing phosphorus, which cannot be extinguished with water) that randomly hit the city. Few houses with straw roofs remained after the bombardment. Several historians consider this battle was the first terror attack against a major European city in modern times. The confiscation of the navy would later source the term to Copenhagenize.

The British landed 30,000 men and surrounded Copenhagen. The attack continued for the next three days, killing some 2,000 civilians and destroying most of the city.

During World War II, Copenhagen was occupied by German troops along with the rest of the country.

In December 2009 Copenhagen hosted the worldwide climate meeting COP15.

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