Newly acquired items worthy of your attention. These may or may not be described with quite as much detail as usual, however, as always, your satisfaction is guaranteed. All are available for approval viewing. Scott numbers have been used unless otherwise mentioned.
10c [40p Ribbed Paper (very faint), Roulette II] Used with VF appearance and usual tooth problems, but with two hidden tears (not visible from front). Absolutely perfectly centered and perfectly struck JAKOBSTAD 12 September 1874 "arc" style cancellation. If this stamp did not have the hidden tears, it might fetch as much as $1000 for the quality of the postmark!
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65.00
232811
12 [5p Laid Paper, Roulette III] Mint no gum (as usual). Virtually perfect centering. One corner perf tip reattached and one corner perf tip weak (but the super-thin corners are rarely present). Looks like FULL TEETH and most people would define it as full teeth. Brilliant color and wonderful appearance.
12 [5p Laid Paper, Roulette III] Mint no gum (as usual). Attractive centering. Couple teeth missing and a couple others creased, as usual. Nice, fresh looking example.
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190.00
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232810
13a [10p Laid Paper, Roulette II] Mint no gum (as usual). Typical centering. Only two perf tips missing, but with some others creased as usual. An outstanding looking example of a stamp that is seldom offered. Facit 2008 value for Mint is SEK 7500 = $975 (6/09).
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575.00
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232817
18 Dark Orange. Used VF horizontal pair with October 1878 RAILWAY cancellation (#4). Cancel a little smudged, but still desirable for the cancel and even pairs of this stamp are scarce.
36.00
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232814
19 Light Blue Green (Facit #14Sa) [1875 8p Perf 11] Looks Mint, but postmark has faded or been removed and there are a couple other small defects. Very pretty.
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12.00
232845
21 Light Ultramarine. Mint VF appearance, but small thin spot and without gum.
21b, Facit #16SC1a. Used VF with unusually strong color. Neat (matching) blue TAVASTE(HUS) 21 October 1875 "arc" style cancellation. Wonderful example.
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60.00
232818
28 Pale Ultramarine. Used VF with 7 October 1882 RAILWAY cancellation (route 56, train 5). This postmark is large, thus cannot fit on a single stamp, but this is about as complete and nice as it can be found on a single stamp. Nice stamp in the 1882 transition period from Charta to Senate printings.
16.00
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232815
(29) Facit #17LC2cz Strong Aniline Red, Thick Frame Lines, Thick Paper. Used Superb example with crisp, light postmark and perfect centering. Interesting doubling of left frame line. This issue is scarce in such nice quality.
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26.00
232819
32 Aniline Red. Used VF light LOVI(SSA) 2-ring cancel. Prominent plate scratch across entire design through lower "PENNI": Facit #21v3. Rarely offered. Wonderful example.
33 Used Fine with VF blue HYVINGE "arc style" cancellation. Year date missing (probably had fallen out of postmark device).
15.00
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232837
33 Used Superb with enormous margins and with F-VF IMBILAKS "arc style" 1889 cancellation.
29.00
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232838
33 Used F-VF (slight aging) with VF blue "cork" cancellation. Laitinen #474 design used at SVARTÅ and listed as rarity R5 (3-5 examples known!) on this stamp (at the most common it is listed as R4, 6-12 known). Mostly complete and about as nice an example as one could hope for.
80.00
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232839
51 Used Superb with Superb HÄMEENKYRÖ 12 November 1900 bilingual (Russian text) cancellation. Incredible quality on a stamp issue that is seldom seen with such nice postmarks.
74 [1914 1 mk Lilac and Green Russian Design, Perf 14.25 x 14] Mint VF/F-VF lower left sheet corner margin 12-block with plate number 12-1915 and No 90. No gum and slight aging, but a nice, inexpensive piece.
10.00
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232822
74 [1914 1 mk Lilac and Green Russian Design, Perf 14.25 x 14] NH Superb/VF lower right sheet corner margin 14-block (sheet positions 84/90, 94/100) with DOUBLE VARIETY. Facit #59C1ev1 plate variety in sheet position 98 "white dot between 1 and MAPKA". Also sheet margin watermark "PENNI 10 ..." using paper intended for 10 penni stamps for the 1 mk stamps (after the printer gave up on this absurd watermark system). Outstanding freshness and centering (unusual for this issue). Plain single NH VF stamps sell for $5 each.
78.00
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232823
74 [1914 1 mk Lilac and Green Russian Design, Perf 14.25 x 14] Mint VF lower right sheet corner margin 14-block (sheet positions 84/90, 94/100) with DOUBLE VARIETY. Facit #59C1ev1 plate variety in sheet position 98 "white dot between 1 and MAPKA". Also sheet margin watermark "PENNI 10 ..." using paper intended for 10 penni stamps for the 1 mk stamps (after the printer gave up on this absurd watermark system). Some stamps with slight gum disturbance from storage, but others NH.
36.00
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232793
85 [1917 10p Rose M-17 Saarinen Lion] cracked plate variety "colored lines in left 10" (Facit 1974-75 #68 Kv2). Mint VF, but with some adhesions on gum, lower sheet margin example to help locate plate position.
20.00
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232846
94a [1920 40p Red Violet Perf 14.25 x 14.75 M-17 Saarinen Lion] Mint VF apperance, but without gum and paper a bit aged with toned spots on a couple perfs. Extremely scarce stamp in mint condition.
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95.00
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232795
96 [1917 50p Orange Brown M-17 Saarinen Lion] plate variety "double mane" on back of lion head (Facit 1974-75 #72 Kv1). Mint VF, left stamp in pair with normal. Perhaps the best known M-17 plate variety, but very seldom offered.
35.00
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232794
96 [1917 50p Orange Brown M-17 Saarinen Lion] plate variety "double mane" on back of lion head (Facit 1974-75 #72 Kv1). Used VF. Perhaps the best known M-17 plate variety, but very seldom offered.
101 [1917 1 mk Red and Black M-17 Saarinen Lion] "Mirror Print" proof on tissue paper. A spectacular and terribly unusual type of proof. Horizontal pair with minor creasing (as usual).
30.00
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232833
101 [1917 1 mk Red and Black M-17 Saarinen Lion] "Mirror Print" proof on tissue paper. A spectacular and terribly unusual type of proof. Top margin vertical pair.
36.00
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232834
101 [1917 1 mk Red and Black M-17 Saarinen Lion] "Mirror Print" proof on tissue paper. A spectacular and terribly unusual type of proof. Inter-Pane 8-block with creasing in the gutter (only) as would be expected.
165.00
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232792
108a [1929 10 mk M-17 Saarinen Lion, Perf 14.25 x 14.75] Used Superb with "...X 30" September or October 1930 Helsinki cancellation. Extremely scarce stamp, used in the correct time period. Accompanied by Rolf Gummesson certificate.
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525.00
232796
135 [1926 1-1/2 mk Perf 14.25 x 14.75, Swastika Watermark, M-17 Saarinen Lion] Inverted Watermark Used VF 4-strip. Facit #117C2 vm2. Scarce stamp -- singles sell for $15 each, but multiples are rarely seen.
Finland #165 [1930 60p Gray M-30 Lion] Used F-VF with ÅLAND "MARIEHAMN" 20 December 1930 Superb cancellation. Such complete strikes are seldom seen on M-30 stamps.
12.00
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232783
219A NH VF right plate block of 6: "9-1942 No 519". The first plate of eight for this stamp.
14.00
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232784
219B Invisible Wartime Gum. NH VF right plate block of 6: "9-1944 No 624". The last plate of eight for this stamp.
14.00
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232785
228 NH VF top plate block of 6: "12-1941 No 467.r.". Watermark 1.I: normal, close spacing.
12.00
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232826
228 [1941 1.75 mk Mannerheim] Mint VF Inverted Watermark, Close Spacing (Facit #253vm3).
15.00
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232786
230 NH Superb top plate block of 6: "12-1941 No 469.r.". Watermark 1.I: normal, close spacing.
232 NH VF bottom plate block of 6: "12-1941 No 471.r.". Watermark 1.I: normal, close spacing.
13.00
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232827
234 [1941 1.75 mk President Ryti] NH VF "Watermark Transition" vertical pair. Top stamp has wide watermark spacing (Facit #247vm2) but at the bottom of the bottom stamp part of the close spacing watermark shows (Facit #247vm1). I believe that there is one such transition row per sheet of stamps. Such pairs are remarkably scarce.
9.00
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232828
234 [1941 1.75 mk President Ryti] NH VF "Watermark Transition" 4-block. Top stamp has wide watermark spacing (Facit #247vm2) but at the bottom of the bottom stamp part of the close spacing watermark shows (Facit #247vm1). I believe that there is one such transition row per sheet of stamps. Such pairs are remarkably scarce.
16.00
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232825
271 [1948 6 mk Green M-30 Lion] NH VF right 6-block with plate number "6-1948 No 788".
16.00
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232788
317 NH Superb top plate block of 6: "N:o 997-1-1954".
29.00
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232789
414 White Fluor, Shiny Gum (Facit #592v1 HaP Lm1) NH Superb lower right plate block of 6: "N:o 1249-1-1964". Lape 2008 value 135.00 Euro = $190 (6/09).
140.00
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232790
414 White Fluor, Dull [PVA] Gum (Facit #592v1 HaP Lm2) NH Superb upper left plate block of 4: "N:o 1291-8-1965". Lape 2008 value 200.00 Euro = $280 (6/09) for a 6-block. The four single stamps would fetch $136!
170.00
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232791
414A Type I (no black) (Facit #626I) NH Superb upper left plate block of 6: "N:o 1328-1-1967". Lape 2008 value 130.00 Euro = $185 (6/09). Very scarce.
B1 NH Superb bottom plate block of 6: "5-1922. No 71".
18.00
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232847
B11 NH F-VF right plate block of 6: "1-1932 No 233".
16.00
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232829
B15-17 [1934 Finnish Generals Red Cross semi-postal] Imperforate Plate Proof set of vertical pairs. VF, Ungummed (as always). These are genuine plate proofs, but were "taken home without authorization" by one of the workers and discovered many years later after the man died.
150.00
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232830
B18-20 [1935 Finnish Scientists Red Cross semi-postal] Imperforate Plate Proof set of horizontal pairs. VF, Ungummed (as always). These are genuine plate proofs, but were "taken home without authorization" by one of the workers and discovered many years later after the man died.
150.00
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232831
B21-23 [1936 Finnish Diplomats/Statesmen Red Cross semi-postal] Imperforate Plate Proof set of horizontal pairs. VF, Ungummed (as always). These are genuine plate proofs, but were "taken home without authorization" by one of the workers and discovered many years later after the man died.
150.00
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232782
B34 NH Superb top plate block of 6: "4-1938 No 351".
29.00
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232848
B49 NH Superb top plate block of 6: "10-1941 No 446".
10.00
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231872
B200 Non-Fluorescent (Facit #756v2). The rarest of the semi-postal stamps; very few printed! NH VF+.
85.00
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231873
B200 Non-Fluorescent (Facit #756v2). The rarest of the semi-postal stamps; very few printed! Used VF+ with first day postmark.
C9 Type II Non-Fluorescent/whitish (Facit #583IIv1, HaP paper; 13 shading lines in the zeros). Originally issued as Type I with 16 shading lines in the zeros, in 1963 on non-fluorescent TeP paper and then in 1965 on whitish (non) fluorescent HaP paper. Re-engraved in 1973 with 13 shading lines in the zeros (and other differences), first printed on the whitish (non) fluorescent HaP paper (this stamp!) and then, less than a year later, in 1974 on yellow fluorescent EGpQ coated paper. The 1973 printing was little known to collectors and was not distributed through the usual "new issue" channels; they were virtually all consumed for postage before many collectors knew they existed. As a result, this has become one of the rarest, if not the rarest, modern Finnish stamp in mint condition. Furthermore, well-centered examples are very scarce. NH VF, fresh and nice!
400.00
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231871
C9 Type II Non-Fluorescent/whitish (Facit #583IIv1, HaP paper; 13 shading lines in the zeros). Originally issued as Type I with 16 shading lines in the zeros, in 1963 on non-fluorescent TeP paper and then in 1965 on whitish (non) fluorescent HaP paper. Re-engraved in 1973 with 13 shading lines in the zeros (and other differences), first printed on the whitish (non) fluorescent HaP paper (this stamp!) and then, less than a year later, in 1974 on yellow fluorescent EGpQ coated paper. The 1973 printing was little known to collectors and was not distributed through the usual "new issue" channels; they were virtually all consumed for postage before many collectors knew they existed. As a result, this has become one of the rarest, if not the rarest, modern Finnish stamp in mint condition. Furthermore, well-centered examples are very scarce. Mint hinged F-VF, fresh and nice!
195.00
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221929
M8, Facit #F8 [1963 Military] NH VF. Soldiers were allocated only 5 stamps each for use during the training maneuvers for which these stamps were issued; the stamps were apparently supplied to the soldiers in advance and then could be used by family members, etc., to send letters to the soldiers. Pristine and bright.
160.00
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221930
M8, Facit #F8 [1963 Military] NH Superb. Soldiers were allocated only 5 stamps each for use during the training maneuvers for which these stamps were issued; the stamps were apparently supplied to the soldiers in advance and then could be used by family members, etc., to send letters to the soldiers. While this stamp is usually found with VF centering, perfectly centered examples such as this are quite scarce.
185.00
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224024
M8, Facit #F8 [1963 Military] NH Superb vertical 8-block, right margin with printing registration guidelines. Soldiers were allocated only 5 stamps each for use during the training maneuvers for which these stamps were issued; the stamps were apparently supplied to the soldiers in advance and then could be used by family members, etc., to send letters to the soldiers. Thus there should be no units larger than 5 stamps. Multiples are scarce, but 5-strips and occasionally a 4-block are seen. However, units larger than 5 are rare and should not exist in private hands. I first obtained a unit larger than 5 stamps in 2000 or 37 years after their issuance! A wonderful block! The break-up value of this Superb block is $1480, however, this item is much scarcer than that!
M9 (M8 with 1983 overprint), Facit #F9 [1983 Military overprint] VF on attractive cover with 22 April 1983 proper cancellations (the stamp was valid from 20 April) and with proper military receiving cancellation on reverse. M9 covers are often on larger envelopes or are not attractive; this example is especially nice.
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