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234167 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1866 80 mark S/S #50 KS1, Roulette IV. Used VF with unusually good roulette teeth, but with major tear in upper left corner (that could be made to be less obvious). Despite the damage, this is one of the rarest first issue Finnish revenue stamps. The non-scientific Saarinen roulette variety survey found only three examples (including from his own collection) of the 80 mk stamp with KS1 and one with KS2. This example is one of those three KS1 stamps and the only one that was IV x IV (the other two were I x IV). The collection from which this stamp came included a notation to emphasize the rarity of this stamp; it stated that using the 1871 as an example, only 25 examples of the 80 mk stamps were requested for the entire year, for the entire country of Finland. And S/S notes that for the 1881 issue, only 3 of that (1881) 80 mk design had been recorded! Any way you look at it, this is a very scarce stamp. |
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Finnish Christmas Seal Collection 1910-1959 Mint. "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}  "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Finnish Christmas Seal Collection 1910-1959. The complete set of 37 seals, from the first issue, all Mint. (The first seal was 1910, then 1912, then 1926 and annually from there; 1955 represented by 2 of 10 designs.) The vast majority, if not all, are VF. Very fresh and neatly presented on pages; virtually all appear to have light (peelable) first hinges. Usually such collections have "clunkers" in them, but this collection is very nice! Individual retail totals over $190! Many of the earlier seals are quite scarce. This is a great opportunity to get the complete early collection. [233297] |
115.00 |
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215254 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Karhulan-Sunilan Railway: 1955 and 1993 #7 [1930 8 Mark Black on Green; Bear riding winged wheel] PERFORATION ERROR with extra row of horizontal perforations. Lower left corner margin position, NH VF. Extremely scarce and important item for both Bear and Railway thematic collectors. Mentioned in the 1955 catalog, but not priced; not even mentioned in the 1993 catalog. |
175.00 |
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215255 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Karhulan-Sunilan Railway: 1955 and 1993 #8 [1930 10 Mark Black on Brown; Bear riding winged wheel] PERFORATION ERROR with extra row of horizontal perforations. Lower left corner margin position, NH VF. Extremely scarce and important item for both Bear and Railway thematic collectors. Mentioned in the 1955 catalog, but not priced; not even mentioned in the 1993 catalog. |
175.00 |
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