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Finland: Gallery: Select Stamps - Scott #4-13: 1860-1875 "Serpentines"

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.

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Select Stamps - Scott #4-13: 1860-1875 "Serpentines"

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Item #	Quality & Description	US$	Used US$
231980	5a [1860 10 kopek Roulette II] Used wonderful looking example with F-VF+ teeth (one missing, one weak). Lightly canceled, nicely centered, crisp impression. Unusually nice!	---	85.00
231981	7 [1866 8 penni Roulette III] Used with FULL TEETH and usual F-VF centering. Terrific example with light postmark and excellent color. Outstanding example!	---	225.00
232011	7b [1866 8 penni Roulette II] Used with F-VF+ teeth (just one tooth partially missing) and with light blue postmark. Unusual dark black on yellowish-green paper. Remarkably attractive example!	---	140.00
232010	8a [1866 10 penni Roulette II] Used with incredibly light postmark (the previous owner thought it was mint). Very nicely centered and appears to have only one missing tooth, but does have other hidden tooth problems (as usual). Very attractive example.	---	135.00
231369	9 [Roulette III] Used F-VF+ appearance (couple short teeth) with extremely light town cancel and near "3" manuscript digit (karta number; not often offered). Very fresh and attractive.	30.00	---
231808	9b, Facit #8v2C1 [20 p Roulette I] Used VF+ with FULL TEETH, wonderful color, nice centering for the issue, and light, neat postmark. This has to be the nicest looking example of this stamp that I have had in 35 years!	200.00	---
231982	10 [1866 40 penni Roulette III] Used with F-VF+ teeth (one short, a couple weak as usual) and Superb centering. Wonderful example with light postmark and excellent rose color.	---	32.00
231983	10 [1866 40 penni Roulette III] Used with F-VF+ teeth (a couple teeth weak or creased as usual) but looks like full teeth. Usual F-VF centering, but very large margins and extremely light postmark. Dark red color. Very nice!	---	32.00
231365	10 [40 penni, Roulette III] Used F-VF+ (2 teeth missing but looks VF) with Superb NYSTAD high-box cancel. An outstanding example	55.00	---

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Item #	Quality & Description	US$	Used US$
231984	10b [1866 40 penni Roulette II] Used with F-VF+ teeth that most people would call full teeth. Usual F-VF centering, but very unusual Dark Carmine color. With excellent upright 1872 KASKO arc-style cancellation (less often seen, particularly nicely centered; R1 rarity).	---	60.00
232013	10b [1866 8 penni Roulette II] Used with F-VF teeth (a few missing, but better than usual) and nearly complete blue railway cancellation (route #4, 1874). Attractive; seldom seen with such complete railway postmarks.	---	40.00
218460	Scott #10f variety, Facit 9IIv1C4a Carmine [40 pen ROULETTE IV, STAMP TYPE II] Used with VF+ appearance and nearly FULL TEETH; only a couple of tooth tips missing. Examples of Roulette IV are rare; examples with completely perfect teeth may not be known (Finnish expert Kaj Hellman once commented that this example may be the nicest in existence): Facit prices full teeth, but Norma does not. However, this example is STAMP TYPE II (cut in right side of bottom of crown; see Facit) which makes it a major rarity; both Facit and Norma indicate that the price of a Stamp Type II example (of even the most common roulette) should be tripled! In addition to the overall excellent quality, it has a full NYSLOTT June 1867 cancellation. Accompanied by a 1991 Mikko Ossa certificate stating, in his typical extremely strict and blunt fashion, that "The stamp has short teeth and some teeth have breaks [i.e. creases on teeth]. The stamp is not repaired." However, it is obvious from the appearance of the stamp that the quality is much nicer than that description suggests. The stamp was in the "Michigan" collection built by an American who lived in Finland in the 1950s-60s; he obtained many of his stamps from such eminent Finnish philatelists as E.A. Hellman. I acquired the stamp in 1991 and have since sold it twice and then repurchased the entire collections of the clients to whom I sold it. Also accompanied by a 2006 Jay Smith photo certificate with lifetime guarantee.	5000.00	---
223408	10 [Roulette III] Stamp Type II [large opening at right side of base of crown]. Used F-VF; VF appearance but with couple minor usual tooth faults. The stamp is in excellent condition with neat and interesting pen cancellation. The Type II is unusually clearly seen on this example. Facit 2007 indicates a 3x premium for Stamp Type II examples (equals SEK 525 = $73).	44.00	---
231809	11a [1 mark Roulette II] Used Fine+ with the typical missing teeth, but NO other defects! A very scarce stamp missing from almost all collections! Scott 2008 value $1550!	625.00	---
232014	12 [1866 8 penni Roulette III] Used with F-VF+ teeth (just one tooth missing). Large margins, nicely centered, and with very light cancellation. Remarkably nice example of a stamp that is on most want lists.	---	100.00

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