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Greenland: Cancellations: Avane Postal Savings Cancellations on Pakke-Porto Stamps  
The numbered Avane cancellations of Greenland are not often offered, but are very actively collected. Avane cancellations were applied to stamps placed into postal savings books, starting in 1927 until the end of the 1930s. Each number represents a different village post office. 38 numbers were assigned, though four numbers (10, 14, 21, and 34) have not yet been recorded. They were typically struck in black or violet (no catalog seems to have given values for the different colors). With only a couple exceptions, the two-line design is "Nr. 1 / avane". The vast majority of Avane cancels were applied to 20 øre stamps; use on 1 krone stamps is sometimes found; use on any other value is extremely rare. It is common for stamps to have additional pencil or crayon lines as this is often how the books were "canceled" when redeemed. Complete and well-centered examples are scarce and demand premiums, especially when on well-centered stamps. Beyond the few common numbers, most of these cancellations are scarce.
The cancellations and associated villages are listed per the Wowern 1988 GF1 Pakke-Porto catalog (most recent edition; available for purchase; see the Literature section), while the stamps are cataloged by Scott numbers.
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Postal Savings "fiscal" cancellation: "(Landsfoged)en i Nordgrønla(nd)" crown and straight-line in violet (Wowern "purple") VF strike on Scott #Q6 [20 øre Pakke-Porto, Perforation 11.5] Used with XF centering, with a full additional blue crayon "X" cancellation. Single strike of this large postmark, excellent to the extent that it can fit on a single stamp. Listed by Wowern in GF1 1988 on page 60. While not a numbered "Avane" cancellation, this served the same purpose and was mostly only used for the savings system. Wowern noted that the additional blue lines are typical with this cancellation. The Wowern 1988 value for this cancellation is 300, double the value of the most common Avane numeral cancellations. This cancellation is not often seen, and when it is seen, it is usually only a partial strike such as this one. An very nice example!
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26.00

244140
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Avane #31 (Nugatsiak) violet, VF well-struck, postal savings cancel on Fine+ Q6. Unusually nice example of the cancellation (#31 is often either blurry or has manuscript lines through it) -- much better than usual.
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32.00

245570
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Avane #36 (Tugssak) in either black or light-violet-black, only Fine strike but the "36" is quite clear. Though light, is almost perfectly centered postal savings cancel on Scott #Q8a [1930 1 kr Pakke-Porto, Perforation 11.5] with F-VF centering. Additional blue crayon line as often seen in the savings books. The stamp has Wowern-listed "Ha" PLATE VARIETY: "italicized E in PAKKE" from sheet position 7. While this Avane number is not "rare", it is a little scarcer than some others, and it is much less often seen on the 1 kr stamp! This example is the only one I have recorded having with this cancellation color.
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39.00

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