| Select Stamps Scott #23-36 |  Top |
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400019 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #24 [1902 "2 CENTS 1902" Local Surcharge with small letters, Perf 12.75, Inverted Frame] BLOCK OF FOUR, Mint, very lightly hinged, with F-VF centering. The block is from sheet positions 2-3/12-13 and is identifiable as such by cliche varieties that only exist positions 2 and 13, per the Lasse Nielsen Bicolor handbook. The previous owner stated believed that the overprint was from Setting 2, but I have not tried to confirm that. As usual, there are many broken or deformed characters in the overprint, including three different styles of the numeral "1" in the date. The "2" (denomination) of the upper right stamp has a flat front of the "nose" that is quite distinct. Very fresh and attractive with brilliant colors. The break-up value for the four single stamps is $46! ACTUAL item. |
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49.00 |
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248841 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
25a "Straight Foot on 2" [1902 8 on 10 cent Surcharge, Perf 12.75, 2 in 1902 with straight foot] Mint hinged, with F-VF centering. Very attractive example. This stamp is surprisingly hard to find. ACTUAL item. |
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37.00 |
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247144 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
27 Plate Variety [1902 2 on 3 cent Bicolor Bold Surcharge, Inverted Frame] Mint, extremely lightly hinged, with F-VF centering. PLATE VARIETY from Position 31 of this printing, but despite being at least as obvious as some of the other varieties, it is not (yet) catalog listed: White hook on the underside of the D of DISKE and white spot to upper left of large 3. This variety is clearly documented in the Lasse Nielsen Bicolor handbook (in Volume 3) as variety OF 9. With only 350 sheets printed with this overprint, only 350 examples of this plate variety originally existed with this overprint. This particular stamp seemed to have been more subject than usual to high losses due to tropical staining, perhaps due to postal storage methods. Thus I suspect that, at most, less than 150-200 examples of this stamp can still exist today; and probably only, at most, half that number in Mint (or NH) condition still exist. Because this variety has not been well-cataloged, the quantity of surviving examples could be much smaller. ACTUAL item. |
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32.00 |
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400391 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #28 "X Flaw" Frame Plate Variety [1902 8 on 10 cent Bicolor Bold Surcharge, Normal Frame] Mint hinged, with Fine++ centering. Very fresh with bright color! On Danish and DWI Bicolored stamps, the "X Flaw", also known [Engstrom] on DWI stamps as the as the "F-J Flaw" or "Type X", is a matrix cliche flaw (plate variety) caused when one of the cliche-making source dies was damaged. The specialized catalogs (at least AFA and Engstrom) actually list three other matrix flaws (AFA: RM 2A, RM 2B, and RM 2C), but not the "X" matrix flaw. However, the "X Flaw" is just as significant -- and similar in nature -- as the other three matrix flaws. The "X Flaw" is a cut in the left side of the right ball ornament in the top left corner of a normal-frame stamp. (If it exists on an inverted-frame stamp, it would be a cut in the right side of the left ball ornament in the lower right corner of the inverted-frame stamp.) Of the 12 DWI Bicolor printings (plates) that contained the "X Flaw", the "X Flaw" exists in several positions in each sheet -- the positions vary with the stamp issue and specific printing. Because of the multiple positions, the "X Flaw" can also be combined with other frame flaws (varieties) and oval flaws (varieties). Though the "X Flaw" is not listed by AFA or Facit, it is a very much sought after variety by collectors of both Danish and DWI Bicolored stamps. A nice example of a seldom-offered DWI variety. ACTUAL item. |
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400392 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #28 "X Flaw" Frame Plate Variety [1902 8 on 10 cent Bicolor Bold Surcharge, Normal Frame] BLOCK OF FOUR. Mint, lightly hinged on upper two stamps, NEVER HINGED on lower two stamps. The upper stamps have Average centering (perfs cut the frameline) but the lower two stamps are Fine centered (and NH). Bright colors and fresh appearance. The upper left stamp has the "X Flaw" variety. On Danish and DWI Bicolored stamps, the "X Flaw", also known [Engstrom] on DWI stamps as the as the "F-J Flaw" or "Type X", is a matrix cliche flaw (plate variety) caused when one of the cliche-making source dies was damaged. The specialized catalogs (at least AFA and Engstrom) actually list three other matrix flaws (AFA: RM 2A, RM 2B, and RM 2C), but not the "X" matrix flaw. However, the "X Flaw" is just as significant -- and similar in nature -- as the other three matrix flaws. The "X Flaw" is a cut in the left side of the right ball ornament in the top left corner of a normal-frame stamp. (If it exists on an inverted-frame stamp, it would be a cut in the right side of the left ball ornament in the lower right corner of the inverted-frame stamp.) Of the 12 DWI Bicolor printings (plates) that contained the "X Flaw", the "X Flaw" exists in several positions in each sheet -- the positions vary with the stamp issue and specific printing. Because of the multiple positions, the "X Flaw" can also be combined with other frame flaws (varieties) and oval flaws (varieties). Though the "X Flaw" is not listed by AFA or Facit, it is a very much sought after variety by collectors of both Danish and DWI Bicolored stamps. A nice example of a seldom-offered DWI variety -- it is not often found in blocks. Offered below the individual break-up value (for the variety, centering, and hinging status) of $56. ACTUAL item. |
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400394 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #28 Combination of Two Oval Plate Varieties [1902 8 on 10 cent Bicolor, Bold Surcharge, Normal Frame] Mint, lightly hinged, with Fine centering. Very fresh, with nice color and "perfect" perforations. AFA-listed PLATE VARIETY #21v and also listed in Facit as #28v16 (extrapolated from the variety listing on the underlying stamp) which is a "white line extending to the lower right from the bottom of the E of VEST". This is repeating matrix type OM 2 (OM = oval matrix variety) that is found on up to 8 positions in the sheet. However, this particular sheet position 83 also shows an additional major oval variety "missing thin outer line around oval, in THREE LOCATIONS, above VE and SK and below S of CENTS". This variety is clearly documented in the Lasse Nielsen Bicolor handbook (in Volume 3) as variety OF 17 (OF = oval flaw variety). Because this variety has not been well-cataloged, despite being obvious, the quantity of surviving examples could be much smaller than for the catalog-listed varieties. ACTUAL item. |
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246327 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
28 [1902 "8 CENTS 1902" bold København surcharge on 10 cent Bicolor] Used with VF+ centering and neat, light, proper cancellation. Excellent example! ACTUAL item. |
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25.00 |
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400393 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #28 "X Flaw" Frame Plate Variety [1902 8 on 10 cent Bicolor Bold Surcharge, Normal Frame] Used, with VF centering and neat, light cancellation. Very fresh appearance with bright color! On Danish and DWI Bicolored stamps, the "X Flaw", also known [Engstrom] on DWI stamps as the as the "F-J Flaw" or "Type X", is a matrix cliche flaw (plate variety) caused when one of the cliche-making source dies was damaged. The specialized catalogs (at least AFA and Engstrom) actually list three other matrix flaws (AFA: RM 2A, RM 2B, and RM 2C), but not the "X" matrix flaw. However, the "X Flaw" is just as significant -- and similar in nature -- as the other three matrix flaws. The "X Flaw" is a cut in the left side of the right ball ornament in the top left corner of a normal-frame stamp. (If it exists on an inverted-frame stamp, it would be a cut in the right side of the left ball ornament in the lower right corner of the inverted-frame stamp.) Of the 12 DWI Bicolor printings (plates) that contained the "X Flaw", the "X Flaw" exists in several positions in each sheet -- the positions vary with the stamp issue and specific printing. Because of the multiple positions, the "X Flaw" can also be combined with other frame flaws (varieties) and oval flaws (varieties). Though the "X Flaw" is not listed by AFA or Facit, it is a very much sought after variety by collectors of both Danish and DWI Bicolored stamps. A nice example of a seldom-offered DWI variety. ACTUAL item. |
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400398 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #28 Oval Plate Variety [1902 8 on 10 cent Bicolor, Bold Surcharge, Normal Frame] Used with VF centering and neat 29 October 1904 cancellation fully clear of the variety. Attractive, with nice color and "perfect" perforations. This variety is clearly documented in the Lasse Nielsen Bicolor handbook (in Volume 3) as variety OF 32 (OF = oval flaw variety) which, on this underlying stamp printing, comes from position 16 in the sheet: "heavy damage to thin frame line above ISKE". Because this variety has not been well-cataloged, the quantity of surviving examples could be much smaller than for the catalog-listed varieties. ACTUAL item. |
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29.00 |
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400395 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #28 Combination of Two Oval Plate Varieties [1902 8 on 10 cent Bicolor, Bold Surcharge, Normal Frame] Used with Fine centering and neat cancellation fully clear of the varieties. Very fresh, with nice color and "perfect" perforations. AFA-listed PLATE VARIETY #21v and also listed in Facit as #28v16 (extrapolated from the variety listing on the underlying stamp) which is a "white line extending to the lower right from the bottom of the E of VEST". This is repeating matrix type OM 2 (OM = oval matrix variety) that is found on up to 8 positions in the sheet. However, this particular sheet position 1 also shows an additional oval variety "white droplet extending from end of top line of S of SKE". This variety is clearly documented in the Lasse Nielsen Bicolor handbook (in Volume 3) as variety OF 34 (OF = oval flaw variety). Because this variety has not been well-cataloged, the quantity of surviving examples could be much smaller than for the catalog-listed varieties. ACTUAL item. |
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22.00 |
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