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.
Slesvig Scott #O1 [1920 2-1/2 pf Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 4600 issued of each of the lower denominations), and especially so with nice centering, and again especially in NH condition. This is an excellent example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality! Wonderfully fresh!
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245.00
SOLD
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248100
Slesvig Scott #O2 [1920 5 pf Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, hinged, with F-VF+ centering. Very fresh and bright and with perfect perforations. Tiny, faint owner mark on reverse. Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 4600 issued of each of the lower denominations), and especially so with nice centering. This is an excellent example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality!
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95.00
SOLD
248101
Slesvig Scott #O3 [1920 7-1/2 pf Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, lightly hinged, with F-VF centering. Very fresh and bright, with perfect perforations. Tiny owner mark on reverse that just very faintly shows through to the front (in lower left corner). Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 4600 issued of each of the lower denominations), and especially so with nice centering. This is an excellent example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality!
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75.00
SOLD
248102
Slesvig Scott #O4 [1920 10 pf Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, lightly hinged, with F-VF centering. Very fresh and bright, with perfect perforations. Tiny owner mark on reverse that just very faintly shows through to the front (in lower left corner). Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 4600 issued of each of the lower denominations), and especially so with nice centering. This is an excellent example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality!
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75.00
SOLD
248103
Slesvig Scott #O5 [1920 15 pf Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, hinged, with Fine+ centering. Very fresh and bright, but a couple shorter perforations. Tiny owner mark on reverse. Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 4600 issued of each of the lower denominations), and especially so with nice centering. This is a nice example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality!
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67.00
SOLD
248104
Slesvig Scott #O6 [1920 20 pf Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, hinged, with F-VF+ centering. Very fresh and bright, but with one shorter perforation. Tiny owner mark on reverse. Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 4600 issued of each of the lower denominations), and especially so with nice centering. This is an excellent example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality!
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84.00
SOLD
248105
Slesvig Scott #O7 [1920 25 pf Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, hinged, with Fine centering. Very fresh and bright and with perfect perforations. Tiny owner mark on reverse. Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 4600 issued of each of the lower denominations). This is a nice example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality!
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94.00
SOLD
248106
Slesvig Scott #O8 [1920 35 pf Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, hinged, with VF centering. Very fresh and bright and with unusually nice centering. Tiny owner mark on reverse. Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 4600 issued of each of the lower denominations), and especially so with nice centering. This is an excellent example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality!
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160.00
SOLD
248107
Slesvig Scott #O9 [1920 40 pf Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, hinged, with Fine centering. Very fresh and bright and with perfect perforations. Tiny owner mark on reverse. Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 4600 issued of each of the lower denominations). This is a nice example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality!
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120.00
SOLD
248108
Slesvig Scott #O10 [1920 75 pf Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, hinged, with Fine centering. Very fresh and bright and with perfect perforations. Tiny owner mark on reverse that just very faintly shows through to the front (in lower left corner). Interesting "lightly colored S" variety that shows faintness of the "S"; this type of typographed variety is usually caused by inadequate packing of the tympan (the surface under the sheet of stamps during overprinting). Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 4600 issued of each of the lower denominations). This is a nice example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality!
Slesvig Scott #O11 [1920 1 mk Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, hinged, with Fine centering. Very fresh and bright and with perfect perforations. Tiny owner mark on reverse. Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 2100 issued of each of the mark denominations). This is a nice example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality! Missing from most collections. Facit 2024 value SEK 1200.
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145.00
SOLD
248110
Slesvig Scott #O12 [1920 2 mk Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, hinged, with Fine centering. Very fresh and bright and with perfect perforations. Tiny owner mark on reverse. Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 2100 issued of each of the mark denominations). This is a nice example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality! Missing from most collections. Facit 2024 value SEK 1500.
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195.00
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248111
Slesvig Scott #O13 [1920 5 mk Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, hinged, with Average centering (perforations just touch the bottom frame line), but with one short perf at bottom. Very fresh and bright Tiny owner mark on reverse. Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 2100 issued of each of the mark denominations). This is reasonable example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality! Missing from most collections. Facit 2024 value SEK 2500.
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185.00
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248112
Slesvig Scott #O14 [1920 10 mk Zone 2 (i.e. no zone overprint) with "C-I-S" Official overprint] Mint, hinged, with Fine centering. Very fresh and bright Tiny owner mark on reverse that shows through to the front (in the lower left corner). Accompanied by a 2023 Jay Smith certificate with "lifetime guarantee" The CIS overprints are extremely scarce (only 2100 issued of each of the mark denominations). This is reasonable example of a stamp that I am rarely able to offer in any condition or quality! The key value, missing from most collections. Facit 2024 value SEK 5500.
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420.00
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247900
Denmark Scott #16 [1871 2 sk Bicolor, Perforation 14 x 13.5] on 1874 COVER MAILED FROM ICELAND TO DENMARK. Business message written on pre-printed form of the Icelandic firm "H. Th. A. Thomsen", dated 26 July 1874 at Reykjavik, Iceland. PRIVATELY CARRIED BY MESSENGER FROM ICELAND to København, Denmark, and there franked with the 2 skilling Danish Bicolor stamp, at the local postage rate, and entered into the Danish post, with the København FOOTPOST completing the delivery. The clear footpost "FP in elongated oval" postmark is dated 7 August 1874. The reverse of the cover (folded form) bears a colorless embossed letter-seal impression of the Thomsen company and Reykjavik location (this is hard to see in scanned images, but it is easy to see under oblique lighting). The recipient company filed the message with their docketing marking, naming the Thomsen firm and stating the sender location of Reykjavik. At this time, the "Diana" postal steamer sailed on the København - Faroe Islands - Reykjavik route. The Reykjavik date and the København date reflect a reasonable transit time for the "Diana". The stamp is Fine-centered, with a creased lower right corner perforation tooth, and bearing a clear #1 3-ring numeral cancellation. This is a rare use that is perhaps unique (?). "DAKA Nordatlant Handbook 1998" listed only five such uses privately carried from Iceland that were mailed, with Danish franking, through the København Footpost, but only in 1852-1864, and only one or two of each franking. Other such Skilling Bicolor uses may also exist and may have been subsequently recorded, but if so, such are extremely rare. This example had not been previously recognized and recorded. Consultation with other experts has confirmed my description, with estimates of value ranging from a few to several thousand dollars. Icelandic covers of this early date are very rare. A very important piece of postal history either for an Icelandic collection or a Danish Bicolor Skilling collection.
3400.00
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246524
Boom #3.12cf, Facit #H9, AFA #2kr-2 [1935 H.C. Andersen] NH VF complete booklet in wonderful, fresh quality. This example features: "Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne" (The Little Match Girl) story on the interleaves; "Succes" chocolate advertising back cover; and the yellow rouletted coupon. The 2023 AFA value for the most common version of this booklet is DKK 3500 = US$525 [1/23]. The booklets of this issue are often "well handled" but this example is extremely nice!
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395.00
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239896
Boom #3.12cj, Facit #H9, AFA #2kr-2 [1935 H.C. Andersen] NH VF complete booklet in wonderful, fresh quality. The cover has never been bent/creased. This example features: Sommerfuglen (The Butterfly) story on the interleaves; "Succes" (chocolate) back cover; and yellow rouletted coupon. The Sommerfuglen story is the most sought after by thematic collectors. The 2018 AFA value for the booklet is DKK 3500 = US$575. The booklets of this issue are often "well handled" but this example is very fresh.
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475.00
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234891
"Danish Legion" German-occupied Denmark 1944 Feltpost set of three values: 25 øre green, 50 øre blue, 1 krone red. Mint (hinged) with VF+ or Superb centering and brilliant color. The Danish Legion and its organizer, Christian Frederik von Schalburg (killed in 1942), have an interesting history. A beautiful and very scarce set. The German Michel catalog value is 1000 Euro for NH, with 40-50% discount for hinging, thus 500-600 Euro or US$675-800!
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For reference only. NOT for sale.
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237274
1621 BACKING PAPER VERTICAL DIE-CUTTING MISSING ERROR [2013 8.00 "Kaj and Andrea" Childrens TV characters, sheet issue] NH VF horizontal PAIR missing the vertical die-cutting in the backing paper BETWEEN the two stamps (die cutting around the perimeter is present). Any types of errors are rare on modern Danish stamps; I have not before seen this type of error on any Scandinavian/Nordic stamp!
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40.00
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237276
1621 BACKING PAPER VERTICAL DIE-CUTTING MISSING ERROR [2013 8.00 "Kaj and Andrea" Childrens TV characters, sheet issue] NH VF Lower PLATE BLOCK missing the vertical die-cutting in the backing paper BETWEEN the stamps (die cutting horizontally and around the perimeter is present). Any types of errors are rare on modern Danish stamps; I have not before seen this type of error on any Scandinavian/Nordic stamp!
Iceland #17a [1882 20 aur Ultramarine, Perforation 14] Used F-VF centered example Danish 3-ring numeral cancellation. The number is not readable, but is two or three digit, making is much scarcer than the typical #1 cancel. Danish numeral cancellations are occasionally seen on previously uncanceled ship mail sent to Denmark, but not often on this stamp. With a normal Icelandic postmark, this F-VF stamp is $270!
285.00
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223856
44d, Facit #40b, AFA #25C [8 øre Perf 12.75, WATERMARK NEW CROWN, Print 121 (1902)]. Brilliant right margin NEVER HINGED 4-block from positions A29-30/39-40. Fine/F-VF centering. Appears to have been last sold in 1993 in a Christies auction where it was described as being from "the unique quarter sheet discovered by F.T.N. Caröe". Accompanied by Lasse Nielsen certificate stating "very fine item". An extremely scarce stamp as a single in Mint hinged condition and RARE as either a block or a single in NH condition. Value as singles: Facit 2007 SEK 36,000 = $5000. AFA 2007 DKK 34,500 = $5700. This block certainly has a break-up value of more than my price. This block is a showpiece with excellent investment potential as the value is supported by the four stamps which are constantly sought after by every serious collector of Danish stamps.