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![[Denmark colonial merchant ensign]](../images/d/dk~col29.gif)
by Željko Heimer
The state ensign with a white panel in the
middle containing a yellow
emblem. The emblem consist of the royal cypher of Christian IX (CR
IX) with two crowned lions rampant regardant combatant holding two
crowns and initials DOP.
Željko Heimer, 3 June 2004
DOP stands for Dansk Ostindisk Paquet, a shipping service run to keep up
trade with the colonies in India at a time when the Asiatic
Company was unable to send ships. We are talking about the period from 1803
to 1806, and the cipher should be the one for Christian 7. To see it reported in
1929 as a colonial merchant ensign is a reminder that in many instances flags
and ensigns take on a life of their own in flag books and charts long after they
went out of use 'in real life.'
Jan Oskar Engene, 6 June 2004