Denmark: Gallery: Select Stamps - Scott #O1-24 Official Stamps
A selection of especially interesting seldom-offered items in particularly nice quality. All are available for approval viewing. Scott numbers have been used unless otherwise mentioned.
Please also see the other Gallery pages and the Specialized Stamps pages for other high-quality stamps including both Specialized and non-specialized items.
O1 Light Grayish Ultramarine Used Pair, F-VF on left and F-VF+ on right stamp. Two nice strikes of #50 (NYSTED) numeral cancellations, one VF+. Any multiples of this stamp are scarce. Very attractive and with unusually nice perforations. Priced at only the break-up value!
275.00
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235678
O4 [1871 4 skilling Official PERFORATION 12.5] Used F-VF centered, on small piece, however with perforations clipped at bottom. The cancellation is "LØGTN" Esrom-type (precursor to the star cancellations) postmark from Løgten Kro. Esrom-type cancellations are scarce on any of the skilling-denomination stamps, however, they are much scarcer on official stamps; the Esrom-type cancellations were used at tiny places that handled very little official mail. While the clipped perforations are a defect, it is not uncommon to see them on this stamp -- it seems that government office workers were too lazy to tear stamps at the perforations. The presence of the LØGTN postmark makes this scarce stamp an extremely scarce example. This is one of the scarcest Danish stamps (only #21 is on more want lists). A very pretty and reasonably priced example.
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375.00
235694
O8 [1875 8 øre Official] Used Superb, with partial star cancellation.
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4.00
235695
O8 [1875 8 øre Official] Used VF+, with nearly complete, well-centered KJØBENHAVN cancellation.
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4.00
235696
O9A [1903 3 øre Official, Perf 12.75, Small Crown Watermark] Used Superb with crisp corner cancellation. Beautiful! Scarce stamp in Used condition.
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25.00
235697
O15 BRICK RED (Facit #TJ15b, AFA TJ10a) [1911 10 øre Official, Perf 12.75, Crown Watermark] NH VF+. Wonderfully fresh and bright. Distinctive Orangish Red (instead of Carmine) color. AFA 2011 value DKK 1500 = $300 [9/2011] for typical centering -- VF centering is very scarce! This color is seldom offered hinged and rarely offered NH and even then many are misidentified. A terrific example.
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320.00
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235698
O15 BRICK RED (Facit #TJ15b, AFA TJ10a) [1911 10 øre Official, Perf 12.75, Crown Watermark] NH F-VF (it is F-VF instead of VF because the stamp itself is much taller than usual). Wonderfully fresh and bright. Distinctive Orangish Red (instead of Carmine) color. AFA 2011 value DKK 1500 = $300 [9/2011] for typical centering! This color is seldom offered hinged and rarely offered NH and even then many are misidentified. A great example.
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255.00
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235699
O15 BRICK RED (Facit #TJ15b, AFA TJ10a) [1911 10 øre Official, Perf 12.75, Crown Watermark] Mint VF+, extremely lightly hinged. Wonderfully fresh and bright. Distinctive Orangish Red (instead of Carmine) color. AFA 2011 value DKK 750 = $150 [9/2011] for typical centering -- VF centering is very scarce! This color is seldom offered Mint and even then many are misidentified. A terrific example.
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150.00
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235700
O16 [1914 1 øre Official, Watermark Crosses] Used Superb. Scarce well centered.
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8.00
235701
O16 [1914 1 øre Official, Watermark Crosses] Used VF+ Horizontal PAIR. Scarce well centered. Canceled 31 March 1924, the last day of use of Official stamps.
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16.00
Select Stamps - Scott #O1-24 Official Stamps continued ...
O17 [1918 3 øre Official, Watermark Crosses] Mint Superb, lightly hinged, with enormous margins. A "jumbo" example. Scarce well centered.
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12.00
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235704
O18 [1916 4 øre Official, Watermark Crosses] Used Superb with correctly dated 1918 cancellation. Scarce well centered and even scarcer with year-dated cancellation. AFA 2011 value for typical centering and cancellation is DKK 450 = $90 [9/2011]!
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79.00
235705
O18 [1916 4 øre Official, Watermark Crosses] Used Superb with correctly dated 1919 cancellation. Unusual variety with extremely rough perforations. Scarce well centered and even scarcer with year-dated cancellation. AFA 2011 value for typical centering and cancellation is DKK 450 = $90 [9/2011]!
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79.00
235706
O22 [1921 10 øre Green Official, Watermark Crosses] Used Superb 4-BLOCK with correctly dated 22 November 1923 cancellation. Scarce well centered and even scarcer with year-dated cancellation. AFA 2011 Block Catalog value is DKK 300 = $60 [9/2011] for typical centering. This stamp had a short life as Officials were discontinued on 31 March 1924.
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45.00
235707
O22 [1921 10 øre Green Official, Watermark Crosses] Used Superb 4-BLOCK with correctly dated 22 November 1923 cancellation. Scarce well centered and even scarcer with year-dated cancellation. AFA 2011 Block Catalog value is DKK 300 = $60 [9/2011] for typical centering. This stamp had a short life as Officials were discontinued on 31 March 1924.
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45.00
235709
O23 [1919 15 øre Official, Watermark Crosses] NH VF/F-VF right marginal block of six. (The stamps are NH, the selvage is hinged.) The two stamps in the center row (which is row six of the sheet, confirmed by the marginal dot between the first two rows) are both the "Wide E" variety (all of row six has this variety) listed by AFA as #TJ16x and Facit #TJ23v. Very fresh and attractive position piece. AFA 2011 value just as the six stamps is DKK 2080 = $416 [9/2011] without the approximate 40% premium for the block! Wonderfully fresh and attractive.
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325.00
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235708
O23 [1919 15 øre Official, Watermark Crosses] Used Superb with neat (probably 1921) cancellation. Scarce well centered.
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45.00
235712
O23 Dark Lilac, AFA Specialized #TJ16 Print 2 [1919 15 øre Official, Watermark Crosses] NH Superb 4-BLOCK. Wonderfully fresh and bright. The lower left stamp has a natural inclusion (bit of the tree fiber) spot and is not counted in the value. Very scarce in NH condition and with such nice centering.